Shloka 18

Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्

Devanagari script

हिमप्रायस्तु हिमवान् हेमकूटस्तु हेमवान् तरुणादित्यसंकाशो हैरण्यो निषधः स्मृतः

Transliteration

himaprāyastu himavān hemakūṭastu hemavān taruṇādityasaṃkāśo hairaṇyo niṣadhaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

ويُقال إن «هِمافان» يغلب عليه غطاءُ الثلج؛ ويُعلَن أن «هِماكوطا» متلألئ كَالذَّهَب؛ وأمّا «نِصَدَه» فذو لونٍ ذهبيّ، يلمع كالشمس عند طلوعها، وهكذا يُذكَر.

Word by Word

• hima-prāyaḥ: mostly snowy, snow-abounding

• tu: indeed/and

• himavān: the Himavān (Himalaya) mountain

• hema-kūṭaḥ: Hemakūṭa mountain

• tu: and

• hema-vān: possessing gold/golden, radiant

• taruṇa-āditya-saṃkāśaḥ: having the appearance of the young (rising) sun

• hairaṇyaḥ: golden, made of/like gold

• niṣadhaḥ: Niṣadha (a mountain range)

• smṛtaḥ: is remembered/said to be

Speaker

Suta Goswami