Text 4] The Structure of the Universe 275
BAT TATA st AeA: | Tat TAIeTAA ATTA
FAIA A IATA Th Acar frame.
oA: Sta AT ree aad ee alee aA UY I
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;
