सर्वर्त्तुषु सुखश्चापि निषधः पर्वतो महान्
In all seasons, the great mountain Niṣadha is pleasant.
द्वात्रिंशच्च सहस्राणि विस्तीर्णः स च मूर्द्धनि
It stretches thirty-two thousand yojanas at its summit.
नानावर्णास्तु पार्श्वेषु प्रजापतिगुणान्वितः
Its sides are of various colors, endowed with the qualities of Prajāpati.
पूर्वतर्ः श्वेतवर्णश्च ब्राह्मणस्तस्य तेन तत्
Its eastern side is white, and a Brāhmaṇa dwells there because of this.
तेनास्य क्षत्त्रभावस्तु मेरोर्नानार्थकारणात्
Thus, its Kṣatriya nature arises from Meru, for various reasons.
भृङ्गपत्रनिभश्चापि पश्चिमेन समाचितः
On the west, it is covered like the wings of a bee.
वृत्तः स्वभावतः प्रोक्तो वर्णतः परिमाणतः
It is said to be circular by its own nature, in color and in measure.
मयुरबर्हवर्णस्तु शातकैंभश्च शृङ्गवान्
Its color is like a peacock's plume, and it is golden and crowned with peaks.
तेषामन्तरविष्कंभो नवसाहस्र उच्यते
Their inner diameter is said to be nine thousand.
नवैवं तु सहस्राणि विस्तीर्णं सर्वतस्तु तत्
Thus, on all sides, it is spread to nine thousand.
वेद्यर्द्धं दक्षिणं मेरोरुत्तरार्द्धं तथोत्तरम्
Half of the altar is to the south of Meru, and the other half is to the north.
द्वे द्वे सहस्रे विस्तीर्णा योजनानां समुच्छ्रयात्
Each is two thousand yojanas in breadth and in height.
योजनानां सहस्राणि शतं द्वावायतौ गिरी
The two mountains extend for a hundred thousand yojanas.
श्वेतश्च हेमकूटश्च हिमवाञ्छृङ्गवांस्तथा
Śveta and Hemakūṭa, as well as Himavat and Śṛṅgavat.
तेषां मध्ये जनपदास्तानि वर्णाणि सप्त वै
Among them are the inhabited regions, which are indeed the seven colors.
संततानि नदीभेदैरगम्यानि परस्परम्
They are separated by river branches and are mutually inaccessible.
इदं हैमवतं वर्षं भारतं नाम विश्रुतम्
This region of Himavat is renowned as Bhārata.
नैषधं हेमकूटात्तु हरिवर्षं तदुच्यते
From Hemakūṭa is Niṣadha, and from there it is called Harivarṣa.
इलावृतात्पिरं नीलं सम्यकं नाम विश्रुतम्
From Ilāvṛta is Piṣa, and from Nīla, it is well known as Samyaka.
हिरण्मयात्परं चैव शृङ्गवत्तः कुरु स्मृतम्
Beyond Hiraṇmaya and Śṛṅgavat, it is known as Kuru.
दीर्घाणि तत्र चत्वारि मध्यमं तदिलावृतम्
There are four long regions there, and the middle one is Ilāvṛta.
परं नीलवतो यच्च वेद्यर्द्धं तु तदुत्तरम्
Beyond Nīla, and half of the altar, that is the northern region.
तयोर्मध्ये तु विज्ञेयो मेरुर्मध्य इलावृतम्
Between those two, Meru is to be known at the center of Ilāvṛta.
उदगायेतो महाशैलो माल्यवान्नाम नामतः
To the north is that great mountain, known by name as Mālyavat.
आयामतश्चतुस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि प्रकीर्तितः
Its length is said to be thirty-two thousand.
आयामतो ऽथ विस्तारान्माल्यवा नितिविश्रुतः
As for its length and breadth, Mālyavat is renowned for its measure.
चतुर्वणः स सौवर्णः चतुरस्रः समुच्छ्रितः
It is of four castes, golden, quadrangular, and elevated.
तरुणादित्यवर्णाभो विधूम इव पावकः
It shines with the hue of a young sun, like a smokeless fire.
प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्विस्तृतः षोडशैव तु
It extends sixteen below and is likewise spread out sixteen.
विस्तारात्रिगुणस्तस्य परिणाहः समन्ततः
Its circumference all around is three times its breadth.