Text 19]
A Description of Jambūdvīpa
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TRANSLATION
The pious wives of the Yakṣas act as personal maidservants to assist Bhavānī, the wife of Lord Śiva. Because they drink the water of the River Aruṇodā, their bodies become fragrant, and as the air carries away that fragrance, it perfumes the entire atmosphere for eighty miles around.
TEXT 19
एवं जम्बूफलानामत्युच्चनिपातविशीर्णानामनस्थिप्रायाणामिभक्तायनिभानां रसेन जम्बू नाम नदी मेरुमन्दरशिखरादयुतयोजनादवनितले निपतन्ती दक्षिणेना त्मानं यावदिलावृतमुपस्थन्दयति ॥१९॥
evam jambū-phalānām atyucca-nipāta-viśīrṇānām anasthi-prāyāṇām ibha-kāya-nibhānām rasena jambū nāma nadī meru-mandara-śikharād ayuta-yojanād avani-tale nipatantī dakṣiṇenātmānam yāvad ilāvṛtam upasyandayati.
evam —similarly;  jambū-phalānām —of the fruits called  jambū  (the rose apple);  ati-ucca-nipāta —because of falling from a great height;  viśīrṇānām —which are broken to pieces;  anasthi-prāyāṇām —having very small seeds;  ibha-kāya-nibhānām —and which are as large as the bodies of elephants;  rasena —by the juice;  jambū nāma nadī —a river named Jambū-nadī;  meru-mandara-śikharāt —from the top of Meru-mandara Mountain;  ayuta-yojanāt —ten thousand  yojanas  high;  avani-tale —on the ground;  nipatantī —falling;  dakṣiṇena —on the southern side;  ātmānam —itself;  yāvat —the whole;  ilāvṛtam —llāvṛta-varṣa:  upasyandayati —flows through.
TRANSLATION
Similarly, the fruits of the jambū tree, which are full of pulp and have very small seeds, fall from a great height and break to pieces. Those fruits are the size of elephants, and the juice gliding from them becomes a river named Jambū-nadī. This river falls a distance of 10,000 yojanas, from the summit of Merumandara to