पूर्व उत्तरतश्चापि हिरण्यो राक्षसेश्वर
To the east and north is Hiraṇya, lord of the rākṣasas.
भारतो दक्षिणे प्रोक्तो हरिर्दक्षिणपशचिमे
Bhārata is said to be in the south; Hari is in the southwestern region.
उत्तरे च कुरुर्वर्षः कल्पवृक्षसमावृतः
In the north is the land of Kuru, surrounded by wish-fulfilling trees.
इलावृताद्या ये चाष्टौ वर्षं मुक्त्वैव भारतम्
Besides Bhārata, there are eight regions beginning with Ilāvṛta.
विपर्ययो न तेष्वस्ति नोत्तमाधममध्यमाः
There is no reversal among them; none are superior, inferior, or intermediate.
सागरान्तरिताः सर्वे अगम्याश्च परस्परम्
All are separated by oceans and are inaccessible to each other.
नागद्वीपः कटाहश्च सिंहलो वारुणस्तथा
Nāga Island, Kaṭāha, Siṃhala, and Vāruṇa are likewise mentioned.
कुमाराख्यः परिख्यातो द्वीपो ऽयं दक्षिणोत्तरः
The island called Kumāra is described as lying between the south and north.
आन्ध्रा दक्षिमते वीर तुरुष्कास्त्वपि चोत्तरे
The Andhras are in the south, O hero, and the Turushkas are in the north.
इज्यायुद्धवणिज्याद्यैः कर्मभिः कृतपावनाः
They are purified by acts such as worship, battle, and trade.
विन्ध्यश्च पारियात्रश्च सप्तात्र कुलपर्वताः
The Vindhya and the Pāriyātra are counted among the seven chief mountain ranges here.
विस्तारोच्छ्रायिणो रम्या विपुलाः शुभसानवः
They are broad, lofty, beautiful, immense, and possess auspicious slopes.
वातन्धमो वैद्युतश्च मैनाकः सरसस्तथा
Vātandhama, Vaidyuta, Maināka, and Saras are also included.
उज्जायनः पुष्पगिरिरर्बुदो रैवतस्तथा
Ujjāyana, Puṣpagiri, Arbuda, and Raivata as well.
श्रीपर्वतः कोङ्गणश्च शतशऽन्ये ऽपि पर्वताः
Śrīparvata, Koṅgaṇa, and hundreds of other mountains too.
तैः पीयन्ते सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा यास्ताः सम्यङ् निशामयः
From these, the foremost rivers arise; listen carefully to their names.
शतद्रुश्चन्द्रिका नीला वितस्तैरावती कुहूः
Śatadru, Candrikā, Nīlā, Vitastā, Irāvatī, and Kuhū.
गोमती धूतपापा च बाहुदा सदृषद्वती
Gomatī, Dhūtapāpā, Bāhudā, and Sadṛṣadvatī.
सरूश्च सलौहित्या हिमवत्पादनिःसृताः
Saru and the Lauhitya, which issue from the foot of the Himalaya.
पर्णाशा नन्दिनी चैव पावनी च मही तथा
Parṇāśā, Nandinī, Pāvanī, and also Mahī.
सिप्रा ह्यवन्ती च तथा पारियात्राश्रयाः स्मृताः
Siprā and Avantī, which are known to have their source in the Pāriyātra.
मन्दाकिनी दशार्णा च चित्रकूटापवाहिका
Mandākinī, Daśārṇā, and the river that flows from Citrakūṭa.
तथान्या पिप्पलश्रोणी विपाशा वञ्जुलावती
Also others: Pippalaśroṇī, Vipāśā, and Vañjulāvatī.
ऋक्षपादप्रसूता च तथान्या बलवाहिनी
And others born from the foot of Ṛkṣa, as well as Balavāhinī.
वेण वैतरणी चैव सिनीवाहुः कुमुद्वती
Veṇa, Vaitaraṇī, Sinīvāhu, and Kumudvatī.
विन्ध्यपादप्रसूताश्च नद्यः पुण्यजलाः शुभाः
The rivers arising from the foot of the Vindhya are holy, pure, and auspicious.
तुङ्गभद्रा सुप्रयोगा वाह्या कावेरिरेव च
Tuṅgabhadrā, Suprayogā, Vāhyā, and also Kāverī.
एतास्त्वपि महानद्यः सह्यपादविनिर्गताः
These too are great rivers, emerging from the foot of the Sahya mountains.
सिनी चैव सुदामा च शुक्तिमत्प्रभवास्त्विमाः
Sinī and Sudāmā, and those born from the shining oyster shell, are these.
जगतो मातरः सर्वाः सर्वाः सागरयोषितः
All these are mothers of the world, all are women of the oceans.