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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.16.22

యస్తు మహాకదమ్బ: సుపార్శ్వనిరూఢో యాస్తస్య కోటరేభ్యో విని:సృతా: పఞ్చాయామపరిణాహా: పఞ్చ మధుధారా: సుపార్శ్వశిఖరాత్పతన్త్యోఽపరేణాత్మానమిలావృతమనుమోదయన్తి ॥ ౨౨ ॥
yas tu mahā-kadambaḥ supārśva-nirūḍho yās tasya koṭarebhyo viniḥsṛtāḥ paṣcāyāma-pariṇāhāḥ paṣca madhu-dhārāḥ supārśva-śikharāt patantyo ’pareṇātmānam ilāvṛtam anumodayanti.
[yas tu mahaa-kadambah supaarshva-niroodho yaas tasya kotarebhyo vinihsritaah pashchaayaama-parinaahaah pashcha madhu-dhaaraah supaarshva-shikharaat patantyo ’parenaatmaanam ilaavritam anumodayanti.]
Word-for-word
yaḥ — which tu — but mahā-kadambaḥ — the tree named Mahākadamba supārśva-nirūḍhaḥ — which stands on the side of the mountain known as Supārśva yāḥ — which tasya — of that koṭarebhyaḥ — from the hollows viniḥsṛtāḥ — flowing paṣca — five āyāma — vyāma, a unit of measurement of about eight feet pariṇāhāḥ — whose measurement paṣca — five madhu-dhārāḥ — flows of honey supārśva-śikharāt — from the top of Supārśva Mountain patantyaḥ — flowing down apareṇa — on the western side of Sumeru Mountain ātmānam — the whole of ilāvṛtam — Ilāvṛta-varṣa anumodayanti — make fragrant.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yas tu mahā-kadambaḥ supārśva-nirūḍho yās tasya koṭarebhyo viniḥsṛtāḥ paṣcāyāma-pariṇāhāḥ paṣca madhu-dhārāḥ supārśva-śikharāt patantyo ’pareṇātmānam ilāvṛtam anumodayanti.
yaḥ
which
tu
but
mahā-kadambaḥ
the tree named Mahākadamba
supārśva-nirūḍhaḥ
which stands on the side of the mountain known as Supārśva
yāḥ
which
tasya
of that
koṭarebhyaḥ
from the hollows
viniḥsṛtāḥ
flowing
paṣca
five
āyāma
vyāma, a unit of measurement of about eight feet
pariṇāhāḥ
whose measurement
paṣca
five
madhu-dhārāḥ
flows of honey
supārśva-śikharāt
from the top of Supārśva Mountain
patantyaḥ
flowing down
apareṇa
on the western side of Sumeru Mountain
ātmānam
the whole of
ilāvṛtam
Ilāvṛta-varṣa
anumodayanti
make fragrant.
On the side of Supārśva Mountain stands a big tree called Mahākadamba, which is very celebrated. From the hollows of this tree flow five rivers of honey, each about five vyāmas wide. This flowing honey falls incessantly from the top of Supārśva Mountain and flows all around Ilāvṛta-varṣa, beginning from the western side. Thus the whole land is saturated with the pleasing fragrance.
Purport

The distance between one hand and another when one spreads both his arms is called a vyāma. This comes to about eight feet. Thus each of the rivers was about forty feet wide, making a total of about two hundred feet.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Five rivers of honey, each about five vyāmas wide, which flow from the hollows of the tree called Mahākadamba growing on Supārśva Mountain fall from the top of Supārśva Mountain in the western direction and gives pleasure to itself and the whole of Ilāvṛta-varṣa. Āyāma means a vyāma. A vyāma is the space produced by extending the two arms and the fingers. The width of each river is five vyāmas. Another version has paṣca-vyāma-pariṇāhāḥ. It feels pleasure itself by hearing the praises of the people.
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