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Mahabharat

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भोजनं चात्र कौरव्य प्रजाः स्वयमुपस्थितम् । सिद्धमेव महाराज भुञ्जते तत्र नित्यदा॥६-१३-३१॥

And here, O Kauravya, provisions present themselves of their own accord to the beings; and there, O great king, they ever partake of food already prepared.

english translation

ततः परं समा नाम दृश्यते लोकसंस्थितिः । चतुरश्रा महाराज त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तु मण्डलम्॥६-१३-३२॥

Beyond that is described a world-configuration called Samā; it is quadrangular, O great king, and its circuit is said to be thirty-three.

english translation

तत्र तिष्ठन्ति कौरव्य चत्वारो लोकसंमताः । दिग्गजा भरतश्रेष्ठ वामनैरावतादयः । सुप्रतीकस्तथा राजन्प्रभिन्नकरटामुखः॥६-१३-३३॥

There stand, O Kauravya, four elephants of the quarters, acknowledged by the world—O best of the Bharatas—Vāmana, Airāvata, and others; and also Supratīka, O king, whose face is marked by the flowing temporal secretions, as in rut.

english translation

तस्याहं परिमाणं तु न संख्यातुमिहोत्सहे । असंख्यातः स नित्यं हि तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्तथा॥६-१३-३४॥

But I do not venture here to enumerate its measure; for it is indeed immeasurable—horizontally, upward, and downward as well—at all times.

english translation

तत्र वै वायवो वान्ति दिग्भ्यः सर्वाभ्य एव च । असंबाधा महाराज तान्निगृह्णन्ति ते गजाः॥६-१३-३५॥

There, winds blow from all directions; unobstructed, O great king, and those elephants restrain them.

english translation