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Shloka 21

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

योजनानां सहस्राणि ऊर्ध्वं पञ्चाशदुच्छ्रितः अधश्चैव चतुस्त्रिंशत् सहस्राणि महाचलः

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ūrdhvaṃ pañcāśaducchritaḥ adhaścaiva catustriṃśat sahasrāṇi mahācalaḥ

The great mountain (Mahācala) rises upward to the height of fifty thousand yojanas, and extends downward as well for thirty-four thousand yojanas.

yojanānāmof yojanas (units of distance)
yojanānām:
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
ūrdhvamupward
ūrdhvam:
pañcāśatfifty
pañcāśat:
ucchritaḥrisen/elevated
ucchritaḥ:
adhaḥdownward/below
adhaḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
catuḥtriṃśatthirty-four
catuḥtriṃśat:
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
mahācalaḥthe great mountain (Mahācala)
mahācalaḥ:

Suta Goswami