Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 15
BndP 1 15.1
सूत उवाच एवं प्रजासन्निवेशं श्रुत्वा वै शांशपायनिः । पप्रच्छ नियतं सूतं पृथिव्युद धिविस्तरम्
sūta uvāca evaṃ prajāsanniveśaṃ śrutvā vai śāṃśapāyaniḥ / papraccha niyataṃ sūtaṃ pṛthivyuda dhivistaram
Sūta said: Having thus heard of the settling of the creatures, Śāṃśapāyani, self-controlled, asked the Sūta about the extent of the earth and the oceans.
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BndP 1 15.2
कति द्वीपा समुद्रा वा पवता वा कति स्मृताः । कियन्ति चैव वर्षाणि तेषु नद्यश्च काः स्मृताः
kati dvīpā samudrā vā pavatā vā kati smṛtāḥ / kiyanti caiva varṣāṇi teṣu nadyaśca kāḥ smṛtāḥ
How many continents, or oceans, or how many mountains are recorded? And how many lands are there, and which rivers in them are recorded?
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BndP 1 15.3
महा भूतप्रमाणं च लोकालोकं तथैव च । पर्यायं परिमाणं च गतिं चन्द्रार्कयोस्तथा । एतत्प्रबूहि नः सर्वं विस्तरेण यथार्थतः
mahā bhūtapramāṇaṃ ca lokālokaṃ tathaiva ca / paryāyaṃ parimāṇaṃ ca gatiṃ candrārkayostathā / etatprabūhi naḥ sarvaṃ vistareṇa yathārthataḥ
And the measure of the great elements, and likewise Lokāloka, and the revolution and the measure and the course of moon and sun—tell us all this in detail, as it truly is.
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BndP 1 15.4
सूत उवाच हन्त वो ऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि पृथिव्यायामविस्तरम्
sūta uvāca hanta vo 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi pṛthivyāyāmavistaram
Sūta said: Well then, I shall declare to you the length and breadth of the earth,
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BndP 1 15.5
संख्यां चैव समुद्राणां द्वीपानां चैव विस्तरम् । द्वीपभेदसहस्राणि सप्तस्वन्तर्गतानि च
saṃkhyāṃ caiva samudrāṇāṃ dvīpānāṃ caiva vistaram / dvīpabhedasahasrāṇi saptasvantargatāni ca
and the number of the oceans, and the extent of the continents, and the thousands of subdivisions of continents contained within the seven.
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BndP 1 15.6
न शक्यन्ते क्रमेणेह वक्तुं यैः सततं जगत् । सप्त द्वीपान्प्रवक्ष्यामि चन्द्रादित्यग्रहैः सह
na śakyante krameṇeha vaktuṃ yaiḥ satataṃ jagat / sapta dvīpānpravakṣyāmi candrādityagrahaiḥ saha
They cannot be told here in order, (those) by which the world is continually (filled). I shall declare the seven continents, together with the moon, the sun and the planets.
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BndP 1 15.7
तेषां मनुष्या स्तर्क्केण प्रमाणानि प्रचक्षते । अचिन्त्याः खलु ये भावा न तांस्तर्केण साधयेत्
teṣāṃ manuṣyā starkkeṇa pramāṇāni pracakṣate / acintyāḥ khalu ye bhāvā na tāṃstarkeṇa sādhayet
Men declare their measurements by reasoning; but those realities that are indeed unthinkable one should not establish by reasoning.
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BndP 1 15.8
प्रकृतिभ्यः परं यच्च तदचिन्त्यं प्रचक्षते । नववर्षं प्रवक्ष्यामि जंबूद्वीपं यथातथम्
prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṃ yacca tadacintyaṃ pracakṣate / navavarṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi jaṃbūdvīpaṃ yathātatham
And that which is beyond the primary constituents (prakṛtis), that they call unthinkable. I shall now declare, just as it is, Jambūdvīpa with its nine regions.
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BndP 1 15.9
विस्तरान्मण्डलाच्चैव योजनैस्तन्निबोधत । शतमेकं सहस्राणां योजनाग्रात्समन्ततः
vistarānmaṇḍalāccaiva yojanaistannibodhata / śatamekaṃ sahasrāṇāṃ yojanāgrātsamantataḥ
Learn of it in yojanas, by its extent and by its circumference: one hundred thousand yojanas from its outermost edge all around.
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BndP 1 15.10
नानाजनपदाकीर्णः पुरैश्च विविधैश्शुभैः । सिद्धचारणसंकीणः पर्वतैरुपशोभितः
nānājanapadākīrṇaḥ puraiśca vividhaiśśubhaiḥ / siddhacāraṇasaṃkīṇaḥ parvatairupaśobhitaḥ
It is strewn with various districts and with manifold fair cities, crowded with Siddhas and Cāraṇas, and adorned with mountains,
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BndP 1 15.11
सर्वधातुनिबद्धैश्च शिलाजाल समुद्भवैः । पर्वतप्रभवाभिश्च नदीभिः सर्वतस्ततः
sarvadhātunibaddhaiśca śilājāla samudbhavaiḥ / parvataprabhavābhiśca nadībhiḥ sarvatastataḥ
and (with mountains) veined with every kind of ore, arising as masses of rock, and everywhere with rivers that have their source in the mountains.
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BndP 1 15.12
जंबूद्वीपः पृथुः श्रीमान् सर्वतः पृथुमण्डलः । नवभिश्चावृतः सर्वो भुवनैर्भूतभावनैः
jaṃbūdvīpaḥ pṛthuḥ śrīmān sarvataḥ pṛthumaṇḍalaḥ / navabhiścāvṛtaḥ sarvo bhuvanairbhūtabhāvanaiḥ
Jambūdvīpa is broad and splendid, with a broad circle on all sides; the whole of it is encompassed by the nine worlds that bring beings into being.
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BndP 1 15.13
लवणेन समुद्रेण सर्वतः परिवारितः । जंबूद्वीपस्य विस्तारात् समेन तु समन्ततः
lavaṇena samudreṇa sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ / jaṃbūdvīpasya vistārāt samena tu samantataḥ
It is surrounded on all sides by the salt ocean, which all around is equal to the extent of Jambūdvīpa.
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BndP 1 15.14
प्रागायताः सूपर्वाणः षडिमे वर्षपर्वताः । अवगाढा ह्युभयतः मसुद्रौ पूर्वपश्चिमौ
prāgāyatāḥ sūparvāṇaḥ ṣaḍime varṣaparvatāḥ / avagāḍhā hyubhayataḥ masudrau pūrvapaścimau
These six region-mountains, with fine ridges, extend eastward, and are sunk on both sides into the two oceans, eastern and western.
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BndP 1 15.15
हिमप्रायश्च हिमवान् हेमकूटश्च हेमवान् । सर्वर्त्तुषु सुखश्चापि निषधः पर्वतो महान्
himaprāyaśca himavān hemakūṭaśca hemavān / sarvarttuṣu sukhaścāpi niṣadhaḥ parvato mahān
The Himavat, mostly snow; and Hemakūṭa, made of gold; and the great mountain Niṣadha, pleasant in all seasons;
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BndP 1 15.16
चतुर्वर्णश्च सौवर्णो मेरुश्चारुतमः स्मृतः । द्वात्रिंशच्च सहस्राणि विस्तीर्णः स च मूर्द्धनि
caturvarṇaśca sauvarṇo meruścārutamaḥ smṛtaḥ / dvātriṃśacca sahasrāṇi vistīrṇaḥ sa ca mūrddhani
and Meru, of four colours, golden, held to be the most beautiful; and it is thirty-two thousand (yojanas) broad at its summit.
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BndP 1 15.17
वृत्ताकृतिप्रमाणश्च चतुरस्रः समुच्छ्रितः । नानावर्णास्तु पार्श्वेषु प्रजापतिगुणान्वितः
vṛttākṛtipramāṇaśca caturasraḥ samucchritaḥ / nānāvarṇāstu pārśveṣu prajāpatiguṇānvitaḥ
In shape and measure it is round, four-cornered, lofty; on its sides it is of various colours, and it is endowed with the qualities of Prajāpati.
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BndP 1 15.18
नाभिबन्धनसंभूतो ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । पूर्वतर्ः श्वेतवर्णश्च ब्राह्मणस्तस्य तेन तत्
nābhibandhanasaṃbhūto brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ / pūrvatarḥ śvetavarṇaśca brāhmaṇastasya tena tat
It arose from the navel-bond of Brahmā, whose birth is from the unmanifest; on the east it is white in colour, and thereby that (side) of it is brahminical.
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BndP 1 15.19
पार्श्वमुत्तरतस्तस्य रक्तवर्मः स्वभावतः । तेनास्य क्षत्त्रभावस्तु मेरोर्नानार्थकारणात्
pārśvamuttaratastasya raktavarmaḥ svabhāvataḥ / tenāsya kṣattrabhāvastu merornānārthakāraṇāt
Its side on the north is red-hued by its own nature; thereby it has the character of a kṣatriya — for Meru is the cause of manifold things.
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BndP 1 15.20
पीतश्च दक्षिणेनासौ तेन वैश्यत्वमिष्यते । भृङ्गपत्रनिभश्चापि पश्चिमेन समाचितः
pītaśca dakṣiṇenāsau tena vaiśyatvamiṣyate / bhṛṅgapatranibhaścāpi paścimena samācitaḥ
And it is yellow on the south, whereby vaiśya-hood is ascribed to it; and on the west it is spread over with the hue of a bee's wing.
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BndP 1 15.21
तेनास्य शूद्रभावः स्यादिति वर्णाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः । वृत्तः स्वभावतः प्रोक्तो वर्णतः परिमाणतः
tenāsya śūdrabhāvaḥ syāditi varṇāḥ prakīrttitāḥ / vṛttaḥ svabhāvataḥ prokto varṇataḥ parimāṇataḥ
Thereby it would have the character of a śūdra — thus the colours have been proclaimed. It is said to be round by its own nature, in colour and in measure.
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BndP 1 15.22
नीलश्च वैदुर्यमयः श्वेतः घुक्लो हिरण्मयः । मयुरबर्हवर्णस्तु शातकैंभश्च शृङ्गवान्
nīlaśca vaiduryamayaḥ śvetaḥ ghuklo hiraṇmayaḥ / mayurabarhavarṇastu śātakaiṃbhaśca śṛṅgavān
And Nīla, made of beryl; Śveta, white, made of gold; and Śṛṅgavān, of the colour of a peacock's tail-feather and of white gold.
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BndP 1 15.23
एते पर्वतराजानः सिद्धचारणसेविताः । तेषामन्तरविष्कंभो नवसाहस्र उच्यते
ete parvatarājānaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ / teṣāmantaraviṣkaṃbho navasāhasra ucyate
These are the kings of mountains, frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas; the intervening span between them is said to be nine thousand (yojanas).
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BndP 1 15.24
मध्ये त्विलावृतं नाम महामेरोः समन्तमः । नवैवं तु सहस्राणि विस्तीर्णं सर्वतस्तु तत्
madhye tvilāvṛtaṃ nāma mahāmeroḥ samantamaḥ / navaivaṃ tu sahasrāṇi vistīrṇaṃ sarvatastu tat
In the middle is (the region) named Ilāvṛta, all around the great Meru; and that is nine thousand (yojanas) in extent on every side.
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BndP 1 15.25
मध्ये तस्य महामेरुर्विधूम इव पावकः । वेद्यर्द्धं दक्षिणं मेरोरुत्तरार्द्धं तथोत्तरम्
madhye tasya mahāmerurvidhūma iva pāvakaḥ / vedyarddhaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ meroruttarārddhaṃ tathottaram
In the middle of it is the great Meru, like a fire without smoke; the southern half of Meru is one half of the altar, and the northern half likewise the other.
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BndP 1 15.26
वर्षाणि यानि षट् चैव तेषां ये वर्षपर्वताः । द्वे द्वे सहस्रे विस्तीर्णा योजनानां समुच्छ्रयात्
varṣāṇi yāni ṣaṭ caiva teṣāṃ ye varṣaparvatāḥ / dve dve sahasre vistīrṇā yojanānāṃ samucchrayāt
As for the six regions, the region-mountains belonging to them are each two thousand yojanas in breadth and in height.
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BndP 1 15.27
जंबूद्वीपस्य विस्तारात्तेषामायाम उच्यते । योजनानां सहस्राणि शतं द्वावायतौ गिरी
jaṃbūdvīpasya vistārātteṣāmāyāma ucyate / yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi śataṃ dvāvāyatau girī
From the breadth of Jambūdvīpa their length is declared: two of the mountains extend a hundred thousand yojanas.
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BndP 1 15.28
नीलश्च निषधश्चैव ताभ्यां हीनास्तु ये परे । श्वेतश्च हेमकूटश्च हिमवाञ्छृङ्गवांस्तथा
nīlaśca niṣadhaścaiva tābhyāṃ hīnāstu ye pare / śvetaśca hemakūṭaśca himavāñchṛṅgavāṃstathā
Nīla and Niṣadha (are these two); but the others, which are less than these two, are Śveta, Hemakūṭa, Himavat and Śṛṅgavat.
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BndP 1 15.29
नवती द्वे अशीती द्वे सहस्राण्यायतास्तु तेः । तेषां मध्ये जनपदास्तानि वर्णाणि सप्त वै
navatī dve aśītī dve sahasrāṇyāyatāstu teḥ / teṣāṃ madhye janapadāstāni varṇāṇi sapta vai
They extend ninety thousand — two of them — and eighty thousand — two of them; among them lie the inhabited regions, those seven varṣas.
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BndP 1 15.30
प्रपातविषमैस्तैस्तु पर्वतैरावृतानि तु । संततानि नदीभेदैरगम्यानि परस्परम्
prapātaviṣamaistaistu parvatairāvṛtāni tu / saṃtatāni nadībhedairagamyāni parasparam
They are enclosed by those mountains, rugged with precipices, and are continuously (crossed) by the branchings of rivers, inaccessible to one another.
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BndP 1 15.31
वसंति तेषु सत्त्वानि नानाजातीनि सर्वशः । इदं हैमवतं वर्षं भारतं नाम विश्रुतम्
vasaṃti teṣu sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ / idaṃ haimavataṃ varṣaṃ bhārataṃ nāma viśrutam
In them dwell living beings of many kinds everywhere. This Haimavata varṣa is famed by the name Bhārata.
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BndP 1 15.32
हेमकूटं परं ह्यस्मा न्नान्ना किंषुरुपं स्मृतम् । नैषधं हेमकूटात्तु हरिवर्षं तदुच्यते
hemakūṭaṃ paraṃ hyasmā nnānnā kiṃṣurupaṃ smṛtam / naiṣadhaṃ hemakūṭāttu harivarṣaṃ taducyate
Beyond this is Hemakūṭa, known by the name Kiṃpuruṣa; and beyond Hemakūṭa the Naiṣadha (region), which is called Harivarṣa.
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BndP 1 15.33
हरिवर्षात्परं चापि मेरोश्व तदिलावृतम् । इलावृतात्पिरं नीलं सम्यकं नाम विश्रुतम्
harivarṣātparaṃ cāpi merośva tadilāvṛtam / ilāvṛtātpiraṃ nīlaṃ samyakaṃ nāma viśrutam
And beyond Harivarṣa, and belonging to Meru, is that Ilāvṛta; beyond Ilāvṛta is the Nīla (region), famed by the name Ramyaka.
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BndP 1 15.34
रम्यकात्परतर्ः श्वेतं विश्रुतं तद्धिरण्मयम् । हिरण्मयात्परं चैव शृङ्गवत्तः कुरु स्मृतम्
ramyakātparatarḥ śvetaṃ viśrutaṃ taddhiraṇmayam / hiraṇmayātparaṃ caiva śṛṅgavattaḥ kuru smṛtam
Further beyond Ramyaka is the Śveta (region), famed as Hiraṇmaya; and beyond Hiraṇmaya, (the region) of Śṛṅgavat is known as Kuru.
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BndP 1 15.35
धनुःसंस्थे तु विज्ञेये द्वे वर्षे दक्षिणोत्तरे । दीर्घाणि तत्र चत्वारि मध्यमं तदिलावृतम्
dhanuḥsaṃsthe tu vijñeye dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare / dīrghāṇi tatra catvāri madhyamaṃ tadilāvṛtam
The two varṣas, southern and northern, are to be known as bow-shaped; four there are elongated, and the middle one is that Ilāvṛta.
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BndP 1 15.36
अर्वाक् च निषधस्याथ वेद्यर्द्धं दक्षिणं स्मृतम् । परं नीलवतो यच्च वेद्यर्द्धं तु तदुत्तरम्
arvāk ca niṣadhasyātha vedyarddhaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ smṛtam / paraṃ nīlavato yacca vedyarddhaṃ tu taduttaram
And on the near side of Niṣadha is what is known as the southern half of the altar; and what is beyond Nīlavat, that is the northern half of the altar.
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BndP 1 15.37
वेद्यर्द्धे दक्षिणे त्रीणि त्रीणि वर्षाणि चोत्तरे । तयोर्मध्ये तु विज्ञेयो मेरुर्मध्य इलावृतम्
vedyarddhe dakṣiṇe trīṇi trīṇi varṣāṇi cottare / tayormadhye tu vijñeyo merurmadhya ilāvṛtam
In the southern half-altar there are three varṣas and three in the northern; and between those two Meru is to be known, and in the middle Ilāvṛta.
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BndP 1 15.38
दक्षिणेन तु नीलस्य निषधस्योत्तरेम तु । उदगायेतो महाशैलो माल्यवान्नाम नामतः
dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottarema tu / udagāyeto mahāśailo mālyavānnāma nāmataḥ
To the south of Nīla and to the north of Niṣadha the great mountain named Mālyavat extends northward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.39
योजनानां सहस्रं तु आनील निषधायतः । आयामतश्चतुस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि प्रकीर्तितः
yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ tu ānīla niṣadhāyataḥ / āyāmataścatustriṃśatsahasrāṇi prakīrtitaḥ
It is a thousand yojanas (broad), extending from Nīla to Niṣadha, and in length it is declared to be thirty-four thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.40
तस्य प्रतीच्यां विज्ञेयः पर्वतो गन्धमादनः । आयामतो ऽथ विस्तारान्माल्यवा नितिविश्रुतः
tasya pratīcyāṃ vijñeyaḥ parvato gandhamādanaḥ / āyāmato 'tha vistārānmālyavā nitiviśrutaḥ
To the west of it is to be known the mountain Gandhamādana; in length and in breadth it is renowned as being like Mālyavat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.41
परिमण्डलयोर्मेरुर्मध्ये कनकपर्वतः । चतुर्वणः स सौवर्णः चतुरस्रः समुच्छ्रितः
parimaṇḍalayormerurmadhye kanakaparvataḥ / caturvaṇaḥ sa sauvarṇaḥ caturasraḥ samucchritaḥ
In the middle of the two circular (ranges) is Meru, the golden mountain; it is of four colours, made of gold, four-cornered, and lofty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.42
सुमेरुः शुशुभेशुभ्रो राजव त्समधिष्ठितः । तरुणादित्यवर्णाभो विधूम इव पावकः
sumeruḥ śuśubheśubhro rājava tsamadhiṣṭhitaḥ / taruṇādityavarṇābho vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ
Sumeru shone, white, occupied (by the gods) as (a city) by a king, of the colour of the young sun, like a smokeless fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 15.43
योजनानां सहस्राणि चतुरशीतरुच्छ्रितः । प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्विस्तृतः षोडशैव तु
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi caturaśītarucchritaḥ / praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastādvistṛtaḥ ṣoḍaśaiva tu
It rises eighty-four thousand yojanas, is sunk sixteen (thousand) below, and is sixteen thousand broad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.44
शरावसंस्थितत्वात्तु द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्निविस्तृतः । विस्तारात्रिगुणस्तस्य परिणाहः समन्ततः
śarāvasaṃsthitatvāttu dvātriṃśanmūrdhnivistṛtaḥ / vistārātriguṇastasya pariṇāhaḥ samantataḥ
Because it is shaped like a dish, it is thirty-two (thousand) broad at the summit; its circumference all around is three times its breadth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.45
मण्डलेन प्रमाणेन त्र्यस्रे मानं तदिष्यते । चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि योजनानां समन्ततः
maṇḍalena pramāṇena tryasre mānaṃ tadiṣyate / catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ samantataḥ
That measurement is held by the circular reckoning; by the triangular (reckoning the measure is) forty thousand yojanas all around,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 15.46
अष्टाभिरधिकानि स्युस्त्र्यस्रे मानं प्रकीर्त्तितम् । चतुरस्रेण मानेन परिणाहः समन्ततः
aṣṭābhiradhikāni syustryasre mānaṃ prakīrttitam / caturasreṇa mānena pariṇāhaḥ samantataḥ
with eight (thousand) more — so the triangular measure is proclaimed; by the square reckoning the circumference all around (is stated).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 15.47
चतुः षष्टिसहस्राणि योजनानां विधीयते । स पर्वतो महादिव्यो दिव्यौषधिसमन्वितः
catuḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ vidhīyate / sa parvato mahādivyo divyauṣadhisamanvitaḥ
Sixty-four thousand yojanas is laid down (as the measure). That mountain, greatly divine, is furnished with divine herbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.48
भुवनैरावृतः सर्वो जातरूपमयैः शुभैः । तत्र देवगणाः सर्वे गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः
bhuvanairāvṛtaḥ sarvo jātarūpamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ / tatra devagaṇāḥ sarve gandharvoragarākṣasāḥ
It is entirely surrounded by dwellings, auspicious and made of gold; there all the hosts of gods, the Gandharvas, serpents and Rākṣasas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.49
शैलराजे प्रदृश्यन्ते शुभाश्चाप्सरसां गणाः । स तु मेरुः परिवृतो भुवनैर्भूतभावनैः
śailarāje pradṛśyante śubhāścāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ / sa tu meruḥ parivṛto bhuvanairbhūtabhāvanaiḥ
and the lovely troops of Apsarases are seen on that king of mountains. That Meru is encircled by the dwellings of the creators of beings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.50
चत्वारो यस्य देशा वै चतुःपार्श्वेष्वधिष्ठिताः । भद्राश्वा भरताश्वैव केतुमालाश्च पश्चिमाः
catvāro yasya deśā vai catuḥpārśveṣvadhiṣṭhitāḥ / bhadrāśvā bharatāśvaiva ketumālāśca paścimāḥ
whose four regions are established on its four sides: Bhadrāśva, and Bharata, and the Ketumālas to the west,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.51
उत्तराः कुरवश्चैव कृतपुण्यप्रतिश्रयाः । गन्धमादनपर्श्वे तु परैषापरगण्डिका
uttarāḥ kuravaścaiva kṛtapuṇyapratiśrayāḥ / gandhamādanaparśve tu paraiṣāparagaṇḍikā
and the Northern Kurus, refuges of those who have done meritorious deeds. But on the flank of Gandhamādana lies the western slope (gaṇḍikā),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 15.52
सर्वर्त्तुरमणीया च नित्यं प्रमुदिता शिवा । द्वात्रिंशत्तु सहस्राणि योजनैः पूर्वपश्चिमात्
sarvartturamaṇīyā ca nityaṃ pramuditā śivā / dvātriṃśattu sahasrāṇi yojanaiḥ pūrvapaścimāt
delightful in every season, always joyous and auspicious. Thirty-two thousand yojanas from east to west,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.53
आयामतश्चतुस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि प्रमाणतः । तत्र ते शुभकर्माणः केतुमालाः प्रतिष्ठिताः
āyāmataścatustriṃśatsahasrāṇi pramāṇataḥ / tatra te śubhakarmāṇaḥ ketumālāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
and thirty-four thousand in extent by measure of length; there those Ketumālas of good deeds are settled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.54
तत्र काला नराः सर्वे महासत्त्वा महाबलाः । स्त्रियश्चोत्पल पत्राभाः सर्वास्ताः प्रियदर्शनाः
tatra kālā narāḥ sarve mahāsattvā mahābalāḥ / striyaścotpala patrābhāḥ sarvāstāḥ priyadarśanāḥ
There all the men are dark, of great substance and great strength, and the women, all lovely to look at, shine like lotus petals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.55
तत्र दिव्यो महावृक्षः पनसः पड्रसाश्रयः । ईश्वरो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रः कामचारी मनोजवः
tatra divyo mahāvṛkṣaḥ panasaḥ paḍrasāśrayaḥ / īśvaro brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ kāmacārī manojavaḥ
There is a divine great tree, a jackfruit tree, the seat of six flavours, a lord, a son of Brahmā, moving at will, swift as thought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 15.56
तस्य पीत्वा फलरसं जीवन्ति च समायुतम् । पार्श्वे माल्यवतश्चापि पूर्वे ऽपूर्वा तु गण्डिका
tasya pītvā phalarasaṃ jīvanti ca samāyutam / pārśve mālyavataścāpi pūrve 'pūrvā tu gaṇḍikā
Drinking the juice of its fruit they live a full (span). And on the flank of Mālyavat, to the east, is the eastern slope (gaṇḍikā),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 15.57
आयामादथ विस्ताराद्यथैषापरगण्डिका । भद्राश्वास्तत्र विज्ञेया नित्यं मुदितमानसाः
āyāmādatha vistārādyathaiṣāparagaṇḍikā / bhadrāśvāstatra vijñeyā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ
in length and in breadth just as that western slope is. There the Bhadrāśvas are to be known, ever glad of mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.58
भद्रशालवनं चात्र कालाम्रस्तु महाद्रुमः । तत्र ते पुरुषाः स्वेता महोत्साहा बलान्विताः
bhadraśālavanaṃ cātra kālāmrastu mahādrumaḥ / tatra te puruṣāḥ svetā mahotsāhā balānvitāḥ
And here is the Bhadraśāla wood, and the great tree Kālāmra. There those men are white, of great energy, endowed with strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.59
स्त्रियः कुमुदवर्णाभाः सुन्दर्यः प्रियदर्शनाः । चन्द्रप्रभाश्चन्द्रवर्णाः पूर्णचन्द्र निभाननाः
striyaḥ kumudavarṇābhāḥ sundaryaḥ priyadarśanāḥ / candraprabhāścandravarṇāḥ pūrṇacandra nibhānanāḥ
The women have the colour of white water-lilies, beautiful, lovely to look at, with the radiance of the moon, moon-hued, their faces like the full moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.60
चन्द्रशीतलगात्र्यस्ताः स्त्रिय उत्पलगन्धिकाः । दशवर्षसहस्राणि तेषामायुरनामयम्
candraśītalagātryastāḥ striya utpalagandhikāḥ / daśavarṣasahasrāṇi teṣāmāyuranāmayam
those women with limbs cool as the moon and fragrant as lotuses. Their lifespan is ten thousand years, free of disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.61
कालाम्रस्य रसं पीत्वा सर्वे च स्थिरयौवनाः । दक्षिणेन तु श्वेतस्य नीलस्यैवोत्तरेण च
kālāmrasya rasaṃ pītvā sarve ca sthirayauvanāḥ / dakṣiṇena tu śvetasya nīlasyaivottareṇa ca
And drinking the juice of the Kālāmra they all keep their youth unchanging. But to the south of Śveta and to the north of Nīla
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.62
वर्षं रमणकं नाम जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः । रतिप्रधाना विमला जरादौर्गन्ध्यवर्जिताः
varṣaṃ ramaṇakaṃ nāma jāyante tatra mānavāḥ / ratipradhānā vimalā jarādaurgandhyavarjitāḥ
is the region named Ramaṇaka; the men born there are given chiefly to love, spotless, free of old age and bad odour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.63
शुक्लाभिजनसंपन्नाः सर्वे च प्रियदर्शनाः । तत्रापि सुमहान्वृक्षो न्यग्रोधो रोहितो महान्
śuklābhijanasaṃpannāḥ sarve ca priyadarśanāḥ / tatrāpi sumahānvṛkṣo nyagrodho rohito mahān
of pure descent, and all lovely to look at. There too is a very great tree, a large red banyan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.64
तस्यापि ते फलरसं पिबन्तो वर्त्तयन्ति वै । दशवर्षसहस्राणि शतानि दश पञ्च च
tasyāpi te phalarasaṃ pibanto varttayanti vai / daśavarṣasahasrāṇi śatāni daśa pañca ca
Drinking the juice of its fruit too they subsist. Ten thousand years and fifteen hundred
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.65
जीवन्ति ते महाभागाः सदा त्दृष्टा नरोत्तमाः । दक्षिणे वै शृङ्गवतः श्वेतस्याप्युत्तरेण च
jīvanti te mahābhāgāḥ sadā tdṛṣṭā narottamāḥ / dakṣiṇe vai śṛṅgavataḥ śvetasyāpyuttareṇa ca
those greatly fortunate best of men live, always (?) unseen. And to the south of Śṛṅgavat and to the north of Śveta
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 15.66
वर्षं हैरण्वतं नाम यत्र हैरण्वती नदी । महाबलाः सुतेजस्का जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः
varṣaṃ hairaṇvataṃ nāma yatra hairaṇvatī nadī / mahābalāḥ sutejaskā jāyante tatra mānavāḥ
is the region named Hairaṇvata, where the river Hairaṇvatī flows; the men born there are of great strength and great splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.67
यक्षा वीरा महासत्त्वा धनिनः प्रियदर्शनाः । एकादशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां ते महौजसः
yakṣā vīrā mahāsattvā dhaninaḥ priyadarśanāḥ / ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ te mahaujasaḥ
(There live) Yakṣas, heroic, of great strength, wealthy, pleasing to look upon; for eleven thousand years those men of great vigour —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.68
आयुः प्रमाणं जीवन्ति शतानि दश पञ्च च । यस्मिन्वर्षे महावृक्षो लकुचः षड्रसाश्रयः
āyuḥ pramāṇaṃ jīvanti śatāni daśa pañca ca / yasminvarṣe mahāvṛkṣo lakucaḥ ṣaḍrasāśrayaḥ
— they live, that being the measure of their lifespan, and fifteen hundred more. In that region there is a great tree, the lakuca, the seat of the six flavours,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.69
तस्य पीत्वा फलरसं ते जीवन्ति निरामयाः । त्रीणि शृङ्गवतः शृङ्गाण्युच्छ्रितानि महान्ति च
tasya pītvā phalarasaṃ te jīvanti nirāmayāḥ / trīṇi śṛṅgavataḥ śṛṅgāṇyucchritāni mahānti ca
and having drunk the juice of its fruit they live free of disease. Śṛṅgavat has three peaks, lofty and vast:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.70
एकं मणिमयं तेषामेकं चैव हिरण्मयम् । सर्वरत्नमयं चैकं भवनैरुपशोभितम्
ekaṃ maṇimayaṃ teṣāmekaṃ caiva hiraṇmayam / sarvaratnamayaṃ caikaṃ bhavanairupaśobhitam
one of them is made of jewels, one is made of gold, and one is made of every kind of gem, adorned with mansions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.71
उत्तरे वै शृङ्गावतः समुद्रस्य च दक्षिणे । कुरवस्तत्र तद्वर्षं पुण्यं सिद्धनिषेवितम्
uttare vai śṛṅgāvataḥ samudrasya ca dakṣiṇe / kuravastatra tadvarṣaṃ puṇyaṃ siddhaniṣevitam
North of Śṛṅgavat and south of the ocean — there is that region, (the land of) the Kurus, holy, frequented by the Siddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.72
तत्र वृक्षा मधु फला नित्यपुष्पफलोपगाः । वस्त्राणि च प्रसूयन्ते फलेष्वाभरणानि च
tatra vṛkṣā madhu phalā nityapuṣpaphalopagāḥ / vastrāṇi ca prasūyante phaleṣvābharaṇāni ca
There the trees have honey for their fruit and bear flowers and fruit perpetually; and garments are produced (on them), and ornaments within the fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.73
सर्वकामप्रदास्तत्र केचिद्वक्षा मनोरमाः । गन्धवर्णरसो पेतं प्रक्षरन्ति मधूत्तमम्
sarvakāmapradāstatra kecidvakṣā manoramāḥ / gandhavarṇaraso petaṃ prakṣaranti madhūttamam
Some delightful trees there grant every desire; they exude the finest honey, endowed with fragrance, colour and taste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.74
अपरे क्षीरिणो नाम वृक्षास्तत्र मनोरमाः । ये क्षरन्ति सदा क्षीरं षड्रसं ह्यमृतोपमम्
apare kṣīriṇo nāma vṛkṣāstatra manoramāḥ / ye kṣaranti sadā kṣīraṃ ṣaḍrasaṃ hyamṛtopamam
Other delightful trees there, called the milk-trees, constantly stream forth milk of six flavours, like the nectar of immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.75
सर्वा मणिमयी भूमिः सूक्ष्मकाञ्चनवालुका । सर्वर्तुसुखसंपन्ना न्निष्पङ्का नीरजा शुभा
sarvā maṇimayī bhūmiḥ sūkṣmakāñcanavālukā / sarvartusukhasaṃpannā nniṣpaṅkā nīrajā śubhā
The whole ground is made of jewels, its sand fine gold, blessed with the pleasantness of every season, free of mire, free of dust, lovely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.76
देवलोकच्युतास्तत्र जायन्ते मानवाः शुभाः । शुक्लाभिजनसंपन्नाः सर्वे च स्थिरयौवनाः
devalokacyutāstatra jāyante mānavāḥ śubhāḥ / śuklābhijanasaṃpannāḥ sarve ca sthirayauvanāḥ
There, fallen from the world of the gods, fair human beings are born, endowed with pure descent, and all of them of unfading youth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.77
मिथुनानि प्रसूयन्ते स्त्रियश्चाप्सरसः समाः । तेषां ते क्षीरिणां क्षीरं पिबन्ति ह्यमृतो पमम्
mithunāni prasūyante striyaścāpsarasaḥ samāḥ / teṣāṃ te kṣīriṇāṃ kṣīraṃ pibanti hyamṛto pamam
They are brought forth as couples, and the women are like apsarases; they drink the milk of those milk-trees, which is like the nectar of immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.78
मिथुनं जायते सद्यः समं चैव विवर्द्धते । समं शीलं च रूपं च प्रियता चैव तत्समा
mithunaṃ jāyate sadyaḥ samaṃ caiva vivarddhate / samaṃ śīlaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca priyatā caiva tatsamā
The pair is born at the same moment and grows up alike; their character and their beauty are alike, and their love for each other is likewise equal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.79
अन्योन्यमनुरक्ताश्च चक्रवाकसधर्मिणः । अनामया ह्यशोकाश्च नित्यं सुखनिषेविणः
anyonyamanuraktāśca cakravākasadharmiṇaḥ / anāmayā hyaśokāśca nityaṃ sukhaniṣeviṇaḥ
Devoted to one another, having the same nature as the cakravāka birds, free of disease and free of sorrow, they enjoy happiness continually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 15.80
त्रयोदशसहस्राणि शतानि दश पञ्च च । जीवन्ति ते महावीर्या न चान्यस्त्रीनिषेविणः
trayodaśasahasrāṇi śatāni daśa pañca ca / jīvanti te mahāvīryā na cānyastrīniṣeviṇaḥ
Thirteen thousand years, and fifteen hundred more, do those men of great vigour live, and they do not resort to the wives of others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition