Shloka 11

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

Devanagari script

कौरव्य! वहीं परम कान्तिमान्‌ कुमुद नामक तीसरा पर्वत है। चौथा पुष्पवान, पाँचवाँ कुशेशय और छठा हरिगिरि है। ये छः कुशद्वीपके श्रेष्ठ पर्वत हैं

Transliteration

Kauravya! vahīṁ parama kāntimān Kumuda nāmaka tṛtīyaḥ parvataḥ. caturthaḥ Puṣpavān, pañcamaḥ Kuśeśayaḥ, ṣaṣṭhaḥ Harigiriḥ. ete ṣaṭ Kuśadvīpasya śreṣṭhāḥ parvatāḥ.

Translation

સંજય બોલ્યા—હે કૌરવ્ય! ત્યાં પરમ તેજસ્વી ત્રીજો પર્વત ‘કુમુદ’ છે. ચોથો ‘પુષ્પવાન’, પાંચમો ‘કુશેશય’ અને છઠ્ઠો ‘હરિગિરિ’ છે. આ છ કুশદ્વીપના શ્રેષ્ઠ પર્વતો છે.

Word by Word

कौरव्यO Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)

वहींthere (in that very place)

परमsupreme, very great

कान्तिमान्splendid, radiant

कुमुदKumuda (name of a mountain)

नामकnamed, called

तृतीयःthird

पर्वतःmountain

अस्तिis/exists

चतुर्थःfourth

पुष्पवान्Pushpavān (name of a mountain; 'flowered')

पञ्चमःfifth

कुशेशयःKuśeśaya (name of a mountain)

षष्ठःsixth

हरिगिरिःHarigiri (name of a mountain; 'Hari-mountain')

एतेthese

षट्six

कुशद्वीपस्यof Kuśadvīpa

श्रेष्ठाःbest, foremost

पर्वताःmountains

सन्तिare/exist

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Kauravya)

Kuśadvīpa

Kumuda (mountain)

Puṣpavān (mountain)

Kuśeśaya (mountain)

Harigiri (mountain)

Sandhi Notes