योगाभ्यासरतः प्राणान् शालग्रामेऽत्यजन्मुने । अजायत च विप्रोऽसौ योगिनां प्रवरे कुले
Devoted to the practice of yoga, he gave up his life at Shalagrama, O sage; and he was born as a brahmin in the foremost family of yogis.
मैत्रय । तस्य चरितं कथयिष्यामि ते पुनः । सुमतेस्तेजसस्तस्मादिन्द्रद्युम्नो व्यजायत
Maitreya: I will tell you again of his deeds; from that illustrious Sumati was born Indradyumna.
परमेष्ठी ततस्तस्मात् प्रतिहारस्तदन्वयः । प्रतिहर्त्तेति विख्यात उत्पन्नस्तस्य चात्मजः
From him came Parameshthi, and from him Pratihara, his descendant; his son, known as Pratiharta, was born.
भुवस्तस्मात् तथोद्गीथः प्रस्तारस्तत्सुतो विभुः । पृथुस्ततोऽभवन्नक्तो नक्तस्यापि गयः सुतः
From Bhuva came Udgitha, and Prastara, his son, O wise one; from Prithu was born Nakta, and from Nakta, Gaya, his son.
नरो गयस्य तनयस्तत्पुत्रोऽभूद् विराट् ततः । तस्य पुत्रो महावीर्य्यो धीमांस्तस्मादजायत
Nara was the son of Gaya; his son was Virat, and from him was born a son of great strength and intelligence.
महान्तस्तत्सुतश्चाभूनूमनस्युस्तस्य चात्मजः । त्वष्टा त्वष्टुश्च विरजो रजस्तस्याप्यभूत् सुतः
His son was Mahanta, and Umanasyu was his son; Tvashtri was the son of Tvashtri, and Viraja was the son of Raja.
शतजिद्रजसस्तस्य जज्ञ पुत्रशतं मनने । विशगूज्योतिःप्रधानास्ते यैरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः
To Śatajid, the king, were born a hundred sons, foremost among whom were Viśagu and Jyotiḥ; by them these peoples were increased.
तैरिदं भारतं वर्षं नवभेदमलङ्गतम । तेषां वंशप्रसूतैश्च भुक्तेयें भारती पुरा
By them, this land of Bhārata was divided into nine regions; and in ancient times, this Bhāratī was enjoyed by those born in their line.
कृतत्रेतादिसर्गेण युगाख्या ह्म क्सप्ततिः
With the creation of Kṛta, Tretā, and other yugas, the cycles called yugas were established.
एष स्वायम्भुवः सर्गो येनेदं पूरितं जगत् । वाराहे तु मुने ! कल्पे पूर्वमन्वान्तराधिपः
This is the creation of Svāyambhuva, by whom the world was filled; but in the Varāha kalpa, O sage, he was the lord of the previous manvantara.
मैत्रेय उवाच । कथितो भवता ब्रह्मन् ! सर्गः स्वायम्भुवश्च मे । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं त्वत्तः सकलं मण्डलं भुवः
Maitreya said: O Brāhman, you have described to me the creation of Svāyambhuva; I wish to hear from you about the entire expanse of the earth.
यावन्तः सागरा द्रीपास्तथा वर्षाणि पर्व्वताः । वनानि सरितः पुर्थ्यौ देवादीनां तथा मने
How many oceans, islands, regions, mountains, forests, rivers, and cities are there, as well as the abodes of the gods and others?
यत्प्रमाणमिदं सर्व्वं यदाधारं यदात्मकम् । संस्थानमस्य च मुने ! यथावद वक्तुमर्हसि
What is the measure of all this, what is its foundation, and what is its nature? O sage, you should properly describe its arrangement.
पराशर उवाच । मैत्रेय श्वूयतामेत्त संक्षेपाद गदतो मम । नास्य वर्ष शतेनापि वक्तु शक्यो हि विस्तरः
Parāśara said: Maitreya, listen as I briefly speak of this; for even in a hundred years, its full detail cannot be told.
जम्बू-प्लक्षह्वयौ द्रीपौ शाल्मलिशचापरो द्रिज । कुशः क्रौञ्चस्तथा शाकः पुष्करश्चैव सप्तमः
Jambū and Plakṣa are the names of two islands, and Śālmalī is another, O twice-born; Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka, and Puṣkara are the seventh.
एते द्रीपाः समुद्रस्तु सप्त सप्तभिरावृताः । लवणेक्षु-सुरा-सर्पिर्दधि-दुग्ध-जलैःसमम्
These islands are seven, and seven oceans surround them; with waters of salt, sugarcane juice, wine, clarified butter, curds, milk, and water.
जम्बूद्रीपः समस्तानाम् एतेषां मध्यसंस्थितः । तस्यापि मैरुर्म्मैत्रेय ! मध्ये कनकपर्व्वतः
Jambūdvīpa is situated in the middle of all these; and in its center, O Maitreya, is the golden mountain.
प्रविष्टः षोड़शाधस्ताद् द्रात्रिंशन्मूदूर्ध्न विस्तृतः
It extends sixteen thousand leagues below and thirty-two thousand above.
मूले षोड़शसाहस्त्रो विस्तारस्तस्य सर्व्वशः । भूपद्मस्यास्य शैलेशः कर्णिकाकारसंस्थितः
At its base, the width is sixteen thousand in all directions; this lord of mountains is shaped like the pericarp of a lotus.
हिमवान् हेमकूटश्च निषधश्वास्य दक्षिणो । नीलः श्वेतश्व श्वृङ्गी च उत्तरे वर्षपर्व्वताः
Himavat and Hemakūṭa, and Niṣadha are to its south; Nīla, Śveta, and Śṛṅgī are the mountains to the north.
लक्षप्रमाणौ द्रौ मध्यौ दशहीनास्तथापरे । सहस्त्रद्रितयोच्छायास्तावदविस्तारिणश्व ते
Two of these in the middle are a hundred thousand in measure, the others are each ten thousand less; their height is three thousand leagues, and they extend as far as their width.
भारतं प्रथमं बर्षं ततः किम्पुरुषं स्मृतम् । हरिवर्षं वान्यन्मेरोर्दक्षिणातो द्रिज
Bhārata is the first region, then comes Kimpuruṣa as it is known; and Harivarṣa is another, south of Meru, O twice-born.
रम्यकञ्चोत्तरे वर्षं तस्यैवानु हिरण्मयम् । उत्तराःकुरवश्चैव यथा वै भारतं तथा
Ramyaka is in the north, and next to it is Hiraṇmaya; and the Uttarakurus are there as well, just as Bhārata is.
नवसाहस्त्रमेकैकमेतेषां द्रिजसत्तम् ! इलावृतञ्च तन्मध्ये सौवर्णो मेरुरुच्छितः
Each of these, O best of twice-born, is nine thousand in extent; and in the middle of them is Ilāvṛta, with the golden Meru rising high.
मेरोश्वतुर्दिशं तत्तु नवसाहस्त्रविस्तृतम् । इलावृतं महाभाग ! चत्वारश्वात्र पर्व्वताः
O illustrious one, to the east of Meru lies Ilāvṛta, extending nine thousand yojanas; and there are four mountains here.
विष्कम्भा रचिता मरोर्योजनायुतमुच्छिताः
These are the buttresses constructed from Meru, rising to a height of ten thousand yojanas.
पूर्व्वेण मन्दरो नाम दक्षिणो गन्धमादनः । विपुलः पश्विमे पाश्व सुपार्श्वश्वोत्तरे स्मृतः
To the east is Mandara by name, to the south is Gandhamādana; to the west is Vipula, and to the north is Supārśva, so it is remembered.
कदम्बस्तेषु जम्बूश्व पिप्पलो वट एव च । एकादशशाततायामाः पादपा गिरिकेतवः
On these are kadamba, jambū, pippala, and banyan trees; the trees, like mountain peaks, are each eleven hundred yojanas tall.
जम्बूद्रीपस्य सा जम्बूर्नामहेतुर्महामुने । महागजप्रमाणानि जम्ब्वास्तस्याः फलानि वै
O great sage, the jambū tree there is the reason for the name Jambūdvīpa; its fruits are indeed the size of great elephants.
पतन्ति भूभृतः पृष्ठे शीर्य्यमाणानि सर्वतः । रसेन तेषां प्रख्याता तत्र जम्बूनदीति वै
When these fruits fall and break apart on the mountain slopes, their juice flows everywhere; from that juice, the river called Jambūnadī is renowned there.