Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.52.12

tata utpatya tarasā

dahyamāna-taṭād ubhau

daśaika-yojanāt tuńgān

nipetatur adho bhuvi

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — from it (the mountain); utpatya — jumping; tarasā — with haste; dahyamāna — which were burning; taṭāt — whose sides; ubhau — the two of Them; daśa-eka — eleven; yojanāt — yojanas; tuńgāt — high; nipetatuḥ — They fell; adhaḥ — down; bhuvi — to the ground.

TRANSLATION

The two of Them then suddenly jumped from the burning mountain, which was eleven yojanas high, and fell to the ground.

PURPORT

Eleven yojanas is approximately ninety miles.

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