The Outer Islands and the Measure of Rahu, Moon and Sun

Verse 1 (6.12.1)

उत्तरेषु च कौरव्य द्वीपेषु श्रूयते कथा । एवं तत्र महाराज ब्रुवतश्च निबोध मे ॥

uttareṣu ca kauravya dvīpeṣu śrūyate kathā | evaṃ tatra mahārāja bruvataśca nibodha me

About the northern islands too, O descendant of Kuru, an account has come down. Listen, great king, as I tell it to you.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the critical edition (CE yathāśrutaṃ mahārāja bruvatas tan nibodha me); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 2 (6.12.2)

घृततोयः समुद्रोऽत्र दधिमण्डोदकोऽपरः । सुरोदः सागरश्चैव तथान्यो जलसागरः ॥

ghṛtatoyaḥ samudro'tra dadhimaṇḍodako'paraḥ | surodaḥ sāgaraścaiva tathānyo jalasāgaraḥ

Here there is an ocean of ghee, another whose waters are the whey of curds, an ocean of wine, and yet another, an ocean of water.

Verse 3 (6.12.3)

परस्परेण द्विगुणाः सर्वे द्वीपा नराधिप । पर्वताश्च महाराज समुद्रैः परिवारिताः ॥

paraspareṇa dviguṇāḥ sarve dvīpā narādhipa | parvatāśca mahārāja samudraiḥ parivāritāḥ

Each of these islands is twice the size of the one before it, O lord of men, and the mountains, great king, are ringed by the oceans.

Verse 4 (6.12.4)

गौरस्तु मध्यमे द्वीपे गिरिर्मानःशिलो महान् । पर्वतः पश्चिमे कृष्णो नारायणसखो नृप ॥

gaurastu madhyame dvīpe girirmānaḥśilo mahān | parvataḥ paścime kṛṣṇo nārāyaṇasakho nṛpa

In the middle island stands Gaura, a great mountain of red arsenic; in the west, O king, is the mountain Krishna, the companion of Narayana.

Verse 5 (6.12.5)

तत्र रत्नानि दिव्यानि स्वयं रक्षति केशवः । प्रसन्नश्चाभवत्तत्र प्रजानां व्यदधत्सुखम् ॥

tatra ratnāni divyāni svayaṃ rakṣati keśavaḥ | prasannaścābhavattatra prajānāṃ vyadadhatsukham

There Keshava himself guards the divine jewels; and, being gracious there, he brought happiness to the people.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the critical edition (CE prajāpatim upāsīnaḥ prajānāṃ vidadhe sukham); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 6 (6.12.6)

कुशस्तम्बः कुशद्वीपे मध्ये जनपदैः सह । संपूज्यते शाल्मलिश्च द्वीपे शाल्मलिके नृप ॥

kuśastambaḥ kuśadvīpe madhye janapadaiḥ saha | saṃpūjyate śālmaliśca dvīpe śālmalike nṛpa

In Kusha island a clump of kusha grass stands in the midst of the lands and is worshipped together with their peoples; and in Shalmali island, O king, the shalmali tree is worshipped.

Verse 7 (6.12.7)

क्रौञ्चद्वीपे महाक्रौञ्चो गिरी रत्नचयाकरः । संपूज्यते महाराज चातुर्वर्ण्येन नित्यदा ॥

krauñcadvīpe mahākrauñco girī ratnacayākaraḥ | saṃpūjyate mahārāja cāturvarṇyena nityadā

In Krauncha island the great mountain Krauncha, a mine of heaped jewels, is worshipped at all times, great king, by all four classes of society.

Verse 8 (6.12.8)

गोमन्तः पर्वतो राजन्सुमहान्सर्वधातुमान् । यत्र नित्यं निवसति श्रीमान्कमललोचनः ॥

gomantaḥ parvato rājansumahānsarvadhātumān | yatra nityaṃ nivasati śrīmānkamalalocanaḥ

There is the mountain Gomanta, O king, vast and rich in every mineral, where the glorious lotus-eyed one dwells for ever —

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.8ab–cd; गोमन्तः for CE gomandaḥ kept as a variant (the alignment missed it).

Verse 9 (6.12.9)

मोक्षिभिः संस्तुतो नित्यं प्रभुर्नारायणो हरिः । कुशद्वीपे तु राजेन्द्र पर्वतो विद्रुमैश्चितः ॥

mokṣibhiḥ saṃstuto nityaṃ prabhurnārāyaṇo hariḥ | kuśadvīpe tu rājendra parvato vidrumaiścitaḥ

the lord Narayana, Hari, ever praised by those who seek liberation. In Kusha island, O king of kings, there is a mountain heaped with coral;

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.8ef + 6.13.9ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 10 (6.12.10)

सुनामा नाम दुर्धर्षो द्वितीयो हेमपर्वतः । द्युतिमान्नाम कौरव्य तृतीयः कुमुदो गिरिः ॥

sunāmā nāma durdharṣo dvitīyo hemaparvataḥ | dyutimānnāma kauravya tṛtīyaḥ kumudo giriḥ

the second, named Sunama, is an unassailable mountain of gold; the third, O Kauravya, is the mountain Kumuda, called Dyutiman;

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.9cd + 6.13.10ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition); सुनामा for CE sudhāmā kept as a variant.

Verse 11 (6.12.11)

चतुर्थः पुष्पवान्नाम पञ्चमस्तु कुशेशयः । षष्ठो हरिगिरिर्नाम षडेते पर्वतोत्तमाः ॥

caturthaḥ puṣpavānnāma pañcamastu kuśeśayaḥ | ṣaṣṭho harigirirnāma ṣaḍete parvatottamāḥ

the fourth is named Pushpavan, the fifth is Kusheshaya, and the sixth is named Harigiri. These are the six finest mountains.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.10cd + 6.13.11ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 12 (6.12.12)

तेषामन्तरविष्कम्भो द्विगुणः सर्वभागशः । औद्भिदं प्रथमं वर्षं द्वितीयं वेणुमण्डलम् ॥

teṣāmantaraviṣkambho dviguṇaḥ sarvabhāgaśaḥ | audbhidaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ dvitīyaṃ veṇumaṇḍalam

The space between them doubles in every part. The first region is Audbhida, the second Venumandala,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.11cd + 6.13.12ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition); सर्वभागशः for CE pravibhāgaśaḥ kept as a variant.

Verse 13 (6.12.13)

तृतीयं सुरथाकारं चतुर्थं कम्बलं स्मृतम् । धृतिमत्पञ्चमं वर्षं षष्ठं वर्षं प्रभाकरम् ॥

tṛtīyaṃ surathākāraṃ caturthaṃ kambalaṃ smṛtam | dhṛtimatpañcamaṃ varṣaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣaṃ prabhākaram

the third Surathakara, the fourth is known as Kambala, the fifth region is Dhritimat, the sixth region Prabhakara,

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.13.13a ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣaṃ prabhākaram): Wikisource's quarter षष्ठं प्रभाकरम् has lost the word वर्षं and is two syllables short. Corresponds to 6.13.12cd + 6.13.13ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition); सुरथाकारं and कम्बलं (CE vai rathākāraṃ, pālanaṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 14 (6.12.14)

सप्तमं कापिलं वर्षं सप्तैते वर्षलम्भकाः । एतेषु देवगन्धर्वाः प्रजाश्च जगतीश्वर ॥

saptamaṃ kāpilaṃ varṣaṃ saptaite varṣalambhakāḥ | eteṣu devagandharvāḥ prajāśca jagatīśvara

and the seventh region is Kapila. These are the seven tracts of land. In them, O lord of the world, gods, gandharvas and people

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.13cd + 6.13.14ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 15 (6.12.15)

विहरन्ते रमन्ते च न तेषु म्रियते जनः । न तेषु दस्यवः सन्ति म्लेच्छजात्योऽपि वा नृप ॥

viharante ramante ca na teṣu mriyate janaḥ | na teṣu dasyavaḥ santi mlecchajātyo'pi vā nṛpa

roam and take their pleasure, and no one dies there. In them, O king, there are no robbers, nor any men of barbarian birth.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.14cd + 6.13.15ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition). Corrected म्लेच्छजात्योपि → म्लेच्छजात्योऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha before अपि; CE mlecchajātyo 'pi).

Verse 16 (6.12.16)

गौरप्रायो जनः सर्वः सुकुमारश्च पार्थिव । अवशिष्टेषु सर्वेषु वक्ष्यामि मनुजेश्वर ॥

gauraprāyo janaḥ sarvaḥ sukumāraśca pārthiva | avaśiṣṭeṣu sarveṣu vakṣyāmi manujeśvara

The people there are almost all fair-skinned and delicate, O king. Of all the rest I shall now tell you, O lord of men,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.15cd + 6.13.16ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition); सर्वेषु for CE varṣeṣu kept as a variant.

Verse 17 (6.12.17)

यथाश्रुतं महाराज तदव्यग्रमनाः शृणु । क्रौञ्चद्वीपे महाराज क्रौञ्चो नाम महागिरिः ॥

yathāśrutaṃ mahārāja tadavyagramanāḥ śṛṇu | krauñcadvīpe mahārāja krauñco nāma mahāgiriḥ

as I have heard it, great king; listen with an undistracted mind. In Krauncha island, great king, is the great mountain named Krauncha.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.16cd + 6.13.17ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition). Corrected महारा → महाराज (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, CE mahārāja) and श्रृणु → शृणु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ).

Verse 18 (6.12.18)

क्रौञ्चात्परो वामनको वामनादन्धकारकः । अन्धकारात्परो राजन्मैनाकः पर्वतोत्तमः ॥

krauñcātparo vāmanako vāmanādandhakārakaḥ | andhakārātparo rājanmainākaḥ parvatottamaḥ

Beyond Krauncha is Vamanaka, and beyond Vamana is Andhakaraka; beyond Andhakara, O king, is Mainaka, finest of mountains.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.17cd + 6.13.18ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition). The page closes this verse with a single danda; the closing ॥ is supplied (the next row is a separate numbered verse, so the rows are kept as printed).

Verse 19 (6.12.19)

मैनाकात्परतो राजन्गोविन्दो गिरिरुत्तमः । गोविन्दात्परतो राजन्निबिडो नाम पर्वतः ॥

mainākātparato rājangovindo giriruttamaḥ | govindātparato rājannibiḍo nāma parvataḥ

Beyond Mainaka, O king, is Govinda, an excellent mountain; beyond Govinda, O king, is the mountain named Nibida.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.18cd + 6.13.19ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition). Corrected रादन् → राजन् (misprint in Wikisource; द for ज, CE rājan).

Verse 20 (6.12.20)

परस्तु द्विगुणस्तेषां विष्कम्भो वंशवर्धन । देशांस्तत्र प्रवक्ष्यामि तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥

parastu dviguṇasteṣāṃ viṣkambho vaṃśavardhana | deśāṃstatra pravakṣyāmi tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

The breadth of each of them is twice that of the one before, O increaser of the line. Now I shall tell you of the countries there; listen as I describe them.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.19cd + 6.13.20ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition). Corrected श्रृणु → शृणु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ).

Verse 21 (6.12.21)

क्रौञ्चस्य कुशलो देशो वामनस्य मनोनुगः । मनोनुगात्परश्चोष्णो देशः कुरुकुलोद्वह ॥

krauñcasya kuśalo deśo vāmanasya manonugaḥ | manonugātparaścoṣṇo deśaḥ kurukulodvaha

Krauncha’s country is Kushala, Vamana’s is Manonuga; beyond Manonuga, O upholder of the Kuru line, is the country Ushna.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.20cd + 6.13.21ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition). Corrected क्रोञ्चस्य → क्रौञ्चस्य (misprint in Wikisource; ो for ौ, CE krauñcasya).

Verse 22 (6.12.22)

उष्णात्परः प्रावरकः प्रावारादन्धकारकः । अन्धकारकदेशात्तु मुनिदेशः परः स्मृतः ॥

uṣṇātparaḥ prāvarakaḥ prāvārādandhakārakaḥ | andhakārakadeśāttu munideśaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ

Beyond Ushna is Pravaraka, and beyond Pravara is Andhakaraka; and beyond the Andhakaraka country lies, it is said, Munidesha.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.21cd + 6.13.22ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition); प्रावारात् for CE prāvarāt kept as a variant.

Verse 23 (6.12.23)

मुनिदेशात्परश्चैव प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वनः । सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णो गौरप्रायो जनाधिप ॥

munideśātparaścaiva procyate dundubhisvanaḥ | siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇo gauraprāyo janādhipa

Beyond Munidesha is the one called Dundubhisvana, thronged with siddhas and charanas, its people mostly fair-skinned, O ruler of men.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.22cd + 6.13.23ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 24 (6.12.24)

एते देशा महाराज देवगन्धर्वसेविताः । पुष्करे पुष्करो नाम पर्वतो मणिरत्नवान् ॥

ete deśā mahārāja devagandharvasevitāḥ | puṣkare puṣkaro nāma parvato maṇiratnavān

These countries, great king, are frequented by gods and gandharvas. In Pushkara island is a mountain named Pushkara, rich in gems and jewels.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.23cd + 6.13.24ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 25 (6.12.25)

तत्र नित्यं प्रभवति स्वयं देवः प्रजापतिः । तं पर्युपासते नित्यं देवाः सर्वे महर्षयः ॥

tatra nityaṃ prabhavati svayaṃ devaḥ prajāpatiḥ | taṃ paryupāsate nityaṃ devāḥ sarve maharṣayaḥ

There the god Prajapati himself is ever present, and all the gods and great sages constantly worship him,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.24cd + 6.13.25ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition); प्रभवति and महर्षयः (CE nivasati, maharṣibhiḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 26 (6.12.26)

वाग्भिर्मनोनुकूलाभिः पूजयन्तो जनाधिप । जम्बूद्वीपात्प्रवर्तन्ते रत्नानि विविधान्युत ॥

vāgbhirmanonukūlābhiḥ pūjayanto janādhipa | jambūdvīpātpravartante ratnāni vividhānyuta

honouring him with words that please the heart, O ruler of men. From Jambudvipa jewels of many kinds go forth

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.25cd + 6.13.26ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 27 (6.12.27)

द्वीपेषु तेषु सर्वेषु प्रजानां कुरुसत्तम । ब्रह्मचर्येण सत्येन प्रजानां हि दमेन च ॥

dvīpeṣu teṣu sarveṣu prajānāṃ kurusattama | brahmacaryeṇa satyena prajānāṃ hi damena ca

to all those islands, for their people, O best of the Kurus. Through the people’s celibacy, truthfulness and self-restraint

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.26cd + 6.13.27ab (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition); प्रजानां हि (CE viprāṇāṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 28 (6.12.28)

आरोग्यायुःप्रमाणाभ्यां द्विगुणं द्विगुणं ततः । एको जनपदो राजन्द्वीपेष्वेतेषु भारत । उक्ता जनपदा येषु धर्मश्चैकः प्रदृश्यते ॥

ārogyāyuḥpramāṇābhyāṃ dviguṇaṃ dviguṇaṃ tataḥ | eko janapado rājandvīpeṣveteṣu bhārata | uktā janapadā yeṣu dharmaścaikaḥ pradṛśyate

their health and length of life double from each island to the next. In these islands, O king, O Bharata, there is but a single people: the countries I have named are lands where one single dharma is seen.

Note on the text: A three-line verse: corresponds to 6.13.27cd + 6.13.28 (Wikisource divides verses 9–28 of this adhyaya half a verse later than the critical edition; the page realigns with the critical edition after it).

Verse 29 (6.12.29)

ईश्वरो दण्डमुद्यम्य स्वयमेव प्रजापतिः । द्वीपानेतान्महाराज रक्षंस्तिष्ठति नित्यदा ॥

īśvaro daṇḍamudyamya svayameva prajāpatiḥ | dvīpānetānmahārāja rakṣaṃstiṣṭhati nityadā

Prajapati himself, the Lord, raising the rod of punishment, stands for ever guarding these islands, great king.

Verse 30 (6.12.30)

स राजा स शिवो राजन्स पिता प्रपितामहः । गोपायति नरश्रेष्ठ प्रजाः सजडपण्डिताः ॥

sa rājā sa śivo rājansa pitā prapitāmahaḥ | gopāyati naraśreṣṭha prajāḥ sajaḍapaṇḍitāḥ

He is their king, he their auspicious one, O king, he their father and great-grandfather; O best of men, he protects the people, the simple and the learned alike.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतितामहः → प्रपितामहः (misprint in Wikisource; त for प, प्रतितामह is not a word; the critical edition reads sa pitāmahaḥ).

Verse 31 (6.12.31)

भोजनं चात्र कौरव्य प्रजाः स्वयमुपस्थितम् । सिद्धमेव महाबाहो तद्धि भुञ्जन्ति नित्यदा ॥

bhojanaṃ cātra kauravya prajāḥ svayamupasthitam | siddhameva mahābāho taddhi bhuñjanti nityadā

Here, O Kauravya, food comes to the people of its own accord, already prepared, O mighty-armed one, and that is what they always eat.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the critical edition (CE siddham eva mahārāja bhuñjate tatra nityadā); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 32 (6.12.32)

ततः परं समा नाम दृश्यते लोकसंस्थितिः । चतुरश्रा महाराज त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तु मण्डलम् ॥

tataḥ paraṃ samā nāma dṛśyate lokasaṃsthitiḥ | caturaśrā mahārāja trayastriṃśattu maṇḍalam

Beyond that is seen the world-region called Sama. It is four-cornered, great king, and its circuit measures thirty-three.

Note on the text: Corrected चतुरश्र → चतुरश्रा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā-sign, the adjective agrees with लोकसंस्थितिः; CE caturaśrā).

Verse 33 (6.12.33)

तत्र तिष्ठन्ति कौरव्य चत्वारो लोकसंमताः । दिग्गजा भरतश्रेष्ठ वामनैरावतादयः ॥

tatra tiṣṭhanti kauravya catvāro lokasaṃmatāḥ | diggajā bharataśreṣṭha vāmanairāvatādayaḥ

There stand, O Kauravya, the four elephants of the quarters, honoured by the worlds, O best of the Bharatas — Vamana, Airavata and the others,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.33ab–cd; the critical edition’s third line (33ef) opens the next verse.

Verse 34 (6.12.34)

सुप्रतीकस्तदा राजन्प्रभिन्नकरटामुखः । तस्याहं परिमाणं तु न संख्यातुमिहोत्सहे ॥

supratīkastadā rājanprabhinnakaraṭāmukhaḥ | tasyāhaṃ parimāṇaṃ tu na saṃkhyātumihotsahe

and Supratika too, O king, whose temples and mouth stream with rut. Their size I cannot venture to reckon here;

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.33ef + 6.13.34ab (Wikisource divides verses 34–37 half a verse later than the critical edition); तदा for CE tathā kept as a variant.

Verse 35 (6.12.35)

असंख्यातः स नित्यं हि तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्तथा । तत्र वै वायवो वान्ति दिग्भ्यः सर्वाभ्य एव हि ॥

asaṃkhyātaḥ sa nityaṃ hi tiryagūrdhvamadhastathā | tatra vai vāyavo vānti digbhyaḥ sarvābhya eva hi

it is for ever beyond counting, across, upward and downward. There the winds blow from all the quarters,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.34cd + 6.13.35ab (Wikisource divides verses 34–37 half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 36 (6.12.36)

असंबद्धा महाराज तान्निगृह्णन्ति ते गजाः । पुष्करैः पद्मसंकाशैर्विकसद्भिर्महाप्रभैः ॥

asaṃbaddhā mahārāja tānnigṛhṇanti te gajāḥ | puṣkaraiḥ padmasaṃkāśairvikasadbhirmahāprabhaiḥ

unchecked, great king, and those elephants seize them with the tips of their trunks, which are like lotuses, unfurling and full of splendour;

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.35cd + 6.13.36ab (Wikisource divides verses 34–37 half a verse later than the critical edition); असंबद्धा and विकसद्भिः (CE asaṃbādhā, varṣmavadbhiḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 37 (6.12.37)

शतधा पुनरेवाशु ते तान्मुञ्चन्ति नित्यशः । श्वसद्भिर्मुच्यमानास्तु दिग्गजैरिह मारुताः । आगच्छन्ति महाराज ततस्तिष्ठन्ति वै प्रजाः ॥

śatadhā punarevāśu te tānmuñcanti nityaśaḥ | śvasadbhirmucyamānāstu diggajairiha mārutāḥ | āgacchanti mahārāja tatastiṣṭhanti vai prajāḥ

and at once they release them again, a hundredfold, continually. Released by the breathing elephants of the quarters, the winds come here, great king, and so living beings survive.

Note on the text: A three-line verse: corresponds to 6.13.36cd + 6.13.37 (Wikisource divides verses 34–37 half a verse later than the critical edition); line 1 differs from CE 36cd (te śanaiḥ punar evāśu vāyūn muñcanti nityaśaḥ), kept as a variant.

Verse 38 (6.12.38)

परो वै विस्तरोऽत्यर्थं त्वया सञ्जय कीर्तितः । दर्शितं द्वीपसंस्थानमुत्तरं ब्रूहि सञ्जय ॥

paro vai vistaro'tyarthaṃ tvayā sañjaya kīrtitaḥ | darśitaṃ dvīpasaṃsthānamuttaraṃ brūhi sañjaya

Sanjaya, you have described the far regions at very great length and shown me the arrangement of the islands. Now tell me what remains, Sanjaya.

Verse 39 (6.12.39)

उक्ता द्वीपा महाराज ग्रहं वै शृणु तत्त्वतः । स्वर्भानोः कौरवश्रेष्ठ यावदेव प्रमाणतः ॥

uktā dvīpā mahārāja grahaṃ vai śṛṇu tattvataḥ | svarbhānoḥ kauravaśreṣṭha yāvadeva pramāṇataḥ

The islands have been described, great king. Now hear the truth about the planet Svarbhanu (Rahu), O best of the Kauravas — how great he is in measure.

Note on the text: Differs from the critical edition in both lines (CE grahān me śṛṇu tattvataḥ / svarbhānuḥ kauravaśreṣṭha yāvad eṣa prabhāvataḥ); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 40 (6.12.40)

परिमण्डलो महाराज स्वर्भानुः श्रूयते ग्रहः । योजनानां सहस्राणि विष्कम्भो द्वादशास्य वै ॥

parimaṇḍalo mahārāja svarbhānuḥ śrūyate grahaḥ | yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi viṣkambho dvādaśāsya vai

The planet Svarbhanu is said to be round, great king; his diameter is twelve thousand yojanas.

Verse 41 (6.12.41)

परिणाहेन षट्त्रिंशद्विपुलत्वेन चानघ । षष्टिमाहुः शतान्यस्य बुधाः पौराणिकास्तथा ॥

pariṇāhena ṣaṭtriṃśadvipulatvena cānagha | ṣaṣṭimāhuḥ śatānyasya budhāḥ paurāṇikāstathā

His circumference is thirty-six thousand, and his bulk, O sinless one, the wise who know the Puranas put at sixty hundred.

Verse 42 (6.12.42)

चन्द्रमास्तु सहस्राणि राजन्नेकादश स्मृतः । विष्कम्भेण कुरुश्रेष्ठ त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तु मण्डलम् ॥

candramāstu sahasrāṇi rājannekādaśa smṛtaḥ | viṣkambheṇa kuruśreṣṭha trayastriṃśattu maṇḍalam

The moon, O king, is held to be eleven thousand in diameter, O best of the Kurus, and thirty-three thousand in circumference;

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.42ab–cd; the critical edition’s third line (42ef) is the next verse.

Verse 43 (6.12.43)

एकोनषष्टिविष्कम्भं शीतरश्मेर्महात्मनः ॥

ekonaṣaṣṭiviṣkambhaṃ śītaraśmermahātmanaḥ

and the breadth of the great, cool-rayed moon is fifty-nine.

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource, numbered as its own verse: it is the third line of the critical edition’s 6.13.42 (42ef; CE ekonaṣaṣṭir vaipulyāc), so nothing is lost.

Verse 44 (6.12.44)

सूर्यस्त्वष्टौ सहस्राणि द्वे चान्ये कुरुनन्दन । विष्कम्भेण ततो राजन्मण्डलं त्रिंशता समम् ॥

sūryastvaṣṭau sahasrāṇi dve cānye kurunandana | viṣkambheṇa tato rājanmaṇḍalaṃ triṃśatā samam

The sun, O joy of the Kurus, is eight thousand and two thousand more in diameter, O king, and his circuit is equal to thirty thousand;

Verse 45 (6.12.45)

अष्टपञ्चाशतं राजन्विपुलत्वेन चानघ । श्रूयते परमोदारः पतगोऽसौ विभावसुः ॥

aṣṭapañcāśataṃ rājanvipulatvena cānagha | śrūyate paramodāraḥ patago'sau vibhāvasuḥ

and fifty-eight in breadth, O sinless king. So is described Vibhavasu, the sun, most exalted and swift in his course.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.44ab–cd; the critical edition’s third line (44ef) opens the next verse.

Verse 46 (6.12.46)

एतत्प्रमाणमर्कस्य निर्दिष्टमिह भारत । स राहुश्छादयत्येतौ यथाकालं महत्तया ॥

etatpramāṇamarkasya nirdiṣṭamiha bhārata | sa rāhuśchādayatyetau yathākālaṃ mahattayā

This is the measure of the sun, as it is set forth here, O Bharata. That Rahu, being the larger, covers these two in due season —

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.44ef + 6.13.45ab (Wikisource divides verses 46–50 half a verse later than the critical edition). Corrected महात्तया → महत्तया (misprint in Wikisource; extra ā-sign, CE mahattayā).

Verse 47 (6.12.47)

चन्द्रादित्यौ महाराज संक्षेपोऽयमुदाहृतः । इत्येतत्ते महाराज पृच्छतः शास्त्रचक्षुषा ॥

candrādityau mahārāja saṃkṣepo'yamudāhṛtaḥ | ityetatte mahārāja pṛcchataḥ śāstracakṣuṣā

the moon and the sun, great king. This has been told in brief. And so, great king, you who asked, with the eye of the sacred texts

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.45cd + 6.13.46ab (Wikisource divides verses 46–50 half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 48 (6.12.48)

सर्वमुक्तं यथातत्त्वं तस्माच्छममवाप्नुहि । यथोद्दिष्टं मया प्रोक्तं सनिर्माणमिदं जगत् ॥

sarvamuktaṃ yathātattvaṃ tasmācchamamavāpnuhi | yathoddiṣṭaṃ mayā proktaṃ sanirmāṇamidaṃ jagat

I have told you everything as it truly is; so be at peace. I have described this world and its making as it was taught.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.46cd + 6.13.47ab (Wikisource divides verses 46–50 half a verse later than the critical edition); यथोद्दिष्टं and सनिर्माणम् (CE yathādṛṣṭaṃ, saniryāṇam) kept as variants.

Verse 49 (6.12.49)

तस्मादाश्वस कौरव्य पुत्रं दुर्योधनं प्रति । श्रुत्वेदं भरतश्रेष्ठ भूमिपर्व मनोनुगम् ॥

tasmādāśvasa kauravya putraṃ duryodhanaṃ prati | śrutvedaṃ bharataśreṣṭha bhūmiparva manonugam

Therefore take comfort, O Kauravya, about your son Duryodhana. Having heard this delightful Bhumi Parva, O best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.47cd + 6.13.48ab (Wikisource divides verses 46–50 half a verse later than the critical edition).

Verse 50 (6.12.50)

श्रीमान्भवति राजन्यः सिद्धार्थः साधुसंमतः । आयुर्बलं च कीर्तिश्च तस्य तेजश्च वर्धते ॥

śrīmānbhavati rājanyaḥ siddhārthaḥ sādhusaṃmataḥ | āyurbalaṃ ca kīrtiśca tasya tejaśca vardhate

a man of the warrior class becomes prosperous, accomplished in his aims and esteemed by the good; his life, strength, fame and splendour increase.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.13.48cd–ef (Wikisource divides verses 46–50 half a verse later than the critical edition; the page realigns with the critical edition after it); कीर्तिश्च for CE vīryaṃ ca kept as a variant.

Verse 51 (6.12.51)

यः शृणोति महीपाल पर्वणीदं यतव्रतः । प्रीयन्ते पितरस्तस्य तथैव च पितामहाः ॥

yaḥ śṛṇoti mahīpāla parvaṇīdaṃ yatavrataḥ | prīyante pitarastasya tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ

He who, keeping his vows, hears this on the sacred days of the moon, O protector of the earth, pleases his fathers and grandfathers.

Verse 52 (6.12.52)

इदं तु भारतं वर्षं यत्र वर्तामहे वयम् । पूर्वैः प्रवर्तितं पुण्यं तत्सर्वं श्रुतवानसि ॥

idaṃ tu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ yatra vartāmahe vayam | pūrvaiḥ pravartitaṃ puṇyaṃ tatsarvaṃ śrutavānasi

This land of Bharata in which we live, made holy by those of old — all that you have now heard.