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आर्यवर्तं गीष्पतेः शुयनद्यः काव्येन्द्वोश्च ज्ञस्य पुण्यस्थलानि । पङ्गोनीन्द्या म्लेच्छभूस्तीक्ष्णभानोः सौलारण्यं कीकटं भूमिजस्य ॥ २६॥

The country pertaining to Jupiter is Aryavarta (name of the tract extending from the Eastern to the Western ocean and bounded on the North and South by the Himalaya and Vindhya respectively). Venus and the Moon indicate tracts watered by the sacred rivers. Mercury represents all sacred places. Saturn signifies prohibited tracts like those occupied. by foreigners, while the Sun indicates mountain and forest regions, and Mars, the country of Behar.

english translation

AryavartaM gISpateH zuyanadyaH kAvyendvozca jJasya puNyasthalAni । paGgonIndyA mlecchabhUstIkSNabhAnoH saulAraNyaM kIkaTaM bhUmijasya ॥ 26॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript