Shloka 6
मेरुवर्णनम्—प्रमाण, दिग्विभाग, देवपुरी-विमान-निवासाः
Devanagari script
ततः षोडशसाहस्रं योजनानि क्षितेरधः शेषं चोपरि विप्रेन्द्रा धरायास्तस्य शृङ्गिणः
Transliteration
tataḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ yojanāni kṣiteradhaḥ śeṣaṃ copari viprendrā dharāyāstasya śṛṅgiṇaḥ
Translation
तत्पश्चात्, हे विप्रश्रेष्ठो, पृथ्वी के नीचे सोलह हजार योजन पर शेष स्थित है; और उसी शृङ्गधारी के ऊपर यह धरती टिकी हुई है।
Word by Word
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
ṣoḍaśa-sāhasramsixteen thousand
ṣoḍaśa-sāhasram:
yojanāniyojanas (a measure of distance)
yojanāni:
kṣiteḥof the earth
kṣiteḥ:
adhaḥbelow/beneath
adhaḥ:
śeṣamŚeṣa (Ananta, the cosmic serpent)
śeṣam:
caand
ca:
upariabove
upari:
vipra-indrāḥO chiefs among brahmins
vipra-indrāḥ:
dharāyāḥof the earth
dharāyāḥ:
tasyaof him
tasya:
śṛṅgiṇaḥof the horned one/bearer with horns (supporting being)
śṛṅgiṇaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami