Text 19] A Description of Jambidvipa 107

TRANSLATION

The pious wives of the Yaksas act as personal maidservants to
assist Bhavani, the wife of Lord Siva. Because they drink the water
of the River Arunoda, their bodies become fragrant, and as the air
carries away that fragrance, it perfumes the entire atmosphere for
eighty miles around.

TEXT 19

De ea GEO SIC MIGICAIUIC UCC EDIT ECIUIC CIC EGE!
WL AM al Reaeaaaqasacalaas faa afaoin
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evam jambi-phaldndm atyucca-nipata-visirnandm anasthi-prayanam
ibha-kaya-nibhdnam rasena jambi nama nadi meru-mandara-sikharad
ayuta-yojandd avani-tale nipatanti daksinenatmanam ydavad ilavrtam
upasyandayati.

evam—similarly; jambi-phalanaém—of the fruits called jamba (the
rose apple): ati-ucca-nipdta—because of falling from a great height:
visirnanadm—which are broken to pieces; anasthi-prayanam—having
very small seeds; ibha-kdya-nibhdndm—and which are as large as the
bodies of elephants; rasena—by the juice; jambi ndma nadi—a river
named Jambi-nadi; meru-mandara-sikharat—from the top of Meru-
mandara Mountain; ayuta-yojandt—ten thousand yojanas high; avani-
tale—on the ground; nipatanti—falling: daksinena—on the southern
side; dtmadnam—itself; yavat—the whole: iavrtam—Ilavrta-varsa:

upasyandayati—flows through.

TRANSLATION

Similarly, the fruits of the jambi 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 Jambi-nadi. This river falls a
distance of 10,000 yojanas, from the summit of Merumandara to
