Shloka 13

सप्तद्वीप-सप्तसमुद्र-वर्णनम् तथा प्रियव्रतवंश-राज्यविभागः

Devanagari script

आसमुद्रायताः केचिद् गिरयो गह्वरैस् तथा धरायाः पतयश्चासन् बहवः कालगौरवात्

Transliteration

āsamudrāyatāḥ kecid girayo gahvarais tathā dharāyāḥ patayaścāsan bahavaḥ kālagauravāt

Translation

May ilang bundok ay umabot hanggang sa dagat; ang iba nama’y hitik sa malalawak na yungib. Marami rin ang naging “mga panginoon” ng daigdig—iniangat sa paghahari at bigat ng kapangyarihang maringal ng Panahon, si Kāla.

Word by Word

• āsamudrāyatāḥ: extending up to the ocean/sea-reaching

• kecit: some

• girayaḥ: mountains

• gahvaraiḥ: with caves/chasm-like hollows

• tathā: likewise

• dharāyāḥ: of the earth

• patayaḥ: lords/masters/rulers

• ca: and

• āsan: became/were

• bahavaḥ: many

• kāla-gauravāt: due to the weight/gravitas of Time (Kāla)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)