Chapter 4

sūta uvāca |
etadbrahmāṃḍamākhyātaṃ caturvidhamidaṃ mahat |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi bhūrlokasya vinirṇayam || 1 ||
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taddvīpapradhāno jaṃbūḥ plakṣaḥ śālmala eva ca |
kuśaḥ krauṃcaśca śākaśca puṣkaraścaiva saptamaḥ || 2 ||
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ete sapta mahādvīpāḥ samudraiḥ saptabhirvṛtāḥ |
dvīpāddvīpo mahānuktaḥ sāgarādapi sāgaraḥ || 3 ||
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kṣīrodekṣurasodo'tha kṣārodaśca ghṛtodakaḥ |
dadhyodaḥ kṣīrasalilo jalodaśceti sāgarāḥ || 4 ||
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paṃcāśatkoṭivistīrṇā samudravalayā smṛtā |
dvīpaiśca saptabhiryuktā yojanānāṃ samānataḥ || 5 ||
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jaṃbūdvīpaḥ samastānāṃ dvīpānāṃ madhyataḥ śubhaḥ |
tasya madhye mahāmerurviśrutaḥ kanakaprabhaḥ || 6 ||
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caturāśītisāhasrayojanairasya cocchrayaḥ |
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastāddvātriṃśanmūrdhni viṣkṛtaḥ || 7 ||
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mūle ṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ vistārastasya sarvataḥ |
bhūpramukhyaśca śailo'sau kalikātvena saṃsthitaḥ || 8 ||
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himavānhimakūṭaśca niṣadhasta sya dakṣiṇe |
nīlaḥ śvetaśca śṛṃgī ca uttare varṣaparvataḥ || 9 ||
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lakṣapramāṇau dvau madhye daśahīnāstathāpare |
sahasradvitayaṃ dīrghāstāvadvistāriṇaśca te || 10 ||
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bhārataṃ dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ tataḥ kiṃpuruṣaṃ smṛtam |
harivarṣaṃ tathaivānyanmerordakṣiṇato dvijāḥ || 11 ||
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caṃpakaṃ cottaraṃ varṣaṃ tathaivāśvahiraṇmayam |
uttarāḥ kuravaścaiva yathaite bhāratāstathā || 12 ||
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navasāhasramekaikameteṣāṃ dvijasattamāḥ |
ilāvṛtaśca tanmadhye tanmadhye merurucchritaḥ || 13 ||
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meroścaturdiśastatra navasāhasraviṣkṛtam |
ilāvṛtaṃ mahābhāgāścatvārastatra parvatāḥ || 14 ||
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viṣkaṃbhā racitā meroryojanāyutamucchritāḥ |
pūrveṇa maṃdaro nāma dakṣiṇe gaṃdhamādanaḥ || 15 ||
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vipulaḥ paścime bhāge supārśvaścottare sthitaḥ |
kadaṃbeṣveṣu nadyaśca pippalo vaṭa eva ca || 16 ||
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jaṃbūdvīpasya sā jaṃbūrnāmahetormaharṣayaḥ |
mahāgajapramāṇāni jaṃbūnyasya phalāni ca || 17 ||
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pataṃti bhūbhṛtaḥ pṛṣṭhe śīryamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ |
rasena caiva prakhyātā tasya jaṃbūnadī iti || 18 ||
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sarittu vartate sāpi pīyate tatra vāsibhiḥ |
na khedo na ca daurgaṃdhyaṃ na jarā neṃdriyakṣayaḥ |
utpannāḥ svacchamanaso narāstatra bhavanti vai || 19 ||
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tīrasūtraṃ samaṃ prāpya vāyunā ca viśoṣitam |
jāṃbūnadākhyaṃ bhavati suvarṇaṃ siddhabhūṣaṇam || 20 ||
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bhadrāśvaḥ pārśvato meroḥ ketumālaśca paścime |
varṣe dve tu muniśreṣṭhāstayormadhye ilāvṛtam || 21 ||
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merorupari vipreṃdrā brahmaṇaḥ sthānamuttamam |
tadūrdhve vāsavasthānaṃ tadūrdhve śaṃkarasya ca || 22 ||
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tadūrdhvaṃ vaiṣṇavo loko dugārlokastadūrdhvataḥ |
jyotirmayaṃ paraṃ sthānaṃ nirākāraṃ hiraṇmayam || 23 ||
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bhaktasthānaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ ca devo hi bhagavānraviḥ |
jyotiścakrasthitaḥ śuddho niścalaḥ parameśvaraḥ |
rāśicakre ca bhramati merorupari sattamāḥ || 24 ||
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biṃbaṣaṭkedrinābhau ca rathacakraṃ divāniśam |
vātarajjunibaṃdhena dhruvādhāre pratiṣṭhitam || 25 ||
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dikpālādyā grahāstatra dakṣiṇāduttarāyaṇam |
pratimāsaṃ gataḥ paṃthā hrāsavṛddhidinakṣayaḥ || 26 ||
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raviṇā laṃghito māsaścāṃdraḥ khyāto malimlucaḥ |
dvādaśe bhagavatsūrye pratyahaṃ bhaktasevake || 27 ||
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kṛtvā triṣu tvahorātraṃ tārāmayagataṃ vibhum |
yāmeyāme codayaśca deśedeśe ca śarvarī || 28 ||
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divā carati yaḥ sūryo rātrau carati candramāḥ |
nakṣatrāṇi divā rātrau sūryacakre pratiṣṭhitam || 29 ||
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deśānnaṃ cāvagamanaṃ yatra tasmādivābhavat |
yatra caṃdrakṣayo bhavati yatra sūryaḥ pravartate || 30 ||
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rātriṃdivaṃ vijānīyājjyotiścakre pratiṣṭhitam |
udayāstamanaṃ nāsti nakṣatrāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ || 31 ||
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yannakṣatre ca yo deśaḥ sa teṣāmudayaḥ smṛtaḥ |
tatrāsto jīvaśukrāṇāṃ sūryādīnāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ || 32 ||
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tadā kāle niyoktavyā bhārgavāstādikī kriyā |
sūryaḥ somo budhaścaṃdro bhārgavaścaiva śīghrakaḥ || 33 ||
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dakṣiṇāyanamāsthāya yadā carati raśmimān |
tadā sarvagrahāṇāṃ sa sūryodhastātprasarpati || 34 ||
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vistīrṇamaṃḍalaṃ kṛtvā tasyordhve carate śaśī |
nakṣatramaṃḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ somādūrdhvaṃ prasarpati || 35 ||
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nakṣatrebhyo budhaścordhvaṃ budhādūrdhvaṃ tu bhārgavaḥ |
candrastu bhārgavādūrdhvaṃ caṃdrādūrdhvaṃ śanaiścaraḥ || 36 ||
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tasmācchanaiścarādūrdhvaṃ tataḥ saptarṣimaṃḍalam |
ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva saptānāṃ dhruvaścordhvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ || 37 ||
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kālacakramaye cakre sūryo bhavati sarvadā |
rāśyarde्dheṣu gatiryatra tithīnāṃ ca tithau smṛtā || 38 ||
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staṃbhate carate śīghraṃ hrāse cāpi dinakṣayaḥ |
pādāstaṃ cāpi śukrasya mahāstaṃ tatra dṛśyate || 39 ||
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pādāste pakṣamātraṃ syānmahāste yāmamātrakam |
cakre pakṣārdhamāsaḥ syādaticāro'ṣṭavāsarān || 40 ||
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na gaṇyate deśabhede nakṣatreṇa ca gaṇyate |
bāla vṛddhastu śukrasya deśasthe vā gaṇasya ca || 41 ||
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bālyavārddhye kṣatriyasya na gaṇyete sadā budhaiḥ |
pādādūrdhvaṃ mahāstasya vaiśyasya dvijasa ttamāḥ || 42 ||
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śeṣārdhaṃ bhārgavāstasya śūdrāṇāmatha garhitam |
abhicāre ca cakre ca na śūdrasya vidhīyate || 43 ||
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varjayedvāsarānsapta iti cātharvaṇī śrutiḥ || 44 ||
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iti śrībhaviṣye mahāpurāṇe madhyamaparvaṇi prathamabhāge jyotiścakre caturtho'dhyāyaḥ || 4 ||
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