100 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 16
mandode puranam caiva
vyatyasam ksira-sagare
rahu-soma-ravinam ca
mandalad dvi-gunoktitam
vinaiva sarvam unneyam
yojanabhedato ’tra tu
It appears from these verses that aside from the sun and moon, there is
an invisible planet called Rahu. The movements of Rahu cause both solar
and lunar eclipses. We suggest that the modern expeditions attempting to
reach the moon are mistakenly going to Rahu.
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od afaurerad frat gagel feares eta aera aeT atereat-
SHAR TTT aA HETVTANAAT TUASTT 18
evam daksinenelavrtam nisadho hemakito himalaya iti prag-dyata
yathd nilddayo ’yuta-yojanotsedha hari-varsa-kimpurusa-bhdratanam
yathd-sankhyam.
evam—thus; daksinena—by degrees to the southern side; ilavrtam—
of Ilavrta-varsa; nisadhah hema-kitah himalayah—three mountains
named Nisadha, Hemakita and Himalaya; iti—thus; prak-dyatah—ex-
tended to the east; yathd —just as; nila-adayah—the mountains headed
by Nila; ayuta-yojana-utsedhah—ten thousand yojanas high; hari-
varsa—the division named Hari-varsa; kimpurusa—the division named
Kimpurusa; bhdratandm—the division named Bharata-varsa; yathda-
sarikhyam—according to number.
TRANSLATION
Similarly, south of [lavrta-varsa and extending from east to west
are three great mountains named (from north to south) Nisadha,
Hemakata and Himalaya. Each of them is 10,000 yojanas [80,000
miles] high. They mark the boundaries of the three varsas named
Hari-varsa, Kimpurusa-varsa and Bharata-varsa [India].
