# SB 5.20.7 ## Text > plakṣaḥ sva-samānenekṣu-rasodenāvṛto yathā tathā dvīpo 'pi śālmalo dvi-guṇa-viśālaḥ samānena surodenāvṛtaḥ parivṛṅkte. ## Synonyms *plakṣaḥ*—the land known as Plakṣadvīpa; *sva*-*samānena*—equal in width; *ikṣu*-*rasa*—of sugarcane juice; *udena*—by an ocean; *āvṛtaḥ*—surrounded; *yathā*—just as; *tathā*—similarly; *dvīpaḥ*—another island; *api*—also; *śālmalaḥ*—known as Śālmala; *dvi*-*guṇa*-*viśālaḥ*—twice as big; *samānena*—equal in width; *surā*-*udena*—by an ocean of liquor; *āvṛtaḥ*—surrounded; *parivṛṅkte*—exists. ## Translation **Plakṣadvīpa is surrounded by an ocean of sugarcane juice, equal in breadth to the island itself. Similarly, there is then another island—Sālmalīdvīpa—twice as broad as Plakṣadvīpa [400,000 yojanas, or 3,200,000 miles] and surrounded by an equally broad body of water called Surāsāgara, the ocean that tastes like liquor.**