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

Himavān dikatakan kebanyakannya diselubungi salji; Hemakūṭa diisytiharkan bersinar laksana emas; dan Niṣadha—berwarna keemasan, gemilang seperti matahari yang baru terbit—demikianlah ia dikenang.

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