कारूषा मालबाश्चैव पारियात्र निवासिनः । सौवीराः सैन्धवा हूणाः साल्वाः कोसलवासिनाः ॥ २,३.
The Karushas, Malavas, and those residing in the Paripatra mountains; the Sauvira, Saindhava, Huna, Salva, and the inhabitants of Kosala.
माद्रारामास्तथाम्बष्ठा पारसीकादयस्तथा । आसां पिबन्ति सलिलं वसन्ति सहिताः सदा । समीपतो महाभाग हृष्टपुष्टजनाकुलाः ॥ २,३.
The Madrakas, Ramas, Ambasthas, and others such as the Parasikas; all these drink the waters and always live together, O noble one, in regions crowded with joyful and prosperous people nearby.
चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगान्यत्र महामुने । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरञ्च कलिश्चान्यत्र न क्वचित् ॥ २,३.
In this land of Bharata, O great sage, there are four yugas: Krita, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali; elsewhere, there are none.
तपस्तप्यन्ति मुनयो जुह्वते चात्र यज्वनः । दानानि चात्र दीयन्ते परलोकार्थमादरात् ॥ २,३.
Here, ascetics practice austerities and sacrificers perform offerings; here, gifts are given with reverence for the sake of the next world.
पुरुषैर्यज्ञपुरुषो जम्बूद्वीपे सदेज्यते । यज्ञैर्यज्ञमयो विष्णुरन्यद्वीपेषु चान्यथा ॥ २,३.
In Jambudvipa, the Purusha of sacrifice is worshipped by men through sacrifices; but in other dvipas, the sacrificial Vishnu is worshipped differently.
अत्रापि भारतं श्रेष्ठं जन्बूद्वीपे महामुने । यतो हि कर्मभूरेषा ह्यतोन्या भोगभूमयः ॥ २,३.
Even here, O great sage, Bharata is the foremost in Jambudvipa, for this is the land of action, while the others are lands of enjoyment.
अत्र जन्मसहस्राणां सहस्रैरपि सत्तम । कदाचिल्लभते जन्तुर्मानुष्यं पुण्यसंचयात् ॥ २,३.
Here, O best of beings, only after thousands upon thousands of births does a creature sometimes obtain human birth, through the accumulation of merit.
गायन्ति देवाः किल गीतकानि धन्यास्तु ते भारत भूमिभागे । स्वर्गापवर्गास्पदमार्गभूते भवन्ति भूयः पुरुषाः सुरत्वात् ॥ २,३.
The gods indeed sing songs, 'Blessed are those who are born in the land of Bharata, which is the path to heaven and liberation; for there, by virtue, men are born again and again.'
कर्माण्यसंकल्पिततत्फलानि संन्यस्य विष्णो परमात्म्भूते । अवाप्य तां कर्ममहीमनन्ते तस्मिल्लयं ये त्वमलाः प्रयान्ति ॥ २,३.
Those who renounce actions and their desired fruits to Vishnu, the Supreme Self, and, having attained the greatness of action, merge into Him—those pure ones truly go.
जानीम नैतत्क्व वयं विलीने स्वर्गप्रदे कर्मणि देहबन्धम् । प्राप्स्याम धन्याः खलु ते मनुष्या ये भारते नेन्द्रियविप्रहीनाः ॥ २,३.
We do not know where we will go when the karma that leads to heaven is exhausted and the body falls away; truly blessed are those humans in Bharata who are not deprived of their senses.
नववर्षं तु मैत्रेय जम्बुद्वीपमिदं मया । लक्षयोजनविस्तारं संक्षेपात्कथितं तव ॥ २,३.
O Maitreya, I have briefly described to you this Jambudvipa with its nine regions, which extends a hundred thousand yojanas.
जम्बूद्वीपं समावृत्य लक्षयोजनविस्तरः । मैत्रेय वलयाकारः स्थितः क्षारोदधिर्बहिः ॥ २,३.
Encircling Jambudvipa, which is a hundred thousand yojanas wide, O Maitreya, lies the ocean of salt water in the form of a ring.
श्रीपराशर उवाच क्षारोदेन यथा द्वीपो जम्बूसंज्ञोऽभिवेष्टितः । संवेष्ट्य क्षारमुदधिं प्लक्षद्वीपस्तथा स्थितः ॥ २,४.
Sri Parashara said: Just as the island called Jambudvipa is surrounded by the salt ocean, so too, encircling the salt ocean, lies Plakshadvipa.
जम्बूद्वीपस्य विस्तारः शतसाहस्रसंमितः । स एवं द्विगुणो ब्रह्मन् प्लक्षद्वीप उदाहृतः ॥ २,४.
The extent of Jambudvipa is said to be one hundred thousand yojanas; Plakshadvipa, O Brahman, is described as twice that size.
सप्त मेधातिथेः पुत्राः प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरस्य वै । ज्येष्ठ शान्तहयो नाम शिशिरस्तदनन्तरः ॥ २,४.
The seven sons of Medhatithi, the lord of Plakshadvipa, are: the eldest, Shantahaya by name, and after him, Shishira.
सुखोदयस्तथानन्दः शिवः क्षेमक एव च । ध्रुवश्च सप्तमस्तेषां प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरा हि ते ॥ २,४.
Sukhodaya, Ananda, Shiva, Kshemaka, and the seventh, Dhruva—these are the rulers of Plakshadvipa.
पूर्वं शान्तहयं वर्षं शिशिरं च सुखं तथा । आनन्दं च शिवं चैव क्षेमकं ध्रुवमेव च ॥ २,४.
First are Śāntahaya, Varṣa, Śiśira, and likewise Sukha, Ānanda, Śiva, Kṣemaka, and Dhruva.
मर्यादाकारकास्तेषां तथान्ये वर्षपर्वताः । सप्तैव तेषां नामानि शृणुष्व मुनिसत्तम ॥ २,४.
Their boundaries are marked by mountains, and there are other mountains of the regions; there are seven, and I will tell you their names, O best of sages.
गोमदेश्चैव चन्द्रश्च नारदौ दुन्दुभिस्तथा । सोमकः मुमनाश्चैव वैभ्राजश्चैव सप्तमः ॥ २,४.
They are Gomada, Candra, Nārada, Dundubhi, Somaka, Mumanā, and the seventh is Vaibhrāja.
वर्षाचलेषु रम्येषु वर्षेष्वेतेषु चानघाः । वसंति देवगन्धर्वसहिताः सततं प्रजाः ॥ २,४.
In those delightful mountain regions and in these lands, sinless ones, the people dwell always together with gods and gandharvas.
तेषु पुण्या जनपदाश्चिराच्च म्रियते जनः । नाधयो व्याधयो वापि सर्वकालसुखं हि तत् ॥ २,४.
In those lands are holy communities, and people live long before dying; there is neither sorrow nor disease, for happiness prevails at all times.
तेषां नद्यस्तु सप्तैव वर्षाणां च समुद्रगाः । नामतस्ताः प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रुताः पापं हरन्ति याः ॥ २,४.
There are seven rivers in those regions, flowing to the ocean; I will tell you their names, which, when heard, remove sin.
अनुतप्ता शिखी चैव विपाशा त्रिदिवाक्लमः । अमृता सुकृता चैव सप्तैतास्तत्र निम्नगाः ॥ २,४.
Anutaptā, Śikhī, Vipāśā, Tridivāklama, Amṛtā, Sukṛtā, and the seventh is there—these are the rivers that flow downward.
एते शैलास्तथा नद्यः प्रधानाः कथितास्तव । क्षुद्रशैलास्तथा नद्यस्तत्र सन्ति सहस्रशः । ताः पिबन्दि सदाहृष्टा नदीर्जनपदास्तुते ॥ २,४.
These mountains and rivers, the principal ones, have been described to you; there are thousands of lesser mountains and rivers there as well, and the people of your lands always drink from those rivers with joy.
अपसर्पिणी न तेषां वै न चैवोत्सर्पिणी द्विज । न त्वेवास्ति युगावस्था तेषु स्तानेषु सप्तसु ॥ २,४.
There is neither the Apasarpiṇī nor the Utsarpiṇī cycle for them, O twice-born; nor is there any division of ages in those seven regions.
त्रेतायुगसमः कालः सर्वदैव महामते । प्लक्षद्वीपादिषु ब्रह्मञ्शाकद्वीपान्तिकेषु वै ॥ २,४.
Time there is always equal to the Tretā Yuga, O wise one, in Plakṣa and the other islands, and in the regions adjacent to Śāka Island.
पञ्च वर्षसहस्राणि जना जीवन्त्यनामयाः । धर्मः पञ्चस्वथैतेषु वर्णाश्रमविभागशः ॥ २,४.
In those places, people live for five thousand years without illness; and in those five regions, dharma is observed according to the divisions of class and stage of life.
वर्णाश्च तत्र चत्वारस्तान्निबोध वदामि ते ॥ २,४.
There are four classes there; listen as I tell you of them.
आर्यकाः कुरारश्चैव विदिश्या भाविनश्चे ते । विप्रक्षत्रिवैश्यास्ते शूद्राश्च मुनिसत्तम ॥ २,४.
They are called Āryaka, Kurāra, Vidiśya, and Bhāvina; these are the Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras, O best of sages.
ज्मबूवृक्षप्रमाणस्तु तन्मध्ये सुमहांस्तरुः । प्लक्षस्तन्नामसंज्ञोयं प्लक्षद्वीपो द्विजोत्तम ॥ २,४.
In the middle of that land stands a great tree, immense in size, as measured by the trees of the earth; it is called Plakṣa, and from it the island is named Plakṣa, O best of the twice-born.