दशभागाधिकं चापि भूतादिपरिमाणकम्
And also, the measure of the elements and so forth is ten parts more.
यदभेद्यतमं लोके विज्ञेयं परमाणुवत्
That which is the most indivisible in the world is to be known as like an atom.
प्रथमं तत्प्रमाणानां परमाणुं प्रचक्षते
First among those measures, the atom is declared.
त्रसरेणुः समाख्यातस्तत्पद्मरज उच्यते
The trasareṇu is named as such; it is said to be the dust of a lotus.
ते ऽप्यष्टौ समवायस्था बालाग्रं तत्स्मृतं बुधैः
Eight of these, when combined, are remembered by the wise as the tip of a hair.
यूकाष्टकं यवप्राहुरङ्गुलं तु यवाष्टकम्
Eight lice are said to make a barley grain, and eight barley grains make a finger's breadth.
रत्निश्चागुलिपर्वाणि विज्ञेयो ह्येकविंशतिः
A ratni is to be known as twenty-one finger-joints.
किष्कुर्द्विरत्निर्विज्ञेयो द्विचत्वारिंशदङ्गुलः
A kiṣkuru is known as two ratnis, and forty finger-breadths.
एतद्गव्यूतिसंख्यायामादानं धनुषः स्मृतम्
In this reckoning of a gavyūti, the measure of a dhanus is established.
धनुषां त्रिशतं नल्वमाहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
Those who know numbers say that three hundred dhanus make a nala.
अष्टौ धनुः सहस्राणि योजनं तु विधीयते
Eight thousand dhanus are prescribed as a yojana.
एतत्सहस्रं विज्ञेयं शक्रकोशान्तरं तथा
A thousand of these is to be known as the distance between the abodes of Indra.
एतेन योजनाग्रेण शृणुध्वं ब्रह्मणोंऽतरे
By this foremost yojana, listen now of the intervals of Brahmā.
दिवाकरात्सहस्रे तु शते चौर्द्ध्वं निशाकरः
A thousand times a hundred above the sun is the moon.
नक्षत्रमण्डलं कृत्स्नमुपरिष्टात्प्रकाशत
Above that, the entire circle of stars shines.
ग्रहान्तरमथैकैकमूर्द्ध्वं नक्षत्रमण्डरात्
Then, above the circle of stars, each planet in order.
तस्योर्द्ध्वं चरते शुक्रस्तस्मादूर्द्ध्वं च लोहितः
Above that moves Venus, and above Venus is Mars.
उर्द्ध्वं शतसहस्रं तु योजनानां शनैश्चरात्
A hundred thousand yojanas above Mars is Saturn.
ऋषिभ्यस्तु सहस्राणां शतादूर्द्ध्वं विभाष्यते
It is declared to be above a hundred thousand sages.
उत्तानपादपुत्रो ऽसौ मेढीभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि
Dhruva, the son of Uttānapāda, has become fixed in the heavens.
मन्वन्तरेषु देवानामिज्या यत्रैव लौकिकी
In the Manvantaras, there is the worldly worship of the gods there.
सर्वासां देवयोनीनां स्थितिहेतुः स वै स्मृतः
He is remembered as the cause of the stability of all divine lineages.
ध्रुवादूर्द्ध्वं महर्लोको यस्मिंस्ते कल्पवासिनः
Above Dhruva is the Maharloka, where those who dwell for a kalpa reside.
द्वीकोट्यां तु महर्लोकाज्जनलोको व्यवस्थितः
At a distance of twenty million from Maharloka is established Janaloka.
यत्र ते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा दक्षाद्याः साधकाः स्मृताः
There are remembered the sons of Brahmā, such as Dakṣa, who are accomplished.
षड्गुणं तु तपोलोकात्सत्यलोकान्तरं स्मृतम्
It is remembered that between Tapoloka and Satyaloka is a sixfold distance.
यस्मिन्न च्यवते भूयो ब्रह्मणं य उपासते
Those who worship Brahman there do not fall again.
ऊर्द्ध्वभागस्ततोंऽडस्य ब्रह्मलोकात्परः स्मृतः
Above that, in the upper part of the egg, is said to be Brahmaloka, the highest.
स चौर्द्ध्व संप्रचारो ऽस्य गत्यन्तश्चपरः स्मृतः
And its movement is upward; its final destination is said to be beyond.
अधोगतीनां वक्ष्यामि भूतानां स्थानकल्पनाम्
I shall now describe the arrangement of the abodes for beings of downward movement.