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उच्चैर्गिरी रैवतको यत्र नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितः । रेवती दिवि नक्षत्रं पितामहकृतो विधिः॥६-१२-१६॥
There is the lofty mountain Raivataka, where it stands established perpetually. Revatī is a constellation in the sky—an arrangement established by the Grandsire (Brahmā).
english translation
उत्तरेण तु राजेन्द्र श्यामो नाम महागिरिः । यतः श्यामत्वमापन्नाः प्रजा जनपदेश्वर॥६-१२-१७॥
To the north, O lord of kings, is the great mountain named Śyāma, from which the people have acquired a dark complexion, O lord of the realm.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । सुमहान्संशयो मेऽद्य प्रोक्तं संजय यत्त्वया । प्रजाः कथं सूतपुत्र संप्राप्ताः श्यामतामिह॥६-१२-१८॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: From what you have spoken today, Sañjaya, a very great doubt has arisen in me. How, O son of a sūta, have the peoples here come to be described as “dark-complexioned”?
english translation
संजय उवाच । सर्वेष्वेव महाप्राज्ञ द्वीपेषु कुरुनन्दन । गौरः कृष्णश्च वर्णौ द्वौ तयोर्वर्णान्तरं नृप॥६-१२-१९॥
Sañjaya said: In all the islands and continents, O most discerning one, O delight of the Kurus, there are two principal complexions—fair (gaura) and dark (kṛṣṇa). Between these two, O king, there are intermediate gradations.
english translation
श्यामो यस्मात्प्रवृत्तो वै तत्ते वक्ष्यामि भारत । आस्तेऽत्र भगवान्कृष्णस्तत्कान्त्या श्यामतां गतः॥६-१२-२०॥
I shall explain to you, O Bhārata, from what cause the designation “dark” is derived. The Blessed Kṛṣṇa abides here, and by the radiance of his splendor this region is said to have taken on “darkness” (śyāmatā).
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