क्रौंचद्वीपे क्रौंचनामा पर्वतो योजनायतः ३७.
On Kraunchadvipa, there is a mountain called Krauncha, measuring a thousand yojanas.
तत्र च प्रैयव्रतो घृतपृष्टिनामा तत्पुत्राममधुरुहमेघपृष्ठस्वदामऋताश्वलोहितार्णववनस्पतिइतिसप्तपुत्रनामांकितानि सप्त वर्षाणि॥ ३७.
There, the descendant of Priyavrata named Ghritaprishtha rules; his seven sons are Amadhur, Hamegha, Prishtha, Svadama, Ritashva, Lohitarna, and Vanaspati, and these are the names of the seven regions.
वर्णाश्च गुरुऋषभद्रविणदेवकसंज्ञाः॥ ३७.
The classes are named Guru, Rishabha, Dravina, and Devaka.
आपोमयं भगवंतं स्तुवंति॥ ३७.
They praise the blessed one who is of the nature of water.
आपः पुरुषवीर्याश्च पुनंतीर्भूर्भूवःस्वश्च ३७.
Waters, endowed with the power of the Purusha, purify, as do the realms of Bhur, Bhuvah, and Svah.
शाल्मलेर्नाम वृक्षस्य तत्रवासः सहस्रं योजनानां तच्चिह्नं शाल्मलिद्विपमुच्यते॥ ३७.
There, the residence is by the tree called Shalmali, a thousand yojanas in extent; by this mark, the island is called Shalmalidvipa.
तस्याधिपतिः प्रैयव्रतो यज्ञबाहुस्तत्पुत्रसुरोचनसौमनस्यरमणकदेवबर्हिपारिभद्राप्यायनाभिज्ञाननामानि सप्तवर्षाणि॥ ३७.
Its ruler was Praiyavrata; his son Yajñabāhu had seven regions named Surocana, Saumanasya, Ramaṇaka, Devabarhi, Pāribhadrā, Pyāyana, and Abhijñāna.
वर्णाश्च श्रुतधरवीर्यवसुंधरइषंधरसंज्ञा भगवंतं सोमं यजंति॥ ३७.
And the classes named Śrutadhara, Vīryavasu, Mdhara, Aiṣa, and Dhara worship the blessed Soma.
स्वयोनिः पितृदेवेभ्यो विभजञ्छुक्लकृष्णयोः ३७.
He himself, being self-born, divided among the Pitṛs and the gods, into white and black.
इति जपः गोमेदनामा प्लक्षोस्ति सुरम्यो यस्य च्छायया ३७.
Thus is the recitation: Gomedanāma is the name of the Plakṣa tree, which is most delightful, and whose shade—
तत्र प्रैयव्रत इध्मजिह्वः पतिस्तत्पुत्रसिवसुरम्यसुभद्र शांत्यशप्तमृताभयनामांकितानि सप्त वर्षाणि॥ ३७.
There, Praiyavrata was the lord; Idhmajihva was his son, and his sons were Sivasuramyasubhadra, Śāṃtya, Śapta, Mṛta, and Ābhaya—these are the names of the seven regions.
वर्णाश्च हंसपतंगोर्ध्वांचनसत्यांगसंज्ञाश्चत्वारो भगवंतं सूर्यं यजंते॥ ३७.
And the classes named Haṃsa, Pataṃga, Ūrdhvāṃcana, and Satyāṃga, four in number, worship the blessed Sun.
प्रश्रस्य विष्णुरूपंयत्तत्रोत्थस्य ब्रह्मणोऽमृतस्य च ३७.
There, Praśrasya is the form of Viṣṇu, arisen from Brahman and from the immortal.
स्वर्णपत्राणि नियुतं योजनानां सहस्रकम् ३७.
Its golden leaves extend for a thousand yojanas.
तस्याधिपतिः प्रैयव्रतो वीतहोत्रनामा तत्पुत्रौ रमणकघातकौ॥ ३७.
Its ruler was Praiyavrata, named Vītahotra; his sons were Ramaṇaka and Ghātaka.
तन्नामचिह्नतं खंडद्वयम्॥ ३७.
That region is marked by two divisions.
तयोरंतरालेमानसाचलो नाम वलयाकारः पर्वतो यस्मिन्भ्रमति भगवान्भास्कर इति॥ ३७.
Between them is the mountain called Mānasācala, ring-shaped, upon which the blessed Sun revolves.
तत्र वर्णाश्च न संति केवलं समानास्ते ब्रह्म ध्यायंति॥ ३७.
There, there are no classes; they are all equal, meditating upon Brahman.
यद्यत्कर्ममयं लिंगं ब्रह्मलिंगं जनोर्चयन् ३७.
Whatever is a form made of action, that is the Brahman-form, which they accumulate.
नैषु क्रोधो न मात्सर्यं पुण्यपापार्जनेन च ३७.
Among them there is no anger, no envy, nor acquisition of merit or sin.
जपंतः कामिनीयुक्ता विहरंत्यमरा इव ३७.
Reciting, joined with their beloveds, they wander like immortals.
भूमेर्योजनलक्षे च कौरव्य रविमंडलम् ३८.
At a hundred thousand yojanas from the earth, O Kauravya, is the solar orb.
ईषादंडस्ततैवास्य द्विगुणः परिकीर्तितः ३८.
Its slight staff is said to be twice that measure.
योजनानां तु तस्याक्षस्तत्र चक्रं प्रतिष्ठितम् ३८.
There, at that distance in yojanas, is fixed its axle and wheel.
चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि द्वितीयोऽक्षोऽपि विस्तृतः ३८.
The second axle, too, is extended to forty thousand (units).
अक्षप्रमाणमुभयोः प्रमाणं तद्युगार्द्धयोः ३८.
The measure of both axles is the same; that is the measure for the two half-ages of the yuga.
द्वितीयोऽक्षस्तथा सव्ये चक्रं तन्मानसे स्थितम् ३८.
Likewise, the second axle is on the left, and the wheel is established in the mind.
गायत्री च बृहत्युष्णिग्जगती त्रिष्टुवेव च ३८.
Gāyatrī, Bṛhatī, Uṣṇik, Jagatī, and Triṣṭubh as well.
नैवास्तमनमर्कस्य नोदयः सर्वदा सतः ३८.
For the sun, who always exists, there is neither setting nor rising.
शक्रदीनां पुरे तिष्ठन्स्पृशत्येष पुरत्रयम् ३८.
Dwelling in the city of Indra and the gods, he touches the three cities.