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.
सरित् प्रवर्त्तते सा च पीयते तन्निवासिभिः । नि स्वेदो न च दौर्गन्ध्यं न जरा नेन्द्रियक्षयः
That river flows forth and is drunk by the inhabitants there; from this, there is no sweat, no foul odor, no old age, nor decline of the senses.
तत्पानात् स्वच्छमनसां जनानां तत्र जायते । तीरमृत् तदूरसं प्राप्य सुखवायुविशोषिता । जाम्बूनदाख्यं भवति सुवर्णं सिद्धभूषणम्
By drinking it, people of pure mind are born there; when the river's foam, dried by gentle winds, reaches the banks, it becomes gold called Jāmbūnada, fit for the ornaments of the perfected.
भद्राश्वं पूर्व्वतो मेरोः केतुमालञ्च पश्चिमे । वर्षे द्र तु मुनिश्वष्ठ! तयोर्म्मध्ये इलावृतम्
To the east of Meru is Bhadrāśva, and to the west is Ketumāla; know, O sage, that Ilāvṛta lies between these two regions.
वनं चैत्ररथं पूर्व्वे दक्षिणो गन्दमादनम् । वैभ्राजं पश्विमे तदूदुत्तरे नन्दनं स्मृतम्
In the east is the forest Caitraratha, to the south is Gandhamādana, to the west is Vaibhrāja, and to the north is the renowned Nandana.
अरुणोदं महाभद्रमसितोधं समानसम् । सरोस्येतानि चत्वारि देवभोग्यानि सर्व्वदा
Aruṇoda, Mahābhadra, Asitoda, and Śamāna—these four lakes are always enjoyed by the gods.
शीतान्तश्वक्रमुञ्जश्व कुररी माल्यवांस्तथा । वैकङ्कप्रमुखा मैरोःपूर्व्वतः केशराचलाः । त्रिकूटः शिशिरश्चैव पतङ्गो रुचकस्यथा
Śītānta, Śvakramuñja, Kurarī, and Mālyavān, as well as Vaikaṅka and others, are the Kesarācala mountains to the east of Meru; Trikūṭa, Śiśira, Pataṅga, and Rucaka are also there.
निषधाद्या दक्षिणातस्तस्य केसरपर्व्वताः । शिखिवासाः सवैदूर्य्यः कपिलो गन्धमादनः । जारुधिप्रमुखास्तदूत् पश्विमे केसराचलाः
To the south, beginning with Niṣadha, are the Kesarācala mountains: Śikhivāsa, Savaidūrya, Kapila, Gandhamādana; to the west, beginning with Jārudhi, are also Kesarācala mountains.
मेरोरनन्तराङ्गषुं जठरादिष्ववस्थिताः । शङ्खकूटोऽथ ऋषभो हंसो नागस्तथापरः। कालञ्जराद्याश्व तथा उत्तरे केशराचलाः
Adjacent to Meru, situated in the regions such as Jaṭhara, are Śaṅkhakūṭa, Ṛṣabha, Haṃsa, Nāga, and others; to the north, beginning with Kālañjara, are the Kesarācala mountains.
चतुर्ददशसहस्त्राणि योजनानां महापुरी । मेरोरुपरि मैत्रेय! ब्रह्मणःप्रथिता दिवि
O Maitreya, atop Meru is the great city of Brahmā, renowned in the heavens, measuring fourteen thousand yojanas.
तस्याः समन्ततश्वाशष्टौ दिशासु विदिशासु च । इन्द्रादिलोकपालानां प्रख्याताः प्रवराःपुरः
All around it, in the eight directions and intermediate directions, are the famous foremost cities of Indra and the other guardians of the worlds.
विष्णुपादविनिष्कान्ता प्लावयित्वेन्दुमणडलम् । समन्ताद् ब्रह्मणाः पुर्य्यां गङ्गा पतति वै दिवः
Emerging from the feet of Viṣṇu and flooding the lunar orb, the Gaṅgā falls from heaven all around the city of Brahmā.
सा तत्र पतिता दिक्षु चतुर्धा प्रतिपद्यते । सीता चालकनन्दा च चक्षुर्भदा च वै क्रमात्
Falling there, she divides into four streams in the directions: Sītā, Alakanandā, and Cakṣurbhadā, in order.
पूर्व्वेण शैलात् सीता तु शैलं यात्यन्तरिक्षगा । ततश्व पूर्व्ववर्षेण भद्राश्वेनैति सार्णवम्
From the eastern mountain, Sītā flows through the sky to another mountain; then, by the eastern course, Bhadrāśvā reaches the ocean.
तथैवालकनन्दापि दक्षिणोनैत्य भारतम् । प्रयाति सागरं भूत्वा सप्तभेदा महामुने
In the same way, the Alakanandā flows southward into Bhārata, and, dividing into seven branches, it enters the sea, O great sage.
चक्षुश्च पश्विमगिरीनतीत्य सकलांस्ततः । पश्विमं केतुमालाख्यं वष गत्वैति सागरम्
Cakṣu, after crossing the western mountains entirely, then goes to the western region called Ketumālā and enters the ocean.
भद्रा तथोत्तरगिरीनुत्तरांश्व तथा कुरून् । अतीत्योत्तरमम्भोधिं समब्योति महामुने
Bhadrā, after crossing the northern mountains and the northern Kurus, proceeds to the northern ocean, O great sage.
आनीलनिषधायामौ माल्यवदू-गन्धमादनौ । तयोर्म्मध्यगतो मेरुः कर्णिकाकारसंस्थितः
Ānīla and Niṣadha are two mountains; Mālyavat and Gandhamādana as well. In the midst of these stands Meru, shaped like a lotus pericarp.
भारताः केतुमालाश्व भद्राश्वाः कुरवस्तथा । पत्राणि लोकपह्मस्य मर्य्यादा शैलबाह्मतः
Bhāratas, Ketumālās, Bhadrāśvas, and Kurus—these are the petals of the world-lotus, marked by mountain boundaries.
जठरो देवकूटश्च मर्य्यादापर्व्वतावुभौ । तौ दक्षिणोत्तरायामावानीलनिषधायतौ
Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa are both boundary mountains; they lie to the south and north, between Ānīla and Niṣadha.
गन्धमादन-कैलासौ पूर्व्वपश्चायतावुभौ । अशीतियोजनायामावर्णावान्तर्व्यवस्थितौ
Gandhamādana and Kailāsa are both situated to the east and west, each eighty yojanas in length, positioned in between.