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अत्र सूर्यं प्रणयिनं प्रतिगृह्णाति पर्वतः । अस्तो नाम यतः संध्या पश्चिमा प्रतिसर्पति॥५-१०८-६॥
Here a mountain receives the Sun as though a beloved; from this place, called Asta, the western twilight advances.
english translation
अतो रात्रिश्च निद्रा च निर्गता दिवसक्षये । जायते जीवलोकस्य हर्तुमर्धमिवायुषः॥५-१०८-७॥
From there, at the day’s end, night and sleep emerge; they arise for the world of living beings, as though to take away half of life’s span.
english translation
अत्र देवीं दितिं सुप्तामात्मप्रसवधारिणीम् । विगर्भामकरोच्छक्रो यत्र जातो मरुद्गणः॥५-१०८-८॥
Here, while the goddess Diti slept—bearing her own offspring—Śakra rendered her without a fetus; it was here that the host of Maruts came to be born.
english translation
अत्र मूलं हिमवतो मन्दरं याति शाश्वतम् । अपि वर्षसहस्रेण न चास्यान्तोऽधिगम्यते॥५-१०८-९॥
Here, the root of Himavat extends to the eternal Mandara; even in a thousand years, its end cannot be ascertained.
english translation
अत्र काञ्चनशैलस्य काञ्चनाम्बुवहस्य च । उदधेस्तीरमासाद्य सुरभिः क्षरते पयः॥५-१०८-१०॥
Here, having reached the ocean’s shore near the Golden Mountain and the bearer of golden waters, Surabhī is said to exude milk.
english translation