Brahma Purana — Chapter 20
BrP 20.1
क्षारोदेन यथा द्वीपो जम्बूसंज्ञो ऽभिवेष्टितः संवेष्ट्य क्षारम् उदधिं प्लक्षद्वीपस् तथा स्थितः ॥
kṣārodena yathā dvīpo jambūsaṃjño 'bhiveṣṭitaḥ saṃveṣṭya kṣāram udadhiṃ plakṣadvīpas tathā sthitaḥ //
Just as the continent named Jambū is surrounded by the salt (ocean), so Plakṣadvīpa stands enclosing the salt ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.2
जम्बूद्वीपस्य विस्तारः शतसाहस्रसंमितः स एव द्विगुणो विप्राः प्लक्षद्वीपे ऽप्य् उदाहृतः ॥
jambūdvīpasya vistāraḥ śatasāhasrasaṃmitaḥ sa eva dviguṇo viprāḥ plakṣadvīpe 'py udāhṛtaḥ //
The extent of Jambūdvīpa measures a hundred thousand (yojanas); twice that, O brahmins, is declared for Plakṣadvīpa as well.
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BrP 20.3
सप्त मेधातिथेः पुत्राः प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरस्य वै श्रेष्ठः शान्तभयो नाम शिशिरस् तदनन्तरम् ॥
sapta medhātitheḥ putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarasya vai śreṣṭhaḥ śāntabhayo nāma śiśiras tadanantaram //
Seven were the sons of Medhātithi, the lord of Plakṣadvīpa: the eldest named Śāntabhaya, and next to him Śiśira.
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BrP 20.4
सुखोदयस् तथानन्दः शिवः क्षेमक एव च ध्रुवश् च सप्तमस् तेषां प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरा हि ते ॥
sukhodayas tathānandaḥ śivaḥ kṣemaka eva ca dhruvaś ca saptamas teṣāṃ plakṣadvīpeśvarā hi te //
Sukhodaya, and Ānanda, Śiva, and Kṣemaka, and Dhruva as the seventh — these indeed are the lords of Plakṣadvīpa.
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BrP 20.5
पूर्वं शान्तभयं वर्षं शिशिरं सुखदं तथा आनन्दं च शिवं चैव क्षेमकं ध्रुवम् एव च ॥
pūrvaṃ śāntabhayaṃ varṣaṃ śiśiraṃ sukhadaṃ tathā ānandaṃ ca śivaṃ caiva kṣemakaṃ dhruvam eva ca //
The first region (is) Śāntabhaya, then Śiśira, Sukhada, and Ānanda, and Śiva, and Kṣemaka, and Dhruva.
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BrP 20.6
मर्यादाकारकास् तेषां तथान्ये वर्षपर्वताः सप्तैव तेषां नामानि शृणुध्वं मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
maryādākārakās teṣāṃ tathānye varṣaparvatāḥ saptaiva teṣāṃ nāmāni śṛṇudhvaṃ munisattamāḥ //
And there are others of theirs (i.e., of those regions) that form the boundaries, the mountains of the regions—just seven of them; hear their names, O best of sages.
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BrP 20.7
गोमेदश् चैव चन्द्रश् च नारदो दन्दुभिस् तथा सोमकः सुमनाः शैलो वैभ्राजश् चैव सप्तमः ॥
gomedaś caiva candraś ca nārado dandubhis tathā somakaḥ sumanāḥ śailo vaibhrājaś caiva saptamaḥ //
Gomeda and Candra, Nārada and Dundubhi, Somaka, the mountain Sumanas, and Vaibhrāja as the seventh.
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BrP 20.8
वर्षाचलेषु रम्येषु वर्षेष्व् एतेषु चानघाः वसन्ति देवगन्धर्वसहिताः सहितं प्रजाः ॥
varṣācaleṣu ramyeṣu varṣeṣv eteṣu cānaghāḥ vasanti devagandharvasahitāḥ sahitaṃ prajāḥ //
On these lovely mountains of the regions and in these regions, O sinless ones, the peoples dwell together, along with gods and gandharvas.
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BrP 20.9
तेषु पुण्या जनपदा वीरा न म्रियते जनः नाधयो व्याधयो वापि सर्वकालसुखं हि तत् ॥
teṣu puṇyā janapadā vīrā na mriyate janaḥ nādhayo vyādhayo vāpi sarvakālasukhaṃ hi tat //
In them the settlements are holy and the people heroic; no one dies there, nor are there mental or bodily ailments—for that (land) is pleasant at all seasons.
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BrP 20.10
तेषां नद्यश् च सप्तैव वर्षाणां तु समुद्रगाः नामतस् ताः प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रुताः पापं हरन्ति याः ॥
teṣāṃ nadyaś ca saptaiva varṣāṇāṃ tu samudragāḥ nāmatas tāḥ pravakṣyāmi śrutāḥ pāpaṃ haranti yāḥ //
And of those regions there are just seven rivers that flow to the ocean; I shall declare them by name—rivers which, when merely heard of, take away sin.
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BrP 20.11
अनुतप्ता शिखा चैव विप्राशा त्रिदिवा क्रमुः अमृता सुकृता चैव सप्तैतास् तत्र निम्नगाः ॥
anutaptā śikhā caiva viprāśā tridivā kramuḥ amṛtā sukṛtā caiva saptaitās tatra nimnagāḥ //
Anutaptā, Śikhā, Viprāśā, Tridivā, Kramu, Amṛtā and Sukṛtā—these seven are the rivers there.
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BrP 20.12
एते शैलास् तथा नद्यः प्रधानाः कथिता द्विजाः क्षुद्रनद्यस् तथा शैलास् तत्र सन्ति सहस्रशः ॥
ete śailās tathā nadyaḥ pradhānāḥ kathitā dvijāḥ kṣudranadyas tathā śailās tatra santi sahasraśaḥ //
These mountains and these rivers have been declared as the principal ones, O twice-born; but small rivers and mountains exist there by the thousand.
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BrP 20.13
ताः पिबन्ति सदा हृष्टा नदीर् जनपदास् तु ते अवसर्पिणी नदी तेषां न चैवोत्सर्पिणी द्विजाः ॥
tāḥ pibanti sadā hṛṣṭā nadīr janapadās tu te avasarpiṇī nadī teṣāṃ na caivotsarpiṇī dvijāḥ //
Those peoples, ever delighted, drink from those rivers; among them, O twice-born, there is no river that diminishes nor one that swells.
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BrP 20.14
न तेष्व् अस्ति युगावस्था तेषु स्थानेषु सप्तसु त्रेतायुगसमः कालः सर्वदैव द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
na teṣv asti yugāvasthā teṣu sthāneṣu saptasu tretāyugasamaḥ kālaḥ sarvadaiva dvijottamāḥ //
In them there is no succession of yugas; in those seven places the time is always like the Tretā age, O best of the twice-born.
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BrP 20.15
प्लक्षद्वीपादिके विप्राः शाकद्वीपान्तिकेषु वै पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि जना जीवन्त्य् अनामयाः ॥
plakṣadvīpādike viprāḥ śākadvīpāntikeṣu vai pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi janā jīvanty anāmayāḥ //
O brahmins, in the continents beginning with Plakṣa and ending with Śāka, people live five thousand years, free of disease.
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BrP 20.16
धर्मश् चतुर्विधस् तेषु वर्णाश्रमविभागजः वर्णाश् च तत्र चत्वारस् तान् बुधाः प्रवदामि वः ॥
dharmaś caturvidhas teṣu varṇāśramavibhāgajaḥ varṇāś ca tatra catvāras tān budhāḥ pravadāmi vaḥ //
Among them dharma is fourfold, arising from the division of classes and stages of life; and there are four classes there—O wise ones, I shall declare them to you.
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BrP 20.17
आर्यकाः कुरवश् चैव विविश्वा भाविनश् च ये विप्रक्षत्रियवैश्यास् ते शूद्राश् च मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
āryakāḥ kuravaś caiva viviśvā bhāvinaś ca ye viprakṣatriyavaiśyās te śūdrāś ca munisattamāḥ //
The Āryakas, the Kurus, the Viviśvas, and those called Bhāvins—these are the brahmins, kshatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, O best of sages.
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BrP 20.18
जम्बूवृक्षप्रमाणस् तु तन्मध्ये सुमहातरुः प्लक्षस् तन्नामसंज्ञो ऽयं प्लक्षद्वीपो द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
jambūvṛkṣapramāṇas tu tanmadhye sumahātaruḥ plakṣas tannāmasaṃjño 'yaṃ plakṣadvīpo dvijottamāḥ //
In the middle of it stands a very great tree, of the same size as the jambū tree, a plakṣa; this continent, named after it, is Plakṣadvīpa, O best of the twice-born.
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BrP 20.19
इज्यते तत्र भगवांस् तैर् वर्णैर् आर्यकादिभिः सोमरूपी जगत्स्रष्टा सर्वः सर्वेश्वरो हरिः ॥
ijyate tatra bhagavāṃs tair varṇair āryakādibhiḥ somarūpī jagatsraṣṭā sarvaḥ sarveśvaro hariḥ //
There the Lord is worshipped by those classes beginning with the Āryakas—Hari in the form of Soma, creator of the world, the All, lord of all.
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BrP 20.20
प्लक्षद्वीपप्रमाणेन प्लक्षद्वीपः समावृतः तथैवेक्षुरसोदेन परिवेषानुकारिणा ॥
plakṣadvīpapramāṇena plakṣadvīpaḥ samāvṛtaḥ tathaivekṣurasodena pariveṣānukāriṇā //
Plakṣadvīpa is encircled, by an extent equal to Plakṣadvīpa itself, by the ocean of sugarcane juice, which follows it as a halo (follows the moon).
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BrP 20.21
इत्य् एतद् वो मुनिश्रेष्ठाः प्लक्षद्वीप उदाहृतः संक्षेपेण मया भूयः शाल्मलं तं निबोधत ॥
ity etad vo muniśreṣṭhāḥ plakṣadvīpa udāhṛtaḥ saṃkṣepeṇa mayā bhūyaḥ śālmalaṃ taṃ nibodhata //
Thus, O best of sages, Plakṣadvīpa has been described to you by me in brief; now learn further about Śālmala.
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BrP 20.22
शाल्मलस्येश्वरो वीरो वपुष्मांस् तत्सुता द्विजाः तेषां तु नाम संज्ञानि सप्तवर्षाणि तानि वै ॥
śālmalasyeśvaro vīro vapuṣmāṃs tatsutā dvijāḥ teṣāṃ tu nāma saṃjñāni saptavarṣāṇi tāni vai //
The lord of Śālmala was the hero Vapuṣmat; his sons, O twice-born, gave their names to those seven regions.
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BrP 20.23
श्वेतो ऽथ हरितश् चैव जीमूतो रोहितस् तथा वैद्युतो मानसश् चैव सुप्रभश् च द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
śveto 'tha haritaś caiva jīmūto rohitas tathā vaidyuto mānasaś caiva suprabhaś ca dvijottamāḥ //
Śveta, then Harita, Jīmūta, Rohita, Vaidyuta, Mānasa, and Suprabha, O best of the twice-born.
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BrP 20.24
शाल्मनश् च समुद्रो ऽसौ द्वीपेनेक्षुरसोदकः विस्ताराद् द्विगुणेनाथ सर्वतः संवृतः स्थितः ॥
śālmanaś ca samudro 'sau dvīpenekṣurasodakaḥ vistārād dviguṇenātha sarvataḥ saṃvṛtaḥ sthitaḥ //
And that ocean of sugarcane-juice water stands surrounded on all sides by the continent of Śālmala, which is twice (the former) in extent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.25
तत्रापि पर्वताः सप्त विज्ञेया रत्नयोनयः वर्षाभिव्यञ्जकास् ते तु तथा सप्तैव निम्नगाः ॥
tatrāpi parvatāḥ sapta vijñeyā ratnayonayaḥ varṣābhivyañjakās te tu tathā saptaiva nimnagāḥ //
There too seven mountains are to be known, sources of gems, marking off the regions; and likewise just seven rivers.
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BrP 20.26
कुमुदश् चोन्नतश् चैव तृतीयस् तु बलाहकः द्रोणो यत्र महौषध्यः स चतुर्थो महीधरः ॥
kumudaś connataś caiva tṛtīyas tu balāhakaḥ droṇo yatra mahauṣadhyaḥ sa caturtho mahīdharaḥ //
Kumuda and Unnata, and the third is Balāhaka; Droṇa, where the great healing herbs (grow), is the fourth mountain.
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BrP 20.27
कङ्कस् तु पञ्चमः षष्ठो महिषः सप्तमस् तथा ककुद्मान् पर्वतवरः सरिन्नामान्य् अतो द्विजाः ॥
kaṅkas tu pañcamaḥ ṣaṣṭho mahiṣaḥ saptamas tathā kakudmān parvatavaraḥ sarinnāmāny ato dvijāḥ //
Kaṅka is the fifth, the sixth Mahiṣa, and the seventh Kakudmān, best of mountains; next, O twice-born ones, (come) the names of the rivers.
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BrP 20.28
श्रोणी तोया वितृष्णा च चन्द्रा शुक्रा विमोचनी निवृत्तिः सप्तमी तासां स्मृतास् ताः पापशान्तिदाः ॥
śroṇī toyā vitṛṣṇā ca candrā śukrā vimocanī nivṛttiḥ saptamī tāsāṃ smṛtās tāḥ pāpaśāntidāḥ //
Śroṇī, Toyā, Vitṛṣṇā, Candrā, Śukrā, Vimocanī, and Nivṛtti is the seventh of them; these are held to be bestowers of the quieting of sin.
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BrP 20.29
श्वेतं च लोहितं चैव जीमूतं हरितं तथा वैद्युतं मानसं चैव सुप्रभं नाम सप्तमम् ॥
śvetaṃ ca lohitaṃ caiva jīmūtaṃ haritaṃ tathā vaidyutaṃ mānasaṃ caiva suprabhaṃ nāma saptamam //
Śveta and Lohita, Jīmūta and Harita, Vaidyuta and Mānasa, and the seventh named Suprabha.
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BrP 20.30
सप्तैतानि तु वर्षाणि चातुर्वर्ण्ययुतानि च वर्णाश् च शाल्मले ये च वसन्त्य् एषु द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
saptaitāni tu varṣāṇi cāturvarṇyayutāni ca varṇāś ca śālmale ye ca vasanty eṣu dvijottamāḥ //
These seven are the regions (of that continent), each endowed with the four classes; and (hear) which classes dwell in these (regions) on Śālmala, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.31
कपिलाश् चारुणाः पीताः कृष्णाश् चैव पृथक् पृथक् ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश् चैव यजन्ति तम् ॥
kapilāś cāruṇāḥ pītāḥ kṛṣṇāś caiva pṛthak pṛthak brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś caiva yajanti tam //
Tawny, ruddy, yellow, and dark, each separately—brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras—they worship him:
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BrP 20.32
भगवन्तं समस्तस्य विष्णुम् आत्मानम् अव्ययम् वायुभूतं मखश्रेष्ठैर् यज्वानो यज्ञसंस्थितम् ॥
bhagavantaṃ samastasya viṣṇum ātmānam avyayam vāyubhūtaṃ makhaśreṣṭhair yajvāno yajñasaṃsthitam //
the Lord, the imperishable Self of the whole (world), Viṣṇu, who has become the Wind, established in sacrifice—(him) the sacrificers (worship) with the best of oblations.
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BrP 20.33
देवानाम् अत्र सांनिध्यम् अतीव सुमनोहरे शाल्मलिश् च महावृक्षो नामनिर्वृत्तिकारकः ॥
devānām atra sāṃnidhyam atīva sumanohare śālmaliś ca mahāvṛkṣo nāmanirvṛttikārakaḥ //
Here, in this exceedingly delightful (place), is the presence of the gods; and the great tree Śālmali is the cause of the derivation of the name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.34
एष द्वीपः समुद्रेण सुरोदेन समावृतः विस्ताराच् छाल्मलेश् चैव समेन तु समन्ततः ॥
eṣa dvīpaḥ samudreṇa surodena samāvṛtaḥ vistārāc chālmaleś caiva samena tu samantataḥ //
This continent is surrounded on all sides by the ocean of liquor, equal in extent to Śālmala itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.35
सुरोदकः परिवृतः कुशद्वीपेन सर्वतः शाल्मलस्य तु विस्ताराद् द्विगुणेन समन्ततः ॥
surodakaḥ parivṛtaḥ kuśadvīpena sarvataḥ śālmalasya tu vistārād dviguṇena samantataḥ //
The liquor-water (ocean) is encircled on all sides by Kuśadvīpa, which is twice the extent of Śālmala all round.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.36
ज्योतिष्मतः कुशद्वीपे शृणुध्वं तस्य पुत्रकान् उद्भिदो वेणुमांश् चैव स्वैरथो रन्धनो धृतिः ॥
jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe śṛṇudhvaṃ tasya putrakān udbhido veṇumāṃś caiva svairatho randhano dhṛtiḥ //
Hear the sons of Jyotiṣmat in Kuśadvīpa: Udbhida and Veṇumān, Svairatha, Randhana, Dhṛti,
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BrP 20.37
प्रभाकरो ऽथ कपिलस् तन्नाम्ना वर्षपद्धतिः तस्यां वसन्ति मनुजैः सह दैतेयदानवाः ॥
prabhākaro 'tha kapilas tannāmnā varṣapaddhatiḥ tasyāṃ vasanti manujaiḥ saha daiteyadānavāḥ //
then Prabhākara and Kapila; the series of regions (is named) after their names. In it there dwell, together with men, the Daityas and Dānavas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.38
तथैव देवगन्धर्वा यक्षकिंपुरुषादयः वर्णास् तत्रापि चत्वारो निजानुष्ठानतत्पराः ॥
tathaiva devagandharvā yakṣakiṃpuruṣādayaḥ varṇās tatrāpi catvāro nijānuṣṭhānatatparāḥ //
and likewise gods and gandharvas, yakṣas, kiṃpuruṣas and the rest. There too the four classes (exist), intent upon their own observances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.39
दमिनः शुष्मिणः स्नेहा मान्दहाश् च द्विजोत्तमाः ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश् चानुक्रमोदिताः ॥
daminaḥ śuṣmiṇaḥ snehā māndahāś ca dvijottamāḥ brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś cānukramoditāḥ //
Damins, Śuṣmins, Snehas and Māndahas, O best of the twice-born, are the brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, named in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.40
यथोक्तकर्मकर्तृत्वात् स्वाधिकारक्षयाय ते तत्र ते तु कुशद्वीपे ब्रह्मरूपं जनार्दनम् ॥
yathoktakarmakartṛtvāt svādhikārakṣayāya te tatra te tu kuśadvīpe brahmarūpaṃ janārdanam //
Because they perform the rites as prescribed, for the wearing away of their own (allotted) office, there in Kuśadvīpa they (worship) Janārdana in the form of Brahmā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.41
यजन्तः क्षपयन्त्य् उग्रम् अधिकारफलप्रदम् विद्रुमो हेमशैलश् च द्युतिमान् पुष्टिमांस् तथा ॥
yajantaḥ kṣapayanty ugram adhikāraphalapradam vidrumo hemaśailaś ca dyutimān puṣṭimāṃs tathā //
and worshipping, they destroy that fierce (bondage) which yields the fruit of (ritual) office. Vidruma and Hemaśaila, Dyutimān and Puṣṭimān,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.42
कुशेशयो हरिश् चैव सप्तमो मन्दराचलः वर्षाचलास् तु सप्तैते द्वीपे तत्र द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
kuśeśayo hariś caiva saptamo mandarācalaḥ varṣācalās tu saptaite dvīpe tatra dvijottamāḥ //
Kuśeśaya and Hari, and the seventh, Mount Mandara: these are the seven boundary-mountains on that continent, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.43
नद्यश् च सप्त तासां तु वक्ष्ये नामान्य् अनुक्रमात् धूतपापा शिवा चैव पवित्रा संमतिस् तथा ॥
nadyaś ca sapta tāsāṃ tu vakṣye nāmāny anukramāt dhūtapāpā śivā caiva pavitrā saṃmatis tathā //
And there are seven rivers; I shall tell their names in order: Dhūtapāpā and Śivā, Pavitrā and Saṃmati,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.44
विद्युद् अम्भो मही चान्या सर्वपापहरास् त्व् इमाः अन्याः सहस्रशस् तत्र क्षुद्रनद्यस् तथाचलाः ॥
vidyud ambho mahī cānyā sarvapāpaharās tv imāḥ anyāḥ sahasraśas tatra kṣudranadyas tathācalāḥ //
Vidyut, Ambhas, and Mahī as the other—these remove all sins. There are others by the thousands, small rivers and likewise mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.45
कुशद्वीपे कुशस्तम्बः संज्ञया तस्य तत् स्मृतम् तत्प्रमाणेन स द्वीपो घृतोदेन समावृतः ॥
kuśadvīpe kuśastambaḥ saṃjñayā tasya tat smṛtam tatpramāṇena sa dvīpo ghṛtodena samāvṛtaḥ //
In Kuśadvīpa there is a clump of kuśa grass; by its name that (continent) is so called. That continent, of that measure, is surrounded by the ocean of ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.46
घृतोदश् च समुद्रो वै क्रौञ्चद्वीपेन संवृतः क्रौञ्चद्वीपो मुनिश्रेष्ठाः श्रूयतां चापरो महान् ॥
ghṛtodaś ca samudro vai krauñcadvīpena saṃvṛtaḥ krauñcadvīpo muniśreṣṭhāḥ śrūyatāṃ cāparo mahān //
And the ocean of ghee is encircled by Krauñcadvīpa. O best of sages, let the other great (island), Krauñcadvīpa, now be heard about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.47
कुशद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद् द्विगुणो यस्य विस्तरः क्रौञ्चद्वीपे द्युतिमतः पुत्राः सप्त महात्मनः ॥
kuśadvīpasya vistārād dviguṇo yasya vistaraḥ krauñcadvīpe dyutimataḥ putrāḥ sapta mahātmanaḥ //
Its extent is twice the extent of Kuśadvīpa. In Krauñcadvīpa (there were) the seven sons of the great-souled Dyutimat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.48
तन्नामानि च वर्षाणि तेषां चक्रे महामनाः कुशगो मन्दगश् चोष्णः पीवरो ऽथान्धकारकः ॥
tannāmāni ca varṣāṇi teṣāṃ cakre mahāmanāḥ kuśago mandagaś coṣṇaḥ pīvaro 'thāndhakārakaḥ //
And that high-minded (king) made the countries bear their names: Kuśaga, Mandaga, Uṣṇa, Pīvara, and then Andhakāraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.49
मुनिश् च दुन्दुभिश् चैव सप्तैते तत्सुता द्विजाः तत्रापि देवगन्धर्वसेविताः सुमनोरमाः ॥
muniś ca dundubhiś caiva saptaite tatsutā dvijāḥ tatrāpi devagandharvasevitāḥ sumanoramāḥ //
and Muni, and Dundubhi — these seven, O brahmins, were his sons. There too (the countries are) most delightful, frequented by gods and gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.50
वर्षाचला मुनिश्रेष्ठास् तेषां नामानि भो द्विजाः क्रौञ्चश् च वामनश् चैव तृतीयश् चान्धकारकः ॥
varṣācalā muniśreṣṭhās teṣāṃ nāmāni bho dvijāḥ krauñcaś ca vāmanaś caiva tṛtīyaś cāndhakārakaḥ //
(There are) the mountains of the countries, O best of sages; their names, O brahmins, (are these): Krauñca, and Vāmana, and third Andhakāraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.51
देवव्रतो धमश् चैव तथान्यः पुण्डरीकवान् दुन्दुभिश् च महाशैलो द्विगुणास् ते परस्परम् ॥
devavrato dhamaś caiva tathānyaḥ puṇḍarīkavān dundubhiś ca mahāśailo dviguṇās te parasparam //
Devavrata, and Dhama, and likewise another, Puṇḍarīkavān, and the great mountain Dundubhi; each of them is twice (the size of) the other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.52
द्वीपाद् द्वीपेषु ये शैलास् तथा द्वीपानि ते तथा वर्षेष्व् एतेषु रम्येषु वर्षशैलवरेषु च ॥
dvīpād dvīpeṣu ye śailās tathā dvīpāni te tathā varṣeṣv eteṣu ramyeṣu varṣaśailavareṣu ca //
The mountains that are in the islands, island by island, are (in proportion) just as the islands are; and in these lovely countries and among these excellent mountains of the countries —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.53
निवसन्ति निरातङ्काः सह देवगणैः प्रजाः पुष्कला पुष्करा धन्यास् ते ख्याताश् च द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
nivasanti nirātaṅkāḥ saha devagaṇaiḥ prajāḥ puṣkalā puṣkarā dhanyās te khyātāś ca dvijottamāḥ //
— the people dwell free from fear together with the hosts of the gods; and they, O best of brahmins, are called Puṣkalas, Puṣkaras, and Dhanyas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.54
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश् चानुक्रमोदिताः तत्र नद्यो मुनिश्रेष्ठा याः पिबन्ति तु ते सदा ॥
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś cānukramoditāḥ tatra nadyo muniśreṣṭhā yāḥ pibanti tu te sadā //
the brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, mentioned in order. The rivers there, O best of sages, from which they always drink,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.55
सप्त प्रधानाः शतशस् तथान्याः क्षुद्रनिम्नगाः गौरी कुमुद्वती चैव संध्या रात्रिर् मनोजवा ॥
sapta pradhānāḥ śataśas tathānyāḥ kṣudranimnagāḥ gaurī kumudvatī caiva saṃdhyā rātrir manojavā //
are seven principal ones, and besides them hundreds of small streams: Gaurī, Kumudvatī, Saṃdhyā, Rātri, Manojavā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.56
ख्यातिश् च पुण्डरीका च सप्तैता वर्षनिम्नगाः तत्रापि वर्णैर् भगवान् पुष्कराद्यैर् जनार्दनः ॥
khyātiś ca puṇḍarīkā ca saptaitā varṣanimnagāḥ tatrāpi varṇair bhagavān puṣkarādyair janārdanaḥ //
Khyāti and Puṇḍarīkā — these seven are the rivers of the countries. There too the Lord Janārdana, in the form of Rudra, is worshipped by the classes beginning with the Puṣkaras
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.57
ध्यानयोगै रुद्ररूप ईज्यते यज्ञसंनिधौ क्रौञ्चद्वीपः समुद्रेण दधिमण्डोदकेन तु ॥
dhyānayogai rudrarūpa ījyate yajñasaṃnidhau krauñcadvīpaḥ samudreṇa dadhimaṇḍodakena tu //
through the disciplines of meditation, in the presence of the sacrifice. Krauñcadvīpa (is surrounded) by the ocean whose water is whey,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.58
आवृतः सर्वतः क्रौञ्चद्वीपतुल्येन मानतः दधिमण्डोदकश् चापि शाकद्वीपेन संवृतः ॥
āvṛtaḥ sarvataḥ krauñcadvīpatulyena mānataḥ dadhimaṇḍodakaś cāpi śākadvīpena saṃvṛtaḥ //
encircled on all sides (by that ocean), equal in measure to Krauñcadvīpa; and the whey-water (ocean) in turn is encircled by Śākadvīpa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.59
क्रौञ्चद्वीपस्य विस्तारद्विगुणेन द्विजोत्तमाः शाकद्वीपेश्वरस्यापि भव्यस्य सुमहात्मनः ॥
krauñcadvīpasya vistāradviguṇena dvijottamāḥ śākadvīpeśvarasyāpi bhavyasya sumahātmanaḥ //
which, O best of brahmins, is twice the extent of Krauñcadvīpa. Of Bhavya too, the very great-souled lord of Śākadvīpa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.60
सप्तैव तनयास् तेषां ददौ वर्षाणि सप्त सः जलदश् च कुमारश् च सुकुमारो मनीरकः ॥
saptaiva tanayās teṣāṃ dadau varṣāṇi sapta saḥ jaladaś ca kumāraś ca sukumāro manīrakaḥ //
there were just seven sons; to them he gave the seven countries: Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Manīraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.61
कुसमोदश् च मोदाकिः सप्तमश् च महाद्रुमः तत्संज्ञान्य् एव तत्रापि सप्त वर्षाण्य् अनुक्रमात् ॥
kusamodaś ca modākiḥ saptamaś ca mahādrumaḥ tatsaṃjñāny eva tatrāpi sapta varṣāṇy anukramāt //
Kusamoda, Modāki, and seventh Mahādruma. There too the seven countries, in order, bear just their names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.62
तत्रापि पर्वताः सप्त वर्षविच्छेदकारकाः पूर्वस् तत्रोदयगिरिर् जलधारस् तथापरः ॥
tatrāpi parvatāḥ sapta varṣavicchedakārakāḥ pūrvas tatrodayagirir jaladhāras tathāparaḥ //
There too are seven mountains that make the divisions between the countries: there the eastern one is Udayagiri, and the next Jaladhāra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.63
तथा रैवतकः श्यामस् तथैवाम्भोगिरिर् द्विजाः आस्तिकेयस् तथा रम्यः केसरी पर्वतोत्तमः ॥
tathā raivatakaḥ śyāmas tathaivāmbhogirir dvijāḥ āstikeyas tathā ramyaḥ kesarī parvatottamaḥ //
and likewise Raivataka, Śyāma, and so Ambhogiri, O brahmins, then Āstikeya, and the lovely Kesarī, best of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.64
शाकश् चात्र महावृक्षः सिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितः यत्पत्त्रवातसंस्पर्शाद् आह्लादो जायते परः ॥
śākaś cātra mahāvṛkṣaḥ siddhagandharvasevitaḥ yatpattravātasaṃsparśād āhlādo jāyate paraḥ //
And here (grows) the great śāka tree, frequented by siddhas and gandharvas, from the touch of the breeze of whose leaves supreme delight arises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.65
तत्र पुण्या जनपदाश् चातुर्वर्ण्यसमन्विताः निवसन्ति महात्मानो निरातङ्का निरामयाः ॥
tatra puṇyā janapadāś cāturvarṇyasamanvitāḥ nivasanti mahātmāno nirātaṅkā nirāmayāḥ //
There the holy regions are furnished with the four classes; great-souled people dwell (there), free from fear and free from disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.66
नद्यश् चात्र महापुण्याः सर्वपापभयापहाः सुकुमारी कुमारी च नलिनी रेणुका च या ॥
nadyaś cātra mahāpuṇyāḥ sarvapāpabhayāpahāḥ sukumārī kumārī ca nalinī reṇukā ca yā //
And here are rivers of great merit that take away all sin and fear: Sukumārī and Kumārī, and Nalinī, and Reṇukā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.67
इक्षुश् च धेनुका चैव गभस्ती सप्तमी तथा अन्यास् त्व् अयुतशस् तत्र क्षुद्रनद्यो द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
ikṣuś ca dhenukā caiva gabhastī saptamī tathā anyās tv ayutaśas tatra kṣudranadyo dvijottamāḥ //
and Ikṣu and Dhenukā, and Gabhastī as the seventh; and there are others there by the myriad, small rivers, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.68
महीधरास् तथा सन्ति शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ताः पिबन्ति मुदा युक्ता जलदादिषु ये स्थिताः ॥
mahīdharās tathā santi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ tāḥ pibanti mudā yuktā jaladādiṣu ye sthitāḥ //
There are likewise mountains by the hundreds and by the thousands; those who dwell on Jalada and the rest drink from those (rivers) with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.69
वर्षेषु ये जनपदाश् चतुर्थार्थसमन्विताः नद्यश् चात्र महापुण्याः स्वर्गाद् अभ्येत्य मेदिनीम् ॥
varṣeṣu ye janapadāś caturthārthasamanvitāḥ nadyaś cātra mahāpuṇyāḥ svargād abhyetya medinīm //
The peoples in the varṣas are endowed with the fourth aim (of life); and here are rivers of great merit, having come from heaven to the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.70
धर्महानिर् न तेष्व् अस्ति न संहर्षो न शुक् तथा मर्यादाव्युत्क्रमश् चापि तेषु देशेषु सप्तसु ॥
dharmahānir na teṣv asti na saṃharṣo na śuk tathā maryādāvyutkramaś cāpi teṣu deśeṣu saptasu //
Among them there is no decline of dharma, nor contention, nor grief, nor any transgression of the (established) bounds in those seven regions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.71
मगाश् च मागधाश् चैव मानसा मन्दगास् तथा मगा ब्राह्मणभूयिष्ठा मागधाः क्षत्रियास् तु ते ॥
magāś ca māgadhāś caiva mānasā mandagās tathā magā brāhmaṇabhūyiṣṭhā māgadhāḥ kṣatriyās tu te //
(There are) the Magas and the Māgadhas, the Mānasas and the Mandagas: the Magas are for the most part brahmins, while those Māgadhas are kṣatriyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.72
वैश्यास् तु मानसास् तेषां शूद्रा ज्ञेयास् तु मन्दगाः शाकद्वीपे स्थितैर् विष्णुः सूर्यरूपधरो हरिः ॥
vaiśyās tu mānasās teṣāṃ śūdrā jñeyās tu mandagāḥ śākadvīpe sthitair viṣṇuḥ sūryarūpadharo hariḥ //
Of them the Mānasas are the vaiśyas, and the Mandagas are to be known as śūdras. In Śākadvīpa, by those who dwell (there), Viṣṇu Hari, who bears the form of the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.73
यथोक्तैर् इज्यते सम्यक् कर्मभिर् नियतात्मभिः शाकद्वीपस् ततो विप्राः क्षीरोदेन समन्ततः ॥
yathoktair ijyate samyak karmabhir niyatātmabhiḥ śākadvīpas tato viprāḥ kṣīrodena samantataḥ //
is duly worshipped with the rites as prescribed by (men) of controlled selves. Then, O brahmins, Śākadvīpa is (surrounded) on every side by the ocean of milk,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.74
शाकद्वीपप्रमाणेन वलयेनेव वेष्टितः क्षीराब्धिः सर्वतो विप्राः पुष्कराख्येन वेष्टितः ॥
śākadvīpapramāṇena valayeneva veṣṭitaḥ kṣīrābdhiḥ sarvato viprāḥ puṣkarākhyena veṣṭitaḥ //
encircled, as though by a ring, of the same measure as Śākadvīpa; and the milk-ocean, O brahmins, is encircled on all sides by (the continent) called Puṣkara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.75
द्वीपेन शाकद्वीपात् तु द्विगुणेन समन्ततः पुष्करे सवनस्यापि महावीतो ऽभवत् सुतः ॥
dvīpena śākadvīpāt tu dviguṇena samantataḥ puṣkare savanasyāpi mahāvīto 'bhavat sutaḥ //
by a continent twice (the size) of Śākadvīpa on every side. In Puṣkara, Mahāvīta was the son of Savana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.76
धातकिश् च तयोस् तद्वद् द्वे वर्षे नामसंज्ञिते महावीतं तथैवान्यद् धातकीखण्डसंज्ञितम् ॥
dhātakiś ca tayos tadvad dve varṣe nāmasaṃjñite mahāvītaṃ tathaivānyad dhātakīkhaṇḍasaṃjñitam //
and Dhātaki (was the other); of those two, likewise, the two varṣas are designated by their names: Mahāvīta, and the other called Dhātakīkhaṇḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.77
एकश् चात्र महाभागाः प्रख्यातो वर्षपर्वतः मानसोत्तरसंज्ञो वै मध्यतो वलयाकृतिः ॥
ekaś cātra mahābhāgāḥ prakhyāto varṣaparvataḥ mānasottarasaṃjño vai madhyato valayākṛtiḥ //
And here, O greatly fortunate ones, there is one well-known varṣa-mountain, named Mānasottara, in the middle, ring-shaped,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.78
योजनानां सहस्राणि ऊर्ध्वं पञ्चाशद् उच्छ्रितः तावद् एव च विस्तीर्णः सर्वतः परिमण्डलः ॥
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ūrdhvaṃ pañcāśad ucchritaḥ tāvad eva ca vistīrṇaḥ sarvataḥ parimaṇḍalaḥ //
raised upward fifty thousand yojanas, and just as broad, circular on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.79
पुष्करद्वीपवलयं मध्येन विभजन्न् इव स्थितो ऽसौ तेन विच्छिन्नं जातं वर्षद्वयं हि तत् ॥
puṣkaradvīpavalayaṃ madhyena vibhajann iva sthito 'sau tena vicchinnaṃ jātaṃ varṣadvayaṃ hi tat //
It stands as though dividing the ring of Puṣkaradvīpa through the middle; cut apart by it, that (continent) became two varṣas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.80
वलयाकारम् एकैकं तयोर् मध्ये महागिरिः दशवर्षसहस्राणि तत्र जीवन्ति मानवाः ॥
valayākāram ekaikaṃ tayor madhye mahāgiriḥ daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tatra jīvanti mānavāḥ //
each one ring-shaped, with the great mountain in the middle of the two. There men live ten thousand years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.81
निरामया विशोकाश् च रागद्वेषविवर्जिताः अधमोत्तमौ न तेष्व् आस्तांन वध्यवधकौ द्विजाः ॥
nirāmayā viśokāś ca rāgadveṣavivarjitāḥ adhamottamau na teṣv āstāṃna vadhyavadhakau dvijāḥ //
free of disease and free of sorrow, devoid of passion and hatred; among them, O twice-born, there existed neither low nor high, nor slayer and slain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.82
नेर्ष्यासूया भयं रोषो दोषो लोभादिकं न च महावीतं बहिर् वर्षं धातकीखण्डम् अन्ततः ॥
nerṣyāsūyā bhayaṃ roṣo doṣo lobhādikaṃ na ca mahāvītaṃ bahir varṣaṃ dhātakīkhaṇḍam antataḥ //
nor envy, ill-will, fear, rage, fault, greed and the like. Mahāvīta is the outer varṣa, Dhātakīkhaṇḍa the inner,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.83
मानसोत्तरशैलस्य देवदैत्यादिसेवितम् सत्यानृते न तत्रास्तां द्वीपे पुष्करसंज्ञिते ॥
mānasottaraśailasya devadaityādisevitam satyānṛte na tatrāstāṃ dvīpe puṣkarasaṃjñite //
(the two) of the Mānasottara mountain, frequented by gods, daityas and the rest. Truth and falsehood did not exist there in the continent named Puṣkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.84
न तत्र नद्यः शैला वा द्वीपे वर्षद्वयान्विते तुल्यवेषास् तु मनुजा देवैस् तत्रैकरूपिणः ॥
na tatra nadyaḥ śailā vā dvīpe varṣadvayānvite tulyaveṣās tu manujā devais tatraikarūpiṇaḥ //
In that continent possessed of the two varṣas there are no rivers or mountains; the men there are equal in appearance to the gods, of a single form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.85
वर्णाश्रमाचारहीनं धर्माहरणवर्जितम् त्रयीवार्त्तादण्डनीतिशुश्रूषारहितं च तत् ॥
varṇāśramācārahīnaṃ dharmāharaṇavarjitam trayīvārttādaṇḍanītiśuśrūṣārahitaṃ ca tat //
That (land) is without the observances of class and stage of life, free from the taking up of dharma, and devoid of the three Vedas, trade, statecraft, and service.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.86
वर्षद्वयं ततो विप्रा भौमस्वर्गो ऽयम् उत्तमः सर्वस्य सुखदः कालो जरारोगविवर्जितः ॥
varṣadvayaṃ tato viprā bhaumasvargo 'yam uttamaḥ sarvasya sukhadaḥ kālo jarārogavivarjitaḥ //
(There are) then two regions, O brahmins; this is the highest earthly heaven, a time that gives pleasure to all, free from old age and disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.87
पुष्करे धातकीखण्डे महावीते च वै द्विजाः न्यग्रोधः पुष्करद्वीपे ब्रह्मणः स्थानम् उत्तमम् ॥
puṣkare dhātakīkhaṇḍe mahāvīte ca vai dvijāḥ nyagrodhaḥ puṣkaradvīpe brahmaṇaḥ sthānam uttamam //
In Puṣkara, in Dhātakīkhaṇḍa and in Mahāvīta, O twice-born — (and) in Puṣkara island (stands) the banyan tree, the highest abode of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.88
तस्मिन् निवसति ब्रह्मा पूज्यमानः सुरासुरैः स्वादूदकेनोदधिना पुष्करः परिवेष्टितः ॥
tasmin nivasati brahmā pūjyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ svādūdakenodadhinā puṣkaraḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ //
There dwells Brahmā, honoured by gods and demons; Puṣkara is encircled by the ocean of sweet water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.89
समेन पुष्करस्यैव विस्तारान् मण्डलात् तथा एवं द्वीपाः समुद्रैस् तु सप्त सप्तभिर् आवृताः ॥
samena puṣkarasyaiva vistārān maṇḍalāt tathā evaṃ dvīpāḥ samudrais tu sapta saptabhir āvṛtāḥ //
(That ocean is) equal to Puṣkara itself in extent and likewise in circumference; thus the seven islands are surrounded by the seven oceans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.90
द्वीपश् चैव समुद्रश् च समानौ द्विगुणौ परौ पयांसि सर्वदा सर्वसमुद्रेषु समानि वै ॥
dvīpaś caiva samudraś ca samānau dviguṇau parau payāṃsi sarvadā sarvasamudreṣu samāni vai //
Island and ocean are equal (in size), and each successive one is twice (the former); the waters in all the oceans are always equal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.91
न्यूनातिरिक्तता तेषां कदाचिन् नैव जायते स्थालीस्थम् अग्निसंयोगाद् उद्रेकि सलिलं यथा ॥
nyūnātiriktatā teṣāṃ kadācin naiva jāyate sthālīstham agnisaṃyogād udreki salilaṃ yathā //
Deficiency or excess in them never arises; as water set in a pot overflows through contact with fire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.92
तथेन्दुवृद्धौ सलिलम् अम्भोधौ मुनिसत्तमाः अन्यूनानतिरिक्ताश् च वर्धन्त्य् आपो ह्रसन्ति च ॥
tathenduvṛddhau salilam ambhodhau munisattamāḥ anyūnānatiriktāś ca vardhanty āpo hrasanti ca //
so, at the waxing of the moon, the water in the ocean (rises), O best of sages; and the waters increase and decrease without being deficient or excessive.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.93
उदयास्तमने त्व् इन्दोः पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः दशोत्तराणि पञ्चैव अङ्गुलानां शतानि च ॥
udayāstamane tv indoḥ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ daśottarāṇi pañcaiva aṅgulānāṃ śatāni ca //
At the rising and setting of the moon, in the bright and the dark fortnights, five hundred and ten fingerbreadths
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.94
अपां वृद्धिक्षयौ दृष्टौ सामुद्रीणां द्विजोत्तमाः भोजनं पुष्करद्वीपे तत्र स्वयम् उपस्थितम् ॥
apāṃ vṛddhikṣayau dṛṣṭau sāmudrīṇāṃ dvijottamāḥ bhojanaṃ puṣkaradvīpe tatra svayam upasthitam //
— (such) is the increase and decrease of the ocean waters observed, O best of the twice-born. In Puṣkara island food presents itself there of its own accord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.95
भुञ्जन्ति षड्रसं विप्राः प्रजाः सर्वाः सदैव हि स्वादूदकस्य परितो दृश्यते लोकसंस्थितिः ॥
bhuñjanti ṣaḍrasaṃ viprāḥ prajāḥ sarvāḥ sadaiva hi svādūdakasya parito dṛśyate lokasaṃsthitiḥ //
O brahmins, all the creatures there always eat food of the six tastes; the arrangement of the world is seen all around the (ocean of) sweet water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.96
द्विगुणा काञ्चनी भूमिः सर्वजन्तुविवर्जिता लोकालोकस् ततः शैलो योजनायुतविस्तृतः ॥
dviguṇā kāñcanī bhūmiḥ sarvajantuvivarjitā lokālokas tataḥ śailo yojanāyutavistṛtaḥ //
Twice as large (is) the golden land, devoid of all creatures; beyond it (is) the mountain Lokāloka, ten thousand yojanas in breadth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.97
उच्छ्रयेणापि तावन्ति सहस्राण्य् आवलोहि सः ततस् तमः समावृत्य तं शैलं सर्वतः स्थितम् ॥
ucchrayeṇāpi tāvanti sahasrāṇy āvalohi saḥ tatas tamaḥ samāvṛtya taṃ śailaṃ sarvataḥ sthitam //
and in height too it (measures) that many thousands; then darkness stands, having covered that mountain on all sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 20.98
तमश् चाण्डकटाहेन समन्तात् परिवेष्टितम् पञ्चाशत्कोटिविस्तारा सेयम् उर्वी द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
tamaś cāṇḍakaṭāhena samantāt pariveṣṭitam pañcāśatkoṭivistārā seyam urvī dvijottamāḥ //
And the darkness is encompassed on every side by the shell of the (cosmic) egg. This earth, O best of the twice-born, extends fifty crores (of yojanas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 20.99
सहैवाण्डकटाहेन सद्वीपा समहीधरा सेयं धात्री विधात्री च सर्वभूतगुणाधिका आधारभूता जगतां सर्वेषां सा द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
sahaivāṇḍakaṭāhena sadvīpā samahīdharā seyaṃ dhātrī vidhātrī ca sarvabhūtaguṇādhikā ādhārabhūtā jagatāṃ sarveṣāṃ sā dvijottamāḥ //
Together with the shell of the egg, with its islands and its mountains — this is she, the sustainer and the ordainer, surpassing in qualities all beings, the very ground of all the worlds, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition