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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 21]
Mountain in a circle whose length is 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles]. On Mānasottara Mountain, due east of Mount Sumeru, is a place known as Devadhānī, possessed by King Indra. Similarly, in the south is a place known as Samyamanī, possessed by Yamarāja, in the west is a place known as Nimlocanī, possessed by Varuṇa, and in the north is a place named Vibhāvarī, possessed by the moon-god. Sunrise, midday, sunset and midnight occur in all those places according to specific times, thus engaging all living entities in their various occupational duties and also making them cease such duties.
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तत्रत्यानां दिवसमध्यङ्गत एव सदाऽऽदित्यस्तपति सन्येनाचलं दक्षिणेन करोति ॥८॥ यत्रोदेति तस्य ह समानसूत्रनिपाते निम्लोचति यत्र क्वचन स्थन्देनाभितपति तस्य हैष समानसूत्रनिपाते प्रस्वापयति तत्र गतं न पश्यन्ति ये तं समनुपश्येरन् ॥९॥
tatratyānām divasa-madhyaṅgata eva sadādityas tapati savyenācalam dakṣiṇena karoti. yatrodeti tasya ha samāna-sūtra-nipāte nimlocati yatra kvacana syandenābhitapati tasya haiṣa samāna-sūtra-nipāte prasvāpayati tatra gatam na paśyanti ye tam samanupaśyeran.
tatratyānām—for the living entities residing on Mount Meru; divasa-madhyaṅgataḥ—being positioned as at midday; eva—indeed; sadā—always; ādityaḥ—the sun; tapati—heats; savyena—to the left side; acalam—Sumeru Mountain; dakṣiṇena—to the right (being forced by wind blowing to the right, the sun moves to the right); karoti—moves; yatra—the point where; udeti—it rises; tasya—of that position; ha—certainly; samāna-sūtra-nipāte—at the diametrically opposite point; nimlocati—the sun sets; yatra—where; kvacana—somewhere; syandena—with perspiration; abhitapati—heats (at midday); tasya—of that; ha—certainly; eṣaḥ—this (the sun); samāna-sūtra-nipāte—at the diametrically opposite point; prasvāpayati—the sun causes to sleep (as at midnight); tatra—there; gatam—gone; na paśyanti—do not see; ye—who; tam—the sunset; samanupaśyeran—seeing.