Brahma Purana — Chapter 18
BrP 18.1
अहो सुमहद् आख्यानं भवता परिकीर्तितम् भारतानां च सर्वेषां पार्थिवानां तथैव च ॥
aho sumahad ākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam bhāratānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca //
Ah, a very great narrative has been recited by you, of the Bhāratas and of all the kings likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.2
देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् दैत्यानाम् अथ सिद्धानां गुह्यकानां तथैव च ॥
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām daityānām atha siddhānāṃ guhyakānāṃ tathaiva ca //
and of the gods and the Dānavas, of the Gandharvas, serpents and Rākṣasas, of the Daityas, and of the Siddhas, and of the Guhyakas likewise—
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BrP 18.3
अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि विक्रमा धर्मनिश्चयाः विविधाश् च कथा दिव्या जन्म चाग्र्यम् अनुत्तमम् ॥
atyadbhutāni karmāṇi vikramā dharmaniścayāḥ vividhāś ca kathā divyā janma cāgryam anuttamam //
(their) most wondrous deeds, feats, resolves concerning dharma, and manifold divine tales, and (their) foremost, unsurpassed birth.
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BrP 18.4
सृष्टिः प्रजापतेः सम्यक् त्वया प्रोक्ता महामते प्रजापतीनां सर्वेषां गुह्यकाप्सरसां तथा ॥
sṛṣṭiḥ prajāpateḥ samyak tvayā proktā mahāmate prajāpatīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ guhyakāpsarasāṃ tathā //
The creation by the Lord of creatures has been rightly told by you, O greatly wise one, and (that) of all the Prajāpatis, of the Guhyakas and Apsarases as well.
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BrP 18.5
स्थावरं जङ्गमं सर्वम् उत्पन्नं विविधं जगत् त्वया प्रोक्तं महाभाग श्रुतं चैतन् मनोहरम् ॥
sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ sarvam utpannaṃ vividhaṃ jagat tvayā proktaṃ mahābhāga śrutaṃ caitan manoharam //
All that is standing and moving, the manifold world that has come into being, has been told by you, O greatly fortunate one, and this delightful (account) has been heard (by us).
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BrP 18.6
कथितं पुण्यफलदं पुराणं श्लक्ष्णया गिरा मनःकर्णसुखं सम्यक् प्रीणात्य् अमृतसंमितम् ॥
kathitaṃ puṇyaphaladaṃ purāṇaṃ ślakṣṇayā girā manaḥkarṇasukhaṃ samyak prīṇāty amṛtasaṃmitam //
The ancient lore, giving the fruit of merit, has been recited in smooth speech; pleasing to mind and ear, equal to nectar, it fully gladdens (us).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.7
इदानीं श्रोतुम् इच्छामः सकलं मण्डलं भुवः वक्तुम् अर्हसि सर्वज्ञ परं कौतूहलं हि नः ॥
idānīṃ śrotum icchāmaḥ sakalaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhuvaḥ vaktum arhasi sarvajña paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ //
Now we wish to hear of the entire sphere of the earth; you ought to tell it, O all-knowing one, for our curiosity is very great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.8
यावन्तः सागरा द्वीपास् तथा वर्षाणि पर्वताः वनानि सरितः पुण्यदेवादीनां महामते ॥
yāvantaḥ sāgarā dvīpās tathā varṣāṇi parvatāḥ vanāni saritaḥ puṇyadevādīnāṃ mahāmate //
How many the oceans and the continents are, and likewise the regions (varṣas), the mountains, the forests, and the holy rivers of the gods and the rest, O greatly wise one—
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BrP 18.9
यत्प्रमाणम् इदं सर्वं यदाधारं यदात्मकम् संस्थानम् अस्य जगतो यथावद् वक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
yatpramāṇam idaṃ sarvaṃ yadādhāraṃ yadātmakam saṃsthānam asya jagato yathāvad vaktum arhasi //
what the measure of all this is, what its support, what its essential nature, and the arrangement of this world—that you ought to tell as it truly is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.10
मुनयः श्रूयताम् एतत् संक्षेपाद् वदतो मम नास्य वर्षशतेनापि वक्तुं शक्यो ऽतिविस्तरः ॥
munayaḥ śrūyatām etat saṃkṣepād vadato mama nāsya varṣaśatenāpi vaktuṃ śakyo 'tivistaraḥ //
Sages, let this be heard as I speak it in brief; its full extent could not be told even in a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.11
जम्बूप्लक्षाह्वयौ द्वीपौ शाल्मलश् चापरो द्विजाः कुशः क्रौञ्चस् तथा शाकः पुष्करश् चैव सप्तमः ॥
jambūplakṣāhvayau dvīpau śālmalaś cāparo dvijāḥ kuśaḥ krauñcas tathā śākaḥ puṣkaraś caiva saptamaḥ //
The two continents named Jambū and Plakṣa, and another, Śālmala, O twice-born ones; Kuśa, Krauñca, and Śāka, and Puṣkara as the seventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.12
एते द्वीपाः समुद्रैस् तु सप्त सप्तभिर् आवृताः लवणेक्षुसुरासर्पिर् दधिदुग्धजलैः समम् ॥
ete dvīpāḥ samudrais tu sapta saptabhir āvṛtāḥ lavaṇekṣusurāsarpir dadhidugdhajalaiḥ samam //
These seven continents are surrounded, each in turn, by seven oceans—of salt (water), sugar-cane juice, wine, ghee, curds, milk, and water.
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BrP 18.13
जम्बूद्वीपः समस्तानाम् एतेषां मध्यसंस्थितः तस्यापि मध्ये विप्रेन्द्रा मेरुः कनकपर्वतः ॥
jambūdvīpaḥ samastānām eteṣāṃ madhyasaṃsthitaḥ tasyāpi madhye viprendrā meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ //
Jambūdvīpa is situated in the middle of all of these, and in its middle too, O best of brahmins, is Meru, the golden mountain.
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BrP 18.14
चतुरशीतिसाहस्रैर् योजनैस् तस्य चोच्छ्रयः प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद् द्वात्रिंशन् मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः ॥
caturaśītisāhasrair yojanais tasya cocchrayaḥ praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastād dvātriṃśan mūrdhni vistṛtaḥ //
Its height is eighty-four thousand yojanas; it is sunk sixteen thousand below, and spreads thirty-two thousand at its summit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.15
मूले षोडशसाहस्रैर् विस्तारस् तस्य सर्वतः भूपद्मस्यास्य शैलो ऽसौ कर्णिकाकारसंस्थितः ॥
mūle ṣoḍaśasāhasrair vistāras tasya sarvataḥ bhūpadmasyāsya śailo 'sau karṇikākārasaṃsthitaḥ //
At its base its extent is sixteen thousand on every side; this mountain stands in the shape of the pericarp of this earth-lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.16
हिमवान् हेमकूटश् च निषधस् तस्य दक्षिणे नीलः श्वेतश् च शृङ्गी च उत्तरे वर्षपर्वताः ॥
himavān hemakūṭaś ca niṣadhas tasya dakṣiṇe nīlaḥ śvetaś ca śṛṅgī ca uttare varṣaparvatāḥ //
Himavān, Hemakūṭa and Niṣadha are to its south; Nīla, Śveta and Śṛṅgī are the region-boundary mountains to the north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.17
लक्षप्रमाणौ द्वौ मध्ये दशहीनास् तथापरे सहस्रद्वितयोच्छ्रायास् तावद्विस्तारिणश् च ते ॥
lakṣapramāṇau dvau madhye daśahīnās tathāpare sahasradvitayocchrāyās tāvadvistāriṇaś ca te //
Two of them in the middle measure a hundred thousand (yojanas), while the others are less by ten (thousand); they are two thousand (yojanas) in height and extend just as much (in breadth).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 18.18
भारतं प्रथमं वर्षं ततः किंपुरुषं स्मृतम् हरिवर्षं तथैवान्यन् मेरोर् दक्षिणतो द्विजाः ॥
bhārataṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ tataḥ kiṃpuruṣaṃ smṛtam harivarṣaṃ tathaivānyan meror dakṣiṇato dvijāḥ //
The first region (varṣa) is Bhārata, then Kiṃpuruṣa is recorded, and likewise another, Harivarṣa — (these lie) to the south of Meru, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.19
रम्यकं चोत्तरं वर्षं तस्यैव तु हिरण्मयम् उत्तराः कुरवश् चैव यथा वै भारतं तथा ॥
ramyakaṃ cottaraṃ varṣaṃ tasyaiva tu hiraṇmayam uttarāḥ kuravaś caiva yathā vai bhārataṃ tathā //
Ramyaka is the northern region, and of that same (Meru) also Hiraṇmaya, and the Uttara Kurus too — just as Bhārata (is in the south), so (these are in the north).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.20
नवसाहस्रम् एकैकम् एतेषां द्विजसत्तमाः इलावृतं च तन्मध्ये सौवर्णो मेरुर् उच्छ्रितः ॥
navasāhasram ekaikam eteṣāṃ dvijasattamāḥ ilāvṛtaṃ ca tanmadhye sauvarṇo merur ucchritaḥ //
Each one of these is nine thousand (yojanas), O best of the twice-born; and in the middle of that is Ilāvṛta, where golden Meru rises up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.21
मेरोश् चतुर्दिशं तत्र नवसाहस्रविस्तृतम् इलावृतं महाभागाश् चत्वारश् चात्र पर्वताः ॥
meroś caturdiśaṃ tatra navasāhasravistṛtam ilāvṛtaṃ mahābhāgāś catvāraś cātra parvatāḥ //
There, on the four sides of Meru, Ilāvṛta extends nine thousand (yojanas), O greatly fortunate ones, and there are four mountains here.
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BrP 18.22
विष्कम्भा वितता मेरोर् योजनायुतविस्तृताः पूर्वेण मन्दरो नाम दक्षिणे गन्धमादनः ॥
viṣkambhā vitatā meror yojanāyutavistṛtāḥ pūrveṇa mandaro nāma dakṣiṇe gandhamādanaḥ //
Spread out as buttresses of Meru, ten thousand yojanas in extent: on the east one named Mandara, on the south Gandhamādana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.23
विपुलः पश्चिमे पार्श्वे सुपार्श्वश् चोत्तरे स्थितः कदम्बस् तेषु जम्बूश् च पिप्पलो वट एव च ॥
vipulaḥ paścime pārśve supārśvaś cottare sthitaḥ kadambas teṣu jambūś ca pippalo vaṭa eva ca //
On the western side Vipula, and Supārśva stands on the north; on them are a kadamba, a rose-apple (jambū), a pippala, and a banyan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.24
एकादशशतायामाः पादपा गिरिकेतवः जम्बूद्वीपस्य सा जम्बूर् नामहेतुर् द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
ekādaśaśatāyāmāḥ pādapā giriketavaḥ jambūdvīpasya sā jambūr nāmahetur dvijottamāḥ //
These trees, eleven hundred (yojanas) in extent, are the banners of the mountains; that jambū is the reason for the name of Jambūdvīpa, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.25
महागजप्रमाणानि जम्ब्वास् तस्याः फलानि वै पतन्ति भूभृतः पृष्ठे शीर्यमाणानि सर्वतः ॥
mahāgajapramāṇāni jambvās tasyāḥ phalāni vai patanti bhūbhṛtaḥ pṛṣṭhe śīryamāṇāni sarvataḥ //
The fruits of that jambū tree, of the size of great elephants, fall onto the surface of the earth, bursting apart on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.26
रसेन तेषां विख्याता तत्र जम्बूनदीति वै सरित् प्रवर्तते सा च पीयते तन्निवासिभिः ॥
rasena teṣāṃ vikhyātā tatra jambūnadīti vai sarit pravartate sā ca pīyate tannivāsibhiḥ //
From their juice a river arises there, famed as the Jambū river, and it is drunk by those who dwell there.
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BrP 18.27
न खेदो न च दौर्गन्ध्यं न जरा नेन्द्रियक्षयः तत्पानस्वस्थमनसां जनानां तत्र जायते ॥
na khedo na ca daurgandhyaṃ na jarā nendriyakṣayaḥ tatpānasvasthamanasāṃ janānāṃ tatra jāyate //
No weariness, no foul smell, no old age and no decay of the senses arises there among the people, whose minds are made sound by drinking it.
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BrP 18.28
तीरमृत् तद्रसं प्राप्य सुखवायुविशोषिता जाम्बूनदाख्यं भवति सुवर्णं सिद्धभूषणम् ॥
tīramṛt tadrasaṃ prāpya sukhavāyuviśoṣitā jāmbūnadākhyaṃ bhavati suvarṇaṃ siddhabhūṣaṇam //
The clay of the bank, having received that juice and been dried by the pleasant wind, becomes the gold called jāmbūnada, the ornament of the Siddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.29
भद्राश्वं पूर्वतो मेरोः केतुमालं च पश्चिमे वर्षे द्वे तु मुनिश्रेष्ठास् तयोर् मध्ये त्व् इलावृतम् ॥
bhadrāśvaṃ pūrvato meroḥ ketumālaṃ ca paścime varṣe dve tu muniśreṣṭhās tayor madhye tv ilāvṛtam //
Bhadrāśva to the east of Meru and Ketumāla to the west — these are two regions, O best of sages; and between the two lies Ilāvṛta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.30
वनं चैत्ररथं पूर्वे दक्षिणे गन्धमादनम् वैभ्राजं पश्चिमे तद्वद् उत्तरे नन्दनं स्मृतम् ॥
vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ pūrve dakṣiṇe gandhamādanam vaibhrājaṃ paścime tadvad uttare nandanaṃ smṛtam //
On the east the forest Caitraratha, on the south Gandhamādana, on the west likewise Vaibhrāja, and on the north Nandana is recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.31
अरुणोदं महाभद्रम् असितोदं समानसम् सरांस्य् एतानि चत्वारि देवभोग्यानि सर्वदा ॥
aruṇodaṃ mahābhadram asitodaṃ samānasam sarāṃsy etāni catvāri devabhogyāni sarvadā //
Aruṇoda, Mahābhadra, Asitoda, Samānasa — these four are lakes, always for the enjoyment of the gods.
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BrP 18.32
शान्तवांश् चक्रकुञ्जश् च कुररी माल्यवांस् तथा वैकङ्कप्रमुखा मेरोः पूर्वतः केसराचलाः ॥
śāntavāṃś cakrakuñjaś ca kurarī mālyavāṃs tathā vaikaṅkapramukhā meroḥ pūrvataḥ kesarācalāḥ //
Śāntavān, Cakrakuñja, Kurarī, and Mālyavān, with Vaikaṅka foremost — these are the filament-mountains to the east of Meru.
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BrP 18.33
त्रिकूटः शिशिरश् चैव पतंगो रुचकस् तथा निषधादयो दक्षिणतस् तस्य केसरपर्वताः ॥
trikūṭaḥ śiśiraś caiva pataṃgo rucakas tathā niṣadhādayo dakṣiṇatas tasya kesaraparvatāḥ //
Trikūṭa, Śiśira, Pataṃga and Rucaka, and Niṣadha and the rest are its filament-mountains to the south.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.34
शिखिवासः सवैदूर्यः कपिलो गन्धमादनः जानुधिप्रमुखास् तद्वत् पश्चिमे केसराचलाः ॥
śikhivāsaḥ savaidūryaḥ kapilo gandhamādanaḥ jānudhipramukhās tadvat paścime kesarācalāḥ //
Śikhivāsas, Savaidūrya, Kapila, Gandhamādana, with Jānudhi foremost — such are the filament-mountains on the west.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.35
मेरोर् अनन्तरास् ते च जठरादिष्व् अवस्थिताः शङ्खकूटो ऽथ ऋषभो हंसो नागस् तथापराः ॥
meror anantarās te ca jaṭharādiṣv avasthitāḥ śaṅkhakūṭo 'tha ṛṣabho haṃso nāgas tathāparāḥ //
And those (mountains), adjoining Meru, are situated among Jaṭhara and the rest; then Śaṅkhakūṭa, Ṛṣabha, Haṃsa, Nāga and others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 18.36
कालञ्जराद्याश् च तथा उत्तरे केसराचलाः चतुर्दश सहस्राणि योजनानां महापुरी ॥
kālañjarādyāś ca tathā uttare kesarācalāḥ caturdaśa sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ mahāpurī //
And Kālañjara and the rest are likewise the filament-mountains on the north. Fourteen thousand yojanas (in extent) is the great city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.37
मेरोर् उपरि विप्रेन्द्रा ब्रह्मणः कथिता दिवि तस्यां समन्ततश् चाष्टौ दिशासु विदिशासु च ॥
meror upari viprendrā brahmaṇaḥ kathitā divi tasyāṃ samantataś cāṣṭau diśāsu vidiśāsu ca //
Above Meru, O best of brahmins, Brahmā's (city) is declared to be in heaven; and around it on all sides are eight (cities), in the cardinal and intermediate directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.38
इन्द्रादिलोकपालानां प्रख्याताः प्रवराः पुरः विष्णुपादविनिष्क्रान्ता प्लावयन्तीन्दुमण्डलम् ॥
indrādilokapālānāṃ prakhyātāḥ pravarāḥ puraḥ viṣṇupādaviniṣkrāntā plāvayantīndumaṇḍalam //
(These are) the renowned, excellent cities of the world-guardians beginning with Indra; (there the Ganges), issued forth from Viṣṇu's foot, floods the disc of the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.39
समन्ताद् ब्रह्मणः पुर्यां गङ्गा पतति वै दिवि सा तत्र पतिता दिक्षु चतुर्धा प्रत्यपद्यत ॥
samantād brahmaṇaḥ puryāṃ gaṅgā patati vai divi sā tatra patitā dikṣu caturdhā pratyapadyata //
All around Brahmā's city the Ganges falls, indeed, in heaven; having fallen there, she became fourfold toward the (four) directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.40
सीता चालकनन्दा च चक्षुर् बध्रा च वै क्रमात् पूर्वेण सीता शैलाच् च शैलं यान्त्य् अन्तरिक्षगा ॥
sītā cālakanandā ca cakṣur badhrā ca vai kramāt pūrveṇa sītā śailāc ca śailaṃ yānty antarikṣagā //
(They are) Sītā, Alakanandā, Cakṣu and Badhrā (Bhadrā) in order; toward the east Sītā goes from mountain to mountain, travelling through the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.41
ततश् च पूर्ववर्षेण भद्राश्वेनैति सार्णवम् तथैवालकनन्दा च दक्षिणेनैत्य भारतम् ॥
tataś ca pūrvavarṣeṇa bhadrāśvenaiti sārṇavam tathaivālakanandā ca dakṣiṇenaitya bhāratam //
And from there she goes through the eastern region, Bhadrāśva, to the ocean; and likewise Alakanandā, coming by the south to Bhārata,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.42
प्रयाति सागरं भूत्वा सप्तभेदा द्विजोत्तमाः चक्षुश् च पश्चिमगिरीन् अतीत्य सकलांस् ततः ॥
prayāti sāgaraṃ bhūtvā saptabhedā dvijottamāḥ cakṣuś ca paścimagirīn atītya sakalāṃs tataḥ //
goes to the sea, having become sevenfold, O best of the twice-born; and Cakṣu, having crossed all the western mountains, then
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.43
पश्चिमं केतुमालाख्यं वर्षम् अन्वेति सार्णवम् भद्रा तथोत्तरगिरीन् उत्तरांश् च तथा कुरून् ॥
paścimaṃ ketumālākhyaṃ varṣam anveti sārṇavam bhadrā tathottaragirīn uttarāṃś ca tathā kurūn //
follows the western region named Ketumāla to the ocean; and Bhadrā likewise (crosses) the northern mountains and the northern Kurus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.44
अतीत्योत्तरम् अम्भोधिं समभ्येति द्विजोत्तमाः आनीलनिषधायामौ माल्यवद्गन्धमादनौ ॥
atītyottaram ambhodhiṃ samabhyeti dvijottamāḥ ānīlaniṣadhāyāmau mālyavadgandhamādanau //
and having crossed (them) it reaches the northern ocean, O best of the twice-born. Mālyavat and Gandhamādana extend as far as Nīla and Niṣadha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.45
तयोर् मध्यगतो मेरुः कर्णिकाकारसंस्थितः भारताः केतुमालाश् च भद्राश्वाः कुरवस् तथा ॥
tayor madhyagato meruḥ karṇikākārasaṃsthitaḥ bhāratāḥ ketumālāś ca bhadrāśvāḥ kuravas tathā //
Meru, standing in the middle of those two, is set like the pericarp (of a lotus); and the Bhāratas, the Ketumālas, the Bhadrāśvas and the Kurus
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.46
पत्त्राणि लोकशैलस्य मर्यादाशैलबाह्यतः जठरो देवकूटश् च मर्यादापर्वताव् उभौ ॥
pattrāṇi lokaśailasya maryādāśailabāhyataḥ jaṭharo devakūṭaś ca maryādāparvatāv ubhau //
are the petals of the world-mountain, outside the boundary mountains. Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa are the two boundary mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.47
तौ दक्षिणोत्तरायामाव् आनीलनिषधायतौ गन्धमादनकैलासौ पूर्वपश्चात् तु ताव् उभौ ॥
tau dakṣiṇottarāyāmāv ānīlaniṣadhāyatau gandhamādanakailāsau pūrvapaścāt tu tāv ubhau //
those two extending north and south, stretching as far as Nīla and Niṣadha; and Gandhamādana and Kailāsa are the two (extending) east and west,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.48
अशीतियोजनायामाव् अर्णवान्तर्व्यवस्थितौ निषधः पारियात्रश् च मर्यादापर्वताव् उभौ ॥
aśītiyojanāyāmāv arṇavāntarvyavasthitau niṣadhaḥ pāriyātraś ca maryādāparvatāv ubhau //
eighty yojanas in extent, situated within the ocean. Niṣadha and Pāriyātra are the two boundary mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.49
तौ दक्षिणोत्तरायामाव् आनीलनिषधायतौ मेरोः पश्चिमदिग्भागे यथा पूर्वौ तथा स्थितौ ॥
tau dakṣiṇottarāyāmāv ānīlaniṣadhāyatau meroḥ paścimadigbhāge yathā pūrvau tathā sthitau //
those two extending north and south, stretching as far as Nīla and Niṣadha; on the western side of Meru they stand just as the former ones do.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.50
त्रिशृङ्गो जारुधिश् चैव उत्तरौ वर्षपर्वतौ पूर्वपश्चायताव् एताव् अर्णवान्तर्व्यवस्थितौ ॥
triśṛṅgo jārudhiś caiva uttarau varṣaparvatau pūrvapaścāyatāv etāv arṇavāntarvyavasthitau //
Triśṛṅga and Jārudhi are the two northern region-mountains; these two extend east and west, situated within the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.51
इत्य् एते हि मया प्रोक्ता मर्यादापर्वता द्विजाः जठरावस्थिता मेरोर् येषां द्वौ द्वौ चतुर्दिशम् ॥
ity ete hi mayā proktā maryādāparvatā dvijāḥ jaṭharāvasthitā meror yeṣāṃ dvau dvau caturdiśam //
Thus have these boundary mountains been declared by me, O twice-born, standing at the base of Meru, of which there are two in each of the four directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.52
मेरोश् चतुर्दिशं ये तु प्रोक्ताः केसरपर्वताः शीतान्ताद्या द्विजास् तेषाम् अतीव हि मनोहराः ॥
meroś caturdiśaṃ ye tu proktāḥ kesaraparvatāḥ śītāntādyā dvijās teṣām atīva hi manoharāḥ //
But those filament-mountains that have been declared on Meru's four sides, beginning with Śītānta, O twice-born — the valleys between them are exceedingly delightful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 18.53
शैलानाम् अन्तरद्रोण्यः सिद्धचारणसेविताः सुरम्याणि तथा तासु काननानि पुराणि च ॥
śailānām antaradroṇyaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ suramyāṇi tathā tāsu kānanāni purāṇi ca //
The valleys between the mountains are frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, and in them are very lovely forests and cities,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.54
लक्ष्मीविष्ण्वग्निसूर्येन्द्रदेवानां मुनिसत्तमाः तास्व् आयतनवर्याणि जुष्टानि नरकिंनरैः ॥
lakṣmīviṣṇvagnisūryendradevānāṃ munisattamāḥ tāsv āyatanavaryāṇi juṣṭāni narakiṃnaraiḥ //
and in them, O best of sages, excellent sanctuaries of Lakṣmī, Viṣṇu, Agni, Sūrya and Indra, resorted to by men and kinnaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.55
गन्धर्वयक्षरक्षांसि तथा दैतेयदानवाः क्रीडन्ति तासु रम्यासु शैलद्रोणीष्व् अहर्निशम् ॥
gandharvayakṣarakṣāṃsi tathā daiteyadānavāḥ krīḍanti tāsu ramyāsu śailadroṇīṣv aharniśam //
Gandharvas, yakṣas and rākṣasas, and likewise the Daiteyas and Dānavas, play day and night in those lovely mountain valleys.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.56
भौमा ह्य् एते स्मृताः स्वर्गा धर्मिणाम् आलया द्विजाः नैतेषु पापकर्तारो यान्ति जन्मशतैर् अपि ॥
bhaumā hy ete smṛtāḥ svargā dharmiṇām ālayā dvijāḥ naiteṣu pāpakartāro yānti janmaśatair api //
These are indeed reckoned earthly heavens, the abodes of the righteous, O twice-born; doers of evil do not go to them even in a hundred births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.57
भद्राश्वे भगवान् विष्णुर् आस्ते हयशिरा द्विजाः वाराहः केतुमाले तु भारते कूर्मरूपधृक् ॥
bhadrāśve bhagavān viṣṇur āste hayaśirā dvijāḥ vārāhaḥ ketumāle tu bhārate kūrmarūpadhṛk //
In Bhadrāśva the Lord Viṣṇu abides with a horse's head, O twice-born; in Ketumāla as the Boar, and in Bhārata bearing the tortoise form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.58
मत्स्यरूपश् च गोविन्दः कुरुष्व् आस्ते सनातनः विश्वरूपेण सर्वत्र सर्वः सर्वेश्वरो हरिः ॥
matsyarūpaś ca govindaḥ kuruṣv āste sanātanaḥ viśvarūpeṇa sarvatra sarvaḥ sarveśvaro hariḥ //
And in the Kurus the eternal Govinda abides in the form of a fish; everywhere, in his universal form, Hari, the lord of all, is all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.59
सर्वस्याधारभूतो ऽसौ द्विजा आस्ते ऽखिलात्मकः यानि किंपुरुषाद्यानि वर्षाण्य् अष्टौ द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
sarvasyādhārabhūto 'sau dvijā āste 'khilātmakaḥ yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṣāṇy aṣṭau dvijottamāḥ //
He, being the support of all, abides as the self of everything, O twice-born; and those eight regions, beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa, O best of the twice-born—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.60
न तेषु शोको नायासो नोद्वेगः क्षुद्भयादिकम् सुस्थाः प्रजा निरातङ्काः सर्वदुःखविवर्जिताः ॥
na teṣu śoko nāyāso nodvegaḥ kṣudbhayādikam susthāḥ prajā nirātaṅkāḥ sarvaduḥkhavivarjitāḥ //
In them there is no grief, no toil, no anxiety, no hunger, fear and the like; the people are at ease, free from dread, devoid of all suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.61
दशद्वादशवर्षाणां सहस्राणि स्थिरायुषः नैतेषु भौमान्य् अन्यानि क्षुत्पिपासादि नो द्विजाः ॥
daśadvādaśavarṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi sthirāyuṣaḥ naiteṣu bhaumāny anyāni kṣutpipāsādi no dvijāḥ //
They have fixed lifespans of ten and twelve thousand years; in them there are no other earthly things, nor hunger, thirst and the like, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 18.62
कृतत्रेतादिका नैव तेषु स्थानेषु कल्पना सर्वेष्व् एतेषु वर्षेषु सप्त सप्त कुलाचलाः नद्यश् च शतशस् तेभ्यः प्रसूता या द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
kṛtatretādikā naiva teṣu sthāneṣu kalpanā sarveṣv eteṣu varṣeṣu sapta sapta kulācalāḥ nadyaś ca śataśas tebhyaḥ prasūtā yā dvijottamāḥ //
In those places there is no reckoning of Kṛta, Tretā and the rest at all. In all these regions there are seven principal mountains each, and from them are born rivers by the hundreds, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition