Shloka 3
Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्
Devanagari script
नीलस्तथोत्तरे मेरोः श्वेतस्तस्योत्तरे पुनः शृङ्गी तस्योत्तरे विप्रास् त्रयस्ते वर्षपर्वताः
Transliteration
nīlastathottare meroḥ śvetastasyottare punaḥ śṛṅgī tasyottare viprās trayaste varṣaparvatāḥ
Translation
ดูก่อนพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ทางเหนือแห่งเมรุมีภูเขานีละ ถัดขึ้นไปทางเหนือมีภูเขาศเวตะ และเหนือศเวตะมีศฤงคี ทั้งสามนี้เรียกว่า “ภูเขาแห่งวรรษ”
Word by Word
nīlaḥNīla (a mountain)
nīlaḥ:
tathālikewise/indeed
tathā:
uttareto the north
uttare:
meroḥof Meru
meroḥ:
śvetaḥŚveta (a mountain)
śvetaḥ:
tasyaof it (Nīla)
tasya:
uttareto the north
uttare:
punaḥagain/further
punaḥ:
śṛṅgīŚṛṅgī (a mountain)
śṛṅgī:
tasyaof it (Śveta)
tasya:
uttareto the north
uttare:
viprāḥO Brahmins
viprāḥ:
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
tethose
te:
varṣa-parvatāḥVarṣa-mountains (mountains defining the varṣas/regions).
varṣa-parvatāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami