प्रथमः सूर्यसंकाशः कुमुदो नाम पर्वतः
The first mountain, shining like the sun, is called Kumuda.
द्वितीयः पर्वतश्चात्र ह्युत्तमो नाम विश्रुतः
The second mountain there is renowned as Uttama.
तृतियः पर्वतस्तत्र बलाहक इति श्रुतः
The third mountain there is known as Balāhaka.
चतुर्थः पर्वतो द्रोणो यत्र सा वै सहोषधिः
The fourth mountain is Droṇa, where that great medicinal herb is found.
कङ्कस्तु पञ्चमस्तत्र पर्वतः सुमहोदयः
Kaṅka is the fifth mountain there, of great eminence.
षष्ठस्तु पर्वतस्तत्र महिषो मेघसन्निभः
The sixth mountain there is Mahiṣa, resembling a cloud.
सप्तमः पर्वतस्तत्र ककुद्मान्नाम भाष्यते
The seventh mountain there is called Kakudmān.
प्रजापतिमुपादाय प्रजाभ्यो विधिवत्स्वयम्
Taking Prajāpati as the origin, he himself, according to the proper method, for the offspring—
तेषां वर्षाणि वक्ष्यामि सर्पैव तु शुभानि वै
I shall declare to you their regions, which are truly auspicious like serpents.
बलाहकस्य जीमूतं द्रोणस्य हरितं स्मृतम्
Jīmūta is of Balāhaka, Droṇa is remembered as green.
ककुदः सुप्रदं नाम सप्तैतानि तु सप्तधा
Kakuda is named Suprada; these seven are indeed divided sevenfold.
ज्योतिः शान्तिस्तथा तुष्टा चन्द्रा शुक्रा विमोचनी
Jyotiḥ, Śānti, Tuṣṭā, Candra, Śukra, Vimocanī—
तासां समीपगाश्चान्याः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
Near them are others, by the hundreds and thousands.
इत्येष संनिवेशो वः शाल्मलस्य प्रकीर्त्तितः
Thus this arrangement of Śālmalī has been described for you.
शाल्मलिर्विपुलस्कन्धस्तस्य नाम्ना स उच्यते
Śālmalī, with its broad trunk, is so called by name.
विस्तराच्छाल्मलस्वैव समे न तु समन्ततः
In extent, Śālmalī itself is equal, but not all around.
यथाश्रुतं यथान्यायं ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
Listen to me as I speak, as heard and as is proper.
सुरोदकः परिवृतः कुशद्वीपेन सर्वतः
Surodaka is surrounded on all sides by the Kuśa island.
सप्तैव च गिरींस्तत्र वर्ण्यमानान्निबोधत
There too are seven mountains; listen as they are described.
द्वीपस्य प्रथमस्तस्य द्वितीयो हेमपर्वतः
The first of that island, the second is the Hemaparvata.
चतुर्थः पुष्पवान्नाम पञ्चमस्तु कुशेशयः
The fourth is called Puṣpavān, and the fifth is Kuśeśaya.
मन्दा इति ह्यपा नाम मन्दरो दारणादयम्
Mandā is the name of the waters; Mandara is the mountain, beginning with Dāraṇa.
उद्भिदं प्रथमं वर्षं द्वितीयं वेणुमण्डलम्
The first region is Udbhida, the second is Veṇumaṇḍala.
पञ्चमं धृतिमद्वर्षं षष्ठं वर्षं प्रभाकरम्
The fifth region is Dhṛtimat, the sixth is called Prabhākara.
एतेषु देवगन्धर्वाः प्रजास्तु जगदीश्वराः
In these dwell the gods, Gandharvas, peoples, and lords of the world.
न तेषु दस्यवः संति म्लेच्छ जातय एव च
There, neither robbers nor foreign-born peoples are found.
तत्रापि नद्यः सप्तैव धूतपापाशिवा तथा
There too are seven rivers, pure, sinless, and auspicious.
अन्यास्ताभ्यो ऽपरिज्ञाताः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
Besides these, there are countless others, hundreds and thousands, unknown.
घृतोदेन कुशद्वीपो बाह्यतः परिवारितः
Kuśadvīpa is surrounded on the outside by an ocean of clarified butter.
इत्येष सन्निवेशो वः कुशद्वीपस्य कीर्त्तितः
Thus the arrangement of Kuśadvīpa has been described to you.