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SB 8.2: The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis

SB 8.2 Text 1
Text
śrī-śuka uvāca
āsīd girivaro rājaṁs
trikūṭa iti viśrutaḥ
kṣīrodenāvṛtaḥ śrīmān
yojanāyutam ucchritaḥ
Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca-Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; āsīt-there was; girivaraḥ-a very big mountain; rājan-O King; tri-kūṭaḥ-Trikūṭa; iti-thus; viśrutaḥ-celebrated; kṣīra-udena-by the ocean of milk; āvṛtaḥ-surrounded; śrīmān-very beautiful; yojana-a measurement of eight miles; ayutam-ten thousand; ucchritaḥ-very high.

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is a very large mountain called Trikūṭa. It is ten thousand yojanas [eighty thousand miles] high. Being surrounded by the ocean of milk, it is very beautifully situated.

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