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Chapter 2: The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis

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SB 8.2.1

श्रीशुक उवाच आसीद्गिरिवरो राजंस्त्रिकूट इति विश्रुतः क्षीरोदेनावृतः श्रीमान्योजनायुतमुच्छ्रितः

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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