Shloka 33

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

दृश्यादृश्यगिरिर् यावत् तावदेषा धरा द्विजाः योजनानां सहस्राणि दश तस्योच्छ्रयः स्मृतः

Transliteration

dṛśyādṛśyagirir yāvat tāvadeṣā dharā dvijāḥ yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi daśa tasyocchrayaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

O ihr zweimal Geborenen, diese Erde reicht bis zu dem Berg namens Dṛśya–Adṛśya; und seine Höhe wird der Überlieferung nach mit zehntausend Yojanas erinnert.

Word by Word

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brāhmaṇas)

• धरा: the Earth, the sustaining ground

• एषा: this

• तावत्: so far, to that extent

• यावत्: as far as, up to

• दृश्यादृश्यगिरिः: the mountain named Dṛśya–Adṛśya (Visible–Invisible)

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas (a measure of distance)

• सहस्राणि: thousands

• दश: ten

• तस्य: of it (of the Earth / that mountain-range boundary)

• उच्छ्रयः: height, elevation

• स्मृतः: is remembered/recorded in tradition

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)