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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.2.4

స చావనిజ్యమానాఙ్‍‍ఘ్రి: సమన్తాత్ పయఊర్మిభి: । కరోతి శ్యామలాం భూమిం హరిన్మరకతాశ్మభి: ॥ ౪ ॥
sa cāvanijyamānāṅghriḥ
[sa chaavanijyamaanaanghrih]
samantāt paya-ūrmibhiḥ
[samantaat paya-oormibhih]
karoti śyāmalāṁ bhūmiṁ
[karoti shyaamalaam bhoomim]
harin-marakatāśmabhiḥ
[harin-marakataashmabhih]
saḥ — that mountain ca — also avanijyamāna-aṅghriḥ — whose foot is always washed samantāt — all around payaḥ-ūrmibhiḥ — by waves of milk karoti — makes śyāmalām — dark green bhūmim — ground harit — green marakata — with emerald aśmabhiḥ — stones.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa cāvanijyamānāṅghriḥ
saḥ
that mountain
ca
also
avanijyamāna-aṅghriḥ
whose foot is always washed
samantāt paya-ūrmibhiḥ
samantāt
all around
payaḥ-ūrmibhiḥ
by waves of milk
karoti śyāmalāṁ bhūmiṁ
karoti
makes
śyāmalām
dark green
bhūmim
ground
harin-marakatāśmabhiḥ
harit
green
marakata
with emerald
aśmabhiḥ
stones.
The ground at the foot of the mountain is always washed by waves of milk that produce emeralds all around in the eight directions [north, south, east, west and the directions midway between them].

From Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we understand that there are various oceans. Somewhere there is an ocean filled with milk, somewhere an ocean of liquor, an ocean of ghee, an ocean of oil, and an ocean of sweet water. Thus there are different varieties of oceans within this universe. The modern scientists, who have only limited experience, cannot defy these statements; they cannot give us full information about any planet, even the planet on which we live. From this verse, however, we can understand that if the valleys of some mountains are washed with milk, this produces emeralds. No one has the ability to imitate the activities of material nature as conducted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The mountain whose base was washed by waves of milk became green because of the emeralds scattered in all directions. The mountain whose base was washed all around by the milk ocean became green land by the emerald gems scattered in the eight directions (harit).
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