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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । उक्तो द्वीपस्य संक्षेपो विस्तरं ब्रूहि संजय । यावद्भूम्यवकाशोऽयं दृश्यते शशलक्षणे । तस्य प्रमाणं प्रब्रूहि ततो वक्ष्यसि पिप्पलम्॥६-७-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: You have spoken of the island-continent in brief; now tell it in full, O Saṃjaya. As far as this expanse of earth is seen upon the moon-marked sphere, declare to me its measure; thereafter you may speak of the pippala, the sacred fig.
english translation
वैशंपायन उवाच । एवमुक्तः स राज्ञा तु संजयो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । प्रागायता महाराज षडेते रत्नपर्वताः । अवगाढा ह्युभयतः समुद्रौ पूर्वपश्चिमौ॥६-७-२॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Thus addressed by the king, Saṃjaya replied. O great king, there are six jewel-like mountain ranges stretching eastward; and on both sides lie the oceans, to the east and to the west.
english translation
हिमवान्हेमकूटश्च निषधश्च नगोत्तमः । नीलश्च वैडूर्यमयः श्वेतश्च रजतप्रभः । सर्वधातुविनद्धश्च शृङ्गवान्नाम पर्वतः॥६-७-३॥
(Saṃjaya said:) Himavān, Hemakūṭa, and Niṣadha—the foremost of mountains—together with Nīla made of beryl, Śveta shining like silver, and the mountain called Śṛṅgavān, bound with every mineral: these are named as the principal ranges.
english translation
एते वै पर्वता राजन्सिद्धचारणसेविताः । तेषामन्तरविष्कम्भो योजनानि सहस्रशः॥६-७-४॥
These mountains, O king, are frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas; and the breadth of the intervals between them is measured in thousands of yojanas.
english translation
तत्र पुण्या जनपदास्तानि वर्षाणि भारत । वसन्ति तेषु सत्त्वानि नानाजातीनि सर्वशः॥६-७-५॥
There are auspicious countries there—those regions called varṣas, O Bhārata; and in them dwell living beings of many kinds, in every manner.
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