y3025.1.my16 SEVEN SEAS
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y3025.1.my16 SEVEN SEAS
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"Rare Ramana video", with a wise Cow, and a monkey Prince!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w814-Pj3bm8
Queen lIlA and King Padma lead an idyllic life, but as they age lIlA fears that he might die first, in which case her own life would be intolerable. She does tapas to Goddess saraswatI and obtains the boon to have her husband’s spirit always with her. She and the goddess astral travel and time travel ... –Palotas ed.
SEVEN SEAS
vasiSTha said:
नभः-स्थलाद् गिरि-ग्रामं गच्छन्त्यौ कञ्चिद् एव ते ।
ज्ञप्ति-चित्त-स्थितं भूमितलं ददृशतुः स्त्रियौ ॥३।२५।१॥
Out of the sky they descended toward a certain mountain town:
in visionary forms the two women came down to earth.
-1-
ब्रह्माण्ड-नर-हृत्पद्मं दिग्-अष्टक-दलं बृहत् ।
गिरि-केसर-संबाधं स्वामोद-भर-सुन्दरम् ॥३।२५।२॥
They saw,
within the brahma.Egg,
the heartLotus of nara*, and
the Eight Directions* were its eight petals extending. The mountains
resembled its many pistils exuding a sweet aroma.
-2-
* nara - the primeval Man. Eight Directions - N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, and NW; the Ten Directions add Above and Below.
सरित्-केसरिका-नाल-मध्ये ऽवश्याय-बिन्दुकम् ।
शर्वरि-भ्रमरी-भ्रान्तं भूतौघ-मशक-आकुलम् ॥३।२५।३॥
Its rivers ran like golden lotus-hairs amid the falling flakes of snow,
and bees bumbling in the evening,
mosquitoes humming in a horde.
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अन्तर्-गुण-गणाकीर्णं सुरन्ध्रैः सुषिरैर् वृतम् ।
उह्यमान-पयः-पूरैर् दिवसालोक-कान्तिमत् ॥३।२५।४॥
Within its outspread rings there ran a channel, flowing with sap.
It was a blossom overrun with nectar, that was bright as the light of day.
-4-
**vlm.4 Its long stalks, white as bright daylight, are composed of fibers serving for food, and of tubes conducting the drink to living beings.
रसार्द्रं खे भ्रमद् धंसं रात्रि संकोच भाजनम् ।
पाताल पङ्क निर्मग्न नागनाथ मृणालकम् ॥३।२५।५॥
It was like a swan drifting in the moist nectar of the sky:
it drifted in the close of evening,
its root sinking down through the mud
to the Netherworld of the Serpent Lord.
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कदाचिद् आस्पदाम्भोधि-कम्प-कम्पित-दिग्-दलम् ।
अधो-नाल-गतानन्त-दैत्य-दानव-कण्टकम् ॥३।२५।६॥
Sometimes it makes the earth quake,
as its petals stretch in all the eight directions.
But its understalk is supported by a serpent.
Its thorns are demon dAnava‑s.
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असुर-स्त्रैण-वल्लर्या संभोग-सुकुमारया ।
प्राप्य भूभृन्-महाबीज-हृदयं भूत-बीजया ॥३।२५।७॥
The Darkling women, those dear daughters, sinuous as creeping vines,
begot the seed, the heart of the mountain, the seed of the Beings.
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जम्बूद्वीप इति ख्यातां विपुलां तत्र कर्णिकाम् ।
सरित्केसरिकानालां नगरग्रामकेसराम् ॥३।२५।८॥
This is jambU.dvIpa Roseapple.Land, the pericarp of the lotus,
where the rivers are the stalks,
and the cities and towns are the filaments.
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**vlm. ... jambU.dvIpa (Asia) ....
कुल-शैल-ईश्वरोत्तुङ्ग-बीज-सप्तक-सुन्दरीम् ।
मध्यस्थोच्च-महामेरु-बीजाक्रान्त-नभ-स्थलीम् ॥३।२५।९॥
Surrounded by seven mountain.ranges,
members of his family,
the great Mount meru stands amid them,
under the downturned bowl of the sky.
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सरः-प्रालेय-कणिकां वन-जङ्गल-धूलिकाम् ।
स्थलेष्वामण्डलान्तस्थ-जन-जालालि-मण्डलम् ॥३।२५।१०॥
The lakes are dewdrops,
and the woods and jungles pollen;
and upon the tablelands, standing within the maNDala,
the people cluster like a humming swarm of bees.
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तां योजन-शत-कारैः प्रतिराकं प्रबोधिभिः ।
सागरैर् भ्रमरैर् व्याप्तां दिक्-चतुष्टय-शालिभिः ॥३।२५।११॥
This Land is many hundreds of leagues around,
and is pervaded everywhere with seas
like a swarm of bees filling four quarters of the earth.
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दिग्-दलाष्टक-विश्रान्त-ससुर-अम्बोधि-षट्पदाम् ।
भ्रातृभिर्_नवभिर्_भूपैर्_नवधा परिकल्पिताम् ॥३।२५।१२॥
The Regents of the Eight Directions rest in the outer Sea,
the Brightling Sea of Wine,
while nine brother EarthLords divide the Earth nine ways.
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लक्ष-योजन-विस्तीर्णाम् आकीर्णां च रजो-लवैः ।
नाना-जनपद-व्यूह-स्थिरावश्याय-सीकराम् ॥३।२५।१३॥
A hundred thousand leagues spread.out beneath the covering sky,
its nations like dust, or a mist.
-13-
द्वीपात् तु द्विगुणं मानं लवणार्णव-लेखया ।
दधत्या वलितां बाह्ये प्रकोष्ठम् इव कम्बुना ॥३।२५।१४॥
The briny ocean
which measures twice as large
wraps it outside, as a bracelet encircles the wrist.
-14-
ततो ऽपि द्विगुणं देहं दधत्या वतयाकृतिम् ।
जगद्-भूतलता-व्याप्तां शाकाख्य-द्वीप-लेखया ॥३।२५।१५॥
Next is zAka.dvIpa Teakwood.Land,
twice the size again,
its form pervaded by a blowing wind.
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ततो ऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्या च वेष्टिताम् ।
प्रत्यग्रक्षीरपूर्णाब्धिलेखया स्वादु-शीतया ॥३।२५।१६॥
Then twice the size of it again,
surrounding it, is said to be
the kSIra-abdhi Sea of Milk, so sweet and cool.
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ततो ऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्योपवेष्टिताम् ।
नाना-जनालंकृतया कुशाख्य-द्वीप-लेखया ॥३।२५।१७॥
And twice the size of it again,
contained in a surrounding sea,
with many various peoples,
is said to be kuza.dvIpa, the Land of Grass.
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ततो ऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्या च वेष्टितम् ।
दध्यब्धि-लेखया नित्य-संतर्पित-सुरौघया ॥३।२५।१८॥
ततः क्रौञ्चाभिध-द्वीप-लेखयैवं-प्रमाणया ।
वेष्टितां खात-रचया नवां नृप-पुरीम् इव ॥३।२५।१९॥
And twice the size of it again,
surrounded by an ocean that
is said to be dadhi.abdhi, the Sea of Curds,
the delicacy of the gods,
is what is said to be krauJca.dvIpa Curlew Land,
of like extent,
circled by a moat, like a royal city.
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ततो_अपि च घृताम्भोधि-लेखयैवं-प्रमाणया ।
ततो_अपि शाल्मली द्वीप लेखया मल-पूर्णया ॥३।२५।२०॥
Then next.to that moat is said to be
ghRta.ambhodhi the Sea of Ghee,
of like measure;
and then is said to be zAlmalI.dvIpa Redthorn Land,
and it is full of evils.
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ततः सुर-महाम्भोधि लेखया पुष्प शुभ्रया ।
शेषस्य देह लतया हरि-मूर्तिम् इवावृताम् ॥३।२५।२१॥
Here is said to be the great Ocean of the sura Brightling gods,
that is like a belt of flowers,
or the vinelike sinuous body of the sepent zeSa encircling the form of hari.
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ततो गोमेदक-द्वीप-लेखयैवं प्रमाणया ।
इक्ष्वब्धि-लेखया अप्य्_एवं हिमवत्-सानु-शुद्धया ॥३।२५।२२॥
ततो_अपि पुष्कर-द्वीप-लेखया द्विगुणास्थया ।
अन्ते स्वादु-उदक-अम्भोधि-लेखया_एवं-प्रमाणया ॥३।२५।२३॥
And then is said to be gomeda.dvIpa Jewel Land, of a like extent;
and then is said to be the ikSu.abdhi Sugar Sea,
bordered by snowy mountain peaks;
and then from there is said to be puSkara.dvIpa Flower Land,
twice as great in its extent,
within what is called the svAdUdaka Sweetwater Sea, of like extent.
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ततो दशगुणेनाथ पाताल-तल-गामिना ।
निखात-वलयेन_उच्चैः श्वभ्र-संभार-रूपिणा ॥३।२५।२४॥
And then tenfold they saw below
the paths to hell sunk in the ring,
to a cave of extensive form—
-24-
**sv. ... a cosmic hole.
पाताल-गामि-मार्गेण वलितां भयदामना ।
एतस्मात् खलु सर्वस्मात् ततो दश-गुणोच्चया ॥३।२५।२५॥
This is Hellgoer Road, a fearsome path,
leading from here
indeed leading from there and everywhere,
and thus tenfold in amplitude.
-25-
**vlm. ... ten times in length from the circle of the continents.
आव्योमसु चतुर्-दिक्षु श्वभ्र-संभार-भीषया ।
अर्ध-उन्म्लान-तमो-रूप-लग्न-नील-उत्पल-स्रजा ॥३।२५।२६॥
Vast as the four directions is that cave,
a gathering of fear,
covered in darkness like a half-withering lotus in the dark.
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नाना-माणिक्य-शिखर-कह्लार-कुमुदानया ।
लोक-आलोकाचल-उत्ताल-विपुल-उद्दाम-मालया ॥३।२५।२७॥
And then there are bejeweled peaks that shine as bright as lotuses,
and here lokAloka Mountain,
half in the day, half in the night.
-27-
वलितां त्रिजगल्-लक्ष्मी-धम्मिल्लवलनाम्_इव ।
एतस्माद् एव सर्वस्मात् ततो दश.गुण-आत्मना ॥३।२५।२८॥
Surrounded by the triple worlds,
it is a ring of braids on lakSmi's head,
from here and there and everywhere,
thus with a tenfold character*; -28-
* Like the Ten Directions.
अज्ञात-भूत-संचार-नाम्ना_अरण्येन मालिताम् ।
एतस्माद् एव सर्वस्मात् ततो दश.गुण-आत्मना ॥३।२५।२९॥
नभसेव चतुर्-दिक्कं व्याप्ताम् अतुल-वारिणा ।
एतस्माद् एव सर्वस्मात् ततो दश.गुण-आत्मना ॥३।२५।३०॥
it is trodden by no known beings,
from here and there and everywhere —
thus with a tenfold character;
within the spacious sky,
in all the four directions,
it was as.if flooded by the flow of limitless water,
from here and there and everywhere,
thus with a tenfold character.
-29-30-
मेर्व्-आदि-द्रावणोत्केन ज्वाला-जालेन मालिताम् ।
एतस्माद् अथ सर्वस्मात् ततो दश-गुणात्मना ॥३।२५।३१॥
मेर्व्-आद्य्-अचल-सङ्घातं नयता तृण-पांसुवत् ।
वहताद्रीन्द्र-विस्फोट-कारिणा जव-हारिणा ॥३।२५।३२॥
निःशून्यत्वाद् अशब्देन मरुता परितो वृतम् ।
एतस्माद् अथ सर्वस्मात् ततो दश-गुणात्मना ॥३।२५।३३॥
They wished to visit Mount meru and other mountains crowned with flame,
from here and there and everywhere,
thus with a tenfold character,
but meru and its Ranges
blew about
like grass or dust,
traversed the emptiness,
crashing,
crackling,
rushing at speeds surpassing speed;
out of the emptiness,
without a word,
wind blowing all-about,
from here
and there
and everywhere,
thus with a tenfold character,
-31-33-
परितो वलितं व्योम्ना निःशून्येनैकरूपिणा ।
अथ योजनकोटीनां शतेन घनरूपिणा ।
व्याप्तं ब्रह्माण्ड-कुड्येन हैमेन_अपि द्वि.पर्वणा ॥३।२५।३४॥
with space surrounding all around —
with emptiness of single form —
a hundred thousand leagues around, was the outer double bracelet,
the shell of the brahma.Egg.
-34-
इति जलधि-महाद्रि-लोकपाल-
त्रिदश-पुराम्बर-भूतलैः परीतम् ।
जगद्-उदरम् अवेक्ष्य मानुषी द्राग्
भुवि निज-मन्दिर-कोटरं ददर्श ॥३।२५।३५॥
So it was:
having seen the whole womb of the world,
with all its seas and mountain ranges,
and the Regents of the Winds,
and thirty cities of the gods,
they swiftly returned,
and came again to lIlA's own home.
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**वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
नभःस्थलाद्गिरिग्रामं गच्छन्त्यौ कञ्चिदेव ते ।
ज्ञप्तिचित्तस्थितं भूमितलं ददृशतुः स्त्रियौ ॥१॥
ब्रह्माण्डनरहृत्पद्मं दिगष्टकदलं बृहत् ।
गिरिकेसरसंबाधं स्वामोदभरसुन्दरम् ॥२॥
सरित्केसरिकानालमध्येऽवश्यायबिन्दुकम् ।
शर्वरिभ्रमरीभ्रान्तं भूतौघमशकाकुलम् ॥३॥
antarguNagaNAkIrNaM surandhrai: suSirairvRtam |
uhyamAnapayaHpUrairdivasAlokakAntimat ||3|25|4||
rasArdraM khe bhramaddhaMsaM rAtrisaMkocabhAjanam |
pAtAlapaGkanirmagnanAganAthamRNAlakam ||3|25|5||
कदाचिदास्पदाम्भोधिकम्पकम्पितदिग्दलम् ।
अधोनालगतानन्तदैत्यदानवकण्टकम् ॥६॥
asurastraiNavallaryA saMbhogasukumArayA |
prApya bhUbhRnmahAbIjahRdayaM bhUtabIjayA ||3|25|7||
jambUdvIpa iti khyAtAM vipulAM tatra karNikAm |
saritkesarikAnAlAM nagaragrAmakesarAm ||3|25|8||
kulazailaizvarottuGgabIjasaptakasundarIm |
madhyasthoccamahAmerubIjAkrAntanabhasthalIm ||3|25|9||
saraHprAleyakaNikAM vanajaGgaladhUlikAm |
sthaleSvAmaNDalAntasthajanajAlAlimaNDalam ||3|25|10||
tAM yojanazatakArai: pratirAkaM prabodhibhi: |
sAgarairbhramarairvyAptAM dikcatuSTayazAlibhi: ||3|25|11||
दिग्दलाष्टकविश्रान्तससुराम्बोधिषट्पदाम् ।
भ्रातृभिर्नवभिर्भूपैर्नवधा परिकल्पिताम् ॥१२॥
lakSayojanavistIrNAmAkIrNAM ca rajolavai: |
nAnAjanapadavyUhasthirAvazyAyasIkarAm ||3|25|13||
dvIpAttu dviguNaM mAnaM lavaNArNavalekhayA |
dadhatyA valitAM bAhye prakoSThamiva kambunA ||3|25|14||
tato'pi dviguNaM dehaM dadhatyA vatayAkRtim |
jagadbhUtalatAvyAptAM zAkAkhyadvIpalekhayA ||3|25|15||
tato'pi dviguNAkAraM dhArayantyA ca veSTitAm |
pratyagrakSIrapUrNAbdhilekhayA svAduzItayA ||3|25|16||
ततोऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्योपवेष्टिताम् ।
नानाजनालंकृतया कुशाख्यद्वीपलेखया ॥१७॥
tato'pi dviguNAkAraM dhArayantyA ca veSTitam |
dadhyabdhilekhayA nityasaMtarpitasuraughayA ||3|25|18||
tata: krauJcAbhidhadvIpalekhayA_evaM pramANayA |
veSTitAM khAtaracayA navAM nRpapurImiva ||3|25|19||
tato'pi ca ghRtAmbhodhilekhayA_evaM pramANayA |
tato'pi zAlmalIdvIpalekhayA malapUrNayA ||3|25|20||
tata: suramahAmbhodhilekhayA puSpazubhrayA |
zeSasya dehalatayA harimUrtimivAvRtAm ||3|25|21||
ततो गोमेदकद्वीपलेखयैवं प्रमाणया ।
इक्ष्वब्धिलेखयाप्येवं हिमवत्सानुशुद्धया ॥२२॥
tato'pi puSkaradvIpalekhayA dviguNAsthayA |
ante svAdUdakAmbhodhilekhayA_evaMpramANayA ||3|25|23||
tato dazaguNenAtha pAtAlatalagAminA |
nikhAtavalayenoccai: zvabhrasaMbhArarUpiNA ||3|25|24||
pAtAlagAmimArgeNa valitAM bhayadAmanA |
etasmAtkhalu sarvasmAttato dazaguNoccayA ||3|25|25||
आव्योमसु चतुर्दिक्षु श्वभ्रसंभारभीषया ।
अर्धोन्म्लानतमोरूपलग्ननीलोत्पलस्रजा ॥२६॥
nAnAmANikyazikharakahlArakumudAnayA |
lokAlokAcalottAlavipuloddAmamAlayA ||3|25|27||
valitAM trijagallakSmIdhammillavalanAmiva |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|28||
ajJAtabhUtasaMcAranAmnAraNyena mAlitAm |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|29||
nabhaseva caturdikkaM vyAptAmatulavAriNA |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|30||
mervAdidrAvaNotkena jvAlAjAlena mAlitAm |
etasmAdatha sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|31||
मेर्वाद्यचलसङ्घातं नयता तृणपांसुवत् ।
वहताद्रीन्द्रविस्फोटकारिणा जवहारिणा ॥३२॥
niHzUnyatvAdazabdena marutA parito vRtam |
etasmAdatha sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|33||
parito valitaM vyomnA niHzUnyenaikarUpiNA |
atha yojanakoTInAM zatena ghanarUpiNA |
vyAptaM brahmANDakuDyena haimenApi dviparvaNA ||3|25|34||
iti jaladhimahAdrilokapAla-
tridazapurAmbarabhUtalai: parItam |
jagadudaramavekSya mAnuSI drA=
gbhuvi nijamandirakoTaraM dadarza ||3|25|35||
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**वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
नभः-स्थलाद् गिरि-ग्रामं गच्छन्त्यौ कञ्चिद् एव ते ।
ज्ञप्ति-चित्त-स्थितं भूमितलं ददृशतुः स्त्रियौ ॥३।२५।१॥
ब्रह्माण्ड-नर-हृत्पद्मं दिग्-अष्टक-दलं बृहत् ।
गिरि-केसर-संबाधं स्वामोद-भर-सुन्दरम् ॥३।२५।२॥
सरित्-केसरिका-नाल-मध्ये ऽवश्याय-बिन्दुकम् ।
शर्वरि-भ्रमरी-भ्रान्तं भूतौघ-मशक-आकुलम् ॥३।२५।३॥
अन्तर्-गुण-गणाकीर्णं सुरन्ध्रैः सुषिरैर् वृतम् ।
उह्यमान-पयः-पूरैर् दिवसालोक-कान्तिमत् ॥३।२५।४॥
रसार्द्रं खे भ्रमद् धंसं रात्रि संकोच भाजनम् ।
पाताल पङ्क निर्मग्न नागनाथ मृणालकम् ॥३।२५।५॥
कदाचिद् आस्पदाम्भोधि-कम्प-कम्पित-दिग्-दलम् ।
अधो-नाल-गतानन्त-दैत्य-दानव-कण्टकम् ॥३।२५।६॥
असुर-स्त्रैण-वल्लर्या संभोग-सुकुमारया ।
प्राप्य भूभृन्-महाबीज-हृदयं भूत-बीजया ॥३।२५।७॥
जम्बूद्वीप इति ख्यातां विपुलां तत्र कर्णिकाम् ।
सरित्केसरिकानालां नगरग्रामकेसराम् ॥३।२५।८॥
कुल-शैल-ईश्वरोत्तुङ्ग-बीज-सप्तक-सुन्दरीम् ।
मध्यस्थोच्च-महामेरु-बीजाक्रान्त-नभ-स्थलीम् ॥३।२५।९॥
सरः-प्रालेय-कणिकां वन-जङ्गल-धूलिकाम् ।
स्थलेष्वामण्डलान्तस्थ-जन-जालालि-मण्डलम् ॥३।२५।१०॥
तां योजन-शत-कारैः प्रतिराकं प्रबोधिभिः ।
सागरैर् भ्रमरैर् व्याप्तां दिक्-चतुष्टय-शालिभिः ॥३।२५।११॥
दिग्-दलाष्टक-विश्रान्त-ससुर-अम्बोधि-षट्पदाम् ।
भ्रातृभिर्_नवभिर्_भूपैर्_नवधा परिकल्पिताम् ॥३।२५।१२॥
लक्ष-योजन-विस्तीर्णाम् आकीर्णां च रजो-लवैः ।
नाना-जनपद-व्यूह-स्थिरावश्याय-सीकराम् ॥३।२५।१३॥
द्वीपात् तु द्विगुणं मानं लवणार्णव-लेखया ।
दधत्या वलितां बाह्ये प्रकोष्ठम् इव कम्बुना ॥३।२५।१४॥
ततो ऽपि द्विगुणं देहं दधत्या वतयाकृतिम् ।
जगद्-भूतलता-व्याप्तां शाकाख्य-द्वीप-लेखया ॥३।२५।१५॥
ततो ऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्या च वेष्टिताम् ।
प्रत्यग्रक्षीरपूर्णाब्धिलेखया स्वादु-शीतया ॥३।२५।१६॥
ततो ऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्योपवेष्टिताम् ।
नाना-जनालंकृतया कुशाख्य-द्वीप-लेखया ॥३।२५।१७॥
ततो ऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्या च वेष्टितम् ।
दध्यब्धि-लेखया नित्य-संतर्पित-सुरौघया ॥३।२५।१८॥
ततः क्रौञ्चाभिध-द्वीप-लेखयैवं-प्रमाणया ।
वेष्टितां खात-रचया नवां नृप-पुरीम् इव ॥३।२५।१९॥
ततो_अपि च घृताम्भोधि-लेखयैवं-प्रमाणया ।
ततो_अपि शाल्मली द्वीप लेखया मल-पूर्णया ॥३।२५।२०॥
ततः सुर-महाम्भोधि लेखया पुष्प शुभ्रया ।
शेषस्य देह लतया हरि-मूर्तिम् इवावृताम् ॥३।२५।२१॥
ततो गोमेदक-द्वीप-लेखयैवं प्रमाणया ।
इक्ष्वब्धि-लेखया अप्य्_एवं हिमवत्-सानु-शुद्धया ॥३।२५।२२॥
ततो_अपि पुष्कर-द्वीप-लेखया द्विगुणास्थया ।
अन्ते स्वादु-उदक-अम्भोधि-लेखया_एवं-प्रमाणया ॥३।२५।२३॥
ततो दशगुणेनाथ पाताल-तल-गामिना ।
निखात-वलयेन_उच्चैः श्वभ्र-संभार-रूपिणा ॥३।२५।२४॥
पाताल-गामि-मार्गेण वलितां भयदामना ।
एतस्मात् खलु सर्वस्मात् ततो दश-गुणोच्चया ॥३।२५।२५॥
आव्योमसु चतुर्-दिक्षु श्वभ्र-संभार-भीषया ।
अर्ध-उन्म्लान-तमो-रूप-लग्न-नील-उत्पल-स्रजा ॥३।२५।२६॥
नाना-माणिक्य-शिखर-कह्लार-कुमुदानया ।
लोक-आलोकाचल-उत्ताल-विपुल-उद्दाम-मालया ॥३।२५।२७॥
वलितां त्रिजगल्-लक्ष्मी-धम्मिल्लवलनाम्_इव ।
एतस्माद् एव सर्वस्मात् ततो दश.गुण-आत्मना ॥३।२५।२८॥
अज्ञात-भूत-संचार-नाम्ना_अरण्येन मालिताम् ।
एतस्माद् एव सर्वस्मात् ततो दश.गुण-आत्मना ॥३।२५।२९॥
नभसेव चतुर्-दिक्कं व्याप्ताम् अतुल-वारिणा ।
एतस्माद् एव सर्वस्मात् ततो दश.गुण-आत्मना ॥३।२५।३०॥
मेर्व्-आदि-द्रावणोत्केन ज्वाला-जालेन मालिताम् ।
एतस्माद् अथ सर्वस्मात् ततो दश-गुणात्मना ॥३।२५।३१॥
मेर्व्-आद्य्-अचल-सङ्घातं नयता तृण-पांसुवत् ।
वहताद्रीन्द्र-विस्फोट-कारिणा जव-हारिणा ॥३।२५।३२॥
निःशून्यत्वाद् अशब्देन मरुता परितो वृतम् ।
एतस्माद् अथ सर्वस्मात् ततो दश-गुणात्मना ॥३।२५।३३॥
परितो वलितं व्योम्ना निःशून्येनैकरूपिणा ।
अथ योजनकोटीनां शतेन घनरूपिणा ।
व्याप्तं ब्रह्माण्ड-कुड्येन हैमेन_अपि द्वि.पर्वणा ॥३।२५।३४॥
इति जलधि-महाद्रि-लोकपाल-
त्रिदश-पुराम्बर-भूतलैः परीतम् ।
जगद्-उदरम् अवेक्ष्य मानुषी द्राग्
भुवि निज-मन्दिर-कोटरं ददर्श ॥३।२५।३५॥
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**वसिष्ठ उवाच ।
नभःस्थलाद्गिरिग्रामं गच्छन्त्यौ कञ्चिदेव ते ।
ज्ञप्तिचित्तस्थितं भूमितलं ददृशतुः स्त्रियौ ॥१॥
**vasiSTha uvAca |
nabhaH-sthalAd giri-grAmam gacchantyau kaJcid eva te |
jJapti-citta-sthitam bhUmitalam dadRzatu: striyau ||3|25|1||
वसिष्ठ उवाच – VASISHTHA: =
नभः-स्थलाद् – Out of the sky = गच्छन्त्यौ एव ते – they now went =
कञ्चिद् गिरि-ग्रामं – to a certain mountain town =
ज्ञप्ति-चित्त-स्थितं – apprehension-affection-situate =
भूमितलं ददृशतुः स्त्रियौ – the two women saw the earth. -1-
**vlm.3.25.1 THESE ladies then alighted from the sky in their forms of intelligence, and passing over the mountainous regions, saw the habitations of men on the surface of the earth.
**sv.3.25.1-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
**AS. saptAbdhi-dvIpa-saMvItam | apUrvam bhuvanam tAbhyAm dRSTa-matropavarNyate ||3|25| kaMcid apUrvam jJapti-citta-sthitam jJaptyA lIlAyai pradarzayitum abhipretam iti yAvat ||3|25|
Out of the sky they descended toward a certain mountain town:
in Jnapti-apprehensive forms the two women came down to earth. -1-
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ब्रह्माण्डनरहृत्पद्मं दिगष्टकदलं बृहत् ।
गिरिकेसरसंबाधं स्वामोदभरसुन्दरम् ॥२॥
brahmANDa-nara-hRtpadmam dig-aSTaka-dalam bRhat |
giri-kesara-saMbAdham svAmoda-bhara-sundaram ||3|25|2||
ब्रह्माण्ड-नर-हृत्पद्मं – BrahmanEgg-Nara-heartLotus =
दिग्-अष्टक-दलं बृहत् – directions-eight-petals growing =
गिरि-केसर-संबाधं – mountain-pistils-crowd =
स्वामोद-भर-सुन्दरम् – aroma-bearing-beautiul. -2-
**vlm.3.25.2. They saw the world situated as a lotus, in the heart of the first male Nara (Brahmá); the eight sides forming the petals of the flower, the hills being its pistils, and the pericarp containing its sweet flavour.
**sv.3.25.2-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
They saw, within the BrahmanEgg, the heartLotus of Nara*, and
the Eight Directions were its eight petals extending. The mountains
resembled its many pistils exuding a sweet aroma. -2-
* ['Nara' = 'Man'.]
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सरित्केसरिकानालमध्येऽवश्यायबिन्दुकम् ।
शर्वरिभ्रमरीभ्रान्तं भूतौघमशकाकुलम् ॥३॥
sarit-kesarikA-nAla-madhye 'vazyAya-bindukam |
zarvari-bhramarI-bhrAntam bhUtaugha-mazaka-Akulam ||3|25|3||
सरित्-केसरिका-नाल-मध्ये – Amid the river-filaments =
अवश्याय-बिन्दुकम् – fall flakes of snow =
शर्वरि-भ्रमरी-भ्रान्तं – evening-bumblebees-roving =
भूत-ओघ-मशक-आकुलम् – being-flood-mosquito-horde. -3-
**vlm.3.25.3. The rivers are the tubes of its filaments, which are covered with drops of snow resembling their dust. The days and nights rolling over it, like swarms of black-bees and butterflies, and all its living beings appearing as gnats fluttering about it.
**sv.3.25.3-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
The rivers were its filaments,
amid the falling flakes of snow,
and bees bumbling in the evening,
mosquitoes humming in a horde. -3-
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अन्तर्गुणगणाकीर्णं सुरन्ध्रैः सुषिरैर्वृतम् |
उह्यमानपयःपूरैर्दिवसालोककान्तिमत् ||3|25|4||
antar-guNa-gaNAkIrNam surandhrai: suSirair vRtam |
uhyamAna-payaH-pUrair divasAloka-kAntimat ||3|25|4||
antar-guNa-gaNa-AkIrNam – overspread
surandhrai: suSirair vRtam ‑ with a channel sap-flowing covered
uhyamAna-payaH-pUrair – with outstretched-nectar-full
divasa-Aloka-kAntimat – bright as the light of day.
**AB. antarnAlAnRta-guNAs tantavo bhogya-vastu-guNaz ca | zobhana-nAla-randhrAyamANai: pAtAlAdisuSirai: | uhyAmAnapayaH-pUrair iti suSIrANAm vizeSaNam | divasasyAloka: prakAzas tena kAntimat ||3|25|
X randhra - n. ‑ a slit, opening, … cavity (nine openings are reckoned in the human body and sometimes a tenth in the skull, as in the fontanel of an infant) … — surandhra ‑ y3025.004.
X suSira, zuSira ‑ … ‑ m. ‑ "having a good flow of fluid or sap", a reed, bamboo, cane — y1.018.016 —
X kAnti ‑ f. ‑ desire, wish; loveliness, beauty, splendour….
**vlm.3.25.4. Its long stalks which are as white as the bright daylight, are composed of fibres serving for food, and of tubes conducting the drink to living beings.
**sv.3.25.4-14It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
Within its outspread rings there ran a channel, flowing with sap, a blossom overrun with nectar, that was bright as the light of day. -4-
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रसार्द्रं खे भ्रमद्धंसं रात्रिसंकोचभाजनम् |
पातालपङ्कनिर्मग्ननागनाथमृणालकम् ||3|25|5||
rasArdram khe bhramad dhaMsam rAtri‑saMkoca‑bhAjanam |
pAtAla‑paGka‑nirmagna‑nAganAtha‑mRNAlakam ||3|25|5||
rasa-Ardram khe bhramad haMsam – A swan drifting in the moist nectar in the sky
rAtri‑saMkoca‑bhAjanam ‑ evening-close-partaking
pAtAla-paGka-nirmagna-nAganAtha-mRNAlakam – hell-mud-sunk-NagaLord-lotusRoot
**AB. rasair makarandai: zRGgArAdibhiz ca ||3|25| … ||3|25|
**vlm.3.25.5. It is wet with moisture, which is sucked by the sun, resembling
the swan swimming about in the air. It folds itself in sleep in the darkness of night in absence of the sun.
**sv.3.25.5-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
It was like a swan drifting in the moist nectar of the sky: it drifted in the close of evening, its root sinking down through the mud to the hell of the Serpent Lord.
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कदाचिदास्पदाम्भोधिकम्पकम्पितदिग्दलम् ।
अधोनालगतानन्तदैत्यदानवकण्टकम् ॥६॥
kadAcid AspadAmbhodhi-kampa-kampita-dig-dalam |
adho-nAla-gatAnanta-daitya-dAnava-kaNTakam ||3|25|6||
कदाचिद् – whenever =
आस्पद-अम्भोधि-कम्प-कम्पित-दिग्दलम् – abode-ocean-quake-trembling-direction-petals =
अधो-नाल-गतानन्त-दैत्य-दानव-कण्टकम् – understalk-gone-Serpent-Dânava-thorn. -6-
**vlm.3.25.6. The earth like a lotus is situated on the surface of the waters of the ocean, which make it shake at times, and cause the earthquake by their motion. It is supported upon the serpent Vásuki serving for its understalk, and is girt about by demons as its thorns and prickles.
**sv.3.25.6-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
**DC - sometimes its petals of directions shake because of the roughness of the ocean abode or because troubled demons shake the stalk. AS-> Sometimes the petals of directions shaking due to waves in the underlying ocean, with numerous demons like thorns on its lower stems. JD has related ananta to the famous serpent, but it could also be simply used as infinite - or numerous.
Sometimes it makes the earth quake, as its petals stretch in all the eight directions. And its understalk is supported by a serpent, its thorns the demon Danavas.
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asurastraiNavallaryA saMbhogasukumArayA |
prApya bhUbhRnmahAbIjahRdayaM bhUtabIjayA ||3|25|7||
asura-straiNa-vallaryA saMbhoga-sukumArayA |
prApya bhUbhRn-mahAbIja-hRdayam bhUta-bIjayA ||3|25|7||
asura-straiNa-vallaryA ‑ bei the Darkling-women-creepers
saMbhoga-sukumArayA ‑ bei lovable-fairDaughters
prApya ‑ gotten
bhUbhRn-mahAbIja-hRdayam ‑ the mountain-greatSeed-heart
bhUta-bIjayA ‑ bei being-seed.
**AB. … asurANAm strINAm samUha: straiNam tal-lakSaNayA … ||3|25|
**sv.3.25.7-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
**vlm.3.25.7. The mount meru (and others) are its large seeds, and the great hives of human population; where the fair daughters of the giant race, propagated (the race of men), by their sweet embrace (with the sons of God). * This means the demons to have first peopled the borders and skirts of the earth. See Hesiod. Works and Days Book I. V 200. * That the meru or Altain chain in Soythia, was the great hive of human race is an undisputed truth in history. So Moses speaks of the giant race in Genesis chapter VI. V 2 and 4. "And there were giants in the earth in those days".
**DC - What is being meant here??! Every word seems to have a meaning, all together - it is gone :o(( In the centre, here is a great world-base (mountain), grown with vines of female asuras with fair daughters of pleasure and seed of beings.
**AS. The female demons are compared to be parts of a vine which was ready for intercourse and having acquired the seed of kings (bhUbhRt-mahAbIjam became impregnated with life (bhUtabIjayA). Thus, it is describing the demons being born due to kings.
asurastraiNavallaryA saMbhogasukumArayA |
prApya bhUbhRnmahAbIjahRdayaM bhUtabIjayA ||3|25|7||
The Darkling women, those dear daughters, sinuous as creeping vines,
begot the seed, the heart of the mountain, the seed of the Beings. -7-
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जम्बूद्वीप इति ख्यातां विपुलां तत्र कर्णिकाम् |
सरित्केसरिकानालां नगरग्रामकेसराम् ||3|25|8||
jambUdvIpa iti khyAtAm vipulAm tatra karNikAm |
saritkesarikAnAlAm nagaragrAmakesarAm ||3|25|8||
jambUdvIpa iti khyAtAm ‑ It's called RoseApple dvipa
vipulAm tatra karNikAm ‑ extensive there pericarp
sarit-kesari-kAnAlAm ‑ river-filament-lotusStalk
nagara-grAma-kesarAm ‑ city-town-filament
X jambu ‑ f. ‑ the rose apple tree (Eugenia Jambolana)…; a fabulous river (flowing from the mountain `meru; formed by the juice of the fruits of the immense Jambu tree on that mountain. …
X dvIpa ‑ m/n. ‑ … a division of the terrestrial world (either 7 [`jambu Rose Apple, `plakSa or `gomedaka, `zAlmalI, `kuza, `krauJca, `zAka and `puSkara] or 4 [`bhadrazva, `ketumlla, `jambudvipa and `uttarAh kuravah] …; they are situated round the mountain `meru, and separated from each other by distinct concentric circumambient oceans. … —
#nAla ‑ a. ‑ (fr. nala cf. nADa) ‑ consisting or made of reeds; ‑ m/f/n. ‑ a hollow stalk, (esp.) of the lotus; any tubular vessel or vein of the body; ‑ m/n. ‑ the navel-string —
X kesara, kezara ‑ …; m/n. the filament of a lotus or of any vegetable; a fibre (as of a Mango fruit). …
X vipula ‑ a. ‑ large, extensive…
X karNika ‑ … m/n. ‑ the pericarp of a lotus …
**vlm.3.25.8. It has the extensive continent of Jambudwípa situated in one petal, the petioles forming its divisions, and the tubular filaments its rivers.
**sv.3.25.8-14 In this lotus, they saw what is known as Jambudvipa, in which there are very many countries and continents. It is surrounded by a salty ocean.
This is Roseapple Land, the pericarp of the lotus, where the rivers are the stalks, and the cities and towns are the filaments. -8-
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kulazailaizvarottuGgabIjasaptakasundarIm |
madhyasthoccamahAmerubIjAkrAntanabhasthalIm ||3|25|9||
kula-zaila-IzvarottuGga-bIja-saptaka-sundarIm |
madhyasthocca-mahAmeru-bIjAkrAnta-nabha-sthalIm ||3|25|9||
kula-zaila-Izvara-uttaGga-bIja-saptaka-sundarIm ‑ clan-mountain-Lord-lofty-seed-sevensome-beautiful — Surrounded by the seven ranges, handsome members of his family
madhyastha-ucca-mahAmeru-bIja-AkrAnta-nabha-sthalIm ‑ midStanding-high-Greatmeru-seed-surrounded-sky-vessel — Great meru stands amid them, under the bowl of the sky —
**vlm.3.25.9. The seven elevated mountains, forming the boundary lines of this continent, are its seeds; and the great mount of Sumeru reaching to the sky, is situated in the midst. (i. e. the topmost north pole).
**sv.3.25.9-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
kulazailaizvarottuGgabIjasaptakasundarIm |
madhyasthoccamahAmerubIjAkrAntanabhasthalIm ||3|25|9||
Surrounded by the seven ranges, members of his family,
Great meru stands amid them, under the downturned bowl of the sky. -9-
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saraHprAleyakaNikAM vanajaGgaladhUlikAm |
sthaleSvAmaNDalAntasthajanajAlAlimaNDalam ||3|25|10||
saraH-prAleya-kaNikAm vana-jaGgala-dhUlikAm |
sthaleSvAmaNDalAntastha-jana-jAlAli-maNDalam ||3|25|10||
saraH-prAleya-kaNikAm ‑ lake-snow/dew-drops — vana-jaGgala-dhUlikAm ‑ woods-jungle-pollen — sthaleSu – on the tablelands — AmaNDalAntastha-jana-jAlAli-maNDalam – standing within the mandala the people cluster like a swarm of bees —
**AB. … sthaleSv AsamantAn maNDalAntasthAni ||3|25|
**vlm.3.25.10. Its lakes are as dewdrops on the lotus-leaf, and its forests are as the farina of the flower; and the people inhabiting the land all around, are as a swarm of bees about it.
**sv.3.25.10-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
saraHprAleyakaNikAM vanajaGgaladhUlikAm |
sthaleSvAmaNDalAntasthajanajAlAlimaNDalam ||3|25|10||
The lakes are dewdrops, and the woods and jungles pollen; and upon the tablelands, standing within the mandala, the people cluster like a humming swarm of bees. -10-
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tAM yojanazatakArai: pratirAkaM prabodhibhi: |
sAgarairbhramarairvyAptAM dikcatuSTayazAlibhi: ||3|25|11||
tAm yojana-zata-kArai: pratirAkam prabodhibhi: |
sAgarair bhramarair vyAptAm dik-catuSTaya-zAlibhi: ||3|25|11||
tAm ‑ That is
yojana-zata-kArai: – with hundreds of leagues
pratirAkam prabodhibhi: – all-around, awakening
sAgarair bhramarair vyAptAm ‑ with oceanic bees pervaded
dik-catuSTaya-zAlibhi: ‑ filling the four directions
**vlm.3.25.11. Its extent is a thousand yojanas square, and is surrounded on all sides by the dark sea like a belt of black bees.
**sv.3.25.11-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
tAM yojanazatakArai: pratirAkaM prabodhibhi: |
sAgarairbhramarairvyAptAM dikcatuSTayazAlibhi: ||3|25|11||
This Land is many hundreds of leagues around, and is pervaded everywhere with a swarm of bees covering the four directions. -11-
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दिग्दलाष्टकविश्रान्तससुराम्बोधिषट्पदाम् ।
भ्रातृभिर्नवभिर्भूपैर्नवधा परिकल्पिताम् ॥१२॥
dig-dalASTaka-vizrAnta-sasura-ambodhi-SaTpadAm |
bhrAtRbhir_navabhir_bhUpair_navadhA parikalpitAm ||3|25|12||
दिग्-दल-अष्टक-विश्रान्त-ससुर-अम्बोधि-षट्पदाम् –
direction-part-eightsome-reposing-withBrightling/liquor-ocean-sixfold =
नवभिर् भ्रातृभिर् भूपैर् – by nine brother EarthLords =
नवधा परिकल्पिताम् – ninefold divided. -12-
**AB. surair dik-pAlair aSTabhi: sahitA ambhodhaya: SaTpadA yasyAm …
**vlm.3.25.12. It contains nine varshas or divisions, which are ruled by nine brother kings, resembling the regents of its eight petalled sides, with the Bhárata-varaha in the midst.
**sv.3.25.12-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
**DC - In eight leaves-directions rests ocean with suras, by 9 brothers-earth lords divided into 9. Cannot make sense of SaTpadAm and all... Is it 8 petals-directions resting like drunk bee??? Or! is it earth like a bee drowned in wine-ocean with 8 petals of directions... 8o))) OR Does it relate to 6 2-fold increments described further??? But here are more than 6 layers... AS-> SaTpada is a bee. The gods and oceans in the 8 directions are like different bees on its petals. The second line describes 9 kings which rule 9 parts of it.
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lakSayojanavistIrNAmAkIrNAM ca rajolavai: |
nAnAjanapadavyUhasthirAvazyAyasIkarAm ||3|25|13||
lakSa-yojana-vistIrNAm AkIrNAm ca rajo-lavai: |
nAnA-janapada-vyUha-sthirAvazyAya-sIkarAm ||3|25|13||
lakSa-yojana-vistIrNAm ca AkIrNAm rajo-lavai: ‑ for 100K-leagues-outspread and AkIrNAm with sky-parts
nAnA-jana-pada-vyUha-sthira-AvazyAya-sIkarAm ‑ various-nations-array-solid-frost-dew
**vlm.3.25.13. It stretches a million of miles with more of land than water in it. Its habitable parts are as thickly situated as the frozen ice in winter.
**sv.3.25.13-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
The Regents of the Eight Directions rest in the outer Sea, said to be of Wine, while nine brother EarthLords divide the Earth nine ways: -12- a hundred thousand leagues outspread under the covering sky, its nations like ice in a pond; -13-
**DC. (earth) is spread out by thousand miles and is full of different human races and nations, many like drops in rain.
**AS. I agree with you, except lakSa is 100 thousand and yojana is not exactly a mile. It varies between 2 and 8 miles(:-)) Also, you don't have the covered with dust particles (AkIrnAm ca rajolavaiH). These can also be interpreted as life since rajas is related to life. The next line might be taken to described what kind of life,
lakSayojanavistIrNAmAkIrNAM ca rajolavai: |
nAnAjanapadavyUhasthirAvazyAyasIkarAm ||3|25|13||
a hundred thousand leagues outspread under the covering sky, its nations like ice in a pond; -13-
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dvIpAttu dviguNaM mAnaM lavaNArNavalekhayA |
dadhatyA valitAM bAhye prakoSThamiva kambunA ||3|25|14||
dvIpAt tu dviguNam mAnam lavaNArNava-lekhayA |
dadhatyA valitAm bAhye prakoSTham iva kambunA ||3|25|14||
dvIpAt tu dviguNam mAnam lavaNArNava-lekhayA |
dadhatyA valitAm bAhye prakoSTham iva kambunA ||3|25|14||
dvIpAt tu dviguNam mAnam ‑ Than the Dvipa however twofold the extent
lavaNa-arNava-lekhayA ‑ by Salt-Ocean-called
dadhatyA valitAm bAhye ‑ dadhatyA surrounded outside — ???
iva prakoSTham kambunA ‑ like the forearm by a bracelet —
**vlm.3.25.14. The briny ocean which is twice as large as the continent, girds it on the outside, as a bracelet encircles the wrist.
**sv.3.25.14-14 It was like the lotus of the heart, with the directions for its petals, the netherworld for the mud in which it grows, held by the divine serpent which is the root.
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tato'pi dviguNaM dehaM dadhatyA vatayAkRtim |
jagadbhUtalatAvyAptAM zAkAkhyadvIpalekhayA ||3|25|15||
tato_a dviguNam deham dadhatyA vatayAkRtim |
jagad-bhUtalatA-vyAptAm zAkAkhya-dvIpa-lekhayA ||3|25|15||
tato api dviguNam deham — From that moreover twofold body
dadhatyA vatayA AkRtim ‑ by blowing wind, the form
jagad-bhUtalatA-vyAptAm ‑ world-wideness-pervaded —
zAkAkhya-dvIpa-lekhayA ‑ Teakwood- Dvipa-called
**vlm.3.25.15. Beyond it lies the Sáka continent of a circular form, and twice as large as the former one, which is also encircled by the sea.
**sv.3.25.15-16 Beyond that is Sakadvipa, surrounded by an ocean of milk.
tato'pi dviguNaM dehaM dadhatyA vatayAkRtim |
jagadbhUtalatAvyAptAM zAkAkhyadvIpalekhayA ||3|25|15||
And twice the size again, its form
pervaded by a blowing wind,
is said to be the Teakwood Land. -15-
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tato'pi dviguNAkAraM dhArayantyA ca veSTitAm |
pratyagrakSIrapUrNAbdhilekhayA svAduzItayA ||3|25|16||
tato_a dviguNAkAram dhArayantyA ca veSTitAm |
pratyagrakSIrapUrNAbdhilekhayA svAdu-zItayA ||3|25|16||
tato api dviguNAkAram – And then next of twofold form
dhArayantyA ca veSTitAm ‑ and surrounding again
pratyagra-kSIra-pUrNa-abdhi-lekhayA ‑ fresh-milk-full-ocean-described
svAdu-zItayA ‑ with sweet-cool.
**vlm.3.25.16. This is called the milky ocean for the sweetness of its water, and is double the size of the former sea of salt.
**sv.3.25.16-16 Beyond that is Sakadvipa, surrounded by an ocean of milk.
tato'pi dviguNAkAraM dhArayantyA ca veSTitAm |
pratyagrakSIrapUrNAbdhilekhayA svAduzItayA ||3|25|16||
And twice the size of it again,
surrounding it, is said to be
the Sea of Milk, so sweet and cool. -16-
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ततोऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्योपवेष्टिताम् ।
नानाजनालंकृतया कुशाख्यद्वीपलेखया ॥१७॥
tato_a dviguNAkAram dhArayantyopaveSTitAm |
nAnA-janAlaMkRtayA kuzAkhya-dvIpa-lekhayA ||3|25|17||
ततो ऽपि द्विगुणाकारं – and then twice the size =
धारयन्त्या उपवेष्टिताम् – contained in the surrounding =
नाना-जन-अलंकृतया – various-people-decorated =
कुशा-आख्य-द्वीप-लेखया – Kusha-called-Island-by name. -17-
**sv.3.25.17-18 Beyond that is Kusadvipa with an ocean of curd.
**vlm.3.25.17. Beyond that and double its size is the Kusadwipa continent, which is full of population. It is also of the size of a circle, and surrounded by another sea.
And twice the size of it again,
contained in a surrounding sea,
with many various peoples,
is said to be the Land of Grass. -17-
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tato'pi dviguNAkAraM dhArayantyA ca veSTitam |
dadhyabdhilekhayA nityasaMtarpitasuraughayA ||3|25|18||
tato_a dviguNAkAram dhArayantyA ca veSTitam |
dadhyabdhi-lekhayA nitya-saMtarpita-suraughayA ||3|25|18||
tata: api dviguNa-AkAram ‑ thus also twofold-form
dhArayantyA ca veSTitam ‑ and surrounded by an enclosing
dadhi-abdhi-lekhayA ‑ bei curd-ocean-identified
nitya-saMtarpita-sura-oghayA ‑ bei ever-satisfied-Brightling-flood.
**sv.3.25.18-18 Beyond that is Kusadvipa with an ocean of curd.
**vlm.3.25.18. Around it lies the belt of the sea of curds, delectable to the gods, and double the size of the continent which is encircled by it.
tato'pi dviguNAkAraM dhArayantyA ca veSTitam |
dadhyabdhilekhayA nityasaMtarpitasuraughayA ||3|25|18||
And twice the size of it again,
surrounded by an ocean that
is said to be the Sea of Curds,
the delicacy of the gods, -18-
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tata: krauJcAbhidhadvIpalekhayA_evaM pramANayA |
veSTitAM khAtaracayA navAM nRpapurImiva ||3|25|19||
tata: krauJcAbhidha-dvIpa-lekhayA_evaM-pramANayA |
veSTitAm khAta-racayA navAm nRpa-purIm iva ||3|25|19||
tata: krauJca-abhidha-dvIpa-lekhayA – Then the Land described by the name of Curlew
evaM-pramANayA – of like extent
veSTitAm khAta-racayA – surrounded by a moat
navAm nRpa-purIm iva – like a royal city.
X krauJca ‑ a. ‑ (fr. <kruJca>) ‑ "curlew-like" …; N. of a mountain (part of the `himAlaya range, situated in the eastern part of the chain on the north of Assam; said to have been split by `kArttikeya); N. of one of the Dvipas of the world (surrounded by the sea of curds) —
**vlm.3.25.19. After that lies the circle of the Krauncha dwípa, which is also twice the size of the former one, and surrounded by a sea in the manner of a city by a canal.
**sv.3.25.19 Then Krauncadvipa and an ocean of ghee.
tata: krauJcAbhidhadvIpalekhayA_evaM pramANayA |
veSTitAM khAtaracayA navAM nRpapurImiva ||3|25|19||
is what is said to be Curlew
Land, of like extent, circled by
a moat, like a royal city. -19-
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tato'pi ca ghRtAmbhodhilekhayA_evaM pramANayA |
tato'pi zAlmalIdvIpalekhayA malapUrNayA ||3|25|20||
tato_api ca ghRtAmbhodhi-lekhayA_evaM-pramANayA |
tato_a zAlmalI‑dvIpa‑lekhayA mala-pUrNayA ||3|25|20||
tato' pi ca – And then also
ghRta-ambhodhi–lekhayA – what is described as the Sea of Ghee
evaM-pramANayA ‑ of like measure
tato'pi zAlmalI-dvIpa-lekhayA – and then the land called Shalmali Redthorn
mala-pUrNayA – full of evils.
X ghRta ‑ a. ‑ sprinkled; ‑ n. ‑ ghee i.e. clarified butter …. — #ghRtoda ‑ m. ‑ "having ghee for water" N. of the sea surrounding `kuzadvIpa (or `ghRitavara-dvIpa) R.4.40.49 ff. — …
X zAlmali – a.‑I ‑ the Seemul or silk-cotton tree… (a lofty and thorny tree with red flowers; its thorns are supposed to be used for torture in one of the hells …
#ambhodhi ‑ Along with the 7 Lands, 7 Oceans surround Mount meru which are made of 7 liquids: Lavana, brine; Ikshu, sugar cane juice; Sura, ghee; Sarpi, curds; Dadhi, milk; Dugdha, liquor; and Jala, potable water. —
#dvIpa ‑ In Indian mythology, dvīpa (Devanagari: वीप "peninsula, island"; also mahadvipa "great island") is the term for the major divisions of the terrestrial sphere, sometimes translated as "continents" or "planets". The list of seven (sapta-dvipa) is (e.g. Mahabharata 6.604 = Bhagavad Gita 5.20.3-42): Jambu ("rose apple tree"); Plaksha ("fig tree"); Gomedaka (a gem); Shâlmali (a river of the infernal region); Kusha "grass"); Krauncha ("of curlews"); Shaka ("power", also "of the Shaka"); Pushkara ("lotus"). Seven intermediate oceans consist of salt-water, sugarcane juice, wine, ghee, curd, milk and water respectively. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvipa —
**vlm.3.25.20. This sea is called the sea of butter, and is twice as large as the continent which is girt by it. Beyond it lies the Sálmali-dwípa, girt by the foul sea of wine.
**sv.3.25.20-21 Then Salmalidvipa surrounded by an ocean of wine.
**AB. … pApa-pUrNayA ||3|25|
tato'pi ca ghRtAmbhodhilekhayA_evaM pramANayA |
tato'pi zAlmalIdvIpalekhayA malapUrNayA ||3|25|20||
Then next that moat is said to be
the Sea of Ghee, of like measure;
and then is said to be Redthorn
Land, and it is full of evils. -20-
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tata: suramahAmbhodhilekhayA puSpazubhrayA |
zeSasya dehalatayA harimUrtimivAvRtAm ||3|25|21||
tata: sura-mahAmbhodhi‑lekhayA puSpa‑zubhrayA |
zeSasya deha‑latayA hari-mUrtim ivAvRtAm ||3|25|21||
tata: – Thus
sura-mahAmbhodhi‑lekhayA – described as the great Ocean of the Gods
puSpa‑zubhrayA – with bright flowers
zeSasya deha‑latayA – with the vinelike body of Shesha
hari-mUrtim iva AvRtAm – as if circling the form of Hari.
X zeSa ‑ m/n.‑ (>ziS) ‑ remainder, residue … — zeSa: ‑ Shesha the Subsequent, a celebrated mythological thousand-headed serpent regarded as the emblem of eternity (whence he is also called `ananta, "the infinite"; in the `viSNu-PurANa he and the serpents `vAsuki and `takSaka are described as sons of `kadru, but in one place `zeSa alone is called king of the `nAgas or snakes inhabiting `pAtAla, while elsewhere `vAsuki also is described as king of the Nagas and `takSaka of the serpents; the thousand headed `zeSa is sometimes represented as forming the couch and canopy of `viSNu whilst sleeping during the intervals of creation, sometimes as supporting the seven `pAtAlas with the seven regions above them and therefore the entire world); …
X sura ‑ m. ‑ (prob.>asura as if>a-sura and as sita>a-sita; thought by some to be connected with svar) ‑ a god, divinity, deity (surANAm hantR m. "slayer of the gods", N. of a partic. form of fire, son of Tapas)…; the sun —
**vlm.3.25.21. The fair belt of this sea resembles a wreath of white flowers, like the girdle of the Seska, serpent, forming the necklace hanging on the breast of Hari.
**sv.3.25.21-21 Then Salmalidvipa surrounded by an ocean of wine.
tata: suramahAmbhodhilekhayA puSpazubhrayA |
zeSasya dehalatayA harimUrtimivAvRtAm ||3|25|21||
Here is said to be the great Ocean of the Gods, that is like a belt of flowers, or the vinelike sinuous body of Shesha encircling the form of Hari. -21-
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ततो गोमेदकद्वीपलेखयैवं प्रमाणया ।
इक्ष्वब्धिलेखयाप्येवं हिमवत्सानुशुद्धया ॥२२॥
tato gomedaka-dvIpa-lekhayA_evam pramANayA |
ikSvabdhi-lekhayA apy_evam himavat-sAnu-zuddhayA ||3|25|22||
ततो गोमेदक-द्वीप-लेखया – And then the dvipa called Gomeda =
एवं-प्रमाणया – with thus-extent =
इक्ष्वब्धि-लेखया अप्य् एवं – and thus also the Sea of Sugar =
हिमवत्-सानु-शुद्धया – with pure snowy peaks. -22-
**vlm.3.25.22. Thereafter is stretched the Plaxa dwípa, double the size of the former, and encircled by the belt of the sea of sugar, appearing as the snowy plains of Himálaya.
**sv.3.25.22 Then Gomedadvipa surrounded by an ocean of sugarcane juice.
And then is said to be Jewel
Land, of a like extent; and then
is said to be the Sugar Sea,
bordered by snowy mountain peaks; -22-
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tato'pi puSkaradvIpalekhayA dviguNAsthayA |
ante svAdUdakAmbhodhilekhayA_evaMpramANayA ||3|25|23||
tato_a puSkara-dvIpa-lekhayA dviguNAsthayA |
ante svAdUdakAmbhodhi-lekhayA_evaM-pramANayA ||3|25|23||
tato_a – And then from there
puSkara-dvIpa-lekhayA – what is called the Flower Land
dviguNa-AsthayA – twice as great in extent
ante svAda-udaka-ambhodhi-lekhayA ‑ within what is called the Sweetwater Sea
evaM-pramANayA ‑ so it is measured —
**vlm.3.25.23. After that lies the belt of the Pashkara dwípa, twice as large as the preceding one, and encircled by a sea of sweet water double its circumference.
**sv.3.25.23 Then there is Puskaradvipa surrounded by an ocean of sweet water.
tato'pi puSkaradvIpalekhayA dviguNAsthayA |
ante svAdUdakAmbhodhilekhayA_evaMpramANayA ||3|25|23||
and then from there is said to be Flower Land, twice as great in its
extent, within what is called the Sweetwater Sea, of like extent; -23-
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tato dazaguNenAtha pAtAlatalagAminA |
nikhAtavalayenoccai: zvabhrasaMbhArarUpiNA ||3|25|24||
tato dazaguNenAtha pAtAla-tala-gAminA |
nikhAtavalayenoccai: zvabhra-saMbhAra-rUpiNA ||3|25|24||
tato dazaguNena atha – and then tenfold and then
pAtAla-tala-gAminA – with a path to hell
nikhAta-valayena – with a sunken ring
uccai: – from on high
zvabhra-saMbhAra-rUpiNA – with a cave of extensive form.
**vlm.3.25.24. Hence they saw at the distance of ten degrees, the descent to the infernal regions; where there lay the belt of the south polar circle, with its hideous cave below.
**sv.3.25.24-26 Then there is a cosmic hole.
tato dazaguNenAtha pAtAlatalagAminA |
nikhAtavalayenoccai: zvabhrasaMbhArarUpiNA ||3|25|24||
and then tenfold they saw below
the paths to hell sunk in the ring,
to a cave of extensive form— -24-
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pAtAlagAmimArgeNa valitAM bhayadAmanA |
etasmAtkhalu sarvasmAttato dazaguNoccayA ||3|25|25||
pAtAla-gAmi-mArgeNa valitAm bhayadAmanA |
etasmAt khalu sarvasmAt tato daza-guNoccayA ||3|25|25||
pAtAla-gAmi-mArgeNa ‑ by Hellgoer Road
valitAm bhayadaAtmanA ‑ full of a fearGiving nature
etasmAt khalu sarvasmAt ‑ from here indeed and everywhere
tato dazaguNa-uccayA ‑ and thus tenfold in amplitude.
**vlm.3.25.25. The way to the infernal cave is full of danger and fear, and ten times in length from the circle of the dwípas; (continents).
**sv.3.25.25-26 Then there is a cosmic hole.
**DC. this path to hell is giving fear, and because of this, indeed, it is 10x.
**AS. No, the fearsomeness is not a cause of its measure.
Successive oceans are thought of as concentric circles, hence they need bigger
and bigger circumferences.
It is the moat (nikhAta) which is surrounded by the road to pAtAla. the road is
fearsome and it is 10 times higher than its surrounding.
pAtAlagAmimArgeNa valitAM bhayadAmanA |
etasmAtkhalu sarvasmAttato dazaguNoccayA ||3|25|25||
this is Hellgoer Road, a fear-
some path, leading from here indeed
leading from there and everywhere,
and thus tenfold in amplitude: -25-
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आव्योमसु चतुर्दिक्षु श्वभ्रसंभारभीषया ।
अर्धोन्म्लानतमोरूपलग्ननीलोत्पलस्रजा ॥२६॥
Avyomasu catur-dikSu zvabhra-saMbhAra-bhISayA |
ardhonmlAna-tamo-rUpa-lagna-nIlotpala-srajA ||3|25|26||
आव्योमसु चतुर्-दिक्षु – in the skies in all four-directions =
श्वभ्र-संभार-भीषया – cave-gathered-fearsome =
अर्ध-उन्म्लान-तमो-रूप-लग्न-नील-उत्पल-स्रजा – half-darkened/withered-tamas-form-clining-blue-lotus-garland. -26-
**AB. AvyomasUrdhvam vyoma-maryAdAsu sannihitenokta-zvabhra-saMbhAreNa bhISayA | ardhe parApArzva unmlAnordhva-bhAge … ||3|25|
**vlm.3.25.26. This cave is encompassed on all sides by the dreadful vacuum, and is half covered below by a thick gloom, appearing as a blue lotus attached to it.
**sv.3.25.26-26 Then there is a cosmic hole.
vast as the four directions is
that cave, a gathering of fear,
covered in darkness like a half-
withering lotus in the dark. -26-
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nAnAmANikyazikharakahlArakumudAnayA |
lokAlokAcalottAlavipuloddAmamAlayA ||3|25|27||
nAnA-mANikya-zikharakahlAra-kumudAnayA |
lokAlokAcalottAla-vipuloddAma-mAlayA ||3|25|27||
nAnA-mANikya-zikhara-kahlAra-kumudAnayA ‑ various-jewels-peak-whiteLotuses- lilies
lokAloka-acala-uttAla-vipula-uddAma-mAlayA – with BrightUnbright-Mountains-uprising-many-fiery-garland
**AB. … zikhara-saro-rUDha-kahlAra-kumudAny evAbjAni yasyAstayA … ||3|25|
**vlm.3.25.27. There stood the Lokáloka Kumeru or South Polar mountain, which is bright with sun-shine on one side, and covered by darkness on the other, and is studded with various gems on its tops, and decked with flowers growing upon it.
**sv.3.25.27-28 Beyond that is the Lokaloka mountain shining resplendently.
nAnAmANikyazikharakahlArakumudAnayA |
lokAlokAcalottAlavipuloddAmamAlayA ||3|25|27||
And then there are bejeweled peaks
that shine as bright as lotuses,
and here Lokâloka Mountain,
half in the day, half in the night; -27-
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valitAM trijagallakSmIdhammillavalanAmiva |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|28||
valitAm trijagallakSmIdhammillavalanAmiva |
etasmAd eva sarvasmAt tato daza.guNa-AtmanA ||3|25|28||
valitAm – surrounded
trijagal-lakSmI-dhammilla-valanAm iva ‑ threeWorlds-Lakshmi-braid-ring like
etasmAd atha sarvasmAt ‑ from here and there and everywhere
tato dazaguNa-AtmanA ‑ thus with a tenfold character — eight corners, above, and below.
**AB. dhammillA: saMyatA: kacA: ||3|25|
**vlm.3.25.28. It reflected the glory of the three worlds (in the everlasting
**sv.3.25.28-28 Beyond that is the Lokaloka mountain shining resplendently.
valitAM trijagallakSmIdhammillavalanAmiva |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|28||
surrounded by the triple worlds,
a ring of braids on Lakshmi's head,
from here and there and everywhere,
thus with a tenfold character*; -28-
* [of the Ten Directions: the four prime directions like North, the intermediates like Northeast, and also above and below.]
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ajJAtabhUtasaMcAranAmnAraNyena mAlitAm |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|29||
ajJAta-bhUta-saMcAra-nAmnAraNyena mAlitAm |
etasmAd eva sarvasmAt tato daza.guNa-AtmanA ||3|25|29||
araNyena mAlitAm – surrounded by a forest
ajJAta-bhUta-saMcAra-nAmnA – trodden by no known beings
etasmAd atha sarvasmAt ‑ from here and there and everywhere
tato dazaguNa-AtmanA ‑ thus with a tenfold character — eight corners, above, and below — snows), which are clapped as a cap of hairs on its top.
**vlm.3.25.29. At a great distance from it, is a great forest, untrodden by the feet of any living being; and then proceeding upward, they saw the great northern ocean encompassing the pole on all sides.
**sv.3.25.29-32 Beyond that is the infinite forest, etc. surrounded by a forest that
ajJAtabhUtasaMcAranAmnAraNyena mAlitAm |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|29||
is trodden by no known beings,
from here and there and everywhere —
thus with a tenfold character; -29-
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nabhaseva caturdikkaM vyAptAmatulavAriNA |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|30||
nabhaseva catur-dikkam vyAptAm atula-vAriNA |
etasmAd eva sarvasmAt tato daza.guNa-AtmanA ||3|25|30||
nabhasA iva catur-dikkam – As-if by space in the four directions
vyAptAm atula-vAriNA – pervaded by limitless water
etasmAd atha sarvasmAt ‑ from here and there and everywhere
tato dazaguNa-AtmanA ‑ thus with a tenfold character — eight corners, above, and below
**vlm.3.25.30. Further on they beheld the flnming light of the aurora borealis, which threatened to melt the snowy mountain to [**}
**sv.3.25.30-32 Beyond that is the infinite forest, etc.
nabhaseva caturdikkaM vyAptAmatulavAriNA |
etasmAdeva sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|30||
by space, in all the four direct
ions, it was as.if flooded by
the flow of limitless water,
from here and there and everywhere,
thus with a tenfold character; -30-
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mervAdidrAvaNotkena jvAlAjAlena mAlitAm |
etasmAdatha sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|31||
merv-Adi-drAvaNotkena jvAlA-jAlena mAlitAm |
etasmAd atha sarvasmAt tato daza-guNAtmanA ||3|25|31||
merv-Adi-drAvaNa-utkena ‑ meru-&c-touch-wanting — Wanting to visit Mount meru and its ranges
jvAlA-jAlena mAlitAm ‑ crowned with a mass of flame
etasmAd atha sarvasmAt ‑ from here and there and everywhere
tato dazaguNa-AtmanA ‑ thus with a tenfold character
**AB. … tatrotkenotkaNThiteneva mAlitam … ||3|25|
**vlm.3.25.31. Proceeding onward, they met with the fierce boreas or north winds, blowing with all their fury and force.
**sv.3.25.31-32 Beyond that is the infinite forest, etc.
mervAdidrAvaNotkena jvAlAjAlena mAlitAm |
etasmAdatha sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|31||
they wished to visit Mount meru
and other mountains crowned with flame,
from here and there and everywhere,
thus with a tenfold character, -31-
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मेर्वाद्यचलसङ्घातं नयता तृणपांसुवत् ।
वहताद्रीन्द्रविस्फोटकारिणा जवहारिणा ॥३२॥
merv-Ady-acala-saGghAtam nayatA tRNa-pAMsuvat |
vahatAdrIndra-visphoTa-kAriNA java-hAriNA ||3|25|32||
मेर्व्-आद्य्-अचल-सङ्घातं – meru-&c-mountains-cluster = नयता – blown about =
तृण-पांसुवत् – like grass or dust = वहता – travelling =
अद्रि-इन्द्र-विस्फोट-कारिणा – by the mountain-Indra-cracking/blister-making =
जव-हारिणा – speed-surpassing/removing. -32-
**AB. nayatety-Adi-sAmarthyokti: | … ||3|25|
**vlm.3.25.32. They threatened to blow away and uproot the mountains, as if they were dust or grass; and traversed the empty vacuum with their noiseless motion.
**sv.3.25.32-32 Beyond that is the infinite forest, etc.
but meru and its ranges blew
about like grass or dust, traversed
the emptiness, crashing, crackling,
rushing at speeds surpassing speed; -32-
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niHzUnyatvAdazabdena marutA parito vRtam |
etasmAdatha sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|33||
niHzUnyatvAd azabdena marutA parito vRtam |
etasmAd atha sarvasmAt tato daza-guNAtmanA ||3|25|33||
niHzUnyatvAd ‑ from the vast emptiness,
azabdena ‑ without words,
marutA parito vRtam ‑ the wind all-about surrounding
etasmAd atha sarvasmAt tato dazaguNa-AtmanA ‑ from here and there and everywhere, thus with a tenfold character, —
**vlm.3.25.33. Afar from these they saw the empty space of vacuum,
stretching wide all about them.
**sv.3.25.33-34 Lastly there was infinite space, sheer emptiness. (Note: Compare with the description in Bhagavatam.)
niHzUnyatvAdazabdena marutA parito vRtam |
etasmAdatha sarvasmAttato dazaguNAtmanA ||3|25|33||
out of the emptiness, without
words, the wind blowing all-about,
from here and there and everywhere,
thus with a tenfold character, -33-
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parito valitaM vyomnA niHzUnyenaikarUpiNA |
atha yojanakoTInAM zatena ghanarUpiNA |
vyAptaM brahmANDakuDyena haimenApi dviparvaNA ||3|25|34||
parito valitam vyomnA niHzUnyenaikarUpiNA |
atha yojanakoTInAm zatena ghanarUpiNA |
vyAptam brahmANDakuDyena haimenApi dviparvaNA ||3|25|34||
parito valitam vyomnA – With space surrounded all around
niHzUnyena eka-rUpiNA – with emptiness of a single form
atha yojana-koTInAm zatena – then with a hundred kotis of leagues
ghana-rUpiNA – of a thick form
vyAptam brahmANDa-kuDyena – pervaded by the Brahman-egg=shell
haimenApi dvi-parvaNA – with a golden double bracelet ??? —
**vlm.3.25.34. It spreads around to an unlimited extent, and encompasses
the worlds as a golden circlet encircles the wrist, (i.e. the belt
of the zodiac).
**sv.3.25.34-34 Lastly there was infinite space, sheer emptiness. (Note: Compare with the description in Bhagavatam.)
parito valitaM vyomnA niHzUnyenaikarUpiNA |
atha yojanakoTInAM zatena ghanarUpiNA |
vyAptaM brahmANDakuDyena haimenApi dviparvaNA ||3|25|34||
with space surrounded all around —
with emptiness of single form —
a hundred thousand leagues around,
was the outer double bracelet,
the shell of the Egg of Brahma. -34-
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iti jaladhimahAdrilokapAla-
tridazapurAmbarabhUtalai: parItam |
jagadudaramavekSya mAnuSI drA=
gbhuvi nijamandirakoTaraM dadarza ||3|25|35||
iti jaladhi-mahAdri-lokapAla-
tridaza-purAmbara-bhUtalai: parItam |
jagad-udaram avekSya mAnuSI drAg
bhuvi nija-mandira-koTaram dadarza ||3|25|35||
iti – So
jaladhi-mahAdri-lokapAla-tridazapura-ambara-bhUtalai: parItam ‑ with oceans-MountainRanges-QuarterRegents-thirtyGodsCities-sky-earth
parItam – all around
jagad-udaram avekSya mAnuSI dadarza – world-womb seeing, the women saw
drAg bhuvi – quickly on the earth
nija-mandira-koTaram – own home apartment.
**AB. … ||3|25| puSpitAgra, 12/13 x 2
**vlm.3.25.35. Thus Lílá, having seen the seas and mountains, the regents of the worlds, the city of the gods, the sky above and the earth below in the unlimited concavity of the universe, returned on a sudden to her own land, and found herself in her closet again.
**sv.3.25.35 Having thus seen the oceans, mountains, the protectors of the universe, the kingdom of the gods, the sky and the very bowels of the earth, Lilâ saw her own house.
iti jaladhimahAdrilokapAla-
tridazapurAmbarabhUtalai: parItam |
jagadudaramavekSya mAnuSI drA=
gbhuvi nijamandirakoTaraM dadarza ||3|25|35||
And so it was: seeing the whole womb of the world,
with all its seas and mountain ranges, and the Regents
of the Winds, and thirty cities of the gods, they
swiftly returned, and came again to Lilâ's own home. -35-
ity ArSe zrI-vAsiSTha-mahA-rAmAyaNe vAlmIkiye mokSopAye utpatti-prakaraNe lIlopAkhyAne bhU-loka~varNanam nAma paJcaviMza: sarga: ||3|25|3|25||
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