Mount Meru and the Varshas of Jambudvipa

Verse 1 (6.6.1)

उक्तो द्वीपस्य संक्षेपो विधिवद्बुद्धिमंस्त्वया । तत्त्वज्ञश्चासि सर्वस्य विस्तारं ब्रूहि सञ्जय ॥

ukto dvīpasya saṃkṣepo vidhivadbuddhimaṃstvayā | tattvajñaścāsi sarvasya vistāraṃ brūhi sañjaya

"You have told me the outline of the island duly, wise one, and you know the truth of all things. Now describe it in detail, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.7.1ab reads ukto dvīpasya saṃkṣepo vistaraṃ brūhi saṃjaya; this verse's other two quarters (vidhivad buddhimaṃs tvayā, tattvajñaś cāsi sarvasya) are its star passage 6.7.1a*0023.

Verse 2 (6.6.2)

यावान्भूम्यवकाशोऽयं दृश्यते शशलक्षणे । तस्य प्रमाणं प्रब्रूहि ततो वक्ष्यसि पिप्पलम् ॥

yāvānbhūmyavakāśo'yaṃ dṛśyate śaśalakṣaṇe | tasya pramāṇaṃ prabrūhi tato vakṣyasi pippalam

Tell me the measure of this expanse of land that is seen in the mark of the hare; after that you will speak of the pippala tree."

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.7.1cd–ef.

Verse 3 (6.6.3)

एवं राज्ञा स पृष्टस्तु संजयो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

evaṃ rājñā sa pṛṣṭastu saṃjayo vākyamabravīt

Questioned thus by the king, Sanjaya spoke these words.

Note on the text: A half-verse: the page prints the heading संजय उवाच after this line and numbers both parts 3 (the critical edition's 6.7.2 runs on without a second heading).

Verse 4 (6.6.4)

प्रागायता महाराज षडेते वर्षपर्वताः । अवगाढा ह्युभयतः समुद्रौ पूर्वपश्चिमौ ॥

prāgāyatā mahārāja ṣaḍete varṣaparvatāḥ | avagāḍhā hyubhayataḥ samudrau pūrvapaścimau

Great king, these six varsha mountains stretch from east to west and plunge into the ocean on both sides, the eastern and the western.

Note on the text: The rest of the critical edition's 6.7.2 (reading ratnaparvatāḥ for वर्षपर्वताः).

Verse 5 (6.6.5)

हिमवान्हेमकूटश्च निषधश्च नगोत्तमः । नीलश्च वैदूर्यमयः श्वेतश्च शशिसन्निभः ॥

himavānhemakūṭaśca niṣadhaśca nagottamaḥ | nīlaśca vaidūryamayaḥ śvetaśca śaśisannibhaḥ

They are Himavat; Hemakuta; Nishadha, best of mountains; Nila, made of beryl; Shveta, bright as the moon;

Verse 6 (6.6.6)

सर्वधातुविचित्रश्च शृङ्गवान्नाम पर्वतः । एते वै पर्वता राजन्सिद्धचारणसेविताः ॥

sarvadhātuvicitraśca śṛṅgavānnāma parvataḥ | ete vai parvatā rājansiddhacāraṇasevitāḥ

and the mountain named Shringavat, many-coloured with every mineral. These mountains, king, are frequented by Siddhas and Charanas.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.3ef; line 2 is 6.7.4ab. Corrected श्रृङ्गवान् → शृङ्गवान् (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ, critical edition śṛṅgavān).

Verse 7 (6.6.7)

एषामन्तरविष्कम्भा योजनानि सहस्रशः । तत्र पुण्या जनपदास्तानि वर्षाणि भारत ॥

eṣāmantaraviṣkambhā yojanāni sahasraśaḥ | tatra puṇyā janapadāstāni varṣāṇi bhārata

The spaces between them measure thousands of yojanas. In them lie holy countries, and these, Bharata, are the varshas.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.4cd; line 2 is 6.7.5ab.

Verse 8 (6.6.8)

वसन्ति तेषु सत्त्वानि नानाजातीनि सर्वशः । इदं तु भारतं वर्षं ततो हैमवतं परम् ॥

vasanti teṣu sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ | idaṃ tu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tato haimavataṃ param

Beings of every kind and of many species dwell in them. This is the varsha of Bharata; beyond it lies Haimavata.

Note on the text: The input joined this verse and the next into one four-line verse; the page marks a verse end (।।) after इदं तु भारतं वर्षं ततो हैमवतं परम्, prints its number 6-6-7 only after the fourth line and then skips to 9, and its commentary treats हेमकूटात्परं … as verse 8, so the two are separated here. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.5cd; line 2 is 6.7.6ab. Corrected सत्वानि → सत्त्वानि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त in sattva, critical edition sattvāni).

Verse 9 (6.6.9)

ततः किंपुरुषावासं वर्षं हिमवतः परम् । हेमकूटात्परं चैव हरिवर्षं प्रचक्षते ॥

tataḥ kiṃpuruṣāvāsaṃ varṣaṃ himavataḥ param | hemakūṭātparaṃ caiva harivarṣaṃ pracakṣate

Then, beyond Himavat, comes the varsha where the Kimpurushas dwell; and beyond Hemakuta, they say, lies Harivarsha.

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse (see the note there); the page prints no number for it, and 8 is the number its numbering skips. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.7.6b*0026; line 2 is 6.7.6cd. Removed a stray quote mark after परम्.

Verse 10 (6.6.10)

दक्षिणेन तु नीलस्य निषधस्योत्तरेण तु । प्रागायतो महाभाग माल्यवान्नाम पर्वतः ॥

dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa tu | prāgāyato mahābhāga mālyavānnāma parvataḥ

South of Nila and north of Nishadha, illustrious one, stretches the mountain called Malyavat, running toward the east.

Note on the text: Corrected व्रागायतो → प्रागायतो (misprint in Wikisource; व for प, critical edition prāgāyato).

Verse 11 (6.6.11)

ततः परं माल्यवतः पर्वतो गन्धमादनः । परिमण्डलस्तयोर्मध्ये मेरुः कनकपर्वतः । तरुणादित्यसंकाशो विधूम इव पावकः ॥

tataḥ paraṃ mālyavataḥ parvato gandhamādanaḥ | parimaṇḍalastayormadhye meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ | taruṇādityasaṃkāśo vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ

Beyond Malyavat is the mountain Gandhamadana. Between the two stands Meru, the round golden mountain, shining like the newly risen sun, like a fire without smoke.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.7.8; line 3 is 6.7.9ab.

Verse 12 (6.6.12)

योजनानां सहस्राणि षोडशाधः किल स्मृतः । ऊर्ध्वं च चतुरशीतिर्द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः । अधस्ताच्चतुरशीतिर्योजनानां महीपते ॥

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣoḍaśādhaḥ kila smṛtaḥ | ūrdhvaṃ ca caturaśītirdvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ | adhastāccaturaśītiryojanānāṃ mahīpate

It is said to reach sixteen thousand yojanas downward, and eighty-four thousand upward; at its summit it spreads thirty-two thousand; and below, lord of the earth, eighty-four thousand yojanas.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.9cd. Lines 2–3 correspond to 6.7.10ab (uccaiś ca caturāśītir yojanānāṃ mahīpate), spread over two lines; the quarters द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः and अधस्ताच्चतुरशीतिः are not in the critical edition (vulgate recension).

Verse 13 (6.6.13)

ऊर्ध्वमधश्च तिर्यक्च मेरुरावृत्य तिष्ठति । तस्य पार्श्वेष्वमी द्वीपाश्चत्वारः संस्थिता विभो ॥

ūrdhvamadhaśca tiryakca merurāvṛtya tiṣṭhati | tasya pārśveṣvamī dvīpāścatvāraḥ saṃsthitā vibho

Meru stands enveloping all, above, below and across. Around its sides, lord, lie these four islands:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.10cd (reading मेरुरावृत्य for lokān āvṛtya); line 2 is 6.7.11ab. Corrected ऊर्ध्वंमधश्च → ऊर्ध्वमधश्च (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara before a vowel), तिर्यक्व → तिर्यक्च (misprint; व for च, critical edition tiryak ca) and सस्थिता → संस्थिता (misprint; dropped anusvara, critical edition saṃsthitāḥ).

Verse 14 (6.6.14)

भद्राश्वः केतुमालश्च जम्बूद्वीपश्च भारत । उत्तराश्चैव कुरवः कृतपुण्यप्रतिश्रयाः ॥

bhadrāśvaḥ ketumālaśca jambūdvīpaśca bhārata | uttarāścaiva kuravaḥ kṛtapuṇyapratiśrayāḥ

Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and Jambudvipa, Bharata, and the Northern Kurus, the dwelling of those who have earned merit.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.7.11cd–ef.

Verse 15 (6.6.15)

विहगः सुमुखो यस्तु सुपर्णस्यात्मजः किल । स वै विचिन्तयामास सौवर्णान्वीक्ष्य वायसान् ॥

vihagaḥ sumukho yastu suparṇasyātmajaḥ kila | sa vai vicintayāmāsa sauvarṇānvīkṣya vāyasān

The bird Sumukha, said to be a son of Suparna, saw that the crows there had turned golden, and reflected:

Verse 16 (6.6.16)

मेरुरुत्तममध्यानामधमानां च पक्षिणाम् । अविशेषकरो यस्मात्तस्मादेनं त्यजाम्यहम् ॥

meruruttamamadhyānāmadhamānāṃ ca pakṣiṇām | aviśeṣakaro yasmāttasmādenaṃ tyajāmyaham

"Meru makes no distinction between the best, the middling and the lowest of birds; therefore I shall leave it."

Note on the text: Sumukha's thought, quoted by Sanjaya after विचिन्तयामास; the page prints no heading, and an unspoken thought stays with the narrator, as elsewhere in the epic.

Verse 17 (6.6.17)

तमादित्योऽनुपर्येति सततं ज्योतिषां वरः । चन्द्रमाश्च सनक्षत्रो वायुश्चैव प्रदक्षिणः ॥

tamādityo'nuparyeti satataṃ jyotiṣāṃ varaḥ | candramāśca sanakṣatro vāyuścaiva pradakṣiṇaḥ

Around it the Sun, best of the heavenly lights, circles without ceasing, keeping it on his right; so do the Moon with the constellations, and the Wind.

Verse 18 (6.6.18)

स पर्वतो महाराज दिव्यपुष्पफलान्वितः । भवनैरावृतः सर्वैर्जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृतैः ॥

sa parvato mahārāja divyapuṣpaphalānvitaḥ | bhavanairāvṛtaḥ sarvairjāmbūnadapariṣkṛtaiḥ

That mountain, great king, is rich in heavenly flowers and fruits, and covered all over with mansions adorned with Jambunada gold.

Note on the text: Corrected सपर्वतो → स पर्वतो (misprint in Wikisource; the pronoun स run into पर्वतः, critical edition sa parvato).

Verse 19 (6.6.19)

तत्र देवगणा राजन्गन्धर्वासुरराक्षसाः । अप्सरोगणसंयुक्ताः शैले क्रीडन्ति सर्वदा ॥

tatra devagaṇā rājangandharvāsurarākṣasāḥ | apsarogaṇasaṃyuktāḥ śaile krīḍanti sarvadā

There, king, hosts of gods, Gandharvas, Asuras and Rakshasas, with troops of Apsarases, sport on the mountain at all times.

Verse 20 (6.6.20)

तत्र ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च शक्रश्चापि सुरेश्वरः । समेत्य विविधैर्यज्ञैर्यजन्तेऽनेकदक्षिणैः ॥

tatra brahmā ca rudraśca śakraścāpi sureśvaraḥ | sametya vividhairyajñairyajante'nekadakṣiṇaiḥ

There Brahma, Rudra and Shakra, lord of the gods, gather and offer many kinds of sacrifice with abundant gifts.

Verse 21 (6.6.21)

तुम्बुरुर्नारदश्चैव विश्वावसुर्हहाहुहूः । अभिगम्यामरश्रेष्ठांस्तुष्टुवुर्विविधैः स्तवैः ॥

tumbururnāradaścaiva viśvāvasurhahāhuhūḥ | abhigamyāmaraśreṣṭhāṃstuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stavaiḥ

Tumburu, Narada, Vishvavasu, Haha and Huhu came to the foremost of the immortals and praised them with many hymns.

Verse 22 (6.6.22)

सप्तर्षयो महात्मानः कश्यपश्च प्रजापतिः । तत्र गच्छन्ति भद्रं ते सदा पर्वणि पर्वणि ॥

saptarṣayo mahātmānaḥ kaśyapaśca prajāpatiḥ | tatra gacchanti bhadraṃ te sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi

The great-souled Seven Sages and Kashyapa the Prajapati go there at every parva, bless you.

Verse 23 (6.6.23)

तस्यैव मूर्धन्युशनाः काव्यो दैत्यैर्महीपते । इमानि तस्य रत्नानि तस्येमे रत्नपर्वताः ॥

tasyaiva mūrdhanyuśanāḥ kāvyo daityairmahīpate | imāni tasya ratnāni tasyeme ratnaparvatāḥ

On its very summit, lord of the earth, Ushanas Kavya dwells with the Daityas. These jewels are his, and these jewel-mountains are his.

Verse 24 (6.6.24)

तस्मात्कुबेरो भगवांश्चतुर्थं भागमश्नुते । ततः कलांशं वित्तस्य मनुष्येभ्यः प्रयच्छति ॥

tasmātkubero bhagavāṃścaturthaṃ bhāgamaśnute | tataḥ kalāṃśaṃ vittasya manuṣyebhyaḥ prayacchati

From him the blessed Kubera receives a fourth part, and of that wealth he gives a mere fraction to men.

Verse 25 (6.6.25)

पार्श्वे तस्योत्तरे दिव्यं सर्वर्तुकुसुमैश्चितम् । कर्णिकारवनं रम्यं शिलाजालसमुद्गतम् ॥

pārśve tasyottare divyaṃ sarvartukusumaiścitam | karṇikāravanaṃ ramyaṃ śilājālasamudgatam

On its northern side is a lovely, heavenly forest of karnikara trees, heaped with the flowers of every season and rising among masses of rock.

Verse 26 (6.6.26)

तत्र साक्षात्पशुपतिर्दिव्यैर्भूतैः समावृतः । उमासहायो भगवान्रमते भूतभावनः ॥

tatra sākṣātpaśupatirdivyairbhūtaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ | umāsahāyo bhagavānramate bhūtabhāvanaḥ

There Pashupati himself, the blessed maker of beings, takes his delight with Uma at his side, surrounded by divine spirits,

Verse 27 (6.6.27)

कर्णिकारमयीं मालां बिभ्रत्पादावलम्बिनीम् । त्रिभिर्नेत्रैः कृतोद्योतस्त्रिभिः सूर्यैरिवोदितैः ॥

karṇikāramayīṃ mālāṃ bibhratpādāvalambinīm | tribhirnetraiḥ kṛtodyotastribhiḥ sūryairivoditaiḥ

wearing a garland of karnikara flowers that hangs down to his feet, and blazing with his three eyes as though with three risen suns.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्णिकारमयी → कर्णिकारमयीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, the adjective agrees with मालां; critical edition karṇikāramayīṃ).

Verse 28 (6.6.28)

तमुग्रतपसः सिद्धाः सुव्रताः सत्यवादिनः । पश्यन्ति नहि दुर्वृत्तैः शक्यो द्रष्टुं महेश्वरः ॥

tamugratapasaḥ siddhāḥ suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ | paśyanti nahi durvṛttaiḥ śakyo draṣṭuṃ maheśvaraḥ

Siddhas of fierce austerity, true to their vows and truthful in speech, behold him; for the great lord cannot be seen by those of evil conduct.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रुष्टुं → द्रष्टुं (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition draṣṭuṃ).

Verse 29 (6.6.29)

तस्य शैलस्य शिखरात्क्षीरधारा नरेश्वर । विश्वरूपाऽपरिमिता भीमनिर्घातनिःस्वना ॥

tasya śailasya śikharātkṣīradhārā nareśvara | viśvarūpā'parimitā bhīmanirghātaniḥsvanā

From the peak of that mountain, lord of men, falls a stream white as milk, of every form and beyond measure, roaring like terrible thunder:

Verse 30 (6.6.30)

पुण्या पुण्यतमैर्जुष्टा गङ्गा भागीरथी शुभा । प्लवन्तीव प्रवेगेन ह्रदे चन्द्रमसः शुभे ॥

puṇyā puṇyatamairjuṣṭā gaṅgā bhāgīrathī śubhā | plavantīva pravegena hrade candramasaḥ śubhe

the holy and auspicious Ganga Bhagirathi, frequented by the holiest, which, as if floating on its own great speed, falls into the lovely lake of the Moon.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.27ab; line 2 is its 6.7.27cd in a different reading (pataty ajasravegena hrade cāndramase śubhe).

Verse 31 (6.6.31)

तया ह्युत्पादितः पुण्यः स ह्रदः सागरोपमः । तां धारयामास तदा दुर्धरां पर्वतैरपि ॥

tayā hyutpāditaḥ puṇyaḥ sa hradaḥ sāgaropamaḥ | tāṃ dhārayāmāsa tadā durdharāṃ parvatairapi

By her was formed that holy lake, vast as the ocean. Then the great lord bore her, whom even the mountains could not hold,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.27ef; line 2 is 6.7.28ab.

Verse 32 (6.6.32)

शतं वर्षसहस्राणां शिरसैव महेश्वरः । मेरोस्तु पश्चिमे पार्श्वे केतुमालो महीपते ॥

śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ śirasaiva maheśvaraḥ | merostu paścime pārśve ketumālo mahīpate

on his head alone for a hundred thousand years. On the western side of Meru, lord of the earth, is Ketumala;

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.28cd; line 2 is 6.7.29ab.

Verse 33 (6.6.33)

जम्बूखण्डे तु तत्रैव महाजनपदो नृप । आयुर्दशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्र भारत ॥

jambūkhaṇḍe tu tatraiva mahājanapado nṛpa | āyurdaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatra bhārata

and there too, king, in Jambukhanda, is a great country. Life there, Bharata, lasts ten thousand years.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 6.7.29cd in a different reading (jambūṣaṇḍaś ca tatraiva sumahān nandanopamaḥ); line 2 is 6.7.30ab.

Verse 34 (6.6.34)

सुवर्णवर्णाश्च नराः स्त्रियश्चाप्सरसोपमाः । अनामया वीतशोका नित्यं मुदितमानसाः ॥

suvarṇavarṇāśca narāḥ striyaścāpsarasopamāḥ | anāmayā vītaśokā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ

The men are the colour of gold and the women like Apsarases. Free of sickness and sorrow, always glad at heart,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.30cd; line 2 is 6.7.31ab.

Verse 35 (6.6.35)

जायन्ते मानवास्तत्र निष्टप्तकनकप्रभाः । गन्धमादनशृङ्गेषु कुबेरः सह राक्षसैः ॥

jāyante mānavāstatra niṣṭaptakanakaprabhāḥ | gandhamādanaśṛṅgeṣu kuberaḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ

the people born there shine like refined gold. On the peaks of Gandhamadana Kubera, lord of the Guhyakas, with the Rakshasas,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.31cd; line 2 is 6.7.32ab. Corrected गन्धमादनश्रृङ्गेषु → गन्धमादनशृङ्गेषु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ).

Verse 36 (6.6.36)

संवृतोऽप्सरसां सङ्घैर्मोदते गुह्यकाधिपः । गन्धमादनपार्श्वे तु परे त्वपरगण्डिकाः ॥

saṃvṛto'psarasāṃ saṅghairmodate guhyakādhipaḥ | gandhamādanapārśve tu pare tvaparagaṇḍikāḥ

attended by troops of Apsarases, takes his pleasure. On the flank of Gandhamadana lie the other, lesser hills, the Aparagandikas;

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.32cd; line 2 is 6.7.33ab (reading पार्श्वे for pādeṣu). Corrected पर → परे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped e-sign; the page's commentary glosses the word as अन्ये, 'others'; critical edition pareṣv).

Verse 37 (6.6.37)

एकादशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां परमायुषः । तत्र कृष्णा नरा राजंस्तेजोयुक्ता महाबलाः । स्त्रियश्चोत्पलवर्णाभाः सर्वाः सुप्रियदर्शनाः ॥

ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ paramāyuṣaḥ | tatra kṛṣṇā narā rājaṃstejoyuktā mahābalāḥ | striyaścotpalavarṇābhāḥ sarvāḥ supriyadarśanāḥ

there the longest life is eleven thousand years. The men there, king, are dark, full of vigour and very strong, and the women, all with the hue of the blue lotus, are lovely to see.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.33cd; lines 2–3 are 6.7.34.

Verse 38 (6.6.38)

नीलात्परतरं श्वेतं श्वेताद्धैरण्यकं परम् । वर्षमैरावतं राजन्नानाजनपदावृतम् ॥

nīlātparataraṃ śvetaṃ śvetāddhairaṇyakaṃ param | varṣamairāvataṃ rājannānājanapadāvṛtam

Beyond Nila lies Shveta, beyond Shveta Hairanyaka, and then the varsha of Airavata, king, crowded with many countries.

Verse 39 (6.6.39)

धनुःसंस्थे महाराज द्वे वर्षे दक्षिणोत्तरे । इलावृतं मध्यमं तु पञ्च दीर्घाणि चैव हि ॥

dhanuḥsaṃsthe mahārāja dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare | ilāvṛtaṃ madhyamaṃ tu pañca dīrghāṇi caiva hi

Great king, the two varshas at the south and the north are shaped like a bow; Ilavrita lies in the middle; and five are long.

Note on the text: Corrected इलावृत्तं → इलावृतं (misprint in Wikisource; doubled त; the page's own commentary writes इलावृतम्, critical edition ilāvṛtaṃ). The page records पञ्च वर्षाणि as a variant for पञ्च दीर्घाणि in a footnote; the main reading is kept.

Verse 40 (6.6.40)

उत्तरोत्तरमेतेभ्यो वर्षमुद्रिच्यते गुणैः । आयुःप्रमाणमारोग्यं धर्मतः कामतोऽर्थतः ॥

uttarottarametebhyo varṣamudricyate guṇaiḥ | āyuḥpramāṇamārogyaṃ dharmataḥ kāmato'rthataḥ

Each of these varshas, going north, surpasses the one before it in its qualities: in length of life, in health, and in dharma, pleasure and wealth.

Verse 41 (6.6.41)

समन्वितानि भूतानि तेषु वर्षेषु भारत । एवमेषा महाराज पर्वतैः पृथिवी चिता ॥

samanvitāni bhūtāni teṣu varṣeṣu bhārata | evameṣā mahārāja parvataiḥ pṛthivī citā

The beings in those varshas, Bharata, are endowed with these. Thus, great king, is this earth built up with mountains.

Verse 42 (6.6.42)

हेमकूटस्तु सुमहान्कैलासो नाम पर्वतः । यत्र वैश्रवणो राजन्गुह्यकैः सह मोदते ॥

hemakūṭastu sumahānkailāso nāma parvataḥ | yatra vaiśravaṇo rājanguhyakaiḥ saha modate

The great Hemakuta is the mountain called Kailasa, where Vaishravana, king, takes his pleasure with the Guhyakas.

Verse 43 (6.6.43)

तत्र देवो महादेवो नित्यमास्ते सहोमया । शीते शिलातले रम्ये देवर्षिगणपूजितः ॥

tatra devo mahādevo nityamāste sahomayā | śīte śilātale ramye devarṣigaṇapūjitaḥ

There the god Mahadeva dwells always with Uma on a cool and lovely slab of rock, worshipped by hosts of divine sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as star passage 6.7.39d*0031 (reading citre for शीते). Removed a stray क after पूजितः (misprint in Wikisource).

Verse 44 (6.6.44)

अस्त्युत्तरेण कैलासं मैनाकं पर्वतं प्रति । हिरण्यशृङ्गः सुमहान्दिव्यो मणिमयो गिरिः ॥

astyuttareṇa kailāsaṃ mainākaṃ parvataṃ prati | hiraṇyaśṛṅgaḥ sumahāndivyo maṇimayo giriḥ

North of Kailasa, toward Mount Mainaka, stands Hiranyashringa, a great and heavenly mountain made of gems.

Note on the text: Corrected हिरण्यश्रृङ्गः → हिरण्यशृङ्गः (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ).

Verse 45 (6.6.45)

तस्य पार्श्वे महद्दिव्यं शुभ्रं काञ्चनवालुकम् । रम्यं बिन्दुसरो नाम यत्र राजा भगीरथः ॥

tasya pārśve mahaddivyaṃ śubhraṃ kāñcanavālukam | ramyaṃ bindusaro nāma yatra rājā bhagīrathaḥ

Beside it lies a great, heavenly, shining lake with sands of gold, the lovely Bindusaras, where King Bhagiratha,

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.7.41ab–cd.

Verse 46 (6.6.46)

दृष्ट्वा भागीरथीं गङ्गामुवास बहुलाः समाः । यूपा मणिमयास्तत्र चैत्याश्चापि हिरण्मयाः ॥

dṛṣṭvā bhāgīrathīṃ gaṅgāmuvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ | yūpā maṇimayāstatra caityāścāpi hiraṇmayāḥ

having beheld the Ganga Bhagirathi, lived for many years. There stand sacrificial posts of jewels and altars of gold.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.41ef; line 2 is 6.7.42ab.

Verse 47 (6.6.47)

तत्रेष्ट्वा तु गतः सिद्धिं सहस्राक्षो महायशाः । स्रष्टा भूतपतिर्यत्र सर्वलोकान्सनातनान् ॥

tatreṣṭvā tu gataḥ siddhiṃ sahasrākṣo mahāyaśāḥ | sraṣṭā bhūtapatiryatra sarvalokānsanātanān

There the thousand-eyed Indra of great fame attained perfection by sacrifice. There the creator of all the eternal worlds, the lord of beings,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.7.42cd; line 2 is 6.7.43ab in a different reading (sṛṣṭvā … sanātanaḥ).

Verse 48 (6.6.48)

उपास्यते तिग्मतेजा यत्र भूतैः समन्ततः । नरनारायणौ ब्रह्मा मनुः स्थाणुश्च पञ्चमः ॥

upāsyate tigmatejā yatra bhūtaiḥ samantataḥ | naranārāyaṇau brahmā manuḥ sthāṇuśca pañcamaḥ

whose splendour is fierce, is worshipped by beings on every side; and there are Nara and Narayana, Brahma, Manu, and Sthanu as the fifth.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.7.43cd–ef.

Verse 49 (6.6.49)

तत्र दिव्या त्रिपथगा प्रथमं तु प्रतिष्ठिता । ब्रह्मलोकादपक्रान्ता सप्तधा प्रतिपद्यते ॥

tatra divyā tripathagā prathamaṃ tu pratiṣṭhitā | brahmalokādapakrāntā saptadhā pratipadyate

There the heavenly river of the three paths first came to rest; descending from the world of Brahma, she divides into seven streams:

Verse 50 (6.6.50)

वस्वौकसारा नलिनी पावनी च सरस्वती । जम्बूनदी च सीता च गङ्गा सिंधुश्च सप्तमी ॥

vasvaukasārā nalinī pāvanī ca sarasvatī | jambūnadī ca sītā ca gaṅgā siṃdhuśca saptamī

Vasvaukasara, Nalini, the purifying Sarasvati, Jambunadi, Sita, Ganga, and Sindhu the seventh.

Verse 51 (6.6.51)

अचिन्त्या दिव्यसंकाशा प्रभोरेषैव संविधिः । उपासते यत्र सत्रं सहस्रयुगपर्यये ॥

acintyā divyasaṃkāśā prabhoreṣaiva saṃvidhiḥ | upāsate yatra satraṃ sahasrayugaparyaye

This is the Lord's own ordinance, beyond thought and divine in its splendour. There, at the end of a thousand yugas, they hold a sacrificial session.

Verse 52 (6.6.52)

दृश्याऽदृश्या च भवति तत्र तत्र सरस्वती । एता दिव्याः सप्त गङ्गास्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुताः ॥

dṛśyā'dṛśyā ca bhavati tatra tatra sarasvatī | etā divyāḥ sapta gaṅgāstriṣu lokeṣu viśrutāḥ

The Sarasvati is visible in some places and invisible in others. These are the seven heavenly Gangas, famed in the three worlds.

Verse 53 (6.6.53)

रक्षांसि वै हिमवति हेमकूटे तु गुह्यकाः । सर्पा नागाश्च निषधे गोकर्णं च तपोवनम् ॥

rakṣāṃsi vai himavati hemakūṭe tu guhyakāḥ | sarpā nāgāśca niṣadhe gokarṇaṃ ca tapovanam

Rakshasas dwell on Himavat, Guhyakas on Hemakuta, serpents and Nagas on Nishadha; and Gokarna is a grove of austerities.

Verse 54 (6.6.54)

देवासुराणां सर्वेषां श्वेतपर्वत उच्यते । गन्धर्वा निषधे नित्यं नीले ब्रह्मर्षयस्तथा । शृङ्गवांस्तु महाराज देवानां प्रतिसंचरः ॥

devāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śvetaparvata ucyate | gandharvā niṣadhe nityaṃ nīle brahmarṣayastathā | śṛṅgavāṃstu mahārāja devānāṃ pratisaṃcaraḥ

Mount Shveta is said to belong to all the gods and Asuras. The Gandharvas dwell always on Nishadha and the Brahmarshis on Nila; and Shringavat, great king, is where the gods resort.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृङ्गवांस्तु → शृङ्गवांस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ).

Verse 55 (6.6.55)

इत्येतानि महाराज सप्त वर्षाणि भागशः । भूतान्युपनिविष्टानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च ॥

ityetāni mahārāja sapta varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ | bhūtānyupaniviṣṭāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca

These, great king, are the seven varshas, each in its portion. Beings both moving and unmoving are settled in them.

Verse 56 (6.6.56)

तेषामृद्धिर्बहुविधा दृश्यते दैवमानुषी । अशक्या परिसंख्यातुं श्रद्धेया तु बुभूषता ॥

teṣāmṛddhirbahuvidhā dṛśyate daivamānuṣī | aśakyā parisaṃkhyātuṃ śraddheyā tu bubhūṣatā

Their prosperity, divine and human, is seen to be of many kinds. It cannot be counted, but one who seeks his own good should trust in it.

Note on the text: The page adds in a footnote, as an extra reading, the line स वै सुदर्शनद्वीपो दृश्यते शशवद् द्विधा (the critical edition's star passage 6.7.52b*0033); it is not part of the page's text and is not added.

Verse 57 (6.6.57)

यां तु पृच्छसि मां राजन्दिव्यामेतां शशाकृतिम् । पार्श्वे शशस्य द्वे वर्षे उक्ते ये दक्षिणोत्तरे । कर्णौ तु शाकद्वीपश्च काश्यपद्वीप एव च ॥

yāṃ tu pṛcchasi māṃ rājandivyāmetāṃ śaśākṛtim | pārśve śaśasya dve varṣe ukte ye dakṣiṇottare | karṇau tu śākadvīpaśca kāśyapadvīpa eva ca

As for this heavenly figure of a hare that you ask me about, king: the two varshas already named, the southern and the northern, lie at the hare's sides, and its two ears are Shakadvipa and Kashyapadvipa.

Verse 58 (6.6.58)

ताम्रपर्णीशिरो राजञ्छ्रीमान्मलयपर्वतः । एतद्द्वितीयं द्वीपस्य दृश्यते शशसंस्थितम् ॥

tāmraparṇīśiro rājañchrīmānmalayaparvataḥ | etaddvitīyaṃ dvīpasya dṛśyate śaśasaṃsthitam

Its head, king, is Tamraparni and the glorious Malaya mountain. This is seen as the second part of the island, shaped like a hare.