Shloka 23

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

Devanagari script

निषधः पारियात्रश् च द्वावेतौ वरपर्वतौ यथा पूर्वौ तथा याम्याव् एतौ पश्चिमतः श्रितौ

Transliteration

niṣadhaḥ pāriyātraś ca dvāvetau varaparvatau yathā pūrvau tathā yāmyāv etau paścimataḥ śritau

Translation

Niṣadha dan Pāriyātra—dua banjaran ini ialah gunung yang unggul. Seperti pasangan terdahulu yang berdiri di timur, demikian juga dua ini, milik suku selatan, terletak menghala ke barat.

Word by Word

• निषधः: Niṣadha (a sacred mountain range)

• पारियात्रः: Pāriyātra (a sacred mountain range)

• च: and

• द्वौ: two

• एतौ: these

• वरपर्वतौ: best/excellent mountains

• यथा: just as

• पूर्वौ: the former two / the earlier pair (in the east)

• तथा: so, likewise

• याम्यौ: southern (belonging to Yama’s quarter)

• एतौ: these two

• पश्चिमतः: toward the west / on the western side

• श्रितौ: situated, resting, located

Speaker

Suta Goswami