Text 14]
A Description of Jambūdvīpa
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caturṣv eteṣu cūta-jambū-kadamba-nyagrodhāś catvāraḥ pādapa- pravarāḥ parvata-ketava ivādhi-sahasra-yojanonñāhās tāvad viṭapa- vitatayaḥ śata-yojana-pariṇāhāḥ.
caturṣu—on the four; eteṣu—on these mountains, beginning with Mandara; cūta-jambū-kadamba—of trees such as the mango, rose apple and kadamba; nyagrodhāḥ—and the banyan tree; catvāraḥ—four kinds; pādapa-pravarāḥ—the best of trees; parvata-ketavaḥ—the flagstaffs on the mountains; iva—like; adhi—over; sahasra-yojana-un- ñāhāḥ—one thousand yojanas high; tāvat—so much also; viṭapa- vitatayaḥ—the length of the branches; śata-yojana—one hundred yo- janas; pariṇāhāḥ—wide.
TRANSLATION
Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas [800 miles] and a height of 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles]. Their branches also spread to a radius of 1,100 yojanas.
TEXTS 13-14
ह्रदाश्वत्वारः पयोमध्विश्वुरसमृष्टजला यदुपस्पर्शिन उपदेवगणा योगैश्वर्याणि स्वाभाविकानि भरतर्षम धारयन्ति ॥ १३ ॥ देवो द्यानानि च भवन्ति चत्वारि नन्दनं चैत्ररथं वैभ्राजकं सर्वतोभद्रमिति ॥१४॥
hradāś catvāraḥ payo-madhv-ikṣurasa-mṛṣṭa-jalā yad-upasparśina upadeva-gaṇā yogaiśvaryāṇi svābhāvikāni bharatarṣabha dhārayanti. devodyānāni ca bhavanti catvāri nandanam caitraratham vaibhrājakam sarvatobhadram iti.
hradāḥ—lakes; catvāraḥ—four; payaḥ—milk; madhu—honey; ikṣu-rasa—sugarcane juice; mṛṣṭa-jalāḥ—filled with pure water; yat— of which; upasparśinaḥ—those who use the liquids; upadeva-gaṇāḥ— the demigods; yoga-aiśvaryāṇi—all the perfections of mystic yoga; svābhāvikāni—without being tried for; bharata-ṛṣabha—O best of the