Shloka 16
मेरुवर्णनम्—प्रमाण, दिग्विभाग, देवपुरी-विमान-निवासाः
Devanagari script
वैवस्वती दक्षिणे तु यमस्य यमिनां वराः भवनैरावृता दिव्यैर् जांबूनदमयैः शुभैः
Transliteration
vaivasvatī dakṣiṇe tu yamasya yamināṃ varāḥ bhavanairāvṛtā divyair jāṃbūnadamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ
Translation
दक्षिणे वैवस्वती नाम पुरी यमस्य; तत्र यमिनां वराः दिव्यैः शुभैः जाम्बूनदमयैः भवनैः परिवृता वसन्ति।
Word by Word
vaivasvatīVaivasvatī (Yama’s southern city/region)
vaivasvatī:
dakṣiṇein the south/right-southern quarter
dakṣiṇe:
tuindeed
tu:
yamasyaof Yama
yamasya:
yamināmof Yama’s attendants/servants (yamasya janāḥ)
yaminām:
varāḥthe best, the foremost
varāḥ:
bhavanaiḥby mansions, dwellings
bhavanaiḥ:
āvṛtāsurrounded, encircled
āvṛtā:
divyaiḥdivine, celestial
divyaiḥ:
jāmbūnadamayaiḥmade of jāmbūnada-gold (refined celestial gold)
jāmbūnadamayaiḥ:
śubhaiḥauspicious, splendid
śubhaiḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)