सौरिर्बृहस्पतेश्चोर्ध्वं द्विलक्षे समुपस्थितः ३८.
Sauri is situated above Bṛhaspati at two lakhs.
स्वर्भानोस्तुरगाश्चाष्टौ भृंगाभा धूसरारथम् ३८.
Svarbhānu's eight horses, resembling bees, pull a dusky chariot.
सौरेर्लक्षं स्मृतं चोर्ध्वं ततः सप्तर्षिमण्डलम् ३८.
A lakh is remembered above Sauri, then the circle of the Seven Sages.
मेढीभूतः समस्तस्य ज्योतिश्चक्रस्य वै ध्रुवः ३८.
Dhruva stands as the axis of the entire wheel of lights.
यमाहुर्वासुदेवस्य रूपमात्मानमव्ययम् ३८.
They declare this to be the form and imperishable self of Vāsudeva.
नवयोजनसाहस्रं मण्डलं सवितुः स्मृतम् ३८.
The circle of Savitā is said to be nine thousand yojanas.
तुल्यस्तयोस्तु स्वर्भानुर्भूत्वाधस्तात्प्रसर्पति ३८.
Svarbhānu, equal to both, moves below.
चन्द्रस्य षोडशो भागो भार्गवश्च विधीयते ३८.
The sixteenth part of the moon is assigned to Bhārgava.
बृहस्पतेः पादहीनौ वक्रसौरी बुधस्तथा ३८.
Bṛhaspati is lacking a quarter; Vakra, Sauri, and Budha likewise.
योजनार्धप्रमाणानि भानि ह्रस्वं न विद्यते ३८.
The measures of the lights are half a yojana; there is no diminishment.
भूमिसूर्यांतरं तच्च भुवर्लोकः प्रकीर्तितः ३८.
The space between the earth and the sun is called the Bhuvar-loka.
स्वर्लोकः सोऽपि गदितो लोकसंस्थानचिंतकैः ३८.
The Svarga-loka has also been described by those who contemplate the arrangement of worlds.
द्वे कोट्यौ च जनो यत्र निवसंति चतुःसनाः ३८.
There, two crores of people reside, all belonging to the four classes.
वैराजा यत्र ते देवाः स्थिता दाहविवर्जिताः ३८.
There dwell the Viraja gods, who are free from burning afflictions.
अपुनर्मरका यत्र ब्रह्मलोको हि स स्मृतः ३८.
That place is called Brahma-loka, where there is no return to death.
शुभं निरुपमं स्थानं तदूर्ध्वं संप्रकाशते ३८.
Above that, a place shines forth, auspicious and incomparable.
जनस्तपस्तथा सत्यमिति चाकृतकं त्रयम् ३८.
Jana, Tapas, and Satya are the three realms, uncreated.
शून्यो भवति कल्पांते योत्यंतं न विनश्यति ३८.
At the end of a kalpa, it becomes empty, but the utmost realm does not perish.
यज्ञैर्दानैर्जपैर्होमैस्तीर्थैर्व्रतसमुच्चयैः ३८.
Through sacrifices, gifts, recitations, oblations, pilgrimages, and the accumulation of vows,
ततश्चांडस्य शिरसो धारा नीरमयी शिवा ३८.
Then, from the head of Aṇḍa, a stream of auspicious water flows.
ततो महीतलं सर्वं पातालं प्रविवेश सा ३८.
Afterwards, that stream entered all the earth and the netherworld.
देवीनां कोटिकोटीभिः संवृता पिंगलेन च ३८.
It was surrounded by countless crores of goddesses and by Piṅgala.
निहंति दुष्टसंघातान्महाबलपराक्रमा ३८.
Of great strength and valor, she destroys wicked hosts.
पृथिवीं समभिक्रम्य संस्थितो मेघमंडले ३८.
Having traversed the earth, she stands in the circle of clouds.
धूमजाश्वोष्मजा मेघाः सामुद्रैयन पूरिताः ३८.
Clouds born of smoke and heat, filled with oceanic water.
द्वितीयश्चावहो नाम निबद्धः सूर्यमंडले ३८.
The second, called Avaha, is fixed in the solar orb.
तृतीयश्चोद्वहो नाम चंद्रस्कंधे प्रतिष्ठितः ३८.
The third, called Udvaha, is established on the shoulder of the moon.
चतुर्थः संवहो नाम स्थितो नक्षत्रमण्डले ३८.
The fourth, called Samvaha, is situated in the circle of stars.
ग्रहेषु पंचमः सोऽपि विवहो नाम मारुतः ३८.
Among the planets, the fifth wind is called Vivaha.
षष्ठः परिवहो नाम स्थितः सप्तर्षिमंडले ३८.
The sixth, named Parivaha, is established in the circle of the Seven Sages.