Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 49
VaP 1 49.1
।।सूत उवाच।। प्लक्षद्वीपं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावदिव सङ्ग्रहात्। श्रृणुतेमं यतातत्त्वं ब्रुवतो मे द्विजोत्तमाः
||sūta uvāca|| plakṣadvīpaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāvadiva saṅgrahāt| śrṛṇutemaṃ yatātattvaṃ bruvato me dvijottamāḥ
Sūta said: I shall now declare Plakṣadvīpa as it is, in summary. Listen to this, best of twice-born, attentive to the truth as I speak.
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VaP 1 49.2
जम्बूद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद्द्विगुणस्तस्य विस्तरः। विस्तारात्र्रिगुणश्चास्य परिणाहः समन्ततः। तेनावृतः समुद्रोऽयं द्वीपेन लवणोदकः
jambūdvīpasya vistārāddviguṇastasya vistaraḥ| vistārātrriguṇaścāsya pariṇāhaḥ samantataḥ| tenāvṛtaḥ samudro'yaṃ dvīpena lavaṇodakaḥ
Its extent is twice the extent of Jambūdvīpa, and its circumference all around is three times its breadth. By that island this ocean of salt water is encircled.
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VaP 1 49.3
तत्र पुण्या जनपदाश्चिराच्च म्रियते प्रजा। कुत एव हि दुर्भिक्षं जराव्याधिभयं कुतः
tatra puṇyā janapadāścirācca mriyate prajā| kuta eva hi durbhikṣaṃ jarāvyādhibhayaṃ kutaḥ
There the districts are holy, and the people die (only) after a long time. How indeed could there be famine, and whence fear of old age and disease?
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VaP 1 49.4
तत्रापि पर्वताः शुभ्राः सप्तैव मणिभूषणाः। रत्नाकरास्तथा नद्यस्तासान्नामानि वच्मि भोः
tatrāpi parvatāḥ śubhrāḥ saptaiva maṇibhūṣaṇāḥ| ratnākarāstathā nadyastāsānnāmāni vacmi bhoḥ
There too are just seven white mountains ornamented with gems, and likewise rivers that are mines of jewels; I tell you their names, sirs.
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VaP 1 49.5
प्लक्षद्वीपादिषु तेषु सप्त सप्तसु सप्तसु। ऋज्वायताः प्रतिदिशं निविष्टाः पर्वताः सदा
plakṣadvīpādiṣu teṣu sapta saptasu saptasu| ṛjvāyatāḥ pratidiśaṃ niviṣṭāḥ parvatāḥ sadā
In those (islands) beginning with Plakṣadvīpa there are seven each in the seven; the mountains lie always straight and extended, one toward each direction.
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VaP 1 49.6
प्लक्षद्वीपे तु वक्ष्यामि सप्त द्वीपान्महाचलान्। गोमेद कोऽत्र प्रथमः पर्वतो मेघसन्निभः। ख्यायते तस्य नाम्ना वै वर्षं गोमेदकन्तु तत्
plakṣadvīpe tu vakṣyāmi sapta dvīpānmahācalān| gomeda ko'tra prathamaḥ parvato meghasannibhaḥ| khyāyate tasya nāmnā vai varṣaṃ gomedakantu tat
But on Plakṣadvīpa I shall tell of the seven great mountains of the island. Gomedaka is the first mountain here, resembling a cloud; by its name that continent is known as Gomedaka.
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VaP 1 49.7
द्वितीयः पर्वतश्चन्द्रः सर्वौषधिसमन्वितः। अश्विभ्याममृतस्यार्थे ओषध्यस्तत्र संस्थिताः
dvitīyaḥ parvataścandraḥ sarvauṣadhisamanvitaḥ| aśvibhyāmamṛtasyārthe oṣadhyastatra saṃsthitāḥ
The second mountain is Candra, possessed of all healing herbs; for the sake of the nectar the herbs were placed there by the two Aśvins.
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VaP 1 49.8
तृतीयो नारदो नाम दुर्गशैलो महोच्छ्रयः। तत्राचले समुत्पन्नौ पूर्वं नारदपर्वतौ
tṛtīyo nārado nāma durgaśailo mahocchrayaḥ| tatrācale samutpannau pūrvaṃ nāradaparvatau
The third is named Nārada, a fortress-like mountain of great height; on that mountain were formerly born Nārada and Parvata.
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VaP 1 49.9
चतुर्थस्तत्र वै शैलो दुन्दुभिर्नाम नामतः। शब्दमृत्युः पुरा तस्मिन् दुन्दुभिस्ताडितः सुरैः । रज्जुदारो रज्जुमयः शाल्मलस्वासुरान्तकृत्
caturthastatra vai śailo dundubhirnāma nāmataḥ| śabdamṛtyuḥ purā tasmin dundubhistāḍitaḥ suraiḥ | rajjudāro rajjumayaḥ śālmalasvāsurāntakṛt
The fourth mountain there is Dundubhi by name; there formerly the drum (dundubhi) whose death is by sound was beaten by the gods—Rajjudāra, made of rope, who brought the end of the demon Śālmala.
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VaP 1 49.10
पञ्चमः सोमको नाम देवै र्यत्रामृतं पुरा। सम्भृतञ्च हृतं चैव मातुरर्थे गरुत्मता
pañcamaḥ somako nāma devai ryatrāmṛtaṃ purā| sambhṛtañca hṛtaṃ caiva māturarthe garutmatā
The fifth is named Somaka, where formerly the nectar was gathered by the gods, and where it was carried off by Garuḍa for his mother's sake.
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VaP 1 49.11
षष्ठस्तु सुमना नाम स एवर्षभ उच्यते। हिरण्याक्षो वराहेण तस्मिन् शैले निषूदितः
ṣaṣṭhastu sumanā nāma sa evarṣabha ucyate| hiraṇyākṣo varāheṇa tasmin śaile niṣūditaḥ
The sixth is named Sumanas; that very one is called Ṛṣabha. On that mountain Hiraṇyākṣa was slain by the Boar.
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VaP 1 49.12
वैभ्राजः सप्तमस्तत्र भ्राजिष्णुः स्फाटिको महान्। यस्माद्विभ्राजतेऽर्चिर्भिर्वैभ्राजस्तेन स स्मृतः
vaibhrājaḥ saptamastatra bhrājiṣṇuḥ sphāṭiko mahān| yasmādvibhrājate'rcirbhirvaibhrājastena sa smṛtaḥ
The seventh there is Vaibhrāja, shining, crystalline, great; since it shines forth with its rays, it is therefore known as Vaibhrāja.
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VaP 1 49.13
तेषां वर्षाणि वक्ष्यामि नामतस्तु यथाक्रमम्। गोमेदं प्रथमं वर्षं नाम्ना शान्तभयं स्मृतम्
teṣāṃ varṣāṇi vakṣyāmi nāmatastu yathākramam| gomedaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ nāmnā śāntabhayaṃ smṛtam
I shall declare their regions (varṣas) by name, in order: the first region is Gomeda, known by the name Śāntabhaya.
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VaP 1 49.14
चन्द्रस्य शिखरं नाम नारदस्य सुखोदयम्। आनन्दं दुन्दुभेर्वर्ष सोमकस्य शिवंस्मृतम्। क्षेमकं ऋषभस्यापि वैभ्राजस्य ध्रुवं तथा
candrasya śikharaṃ nāma nāradasya sukhodayam| ānandaṃ dundubhervarṣa somakasya śivaṃsmṛtam| kṣemakaṃ ṛṣabhasyāpi vaibhrājasya dhruvaṃ tathā
Candra's (region) is named Śikhara, Nārada's Sukhodaya; Dundubhi's region is Ānanda, Somaka's is known as Śiva; Ṛṣabha's too is Kṣemaka, and likewise Vaibhrāja's is Dhruva.
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VaP 1 49.15
एतेषु देवगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्च सहचारणैः विहरन्ति रमन्ते च दृश्यमानास्तु तैः सह
eteṣu devagandharvāḥ siddhāśca sahacāraṇaiḥ viharanti ramante ca dṛśyamānāstu taiḥ saha
In these the gods and gandharvas, and the siddhas together with the cāraṇas, roam and take their pleasure, being visible along with them.
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VaP 1 49.16
तेषां नद्यश्च सप्तैव प्रतिवर्षं समुद्रगाः। नामतस्ताः प्रवक्ष्यामि सप्तगङ्गा महानदी
teṣāṃ nadyaśca saptaiva prativarṣaṃ samudragāḥ| nāmatastāḥ pravakṣyāmi saptagaṅgā mahānadī
And their rivers are seven in each region, flowing to the ocean; I shall declare them by name: (the first is) the great river Saptagaṅgā.
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VaP 1 49.17
अभिगच्छन्ति ता नद्यस्ताभ्यश्चान्याः सहस्रशः। बहूदकाश्चौघवत्यो यतो वर्षति वासवः
abhigacchanti tā nadyastābhyaścānyāḥ sahasraśaḥ| bahūdakāścaughavatyo yato varṣati vāsavaḥ
Those rivers go (to the sea), and from them thousands of others, with abundant water and full flood, since Vāsava rains there.
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VaP 1 49.18
ताः पिबन्ति सदा हृष्टा नदीर्जनपदास्तु ते। शुभाः शान्तवहाश्चैव प्रमोदा ये च ते शिवाः
tāḥ pibanti sadā hṛṣṭā nadīrjanapadāstu te| śubhāḥ śāntavahāścaiva pramodā ye ca te śivāḥ
Those peoples, ever delighted, drink of the rivers; the auspicious ones with calm currents, and the Pramodas and those Śivas,
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VaP 1 49.19
आनन्दाश्च ध्रुवाश्चैव क्षेमकाश्च शिवै सह। वर्णाश्रमाचारयुक्ताः प्रजास्तेष्वथ सर्वशः
ānandāśca dhruvāścaiva kṣemakāśca śivai saha| varṇāśramācārayuktāḥ prajāsteṣvatha sarvaśaḥ
and the Ānandas and the Dhruvas and the Kṣemakas along with the Śivas — the peoples in them are everywhere devoted to the observances of class and stage of life.
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VaP 1 49.20
सर्वेष्वरोगाः सुबला- प्रजास्त्वामयवर्जिताः। अधःसर्पिणी न तेष्वस्ति तथैवोत्सर्पिणी न च
sarveṣvarogāḥ subalā- prajāstvāmayavarjitāḥ| adhaḥsarpiṇī na teṣvasti tathaivotsarpiṇī na ca
In all (of them) the peoples are free of disease, strong, and without ailment; there is among them no downward course (of the ages) and likewise no upward course.
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VaP 1 49.21
न तत्रास्ति युगावस्था चतुर्युगकृता व्कचित्। त्रेतायुगसमः कालः सर्वदा तत्र वर्त्तते
na tatrāsti yugāvasthā caturyugakṛtā vkacit| tretāyugasamaḥ kālaḥ sarvadā tatra varttate
There is no condition of the yugas there, made up of the four ages, anywhere; a time equal to the Tretā age always prevails there.
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VaP 1 49.22
प्लक्षद्वीपादिषु ज्ञेयः पञ्चस्वेतेषु सर्वशः। देशस्यानुविधानेन कालस्यानुविधाः स्मृताः
plakṣadvīpādiṣu jñeyaḥ pañcasveteṣu sarvaśaḥ| deśasyānuvidhānena kālasyānuvidhāḥ smṛtāḥ
This is to be understood entirely of these five, beginning with Plakṣadvīpa: in accordance with the disposition of the place, the dispositions of time are declared (to be).
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VaP 1 49.23
पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि तेषु जीवन्ति मानवाः। सुरूपाश्च सुवेषाश्च अरोगा बलिनस्तथा
pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi teṣu jīvanti mānavāḥ| surūpāśca suveṣāśca arogā balinastathā
In them human beings live five thousand years, and they are fair of form and well attired, free of disease and strong.
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VaP 1 49.24
सुखमायुर्बलं रूपमारोग्यं धर्म एव च। प्लक्षद्वीपादिषु ज्ञेयं शाकद्वीपान्तकेषु च
sukhamāyurbalaṃ rūpamārogyaṃ dharma eva ca| plakṣadvīpādiṣu jñeyaṃ śākadvīpāntakeṣu ca
Happiness, life-span, strength, beauty, health, and dharma itself — (this) is to be understood of the regions beginning with Plakṣadvīpa and ending with Śākadvīpa.
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VaP 1 49.25
प्लक्षद्वीपः पृथुः श्रीमान् सर्वतो धनधान्यवान्। दिव्यौषधि फलोपेतः सर्वौषधिवनस्पतिः
plakṣadvīpaḥ pṛthuḥ śrīmān sarvato dhanadhānyavān| divyauṣadhi phalopetaḥ sarvauṣadhivanaspatiḥ
Plakṣadvīpa is broad and glorious, everywhere rich in wealth and grain, provided with divine herbs and fruits, having every herb and tree.
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VaP 1 49.26
आवृतः पशुभिः सर्वैर्ग्रामारण्यैः सहस्रशः। जम्बूवृक्षेण संख्यातस्तस्य मध्ये द्विजोत्तमाः। प्लक्षो नाम्ना महावृक्षस्तस्य नाम्ना स उच्यते
āvṛtaḥ paśubhiḥ sarvairgrāmāraṇyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ| jambūvṛkṣeṇa saṃkhyātastasya madhye dvijottamāḥ| plakṣo nāmnā mahāvṛkṣastasya nāmnā sa ucyate
It is covered on all sides by animals, by villages and forests by the thousand; it is reckoned equal to the jambū tree. In its midst, O best of the twice-born, is a great tree named Plakṣa; by its name it is called (Plakṣadvīpa).
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VaP 1 49.27
स तत्र पूज्यते स्थाणुर्मध्ये जनपदस्य हि। स चापीक्षुरसोद्देशः प्लक्षद्वीपसमावृतः। प्लक्षद्वीपस्य चैवेह वैपुल्याद्विस्तरेण तु
sa tatra pūjyate sthāṇurmadhye janapadasya hi| sa cāpīkṣurasoddeśaḥ plakṣadvīpasamāvṛtaḥ| plakṣadvīpasya caiveha vaipulyādvistareṇa tu
There it is worshipped as a trunk (Sthāṇu), in the middle of the inhabited land. And that (island) is a tract of sugarcane juice, encompassed round about by Plakṣadvīpa; and here of Plakṣadvīpa, by reason of its vastness, (this has been told) at length.
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VaP 1 49.28
इत्येष सन्निवेशोवः प्लक्षद्वीपस्य कीर्तितः। आनुपूर्व्या समासेन शाल्मलन्तन्निबोधत
ityeṣa sanniveśovaḥ plakṣadvīpasya kīrtitaḥ| ānupūrvyā samāsena śālmalantannibodhata
Thus this arrangement of Plakṣadvīpa has been proclaimed to you. Now learn of Śālmala, in order and in brief.
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VaP 1 49.29
ततस्तृतीयं द्वीपानां शाल्मलं द्वीपमुत्तमम्। शाल्मलेन समुद्रस्तु द्वीपेनेक्षुरसोदकः। प्लक्षद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद्द्विगुणेन समावृतः
tatastṛtīyaṃ dvīpānāṃ śālmalaṃ dvīpamuttamam| śālmalena samudrastu dvīpenekṣurasodakaḥ| plakṣadvīpasya vistārāddviguṇena samāvṛtaḥ
Then, third among the islands, is the excellent island Śālmala; and the ocean of sugarcane-juice water is encompassed by the island Śālmala, which is twice the extent of Plakṣadvīpa.
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VaP 1 49.30
तत्रापि पर्वताः सप्त विज्ञेया रत्नयोनयः। रत्नाकरास्तथा नद्यस्तेषु वर्षेषु सप्तसु
tatrāpi parvatāḥ sapta vijñeyā ratnayonayaḥ| ratnākarāstathā nadyasteṣu varṣeṣu saptasu
There too seven mountains are to be known, sources of gems, and likewise rivers that are mines of jewels, in those seven regions.
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VaP 1 49.31
प्रथमः सूर्यसङ्काशः कुमुदो नाम पर्वतः। सर्वधातुमयैः श्रृङ्गैः शिलाजालसमुद्गतैः
prathamaḥ sūryasaṅkāśaḥ kumudo nāma parvataḥ| sarvadhātumayaiḥ śrṛṅgaiḥ śilājālasamudgataiḥ
The first is a mountain named Kumuda, resembling the sun, with peaks made of every kind of mineral, risen up in masses of rock.
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VaP 1 49.32
द्वितीयः पर्वतस्तस्य उन्नतो नाम विश्रुतः। हरितालमयैः श्रृङ्गैर्दिवमावृत्य तिष्ठति
dvitīyaḥ parvatastasya unnato nāma viśrutaḥ| haritālamayaiḥ śrṛṅgairdivamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati
The second mountain there is renowned as Unnata by name; with its peaks made of yellow orpiment it stands covering the sky.
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VaP 1 49.33
तृतीयः पर्वतस्तस्य बलाहक इति श्रुतः। जात्यञ्जनमयैः श्रृङ्गैर्दिवमावृत्य तिष्ठति
tṛtīyaḥ parvatastasya balāhaka iti śrutaḥ| jātyañjanamayaiḥ śrṛṅgairdivamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati
The third mountain there is known as Balāhaka; with peaks made of fine black collyrium it stands covering the sky.
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VaP 1 49.34
चतुर्थः पर्वतो द्रोणो यत्रौषध्यो महाबलाः। विशल्यकरणी चैव मृतसञ्जीवनी तथा
caturthaḥ parvato droṇo yatrauṣadhyo mahābalāḥ| viśalyakaraṇī caiva mṛtasañjīvanī tathā
The fourth mountain is Droṇa, where the herbs of great potency (grow): Viśalyakaraṇī (the extractor of arrows) and Mṛtasañjīvanī (the reviver of the dead).
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VaP 1 49.35
कङ्कस्तु पञ्चमस्तत्र पर्वतः सुमहोदयः। दिव्यपुष्पफलो पेतो वृक्षवीरुत्समावृतः
kaṅkastu pañcamastatra parvataḥ sumahodayaḥ| divyapuṣpaphalo peto vṛkṣavīrutsamāvṛtaḥ
And Kaṅka is the fifth mountain there, of very great elevation, furnished with divine flowers and fruits, covered over with trees and creeping plants.
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VaP 1 49.36
षष्ठस्तु पर्वतस्तत्र महिषो मेघसन्निभः। यस्मिन् सोऽग्निर्निवसति महिषो नाम वारिजः
ṣaṣṭhastu parvatastatra mahiṣo meghasannibhaḥ| yasmin so'gnirnivasati mahiṣo nāma vārijaḥ
And the sixth mountain there is Mahiṣa, like a cloud, in which dwells that fire named Mahiṣa, born of the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.37
सप्तमः पर्वतस्तत्र ककुझान्नाम भाष्यते। तत्र रत्नान्यनेकानि स्वयं वर्षति वासवः। प्रजापतिमुपादाय प्राजापत्ये विधिस्त्वयम्
saptamaḥ parvatastatra kakujhānnāma bhāṣyate| tatra ratnānyanekāni svayaṃ varṣati vāsavaḥ| prajāpatimupādāya prājāpatye vidhistvayam
The seventh mountain there is spoken of as Kakudmān by name; there Vāsava himself rains down many jewels. Beginning with Prajāpati, this ordinance belongs to Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 49.38
इत्येते पर्वताः सप्त शाल्मले मणिभूषिताः । तेषां वर्षाणि वक्ष्यामि सप्तैव तु शुभानि वै। कुमुदात् प्रथमं श्वेतमुन्नतस्य तु लोहितम्
ityete parvatāḥ sapta śālmale maṇibhūṣitāḥ | teṣāṃ varṣāṇi vakṣyāmi saptaiva tu śubhāni vai| kumudāt prathamaṃ śvetamunnatasya tu lohitam
These, then, are the seven mountains on Śālmala, adorned with gems. I shall declare their regions, seven indeed and auspicious: the first, from Kumuda, is Śveta, and Unnata's is Lohita.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.39
बलाहकस्य जीमूतं द्रोणस्य हरितं स्मृतम् । कङ्कस्य वैद्युतं नाम महिषस्य तु मानसम्
balāhakasya jīmūtaṃ droṇasya haritaṃ smṛtam | kaṅkasya vaidyutaṃ nāma mahiṣasya tu mānasam
Balāhaka's is remembered as Jīmūta, Droṇa's as Harita; Kaṅka's is named Vaidyuta, and Mahiṣa's Mānasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.40
ककुदः सुप्रभं नाम सप्तैतानि तु सप्तधा। वर्षाणि पर्वतांश्चैव नदीस्तेषु निबोधत
kakudaḥ suprabhaṃ nāma saptaitāni tu saptadhā| varṣāṇi parvatāṃścaiva nadīsteṣu nibodhata
Kakuda's is named Suprabha—these seven in sevenfold fashion. Learn now of the regions and mountains, and of the rivers in them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.41
पानितोया वितृष्णा च चन्द्रा शुक्रा विमोचनी। निवृत्तिः सप्तमी तासां प्रतिवर्षं तु ताः स्मृताः
pānitoyā vitṛṣṇā ca candrā śukrā vimocanī| nivṛttiḥ saptamī tāsāṃ prativarṣaṃ tu tāḥ smṛtāḥ
Pānitoyā, Vitṛṣṇā, Candrā, Śukrā, Vimocanī, and Nivṛtti the seventh of them: these are recorded, one for each region.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.42
तासां समीपगाश्चान्याः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। अशक्याः परिसंख्यातुं श्रद्धेयास्तु बुभूषता
tāsāṃ samīpagāścānyāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ| aśakyāḥ parisaṃkhyātuṃ śraddheyāstu bubhūṣatā
And others near to them, by hundreds and by thousands, impossible to count fully, yet to be taken on trust by one who wishes to (know them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 49.43
इत्येष सन्निवेशो वः शाल्मलस्यापि कीर्तितः। प्लक्षवृक्षेण संख्यातस्तस्य मध्ये महाद्रुमः
ityeṣa sanniveśo vaḥ śālmalasyāpi kīrtitaḥ| plakṣavṛkṣeṇa saṃkhyātastasya madhye mahādrumaḥ
Thus this arrangement of Śālmala too has been proclaimed to you; it is reckoned by the plakṣa tree—in its middle stands the great tree,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.44
शाल्मलिर्विपुलस्कन्ध स्तस्य नाम्ना स उच्यते। शाल्मलिस्तु समुद्रेण सुरोदेन समन्ततः। विस्ताराच्छाल्मलस्यैव समेन तु समन्ततः
śālmalirvipulaskandha stasya nāmnā sa ucyate| śālmalistu samudreṇa surodena samantataḥ| vistārācchālmalasyaiva samena tu samantataḥ
the śālmali of broad trunk; by its name it (the region) is called. And Śālmali is surrounded on all sides by the ocean Suroda, equal on every side to the extent of Śālmala itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.45
उत्तरेषु तु धर्मज्ञा द्वीपेषु श्रृणुत प्रजाः। यथाश्रुतं यथान्यायं ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
uttareṣu tu dharmajñā dvīpeṣu śrṛṇuta prajāḥ| yathāśrutaṃ yathānyāyaṃ bruvato me nibodhata
But hear, you knowers of dharma, of the further islands, O creatures; attend to me as I speak according to what I have heard and according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.46
कुशद्वीपं प्रवक्ष्यामि चतुर्थं तं समासतः। सुरोदकः परिवृतः कुशद्वीपेन सर्वतः
kuśadvīpaṃ pravakṣyāmi caturthaṃ taṃ samāsataḥ| surodakaḥ parivṛtaḥ kuśadvīpena sarvataḥ
I shall set forth Kuśadvīpa, the fourth, in brief: the Suroda ocean is encompassed on all sides by Kuśadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.47
सप्तैव गिरयस्तत्र वर्ण्यमानान्निबोधत। शाल्मलस्य तु विस्ताराद् द्विगुणेन समन्ततः
saptaiva girayastatra varṇyamānānnibodhata| śālmalasya tu vistārād dviguṇena samantataḥ
There are just seven mountains there; learn of them as they are described. It is twice the extent of Śālmala all around.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.48
कुखद्वीपे तु विज्ञेयः पर्वतो विद्रुमोच्चयः। द्वीपस्य प्रथमस्तस्य द्वितीयो हेमपर्वतः
kukhadvīpe tu vijñeyaḥ parvato vidrumoccayaḥ| dvīpasya prathamastasya dvitīyo hemaparvataḥ
In Kuśadvīpa the mountain Vidrumoccaya is to be known as the first of that island; the second is Hemaparvata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.49
तृतीयो द्युतिमान्नाम जीमूतसदृशो गिरिः। चतुर्थः पुष्पवान्नाम पञ्चमस्तु कुशेशयः
tṛtīyo dyutimānnāma jīmūtasadṛśo giriḥ| caturthaḥ puṣpavānnāma pañcamastu kuśeśayaḥ
The third is the mountain named Dyutimān, like a rain-cloud; the fourth is named Puṣpavān, and the fifth Kuśeśaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.50
षष्ठो हरिगिरिर्नाम सप्तमो मन्दरः स्मृतः । मन्दा इति ह्यपां नाम मन्दरो दारणादपाम्
ṣaṣṭho harigirirnāma saptamo mandaraḥ smṛtaḥ | mandā iti hyapāṃ nāma mandaro dāraṇādapām
The sixth is named Harigiri, and the seventh is recorded as Mandara; for "mandā" is a name of the waters, and (it is called) Mandara from its splitting of the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.51
तेषामन्तरविष्कम्भो द्विगुणः परिवारितः। उद्भिदं प्रथमं वर्षं द्वितीयं वेणुमण्डलम्
teṣāmantaraviṣkambho dviguṇaḥ parivāritaḥ| udbhidaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ dvitīyaṃ veṇumaṇḍalam
The intervening span between them is twice (that), (each) encircled (by the next); the first region is Udbhida, the second is Veṇumaṇḍala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 49.52
तृतीयं स्वैरथाकारं चतुर्थं लवणं स्मृतम्। पञ्चमं धृतिमद्वर्षं षष्ठं वर्ष प्रभाकरम्। सप्तमं कपिलं नाम सप्तैते वर्षपर्वताः
tṛtīyaṃ svairathākāraṃ caturthaṃ lavaṇaṃ smṛtam| pañcamaṃ dhṛtimadvarṣaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣa prabhākaram| saptamaṃ kapilaṃ nāma saptaite varṣaparvatāḥ
The third has the shape of its own chariot, the fourth is remembered as Lavaṇa; the fifth region is Dhṛtimat, the sixth region Prabhākara, the seventh is named Kapila — these are the seven region-mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 49.53
एतेषु देवगन्धर्वाः प्रभास्तु जगदीश्वराः। विहरन्ति रमन्ते च दृश्यमानास्तु वर्षशः
eteṣu devagandharvāḥ prabhāstu jagadīśvarāḥ| viharanti ramante ca dṛśyamānāstu varṣaśaḥ
Among these (mountains) gods and gandharvas, radiant, lords of the world, wander about and take their pleasure, being visible region by region.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 49.54
न तेषु दस्यवः सन्ति म्लेच्छजात्यस्तथैव च। गौरप्रायो जनः सर्वः क्रमाच्च म्रियते तथा
na teṣu dasyavaḥ santi mlecchajātyastathaiva ca| gauraprāyo janaḥ sarvaḥ kramācca mriyate tathā
In those (regions) there are no bandits, nor likewise any barbarian tribes; all the people are for the most part fair-complexioned, and they die in due sequence (of age).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.55
तत्रापि नद्यः सप्तैव धुतपापाः शिवास्तथा। पवित्रा सन्ततिश्चैव द्युतिगर्भा मही तथा
tatrāpi nadyaḥ saptaiva dhutapāpāḥ śivāstathā| pavitrā santatiścaiva dyutigarbhā mahī tathā
There too there are just seven rivers: Dhutapāpā and Śivā, Pavitrā and Santati, and Dyutigarbhā and Mahī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 49.56
अन्यास्ताभ्यः परिज्ञाताः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। अभिगच्छन्ति ताः सर्वा यतो वर्षति वासवः
anyāstābhyaḥ parijñātāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ| abhigacchanti tāḥ sarvā yato varṣati vāsavaḥ
Besides these, others are known, by hundreds and by thousands; all of them flow wherever Vāsava (Indra) rains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.57
घृतोदेन कुशद्वीपो बाह्यतः परिवारितः। विज्ञेयः स तु विस्तारात् कुशद्वीपसमेन तु
ghṛtodena kuśadvīpo bāhyataḥ parivāritaḥ| vijñeyaḥ sa tu vistārāt kuśadvīpasamena tu
Kuśadvīpa is surrounded on the outside by the Sea of Ghee; and it should be understood as equal in extent to Kuśadvīpa itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.58
इत्येष सन्निवेशो वः कुशद्वीपस्य वर्णितः। क्रौञ्चद्वीपस्य विस्तारं वक्ष्याम्यहमतः परम्
ityeṣa sanniveśo vaḥ kuśadvīpasya varṇitaḥ| krauñcadvīpasya vistāraṃ vakṣyāmyahamataḥ param
Thus the arrangement of Kuśadvīpa has been described to you; henceforth I shall tell the extent of Krauñcadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.59
कुशद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद् द्विगुणः स तु वै स्मृतः। घृतोदकसमुद्रो वै क्रौञ्चद्वीपेन संवृतः
kuśadvīpasya vistārād dviguṇaḥ sa tu vai smṛtaḥ| ghṛtodakasamudro vai krauñcadvīpena saṃvṛtaḥ
It is remembered as twice the extent of Kuśadvīpa; and the ocean of ghee-water is encircled by Krauñcadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.60
तस्मिन् द्वीपे नगश्रेष्ठः क्रौञ्चस्थः प्रथमो गिरिः। क्रौञ्चात्परो वामनको वामनादन्धकारकः
tasmin dvīpe nagaśreṣṭhaḥ krauñcasthaḥ prathamo giriḥ| krauñcātparo vāmanako vāmanādandhakārakaḥ
On that island the best of mountains, the first mountain, is the one standing (as) Krauñca; beyond Krauñca is Vāmanaka, and beyond Vāmana is Andhakāraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.61
अन्धकारात्परश्चापि दिवावृन्नाम पर्वतः। दिवावृतः परश्चपि दिविन्दो गिरिरुच्यते
andhakārātparaścāpi divāvṛnnāma parvataḥ| divāvṛtaḥ paraścapi divindo girirucyate
And beyond Andhakāra is the mountain named Divāvṛt; and beyond Divāvṛt the mountain is called Divinda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.62
दिविन्दात्परतश्चापि पुण्डरीको महागिरिः। पुण्डरीकात्परश्चापि प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वनः
divindātparataścāpi puṇḍarīko mahāgiriḥ| puṇḍarīkātparaścāpi procyate dundubhisvanaḥ
And beyond Divinda (there is) the great mountain Puṇḍarīka; and beyond Puṇḍarīka is said (to be the mountain) Dundubhisvana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.63
एते रत्नमयाः सप्त क्रौञ्चद्वीपस्य पर्वताः। बहुवृक्षफलो पेता नानावृक्षलतावृताः
ete ratnamayāḥ sapta krauñcadvīpasya parvatāḥ| bahuvṛkṣaphalo petā nānāvṛkṣalatāvṛtāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 49.64
परस्परेण द्विगुणा विष्कम्भाद्वर्षपर्व्वताः । वर्षाणि तत्र वक्ष्यामि नामतस्तु निबोधत
paraspareṇa dviguṇā viṣkambhādvarṣaparvvatāḥ | varṣāṇi tatra vakṣyāmi nāmatastu nibodhata
The boundary-mountains (of the varṣas) are, each in relation to the next, twice as great in extent; I shall now declare the varṣas there — learn them by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.65
क्रौञ्चस्य कुशली देशो वामनस्य मनोनुगः। मनोनुगात्परश्चोष्णस्तृतीयो देश उच्यते
krauñcasya kuśalī deśo vāmanasya manonugaḥ| manonugātparaścoṣṇastṛtīyo deśa ucyate
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 49.66
उष्णात्परः प्रावरकः प्रावरादन्धकारकः। अन्धकारकदेशात्तु मुनिदेशः परः स्मृतः
uṣṇātparaḥ prāvarakaḥ prāvarādandhakārakaḥ| andhakārakadeśāttu munideśaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ
Beyond Uṣṇa is Prāvaraka; beyond Prāvara is Andhakāraka; and beyond the Andhakāraka region, the Muni region is said (to lie).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.67
मुनिदेशात्परश्चैव प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वनः। सिद्धचारणसङ्कीर्णो गौरप्रायो जनः स्मृतः
munideśātparaścaiva procyate dundubhisvanaḥ| siddhacāraṇasaṅkīrṇo gauraprāyo janaḥ smṛtaḥ
And beyond the region of the sages is declared (the region) Dundubhisvana; (it is) thronged with Siddhas and Cāraṇas, and its people are said to be mostly fair-complexioned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.68
तत्रापि नद्यः सप्तैव प्रति वर्ष स्मृताः शुभाः । गौरी कुमुद्वती चैव सन्ध्या रात्रिर्मनोजवा । ख्यातिश्च पुण्डरीका च गङ्गा सप्तविधा स्मृता
tatrāpi nadyaḥ saptaiva prati varṣa smṛtāḥ śubhāḥ | gaurī kumudvatī caiva sandhyā rātrirmanojavā | khyātiśca puṇḍarīkā ca gaṅgā saptavidhā smṛtā
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 49.69
तासां समुद्रगाश्चान्या नद्यो यास्तु समीपगाः। अनुगच्छन्ति ताः सर्वा विपुलाः सुबहूदकाः
tāsāṃ samudragāścānyā nadyo yāstu samīpagāḥ| anugacchanti tāḥ sarvā vipulāḥ subahūdakāḥ
And the other rivers that flow to the sea, which run near to these, all of them follow (these seven), broad and holding very abundant water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.70
क्रौञ्चद्वीपः समुद्रेण दधिमण्डोदकेन तु। आवृतः सर्वतः श्रीमान् क्रौञ्चद्वीपसमेन तु
krauñcadvīpaḥ samudreṇa dadhimaṇḍodakena tu| āvṛtaḥ sarvataḥ śrīmān krauñcadvīpasamena tu
But Krauñca-dvīpa, the glorious (island), is surrounded on all sides by an ocean whose water is (like) whey, (an ocean) equal (in extent) to Krauñca-dvīpa itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.71
प्लक्षद्वीपादयो ह्येते समासेन प्रकीर्त्तिताः। तेषां निसर्गो द्वीपानामानुपूर्व्येण सर्वशः
plakṣadvīpādayo hyete samāsena prakīrttitāḥ| teṣāṃ nisargo dvīpānāmānupūrvyeṇa sarvaśaḥ
These (islands), Plakṣadvīpa and the rest, have been proclaimed in brief; the natural constitution of those islands (has been told) completely, in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.72
न शक्यं विस्तराद्वक्तु मपि वर्षशतैरपि । निसर्गोऽयं प्रजानां तु संहारो यश्च तासु वै
na śakyaṃ vistarādvaktu mapi varṣaśatairapi | nisargo'yaṃ prajānāṃ tu saṃhāro yaśca tāsu vai
It is not possible to tell (it) in detail, not even in hundreds of years — this creation of the creatures, and the destruction which (comes) upon them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.73
अत ऊर्द्द्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि शाकद्वीपस्य यो विधिः। शाकद्वीपस्य कृत्स्नस्य यथावदिह निश्चयात्। श्रृणुध्वं वै यथातत्त्वं ब्रुवतो मे यथार्थवत्
ata ūrddvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śākadvīpasya yo vidhiḥ| śākadvīpasya kṛtsnasya yathāvadiha niścayāt| śrṛṇudhvaṃ vai yathātattvaṃ bruvato me yathārthavat
Next, above this, I shall declare what the arrangement of Śākadvīpa is. Hear, according to the truth, of the whole of Śākadvīpa as it is here determined, as I speak in accordance with the facts.
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VaP 1 49.74
क्रौञ्चद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद् द्विगुणस्तस्य विस्तरः। परिवार्य समुद्रं स दधिमण्डोदकं स्थितः
krauñcadvīpasya vistārād dviguṇastasya vistaraḥ| parivārya samudraṃ sa dadhimaṇḍodakaṃ sthitaḥ
Its extent is twice the extent of Krauñcadvīpa; it stands encircling the sea of curd-whey.
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VaP 1 49.75
तत्र पुण्या जनपदाश्चिराच्च म्रियते जनः। कुत एव तु दुर्भिक्षञ्चराव्याधिभयं कुतः
tatra puṇyā janapadāścirācca mriyate janaḥ| kuta eva tu durbhikṣañcarāvyādhibhayaṃ kutaḥ
There the countries are holy, and people die (only) after a long time; how then could there be famine, and how fear from robbers and disease?
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VaP 1 49.76
तत्रापि पर्वताः शुभ्राः सप्तैव मणिभूषिताः। रत्नाकरास्तथा नद्यस्तासां नामानि मे श्रृणु
tatrāpi parvatāḥ śubhrāḥ saptaiva maṇibhūṣitāḥ| ratnākarāstathā nadyastāsāṃ nāmāni me śrṛṇu
There too there are seven white mountains, adorned with gems, and mines of jewels, and likewise rivers; hear from me their names.
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VaP 1 49.77
देवर्षिगन्धर्वयुतः प्रथमो मेरुरुच्यते। प्रागायतः स सौवर्ण उदयो नाम पर्वतः
devarṣigandharvayutaḥ prathamo merurucyate| prāgāyataḥ sa sauvarṇa udayo nāma parvataḥ
The first, frequented by gods, seers and gandharvas, is called Meru; that golden (mountain), stretching eastward, is the mountain named Udaya.
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VaP 1 49.78
तत्र मेघास्तु वृष्ट्यर्थं प्रभवन्ति च यान्ति च। तस्यापरेण सुमहान् जलधारो महागिरिः
tatra meghāstu vṛṣṭyarthaṃ prabhavanti ca yānti ca| tasyāpareṇa sumahān jaladhāro mahāgiriḥ
There the clouds arise for the sake of rain and go forth. To the west of it is the very great mountain Jaladhāra.
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VaP 1 49.79
तस्मान्नित्यमुपादत्ते वासवः परमं जलम्। ततो वर्षं प्रभवति वर्षाकाले प्रजास्विह
tasmānnityamupādatte vāsavaḥ paramaṃ jalam| tato varṣaṃ prabhavati varṣākāle prajāsviha
From it Vāsava always takes up the highest water; from that the rain arises here among the creatures in the rainy season.
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VaP 1 49.80
तस्यापरे रैवतको यत्र नित्यं प्रतिष्ठिता । रेवती दिवि नक्षत्रं पितामहकृतो गिरिः
tasyāpare raivatako yatra nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitā | revatī divi nakṣatraṃ pitāmahakṛto giriḥ
To the west of it is Raivataka, where the constellation Revatī is ever fixed in the sky; the mountain was made by the Grandfather.
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VaP 1 49.81
तस्यापरेण सुमहान् श्यामो नाम महागिरिः। तस्माच्छयामत्वमापन्नाः प्रजाः पूर्वमिमाः किल
tasyāpareṇa sumahān śyāmo nāma mahāgiriḥ| tasmācchayāmatvamāpannāḥ prajāḥ pūrvamimāḥ kila
To the west of it is the very great mountain named Śyāma; from it, they say, these creatures formerly acquired their darkness (of colour).
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VaP 1 49.82
तस्यापरेण रजतो महानस्तो गिरिः स्मृतः। तस्यापरेणाम्बिकेयो दुर्गः शैलो हिमाचितः
tasyāpareṇa rajato mahānasto giriḥ smṛtaḥ| tasyāpareṇāmbikeyo durgaḥ śailo himācitaḥ
To the west of it is the great mountain called Asta, of silver; to the west of it is the Āmbikeya mountain, impassable and covered with snow.
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VaP 1 49.83
. आम्बिकेयात्परो रम्यः सर्वौषधिसमन्वितः । स चैव केशरीत्युक्तो यतो वायुः प्रवायति
. āmbikeyātparo ramyaḥ sarvauṣadhisamanvitaḥ | sa caiva keśarītyukto yato vāyuḥ pravāyati
Beyond Āmbikeya is a delightful (mountain) furnished with all healing herbs; that one is called Kesarin, from which the wind blows forth.
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VaP 1 49.84
श्रृणुध्वं नामतस्तानि यथावदनुपूर्वशः। उदयस्योदयं वर्षं जलदं नाम विश्रुतम्
śrṛṇudhvaṃ nāmatastāni yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ| udayasyodayaṃ varṣaṃ jaladaṃ nāma viśrutam
Hear their names duly, in order: the region of Udaya is the renowned country named Jalada.
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VaP 1 49.85
द्वितीयं जलधारस्य सुकुमारमिति स्मृतम्। रैवतस्य तु कौमारं श्यामस्य तु मणीचकम्
dvitīyaṃ jaladhārasya sukumāramiti smṛtam| raivatasya tu kaumāraṃ śyāmasya tu maṇīcakam
The second, that of Jaladhāra, is known as Sukumāra; that of Raivata is Kaumāra, and that of Śyāma is Maṇīcaka.
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VaP 1 49.86
अस्तस्यापि शुभं वर्षं विज्ञेयं कुसुमोत्तरम्। आम्बिकेयस्य मोदाकं केसरेषु महाद्रुमम्
astasyāpi śubhaṃ varṣaṃ vijñeyaṃ kusumottaram| āmbikeyasya modākaṃ kesareṣu mahādrumam
The auspicious country of Asta too is to be known as Kusumottara; that of Āmbikeya is Modāka, and among the Kesaras it is Mahādruma.
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VaP 1 49.87
द्वीपस्य परिमाणञ्च ह्रस्वदीर्घत्वमेव च। शाकद्वीपेन विख्यातस्तस्य मध्ये वनस्पतिः । शाको नाम महावृक्षस्तस्य पूजां प्रयुञ्जते
dvīpasya parimāṇañca hrasvadīrghatvameva ca| śākadvīpena vikhyātastasya madhye vanaspatiḥ | śāko nāma mahāvṛkṣastasya pūjāṃ prayuñjate
And (so much for) the measure of the island and its breadth and length. It is known by (the name) Śākadvīpa: in its middle is a lord of the forest, a great tree named Śāka; to it they offer worship.
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VaP 1 49.88
एतेन देवगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्च सह चारणैः। विहरन्ति रमन्ते च दृश्यमानाश्च तैः सह
etena devagandharvāḥ siddhāśca saha cāraṇaiḥ| viharanti ramante ca dṛśyamānāśca taiḥ saha
By it the gods, gandharvas, siddhas together with the cāraṇas roam and take their pleasure, being seen together with them.
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VaP 1 49.89
तत्र पुण्या जनपदाश्चातुर्वर्णसमन्विताः। तेषु नद्यश्च सप्तैव प्रतिवर्षं समुद्रगाः । विद्धि नाम्नश्च ताः सर्वा गङ्गास्ताः सप्तधा स्मृताः
tatra puṇyā janapadāścāturvarṇasamanvitāḥ| teṣu nadyaśca saptaiva prativarṣaṃ samudragāḥ | viddhi nāmnaśca tāḥ sarvā gaṅgāstāḥ saptadhā smṛtāḥ
There the countries are holy and provided with the four classes. In them there are seven rivers, one in each country, going to the sea; know them all by name — they are held to be the Ganges in sevenfold (form).
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VaP 1 49.90
प्रथमा सुकुमारीति गङ्गा शिवजला तथा। अनु तप्ता च नाम्नैव नदी सम्परिकीर्त्तिता
prathamā sukumārīti gaṅgā śivajalā tathā| anu taptā ca nāmnaiva nadī samparikīrttitā
The first is Sukumārī, and likewise Gaṅgā Śivajalā; and a river is also proclaimed by the very name Anutaptā.
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VaP 1 49.91
कुमारी नामतः सिद्धा द्वितीया सा पुनः सती । नन्दा च पार्वती चैव तृतीय परिकीर्त्तिता
kumārī nāmataḥ siddhā dvitīyā sā punaḥ satī | nandā ca pārvatī caiva tṛtīya parikīrttitā
The second is known by the name Kumārī, and again she is Satī; and Nandā and Pārvatī — the third is (so) proclaimed.
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VaP 1 49.92
शिवेतिका चतुर्थी स्यात् त्रिदिवा च पुनः स्मृता। इक्षुश्च पञ्चमी ज्ञेया तथैव च पुनः क्रतुः
śivetikā caturthī syāt tridivā ca punaḥ smṛtā| ikṣuśca pañcamī jñeyā tathaiva ca punaḥ kratuḥ
The fourth would be Śivetikā, and again Tridivā is recorded; and the fifth is to be known as Ikṣu, and likewise again Kratu.
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VaP 1 49.93
धेनुका च मृता चैव षष्ठी संपरिकीर्त्तिता। एताः सप्त महागङ्गाः प्रतिवर्षं शिवोदकाः। भावयन्ति जनं सर्वं शाकद्वीपनिवासिनम्
dhenukā ca mṛtā caiva ṣaṣṭhī saṃparikīrttitā| etāḥ sapta mahāgaṅgāḥ prativarṣaṃ śivodakāḥ| bhāvayanti janaṃ sarvaṃ śākadvīpanivāsinam
And Dhenukā and Mṛtā — the sixth is (thus) proclaimed. These seven great Gaṅgās, with auspicious water, year after year sustain all the people who dwell in Śākadvīpa.
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VaP 1 49.94
अनुगच्छन्ति तास्त्वन्या नदीनद्यः सहस्रशः। बहूदक परिस्रावा यतो वर्षति वासवः
anugacchanti tāstvanyā nadīnadyaḥ sahasraśaḥ| bahūdaka parisrāvā yato varṣati vāsavaḥ
And other rivers and streams follow them by the thousands, flowing off with abundant water, since Vāsava (Indra) rains there.
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VaP 1 49.95
तासान्तु नामधेयानि परिमाणं तथैव च। न शक्यं परिसंख्यातुं पुण्यास्ताः सरिदुत्तमाः। ताः पिबन्ति सदा हृष्टा नदीर्जनपदास्तु ते
tāsāntu nāmadheyāni parimāṇaṃ tathaiva ca| na śakyaṃ parisaṃkhyātuṃ puṇyāstāḥ sariduttamāḥ| tāḥ pibanti sadā hṛṣṭā nadīrjanapadāstu te
Their names and likewise their extent cannot be counted up; those best of rivers are holy. And those inhabitants of the regions, always delighted, drink from those rivers.
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VaP 1 49.96
शंशपायन विस्तीर्णो द्वीपोऽसौ चक्रसंस्थितः। नदीजलैः प्रतिच्छन्नः पर्वतैश्चाभ्रसन्निभैः
śaṃśapāyana vistīrṇo dvīpo'sau cakrasaṃsthitaḥ| nadījalaiḥ praticchannaḥ parvataiścābhrasannibhaiḥ
Śaṃśapāyana, that island is broad and set in the shape of a wheel, covered over with river waters and with mountains resembling clouds,
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VaP 1 49.97
सर्वधातुविचित्रैश्च मणि विद्रुमभूषितैः। पुरैश्च विविधाकारैः स्फीतैर्जनपदैरपि
sarvadhātuvicitraiśca maṇi vidrumabhūṣitaiḥ| puraiśca vividhākāraiḥ sphītairjanapadairapi
(mountains) variegated with every kind of mineral and adorned with gems and coral, and with cities of various forms and with prosperous settled regions,
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VaP 1 49.98
वृक्षैः पुष्पफलोपेतैः समन्ताद्धनधान्यवान्। क्षीरोदेन समुद्रेण सर्वतः परिवारितः। शाकद्वीपस्तु विस्तारात् समेन तु समन्ततः
vṛkṣaiḥ puṣpaphalopetaiḥ samantāddhanadhānyavān| kṣīrodena samudreṇa sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ| śākadvīpastu vistārāt samena tu samantataḥ
and with trees furnished with flowers and fruit; it is on all sides rich in wealth and grain, and is surrounded everywhere by the Ocean of Milk; and Śākadvīpa is, in extent, uniform on every side.
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VaP 1 49.99
तस्मिन् जनपदाः पुण्याः पर्वतान्तरिते शुभाः । वर्णाश्रमसमाकीर्णा देशास्ते सप्त वै स्मृताः
tasmin janapadāḥ puṇyāḥ parvatāntarite śubhāḥ | varṇāśramasamākīrṇā deśāste sapta vai smṛtāḥ
In it are holy, auspicious settled regions lying between the mountains, thronged with the classes and the stages of life; those countries are indeed recorded as seven.
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VaP 1 49.100
न सङ्करश्च तेष्वस्ति वर्णाश्रमकृतः व्कचित् । धर्मस्य चाव्यभीचारादेकान्तसुखिताः प्रजाः
na saṅkaraśca teṣvasti varṇāśramakṛtaḥ vkacit | dharmasya cāvyabhīcārādekāntasukhitāḥ prajāḥ
And among them there is nowhere any mixing brought about of the classes and stages of life; and because of no transgression of dharma, the people are wholly happy.
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VaP 1 49.101
न तेषु लोभो माया वा ईर्ष्यासूयाऽधृतिः कुतः। विपर्ययो न तेष्वस्ति एतत् स्वाभाविकं स्मृतम्
na teṣu lobho māyā vā īrṣyāsūyā'dhṛtiḥ kutaḥ| viparyayo na teṣvasti etat svābhāvikaṃ smṛtam
In them there is no greed or deceit; whence envy, spite, or instability? There is no perversion among them: this is recorded as their natural condition.
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VaP 1 49.102
करोत्पत्तिर्नतेष्वस्ति न दण्डो न च दण्डकाः। स्वधर्मेणैव धर्मज्ञास्ते रक्षन्ति परस्परम्
karotpattirnateṣvasti na daṇḍo na ca daṇḍakāḥ| svadharmeṇaiva dharmajñāste rakṣanti parasparam
Among them there arises no wrongdoing; there is no punishment nor punishers; knowing dharma, they protect one another by their own dharma alone.
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VaP 1 49.103
एतावदेव शक्यं वै तस्मिन् द्वीपे निवासिनाम्। पुष्करं सप्तमं द्वीपं प्रवक्ष्यामि निबोधत
etāvadeva śakyaṃ vai tasmin dvīpe nivāsinām| puṣkaraṃ saptamaṃ dvīpaṃ pravakṣyāmi nibodhata
Just this much can (be said) of those dwelling in that island. I shall now declare the seventh island, Puṣkara: listen.
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VaP 1 49.104
पुष्करेण तु द्वीपेन वृतः क्षीरोदको बहिः। शाकद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद्द्विगुणेन समन्ततः
puṣkareṇa tu dvīpena vṛtaḥ kṣīrodako bahiḥ| śākadvīpasya vistārāddviguṇena samantataḥ
The Milk-Ocean is enclosed on the outside by the island Puṣkara, which is on every side twice the extent of Śākadvīpa.
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VaP 1 49.105
पुष्करे पर्वतः श्रीमान् एक एव महाशिलः। चित्रै र्मणिमयैः शीलैः शिखरैस्तु समुच्छ्रितैः
puṣkare parvataḥ śrīmān eka eva mahāśilaḥ| citrai rmaṇimayaiḥ śīlaiḥ śikharaistu samucchritaiḥ
In Puṣkara there is but one splendid mountain of great rock, with variegated slabs made of gems and with lofty peaks.
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VaP 1 49.106
द्वीपस्य तस्य पूर्वार्द्धे चित्रसानुः स्थितो महान्। परिमण्डलसहस्राणि विस्तीर्णः पञ्चविंशतिः
dvīpasya tasya pūrvārddhe citrasānuḥ sthito mahān| parimaṇḍalasahasrāṇi vistīrṇaḥ pañcaviṃśatiḥ
In the eastern half of that island stands the great Citrasānu, twenty-five thousand (yojanas) broad in circumference.
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VaP 1 49.107
ऊर्द्द्वञ्चैव चतुस्त्रिशत्सहस्राणि समाचितः। द्वीपार्द्धस्य परिस्तोमः पर्वतो मानसोत्तमः
ūrddvañcaiva catustriśatsahasrāṇi samācitaḥ| dvīpārddhasya paristomaḥ parvato mānasottamaḥ
And upward it is heaped up thirty-four thousand (yojanas). The covering of the half of the island is the mountain Mānasottama,
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VaP 1 49.108
स्थितो वेलासमीपे तु नवचन्द्र इवोदितः। योजनानां सहस्राणि ऊर्द्ध्वं पञ्चशदुच्छ्रितः
sthito velāsamīpe tu navacandra ivoditaḥ| yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ūrddhvaṃ pañcaśaducchritaḥ
standing near the shore like the new moon risen; upward it towers fifty thousand yojanas,
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VaP 1 49.109
तावदेव स विस्तीर्णः सर्वतः परिमण्डलः। स एवं द्वीपपश्चार्द्धे मानसः पृथिवीधरः
tāvadeva sa vistīrṇaḥ sarvataḥ parimaṇḍalaḥ| sa evaṃ dvīpapaścārddhe mānasaḥ pṛthivīdharaḥ
and just that much is it broad, circular on every side. That same Mānasa, the earth-bearer, is thus in the western half of the island —
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VaP 1 49.110
एक एव महासानुः सन्निवेशाद्द्विधा कृतः। स्वादूदकेनोदधिना सर्वतः परिवारितः
eka eva mahāsānuḥ sanniveśāddvidhā kṛtaḥ| svādūdakenodadhinā sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ
it is but one great-ridged (mountain), made twofold by its arrangement; it is surrounded on all sides by the ocean of sweet water,
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VaP 1 49.111
पुष्करद्वीपविस्ताराद्विस्तीर्णोऽसौ समन्ततः। तस्मिन् द्वीपे स्मृतौ द्वौ तु पुण्यौ जनपदौ शुभौ। अभितो मानसस्याथ पर्वतस्यानुमण्डलौ
puṣkaradvīpavistārādvistīrṇo'sau samantataḥ| tasmin dvīpe smṛtau dvau tu puṇyau janapadau śubhau| abhito mānasasyātha parvatasyānumaṇḍalau
That (sea) is extended on all sides to the breadth of Puṣkara island. On that island two holy, auspicious countries are recorded, on both sides of Mount Mānasa, following its circular shape.
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VaP 1 49.112
महावीतन्तु यद्वर्षं बाह्यतो मानसस्य तत्। तस्यैवाभ्यन्तरे यत्तु धातकीखण्डमुच्यते
mahāvītantu yadvarṣaṃ bāhyato mānasasya tat| tasyaivābhyantare yattu dhātakīkhaṇḍamucyate
The region that lies outside Mānasa is Mahāvīta, and that which lies within it is called Dhātakīkhaṇḍa.
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VaP 1 49.113
दशवर्षसहस्राणि तत्र जेवन्ति मानवाः। आरोग्यसुखभूयिष्ठा मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tatra jevanti mānavāḥ| ārogyasukhabhūyiṣṭhā mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ
There human beings live ten thousand years, abounding in health and happiness, established in the perfection of the mind.
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VaP 1 49.114
सममायुश्च रूपञ्च तस्मिन् वर्षद्वये स्थितम्। अधमोत्तमौ न तेष्वास्तां तुल्यास्ते रूपशीलतः
samamāyuśca rūpañca tasmin varṣadvaye sthitam| adhamottamau na teṣvāstāṃ tulyāste rūpaśīlataḥ
In those two regions lifespan and beauty are equal; there are no low and high among them, they are alike in form and character.
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VaP 1 49.115
न तत्र वञ्चको नेर्ष्या न स्तेना न भयं तथा। निग्रहो न च दण्डोऽस्ति न लोभो न परिग्रहः
na tatra vañcako nerṣyā na stenā na bhayaṃ tathā| nigraho na ca daṇḍo'sti na lobho na parigrahaḥ
There is no deceiver there, no envy, no thieves, and likewise no fear; there is no restraint and no punishment, no greed and no possession.
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VaP 1 49.116
सत्यानृतं न तत्रास्ति धर्माधर्मौ तथैव च। वर्णाश्रमाणां वार्त्ता वा पाशुपाल्यं वणिक्क्रिया
satyānṛtaṃ na tatrāsti dharmādharmau tathaiva ca| varṇāśramāṇāṃ vārttā vā pāśupālyaṃ vaṇikkriyā
There is no truth-and-falsehood there, and likewise no right and wrong, nor the classes and life-stages, nor agriculture, cattle-herding, or trade.
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VaP 1 49.117
त्रयी विद्या दण्डनीतिः शुश्रूषा शल्यमेव च। वर्षद्वये सर्वमेतत् पुष्करस्य न विद्यते
trayī vidyā daṇḍanītiḥ śuśrūṣā śalyameva ca| varṣadvaye sarvametat puṣkarasya na vidyate
The threefold knowledge, the science of governance, service, and surgery — all this does not exist in the two regions of Puṣkara.
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VaP 1 49.118
न तत्र नद्यो वर्षञ्च शीतोष्णं वा न विद्यते । उद्भिज्जान्युदकान्यत्र गिरिप्रस्रवणानि च
na tatra nadyo varṣañca śītoṣṇaṃ vā na vidyate | udbhijjānyudakānyatra giriprasravaṇāni ca
There are no rivers there, nor rain, nor cold and heat; the waters there spring from the ground, and there are mountain streams.
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VaP 1 49.119
उत्तराणां कुरूणाञ्च तुल्यकालो जनः सदा। सर्वत्र सुसुखस्तत्र जराक्लमविवर्जितः
uttarāṇāṃ kurūṇāñca tulyakālo janaḥ sadā| sarvatra susukhastatra jarāklamavivarjitaḥ
The people there are always of the same age as those of the Northern Kurus; everywhere there they are very happy, free from old age and fatigue.
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VaP 1 49.120
इत्येष धातकीखण्डो महावीते तथैव च । आनुपूर्व्याद्विधिः कृत्स्नः पुष्करस्य प्रकीर्तितः
ityeṣa dhātakīkhaṇḍo mahāvīte tathaiva ca | ānupūrvyādvidhiḥ kṛtsnaḥ puṣkarasya prakīrtitaḥ
Thus this Dhātakīkhaṇḍa and likewise Mahāvīta — the whole arrangement of Puṣkara has been declared in due order.
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VaP 1 49.121
स्वादूदकेनोदधिना पुष्करः परिवारितः। विस्तरान्मण्डलाच्चैव पुष्करस्य तथैव च
svādūdakenodadhinā puṣkaraḥ parivāritaḥ| vistarānmaṇḍalāccaiva puṣkarasya tathaiva ca
Puṣkara is surrounded by the sea of sweet water, (equal) to Puṣkara in breadth and in circumference likewise.
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VaP 1 49.122
एवं द्वीपाः समुद्रैस्तु सप्त सप्तभिरावृताः। द्वीपस्यानन्तरो यस्तु समुद्रस्तु समन्ततः
evaṃ dvīpāḥ samudraistu sapta saptabhirāvṛtāḥ| dvīpasyānantaro yastu samudrastu samantataḥ
Thus the seven islands are encircled by the seven seas, each sea lying next to its island all around.
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VaP 1 49.123
एवं द्वीपसमुद्राणां वृद्धिर्ज्ञेया परस्परात्। अपाञ्चैव समुद्रेकात् समुद्रा इति संज्ञिताः
evaṃ dvīpasamudrāṇāṃ vṛddhirjñeyā parasparāt| apāñcaiva samudrekāt samudrā iti saṃjñitāḥ
Thus the increase of the islands and seas over one another is to be known; and from the overflowing (samudreka) of the waters they are called samudras (seas).
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VaP 1 49.124
ऋषयो निवसन्त्यस्मिन् प्रजा यस्माच्चतुर्विधाः। तस्माद्वर्षमिति प्रोक्तं प्रजानां सुखदन्तु तत्
ṛṣayo nivasantyasmin prajā yasmāccaturvidhāḥ| tasmādvarṣamiti proktaṃ prajānāṃ sukhadantu tat
Because seers (ṛṣi) dwell in it and creatures of the four kinds, therefore it is called a varṣa; and it is a giver of happiness to creatures.
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VaP 1 49.125
ऋष इत्येव ऋषयः वृषः शक्तिप्रबन्धने। इति प्रबन्धनात् सिद्धं वर्षत्वं तेन तेषु तत्
ṛṣa ityeva ṛṣayaḥ vṛṣaḥ śaktiprabandhane| iti prabandhanāt siddhaṃ varṣatvaṃ tena teṣu tat
From (the root) ṛṣ come the ṛṣis; vṛṣa is used in the sense of binding together power — thus from (this) binding together the character of being a varṣa is established, and by that (it belongs) to them.
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VaP 1 49.126
शुक्लपक्षे चन्द्रवृद्धौ समुद्रः पूर्यते तदा। प्रक्षीयमाणे बहुले क्षीयतेऽस्तमिते खगे
śuklapakṣe candravṛddhau samudraḥ pūryate tadā| prakṣīyamāṇe bahule kṣīyate'stamite khage
In the bright fortnight, when the moon waxes, the ocean is then filled; when it wanes in the dark (fortnight) it diminishes, the luminary having set.
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VaP 1 49.127
आपूर्यमाणे उदधिः स्वत एवाभिपूर्यते। ततोऽपक्षीयमाणेऽपि स्वात्मनैवापकृष्यते
āpūryamāṇe udadhiḥ svata evābhipūryate| tato'pakṣīyamāṇe'pi svātmanaivāpakṛṣyate
When (the moon) is waxing the ocean is filled of its own accord; and then when (the moon) wanes it is drawn down by its own self.
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VaP 1 49.128
उखास्थमग्निसंयोगात् जलमुद्रिच्यते यथा। तथा महोदधिगतं तोयमुद्रिच्यते ततः
ukhāsthamagnisaṃyogāt jalamudricyate yathā| tathā mahodadhigataṃ toyamudricyate tataḥ
Just as water in a pot boils over through contact with fire, so the water contained in the great ocean thereupon overflows.
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VaP 1 49.129
अन्यूनाह्यतिरिक्ताश्च वर्द्धन्त्यापो ह्रसन्ति च। उदयास्तमितैश्चेन्दोः पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः। क्षयवृद्धिरेवमुदधेः सोमवृद्धिक्षयात्पुनः
anyūnāhyatiriktāśca varddhantyāpo hrasanti ca| udayāstamitaiścendoḥ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ| kṣayavṛddhirevamudadheḥ somavṛddhikṣayātpunaḥ
The waters increase and diminish, neither deficient nor in excess, by the risings and settings of the moon in the bright and dark fortnights; thus the ocean's ebb and flow comes about from the waxing and waning of the moon.
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VaP 1 49.130
दशोत्तराणि पञ्चैव अङ्गुलीनां शतानि तु। अपां वृद्धिः क्षयो दृष्टः समुद्राणान्तु पर्वसु
daśottarāṇi pañcaiva aṅgulīnāṃ śatāni tu| apāṃ vṛddhiḥ kṣayo dṛṣṭaḥ samudrāṇāntu parvasu
Five hundred and ten fingers' (breadth) — such is the rise and fall of the waters of the seas observed at the junctures (of the fortnights).
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VaP 1 49.131
द्विरापत्वात् स्मृता द्वीपाः सर्वतश्चोदकावृताः। उदकस्याधानं यस्माच्च तस्मादुदधिरुच्यते
dvirāpatvāt smṛtā dvīpāḥ sarvataścodakāvṛtāḥ| udakasyādhānaṃ yasmācca tasmādudadhirucyate
Because they have water twice over (dvir-āpa), they are called dvīpas, surrounded on all sides by water; and because it is the holding-place of water, therefore (the sea) is called udadhi.
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VaP 1 49.132
अपर्वाणस्तु गिरयः पर्वभिः पर्वताः स्मृताः । प्लक्षद्वीपे तु गोमेदः पर्वतस्तेन चोच्यते
aparvāṇastu girayaḥ parvabhiḥ parvatāḥ smṛtāḥ | plakṣadvīpe tu gomedaḥ parvatastena cocyate
Mountains without joints are called giris, and those with joints are called parvatas. On Plakṣadvīpa there is the mountain Gomeda, and by it (the region) is named.
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VaP 1 49.133
शाल्मलिः शाल्मलद्वीपे पूज्यते च महाद्रुमाः। कुशद्वीपे कुशस्तम्बस्तस्य नाम्ना स उच्यते
śālmaliḥ śālmaladvīpe pūjyate ca mahādrumāḥ| kuśadvīpe kuśastambastasya nāmnā sa ucyate
On Śālmaladvīpa the śālmali tree is worshipped, and the great trees; on Kuśadvīpa a clump of kuśa grass, and by its name it is called.
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VaP 1 49.134
क्रौञ्चद्वीपे गिरिः क्रौञ्चो मध्ये जनपदस्य ह। शकद्वीपे द्रुमः शाकस्तस्य नाम्ना स उच्यते
krauñcadvīpe giriḥ krauñco madhye janapadasya ha| śakadvīpe drumaḥ śākastasya nāmnā sa ucyate
On Krauñcadvīpa the mountain Krauñca (stands) in the middle of the inhabited land; on Śākadvīpa the tree Śāka, and by its name it is called.
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VaP 1 49.135
न्यग्रोधः पुष्करद्वीपे तत्र तैः स नमस्कृतः। महादेवः पुष्करे तु ब्रह्मा त्रिभुवनेश्वरः
nyagrodhaḥ puṣkaradvīpe tatra taiḥ sa namaskṛtaḥ| mahādevaḥ puṣkare tu brahmā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ
On Puṣkaradvīpa (there is) the nyagrodha tree; there it is honoured by them. In Puṣkara (dwells) Mahādeva, Brahmā, lord of the three worlds.
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VaP 1 49.136
तस्मिन्निवसति ब्रह्मा साध्यैः सार्द्धं प्रजापतिः। उपासते तत्र देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशन्महर्षिभिः। स तत्र पूज्यते चैव देवैर्देवोत्तमोत्तमः
tasminnivasati brahmā sādhyaiḥ sārddhaṃ prajāpatiḥ| upāsate tatra devāstrayastriṃśanmaharṣibhiḥ| sa tatra pūjyate caiva devairdevottamottamaḥ
In it dwells Brahmā, the Prajāpati, together with the Sādhyas; there the thirty-three gods together with the great sages attend upon (him); and there he, the highest of the highest gods, is worshipped by the gods.
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VaP 1 49.137
जम्बूद्वीपात्प्रवर्त्तन्ते रत्नानि विविधानि च। द्वीपेषु तेषु सर्वेषु प्रजानां हि क्रमास्त्विह
jambūdvīpātpravarttante ratnāni vividhāni ca| dvīpeṣu teṣu sarveṣu prajānāṃ hi kramāstviha
From Jambūdvīpa proceed jewels of many kinds; and in all those islands there are, here, the gradations of the creatures.
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VaP 1 49.138
सर्वसो ब्रह्मचर्येण सत्येन च दमेन च। आरोग्यायुःप्रमाणाद्धि द्विगुणञ्च समन्ततः
sarvaso brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca| ārogyāyuḥpramāṇāddhi dviguṇañca samantataḥ
In every way by chastity, by truth, and by self-restraint — and (their) measure of health and lifespan is twofold on all sides.
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VaP 1 49.139
एतस्मिन् पुष्करद्वीपे यदुक्तं वर्षकद्वयम्। गोपायति प्रजास्तत्र स्वयं सज्जनमण्डिताः
etasmin puṣkaradvīpe yaduktaṃ varṣakadvayam| gopāyati prajāstatra svayaṃ sajjanamaṇḍitāḥ
On this Puṣkaradvīpa, in the two continental regions that have been mentioned, he himself protects the creatures there, (who are) adorned with good people.
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VaP 1 49.140
ईश्वरो दण्डमुद्यम्य ब्रह्मा त्रिभुवनेश्वरः। सविष्णुः सशिवो देवः सपिता सपितामहः
īśvaro daṇḍamudyamya brahmā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ| saviṣṇuḥ saśivo devaḥ sapitā sapitāmahaḥ
The Lord, raising up the rod (of chastisement), Brahmā, lord of the three worlds — the god who is with Viṣṇu, with Śiva, with the father, with the grandfather.
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VaP 1 49.141
भोजनञ्चाप्रयत्नेन तत्र स्वयमुपस्थितम् । षड्रसं सुमहावीर्यं भुञ्जते च प्रजाः सदा
bhojanañcāprayatnena tatra svayamupasthitam | ṣaḍrasaṃ sumahāvīryaṃ bhuñjate ca prajāḥ sadā
And food presents itself there of its own accord, without effort, having the six flavours and very great potency; and the creatures eat it always.
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VaP 1 49.142
परेण पुष्करस्याथ आवृत्या यः स्थितो महान् । स्वादूदकः समुद्रस्तु समन्तात्परिवेष्टितः
pareṇa puṣkarasyātha āvṛtyā yaḥ sthito mahān | svādūdakaḥ samudrastu samantātpariveṣṭitaḥ
Then beyond Puṣkara, the great ocean of sweet water stands enclosing (it), encompassed all around.
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VaP 1 49.143
परेण तस्य महती दृश्यते लोक संस्थितिः। काञ्चनी द्विगुणा भूमिः सर्वा चैकशिलोपमा
pareṇa tasya mahatī dṛśyate loka saṃsthitiḥ| kāñcanī dviguṇā bhūmiḥ sarvā caikaśilopamā
Beyond that a great structure of the world is seen: golden ground, twice (as large), and all of it like a single slab of stone.
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VaP 1 49.144
तस्मात्परेण शैलस्तु मर्यादान्ते तु मण्डलम्। प्रकाशश्चाप्रकाशश्च लोकालोकः स उच्यते
tasmātpareṇa śailastu maryādānte tu maṇḍalam| prakāśaścāprakāśaśca lokālokaḥ sa ucyate
Beyond that is a mountain, and at the end of the boundary a ring; it is both lit and unlit, and so it is called Lokāloka.
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VaP 1 49.145
आलोकस्तस्य चार्वाक्तु निरालोकस्ततः परम्। योजनानां सहस्राणि दश तस्योच्छ्रयः स्मृतः
ālokastasya cārvāktu nirālokastataḥ param| yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi daśa tasyocchrayaḥ smṛtaḥ
On its near side there is light, beyond it there is no light; its height is said to be ten thousand yojanas.
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VaP 1 49.146
तावांश्च विस्तरस्तस्य पृथिव्यां कामगश्च सः। आलोके लोकशब्दस्तु निरालोके सलोकता। लोकार्थं सम्मतो लोको निरालोकस्तु बाह्यतः
tāvāṃśca vistarastasya pṛthivyāṃ kāmagaśca saḥ| āloke lokaśabdastu nirāloke salokatā| lokārthaṃ sammato loko nirālokastu bāhyataḥ
And its breadth is the same, and it goes at will over the earth. In the lighted region there is the word 'world'; in the lightless region, (only) the state of being with a world. For the sake of the world the world is agreed upon, but the lightless lies outside.
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VaP 1 49.147
लोकविस्तारमात्रन्तु आलोकः सर्वतो बहिः। परिच्छिन्नः समन्ताच्च उदकेनावृतश्च सः। निरालोकात्परश्चापि अण्डमावृत्य तिष्ठति
lokavistāramātrantu ālokaḥ sarvato bahiḥ| paricchinnaḥ samantācca udakenāvṛtaśca saḥ| nirālokātparaścāpi aṇḍamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati
The lighted region, just of the extent of the world, is outside on all sides; it is bounded all around and covered over with water; and beyond the lightless region the egg stands, enclosing (all).
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VaP 1 49.148
अण्डस्यान्तस्त्विमे लोकाः सप्तद्वीपा च मेदिनी। भूर्लोकोऽथ भुवर्लोकः स्वर्लोकोऽथ महस्तथा
aṇḍasyāntastvime lokāḥ saptadvīpā ca medinī| bhūrloko'tha bhuvarlokaḥ svarloko'tha mahastathā
Within the egg are these worlds and the earth with its seven islands: Bhūrloka, then Bhuvarloka, Svarloka, and then Mahas,
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VaP 1 49.149
जनस्तपस्तथा सत्य एतावान् लोकसङ्ग्रहः। एकावानेव विज्ञेयो लोकान्तश्चैव तत्परः
janastapastathā satya etāvān lokasaṅgrahaḥ| ekāvāneva vijñeyo lokāntaścaiva tatparaḥ
Jana, Tapas, and Satya — such is the aggregate of the worlds. It is to be known as but a single dwelling, and beyond that is the world's end.
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VaP 1 49.150
कुम्बस्थायी भवेद्यादृक् प्रतीच्यान्दिशि चन्द्रमाः। आदितः शुक्लपक्षस्य वपुरण्डस्य तद्विधम्
kumbasthāyī bhavedyādṛk pratīcyāndiśi candramāḥ| āditaḥ śuklapakṣasya vapuraṇḍasya tadvidham
As the moon would appear, resting like a pot, in the western quarter at the beginning of the bright fortnight, of that kind is the shape of the egg.
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VaP 1 49.151
अण्डानामीदृशानान्तु कोट्यो ज्ञेयाः सहस्रशः। तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्ताच्च कारणस्याव्ययात्मनः। कारणैः प्राकृतैस्तत्र ह्यावृतं प्रतिसप्तभिः
aṇḍānāmīdṛśānāntu koṭyo jñeyāḥ sahasraśaḥ| tiryagūrdhvamadhastācca kāraṇasyāvyayātmanaḥ| kāraṇaiḥ prākṛtaistatra hyāvṛtaṃ pratisaptabhiḥ
Of such eggs (universes) one should know there are crores by the thousands, sideways, above and below, (all) of the cause whose nature is imperishable; for there each (egg) is enveloped by the primal causes (the elements), seven by seven.
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VaP 1 49.152
दशाधिक्येन चान्योन्यं धारयन्ति परस्परम्। परस्परावृताः सर्वे उत्पन्नाश्च परस्परात्
daśādhikyena cānyonyaṃ dhārayanti parasparam| parasparāvṛtāḥ sarve utpannāśca parasparāt
And with an excess of ten they mutually support one another; all are enveloped by each other and are born from each other.
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VaP 1 49.153
अण्डस्यास्य समन्तात्तु सन्निविष्टो घनोदधिः। समन्ताद्येन तोयेन धार्यमाणः स तिष्ठति
aṇḍasyāsya samantāttu sanniviṣṭo ghanodadhiḥ| samantādyena toyena dhāryamāṇaḥ sa tiṣṭhati
All around this egg the dense ocean is settled, by which water it stands, being supported on every side.
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VaP 1 49.154
बाह्यतो घनतोयस्य तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वानुमण्डलम्। धार्यमाणं समन्तात्तु तिष्ठते घनतेजसा
bāhyato ghanatoyasya tiryagūrddhvānumaṇḍalam| dhāryamāṇaṃ samantāttu tiṣṭhate ghanatejasā
Outside of the dense water, (there is) a sphere extending sideways and upward; it stands, being supported all around by the dense fire.
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VaP 1 49.155
अयोगुडनिभो वह्निः समन्तान्मण्डलाकृतिः। समन्ताद्धनवातेन धार्यमाणः स तिष्ठति। घनवातस्तथाकाशन्धारयाणस्तु तिष्ठति
ayoguḍanibho vahniḥ samantānmaṇḍalākṛtiḥ| samantāddhanavātena dhāryamāṇaḥ sa tiṣṭhati| ghanavātastathākāśandhārayāṇastu tiṣṭhati
The fire, resembling a ball of iron, is spherical in shape on all sides; it stands supported all around by the dense wind; and the dense wind in turn stands supporting the ether.
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VaP 1 49.156
भूतादिश्च तथाकाशं भूताद्यञ्चाप्यसौ महान् । महान् व्याप्तो ह्यनन्तेन अव्यक्तेन तु धार्यते
bhūtādiśca tathākāśaṃ bhūtādyañcāpyasau mahān | mahān vyāpto hyanantena avyaktena tu dhāryate
And the ether (is supported) by the origin of the elements (bhūtādi), and this Great One (mahat) supports the origin of the elements too; the mahat, being pervaded by the endless, is supported by the unmanifest.
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VaP 1 49.157
अनन्तमपरिव्यक्तन्दशधा सूक्ष्म एव च। अनन्तमकृतात्मानमनादिनिधनञ्च तत्
anantamaparivyaktandaśadhā sūkṣma eva ca| anantamakṛtātmānamanādinidhanañca tat
The endless is not fully manifest, and it is subtle in ten ways; it is endless, of unmade nature, and without beginning or end.
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VaP 1 49.158
अतीत्य पर तो घोरमनालम्बमनामयम्। नैकयोजनसाहस्रं विप्रकृष्टं तमोवृतम्
atītya para to ghoramanālambamanāmayam| naikayojanasāhasraṃ viprakṛṣṭaṃ tamovṛtam
Beyond that, having passed (it), (there is) the terrible, supportless, undiseased (region), many thousands of yojanas distant, remote, and covered with darkness.
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VaP 1 49.159
तम एव निरालोकममर्यादमदेशिकम्। देवानामप्यविदिंतं व्यवहारविवर्ज्जितम्
tama eva nirālokamamaryādamadeśikam| devānāmapyavidiṃtaṃ vyavahāravivarjjitam
(There is) darkness alone, without light, without boundary, without location, unknown even to the gods, devoid of (all) transaction.
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VaP 1 49.160
तमसोऽन्ते च विख्यातमाकाशान्ते च भास्वरम्। मर्यादायामतस्तस्य शिवस्यायतनं महत्
tamaso'nte ca vikhyātamākāśānte ca bhāsvaram| maryādāyāmatastasya śivasyāyatanaṃ mahat
And at the end of the darkness and at the end of the ether (there is) the celebrated shining (region); hence, at the boundary, (is) the great abode of Śiva.
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VaP 1 49.161
त्रिदशानामगम्यन्तु स्थानं दिव्यमिति श्रुतिः। महतो देवदेवस्य मर्यादायां व्यवस्थितम्
tridaśānāmagamyantu sthānaṃ divyamiti śrutiḥ| mahato devadevasya maryādāyāṃ vyavasthitam
Scripture says that the divine place is unreachable by the thirty (gods); it is established at the boundary of the great god of gods.
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VaP 1 49.162
चन्द्रादित्यावतप्तास्तु ये लोकाः प्रथिता बुधैः। ते लोका इत्यभिहिता जगतश्च न संशयः
candrādityāvataptāstu ye lokāḥ prathitā budhaiḥ| te lokā ityabhihitā jagataśca na saṃśayaḥ
Those worlds that are made known by the wise as heated by the moon and the sun—these are called the worlds of the universe; there is no doubt (of it).
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VaP 1 49.163
रसातलतलात् सप्त सप्तैवोर्द्ध्वतलाः क्षितौ। सप्तस्कन्धास्तथा वायोः सब्रह्मसदना द्विजाः
rasātalatalāt sapta saptaivorddhvatalāḥ kṣitau| saptaskandhāstathā vāyoḥ sabrahmasadanā dvijāḥ
From the floor of Rasātala (there are) seven, and just seven upper levels on the earth, and likewise seven layers of wind, together with the seat of Brahmā, O twice-born ones.
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VaP 1 49.164
आपातालाद्दिवं यावदत्र पञ्चविधा गतिः। प्रमाणमेतज्जगत एष संसारसागरः
āpātālāddivaṃ yāvadatra pañcavidhā gatiḥ| pramāṇametajjagata eṣa saṃsārasāgaraḥ
From Pātāla up to heaven the course (of beings) here is of five kinds. This is the measure of the world; this is the ocean of transmigration.
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VaP 1 49.165
अनाद्यन्ता प्रयात्येवं नैकजातिसमुद्भवाः। विचित्रा जगतः सा वै प्रवृत्तिरनवस्थिता
anādyantā prayātyevaṃ naikajātisamudbhavāḥ| vicitrā jagataḥ sā vai pravṛttiranavasthitā
Thus it proceeds without beginning or end, (with beings) arising in many births; that unsteady, manifold activity of the world (goes on).
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VaP 1 49.166
यथैतद् भौतिकं नाम निसर्गबहुविस्तरम्। अतीन्द्रियैर्महाभागैः सिद्धैरपि न लक्ष्यते
yathaitad bhautikaṃ nāma nisargabahuvistaram| atīndriyairmahābhāgaiḥ siddhairapi na lakṣyate
How this material (world), vast in its natural extent, (is)—it is not perceived even by the greatly fortunate Siddhas who are beyond the senses.
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VaP 1 49.167
पृथिव्याञ्चाग्निवायूनां महतस्तमसस्तथा। ईश्वरस्य तु देवस्य अनन्तस्य द्विजोत्तमाः
pṛthivyāñcāgnivāyūnāṃ mahatastamasastathā| īśvarasya tu devasya anantasya dvijottamāḥ
Of the earth, of fire and the winds, of the mahat and of the darkness, and of the Lord, the endless god, O best of the twice-born—
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VaP 1 49.168
क्षयो वा परिमाणं वा अन्तो वापि न विद्यते। अनन्त एष सर्वत्र सर्वस्थानेषु पठ्यते। तस्य चोक्तं मया पूर्वं तस्मिन्नामानुकीर्त्तने
kṣayo vā parimāṇaṃ vā anto vāpi na vidyate| ananta eṣa sarvatra sarvasthāneṣu paṭhyate| tasya coktaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ tasminnāmānukīrttane
—there is no decay, no measure, nor any end. He is proclaimed as endless everywhere, in all places; and I have spoken of him before, in that recitation of the names.
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VaP 1 49.169
य एष शिवनाम्ना हि तद्वः कार्त्स्न्येन कीर्तितम्। स एष सर्वत्र गतः सर्वस्थानेषु पूज्यते
ya eṣa śivanāmnā hi tadvaḥ kārtsnyena kīrtitam| sa eṣa sarvatra gataḥ sarvasthāneṣu pūjyate
He who (is known) by the name Śiva—that has been proclaimed to you in full; he it is who has gone everywhere and is worshipped in all places:
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VaP 1 49.170
भूमौ रसातले चैव आकाशे पवनेऽनले। अर्णवेषु च सर्वेषु दिवि चैव न संशयः
bhūmau rasātale caiva ākāśe pavane'nale| arṇaveṣu ca sarveṣu divi caiva na saṃśayaḥ
in the earth and in Rasātala, in the ether, in the wind, in fire, and in all the oceans, and in heaven too—there is no doubt.
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VaP 1 49.171
तथा तपसि विज्ञेय एष एव महाद्युतिः। अनेकधा विभक्ताङ्गो महायोगी महेश्वरः। सर्वलोकेषु लोकेश इज्यते बहुधा प्रभुः
tathā tapasi vijñeya eṣa eva mahādyutiḥ| anekadhā vibhaktāṅgo mahāyogī maheśvaraḥ| sarvalokeṣu lokeśa ijyate bahudhā prabhuḥ
So too in ascetic heat (tapas) he alone is to be known, this one of great splendour; his limbs divided in many ways, the great yogin, the great lord. In all the worlds the lord of worlds, the master, is worshipped in many ways.
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VaP 1 49.172
एवं परस्परोत्पन्ना धार्यन्ते च परस्परान्। आधाराधेयभावेन विकारास्ते विकारिणः
evaṃ parasparotpannā dhāryante ca parasparān| ādhārādheyabhāvena vikārāste vikāriṇaḥ
Thus, arisen from one another, they are also upheld by one another; by the relation of support and supported, those modifications are themselves productive of modification.
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VaP 1 49.173
पृथ्व्यादयो विकारास्ते परिच्छिन्नाः परस्परम्। परस्पराधिकाश्चैव प्रविष्टाश्च परस्परम्
pṛthvyādayo vikārāste paricchinnāḥ parasparam| parasparādhikāścaiva praviṣṭāśca parasparam
Those modifications, earth and the rest, are delimited by one another, and they exceed one another, and have entered into one another.
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VaP 1 49.174
यस्माद्विष्टाश्च तेऽन्योन्यं तस्मात् स्थैर्यमुपागताः। प्रागासन् ह्यविशेषास्तु विशेषान्योन्यवेशनात्। पृथिव्याद्याश्च वाय्वन्ताः परिच्छिन्नास्त्रयस्तु ते
yasmādviṣṭāśca te'nyonyaṃ tasmāt sthairyamupāgatāḥ| prāgāsan hyaviśeṣāstu viśeṣānyonyaveśanāt| pṛthivyādyāśca vāyvantāḥ paricchinnāstrayastu te
Since they have entered one another, therefore they have attained stability; for previously they were undifferentiated, but differentiation (came) from mutual entry. And earth and the rest, ending with wind, those three are delimited.
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VaP 1 49.175
गुणापचयसारेण परिच्छेदो विशेषतः। शेषाणां तु परिच्छेदः सौक्ष्म्यान्नेह विभाव्यते
guṇāpacayasāreṇa paricchedo viśeṣataḥ| śeṣāṇāṃ tu paricchedaḥ saukṣmyānneha vibhāvyate
The delimitation, specifically, is by the diminution of the essence of the qualities; but the delimitation of the rest is not discerned here, because of their subtlety.
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VaP 1 49.176
भूतेभ्यः परतस्तेभ्यो ह्यालोकः परतः स्मृतः। भूतान्यालोक आकाशे परिच्छिन्नानि सर्वशः
bhūtebhyaḥ paratastebhyo hyālokaḥ parataḥ smṛtaḥ| bhūtānyāloka ākāśe paricchinnāni sarvaśaḥ
Beyond those elements, beyond them, light (ālokaḥ) is held (to be); the elements and light are delimited on all sides within space.
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VaP 1 49.177
पात्रे महति पात्राणि यथैवान्तर्गतानि तु। भवन्त्यन्योन्यहीनानि परस्परसमाश्रयात्। तथा ह्यालोक आकाशे भेदास्त्वन्तर्गता मताः
pātre mahati pātrāṇi yathaivāntargatāni tu| bhavantyanyonyahīnāni parasparasamāśrayāt| tathā hyāloka ākāśe bhedāstvantargatā matāḥ
Just as vessels contained within a great vessel come to be lesser than one another, through their resting one within the other, so too light within space—the divisions are held to be contained within.
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VaP 1 49.178
कृत्स्नान्येतानि चत्वारि अन्योन्यस्याधिकानि तु । यावदेतानि भूतानि तावदुत्पत्ति रुच्यते
kṛtsnānyetāni catvāri anyonyasyādhikāni tu | yāvadetāni bhūtāni tāvadutpatti rucyate
These four are entire, yet exceeding one another; as far as these elements (extend), so far origination is said (to extend).
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VaP 1 49.179
जन्तूनामिह संस्कारो भूतेष्वन्तर्गतो मताः। प्रत्याख्याय च भूतानि कार्योत्पत्तिर्न विद्यते
jantūnāmiha saṃskāro bhūteṣvantargato matāḥ| pratyākhyāya ca bhūtāni kāryotpattirna vidyate
Here the formation of living creatures is held to be contained within the elements; and setting the elements aside, no origination of an effect is found.
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VaP 1 49.180
तस्मात्परिमिता भेदाः स्मृताः कार्यात्मकास्तु ते। कारणात्मकास्तथैव स्युर्भेदा ये महदादयः
tasmātparimitā bhedāḥ smṛtāḥ kāryātmakāstu te| kāraṇātmakāstathaiva syurbhedā ye mahadādayaḥ
Therefore the divisions are held to be limited, those that are of the nature of effects; and likewise the divisions that are of the nature of causes would be those beginning with mahat.
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VaP 1 49.181
इत्येष सन्निवेशो वो मया प्रोक्तो विभागशः। सप्तद्वीपसमुद्राया याथातथ्येन वै द्विजाः
ityeṣa sanniveśo vo mayā prokto vibhāgaśaḥ| saptadvīpasamudrāyā yāthātathyena vai dvijāḥ
Thus this arrangement has been declared to you by me part by part, that of the seven continents and oceans, just as it is, O twice-born ones.
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VaP 1 49.182
विस्तारान्मण्जलाच्चैव प्रसंख्यातेन चैव हि । वैश्वरूपं प्रधानस्य परिमाणैकदेशिकम्
vistārānmaṇjalāccaiva prasaṃkhyātena caiva hi | vaiśvarūpaṃ pradhānasya parimāṇaikadeśikam
By extent and by circumference and indeed by enumeration, the universal form of the primal principle (pradhāna) is (only) one portion of the measurement.
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VaP 1 49.183
अदिष्ठानं भगनतो यस्य सर्वमिदं जगत् । एवं भूतगणाः सप्त सन्निविष्टाः परस्परम्
adiṣṭhānaṃ bhaganato yasya sarvamidaṃ jagat | evaṃ bhūtagaṇāḥ sapta sanniviṣṭāḥ parasparam
(He) of whom this whole world is the seat, by (his) portion(?)—thus the seven groups of elements are settled one within the other.
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VaP 1 49.184
एतावान् सन्निवेशस्तु मया शक्यः प्रभावितु म्। एतावदेव श्रोतव्यं सन्निवेशे तु पार्थिव
etāvān sanniveśastu mayā śakyaḥ prabhāvitu m| etāvadeva śrotavyaṃ sanniveśe tu pārthiva
Only so much of the arrangement can be set forth by me; just so much is to be heard concerning the arrangement, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 49.185
सप्त प्रकृतयस्त्वेता धारयन्ति परस्परम्। तास्वल्पपरिमाणेन प्रसङ्ख्यातुमिहोच्यते। असङ्ख्येयाः प्रकृतयस्तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वमधश्च याः
sapta prakṛtayastvetā dhārayanti parasparam| tāsvalpaparimāṇena prasaṅkhyātumihocyate| asaṅkhyeyāḥ prakṛtayastiryagūrddhvamadhaśca yāḥ
These seven primary constituents uphold one another; among them it is here said (only) a small measure can be enumerated. Innumerable are the primary constituents, those which are crosswise, above and below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 49.186
तारकासन्निवेशश्च यावद्दिव्यं तु मण्जलम्। मर्यादासन्निवेशस्तु भूमेस्तदनुमण्डलम्। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि पृथिव्यां वै द्विजोत्तमाः
tārakāsanniveśaśca yāvaddivyaṃ tu maṇjalam| maryādāsanniveśastu bhūmestadanumaṇḍalam| ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi pṛthivyāṃ vai dvijottamāḥ
And the arrangement of the stars (extends) as far as the heavenly circle; but the arrangement of the boundaries is that circle corresponding to the earth. Next after this I shall declare, concerning the earth, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain