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.
कुशद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद्द्विगुणः स तु वै स्मृतः
Kuśadvīpa is said to be twice as wide as the previous one.
तस्मिन्द्वीपे नगश्रेष्ठः क्रैञ्चस्तु प्रथमो गिरिः
In that continent, the foremost mountain is Kraiñca.
अन्धकारात्परश्चापि दिवावृन्नाम पर्वतः
Beyond Andhakāra is the mountain called Divāvṛn.
द्विविदात्परतश्चापि पुण्डरीको महागिरिः
Beyond Dvivida is Puṇḍarīka, the great mountain.
एते रत्नमयाः सप्त क्रैञ्चद्वीपस्य पर्वताः
These are the seven jewel-encrusted mountains of Kraiñcadvīpa.
परस्परेण द्विगुणा विस्तृता हर्षवर्द्धनाः
Each is twice as wide as the previous, and they increase delight.
क्रैञ्चस्य कुशलो देशो वामनस्य मनोनुगः
The land of Kraiñca is skillful, and that of Vāmana is pleasing to the mind.
उष्णात्परः पीवरकः पीवरादन्धकारकः
Beyond Uṣṇa is Pīvaraka, and beyond Pīvara is Andhakāraka.
मुनिदेशात्परश्चैव प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वनः
Beyond the land of the sages is said to be Dundubhisvana.
तत्रापि नद्यः सप्तैव प्रतिवर्ष स्मृताः शुभाः
There too are seven rivers, each auspicious and renowned in every region.
ख्यातिश्च पुण्डरीका च गङ्गाः सप्तविधाः स्मृताः
Khyati and Pundarika, and the sevenfold Ganga are remembered.
अभिगच्छन्ति ताः सर्वा विपुलाः सुबहूदकाः
All these, vast and abundant in water, approach.
आवृतः सर्वतः श्रीमान्क्रैञ्चद्वीपसमेन तु
The illustrious region is encircled on all sides, equal in extent to Krauncha-dvipa.
तेषां निसर्गोद्वीपानामानुपूर्व्येण सर्वशः
Of those natural islands, in their proper order, entirely—
निसर्गो यः प्रजानां तु संहारो यश्च तासु वै
The origin of beings and their dissolution occur among them.
शृणुध्वं तु यथातथ्यं ब्रुवतो मे यथार्थवत्
Hear now, as I speak to you truthfully and accurately.
परिवार्य समुद्रं स दधिमण्डोदकं स्थितः
Surrounding the ocean, it stands with curd-like waters.
कुत एव च दुर्भिक्षं जराव्याधिभयं कुतः
From where does famine arise, and from where the fear of old age and disease?
रत्नाकरास्तथा नद्यस्तेषां नामानि मे शृणु
Listen to the names of their jewel-mines and rivers.
प्रागायतः स सौवर्णो ह्युदयो नाम पर्वतः
To the east lies the golden mountain called Udaya.