Text 21] The Structure of the Universe 293
TRANSLATION

The ruler of this island was another son of Maharaja Priyavrata.
His name was Ghrtaprstha, and he was a very learned scholar. He
also divided his own island among his seven sons. After dividing
the island into seven parts, named according to the names of his
sons, Ghrtaprstha Maharaja completely retired from family life
and took shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord, the soul of all souls,
who has all auspicious qualities. Thus he attained perfection.

TEXT 21
ait mae Fags: saat wife atamt tacafatea yawss-
aratt Tata: aa ada Taare: Tet a aha
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STAM aaa Area: aaa ef AT Hat rete Ala
eradt Tara Tale 1 2 I
amo madhuruho meghaprsthah sudhama bhrdjistho lohitarno vanaspatir
iti ghrtaprstha-sutds tesam varsa-girayah sapta saptaiva nadyas
cabhikhyatah suklo vardhaméno bhojana upabarhino nando nandanah
sarvatobhadra iti abhayd amrtaugha aryaka tirthavati ripavati
pavitravati sukleti.

dmah—Ama; madhu-ruhah—Madhuruha; megha-prsthah—
Meghaprstha; sudhéma—Sudhama; bhrajisthah—Bhrajistha; lohitar-
nah—Lohitarna; vanaspatih—Vanaspati; iti—thus; ghrtaprstha-
sutah—the sons of Ghrtaprstha; tesam—of those sons; varsa-girayah—
boundary hills of the tracts of land; sapta—seven; sapta—seven; eva—
also; nadyah—rivers; ca—and; abhikiydtah —celebrated; suklah
vardhamadnah—Sukla and Vardhamana; bhojanah—Bhojana;
upabarhinah—Upabarhina; nandah—Nanda; nandanah—Nandana;:
sarvatah-bhadrah —Sarvatobhadra; _ uti—thus; abhayad—Abhaya;
amrtaughé—Amrtaugha; dryaké—Aryaka; tirthavati—Tirthavati;
répavati—Ripavati; pavitravati—Pavitravati; suklad—Sukla; iti—thus.
