Text 4] The Structure of the Universe 275

BAT AIA fa AAG: | Tat TalTeTA TATA
MTT AIAN TH: Aaa FaaIMTaTa.
TIAA: Pia eT Fern aad se alae TAA UY II

Sivam yavasam subhadram sdntam ksemam amrtam abhayam iti
varsdni tesu girayo nadyas ca saptaivabhinatah. manikiito vajrakita
indraseno jyotisman suparno hiranyasthivo meghamala iti setu-Sailah
arund nrmnangirasi sdvitri suptabhata rtambhara satyambhara iti
maha-nadyah. ydsam jalopasparsana-vidhita-rajas-tamaso harhsa-
patangordhvayana-satydnga-samjnas catvdro varnah sahasrdyuso
vibudhopama-sandarsana-prajananah svarga-dvaram trayya vidyaya
bhagavantam trayimayam siiryam aGtmanam yajante.

; sivam—Siva: yavasam—Yavasa; subhadram—Subhadra; séntam—
Santa; ksemam—Ksema; amrtam—Amrta; abhayam—Abhaya; iti—
thus; varsdni—the tracts of land according to the names of the seven
sons; tesu—in them; girayah—mountains; nadyah ca—and rivers;
sapta—seven; eva—indeed; abhijfidtah—are known; mani-kitah—
Manikita; vajra-kiitah—Vajrakita; indra-senah—Indrasena; jyotis-
maén—Jyotisman; suparnah—Suparna; hiranya-sthivah—
Hiranyasthiva; megha-malah—Meghamila; iti—thus; setu-sailah—the
ranges of mountains marking the borders of the varsas; arund— Aruna;
nrmna—Nrmna; arigirasi—Angirasi; sdvitri—Savitri; supta-bhata—
Suptabhata; rtambhard—Rtambhara; satyambhard—Satyambhara;
iti—thus; maha-nadyah—very large rivers; yasam—of which; jala-
upasparsana—simply by touching the water; vidhiita—washed off; ra-
jah-tamasah—whose modes of passion and ignorance; harnsa—Hathsa;
patanga—Patanga; urdhvayana—Urdhvayana; satyanga—Satyanga:
sarnjnah—named; catvarah—four; varndh—castes or divisions of men:
sahasra-dyusah—living for one thousand years; vibudha-upama—simi-
lar to the demigods; sandarsana—in having very beautiful forms; pra-
Jananah—and in producing children; svarga-dvaram—the gateway to
the heavenly planets; trayyaé vidyaya—by performing ritualistic
ceremonies according to Vedic principles; bhagavantam—the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; trayi-mayam—established in the Vedas;
