SB 5.21.7
Devanāgarī
एवं नव कोटय एकपञ्चाशल्लक्षाणि योजनानां मानसोत्तरगिरिपरिवर्तनस्योपदिशन्ति तस्मिन्नैन्द्रीं पुरीं पूर्वस्मान्मेरोर्देवधानीं नाम दक्षिणतो याम्यां संयमनीं नाम पश्चाद्वारुणीं निम्लोचनीं नाम उत्तरत: सौम्यां विभावरीं नाम तासूदयमध्याह्नास्तमयनिशीथानीति भूतानां प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिनिमित्तानि समयविशेषेण मेरोश्चतुर्दिशम् ॥ ७ ॥
Text
evaṁ nava koṭaya eka-pañcāśal-lakṣāṇi yojanānāṁ mānasottara-giri-parivartanasyopadiśanti tasminn aindrīṁ purīṁ pūrvasmān meror devadhānīṁ nāma dakṣiṇato yāmyāṁ saṁyamanīṁ nāma paścād vāruṇīṁ nimlocanīṁ nāma uttarataḥ saumyāṁ vibhāvarīṁ nāma tāsūdaya-madhyāhnāstamaya-niśīthānīti bhūtānāṁ pravṛtti-nivṛtti-nimittāni samaya-viśeṣeṇa meroś catur-diśam.
Synonyms
evam—thus;nava—nine;koṭayaḥ—ten millions;eka-pañcāśat—fifty-one;lakṣāṇi—hundred thousands;yojanānām—of theyojanas;mānasottara-giri—of the mountain known as Mānasottara;parivartanasya—of the circumambulation;upadiśanti—they (learned scholars) teach;tasmin—on that (Mānasottara Mountain);aindrīm—of King Indra;purīm—the city;pūrvasmāt—on the eastern side;meroḥ—of Sumeru Mountain;devadhānīm—Devadhānī;nāma—of the name;dakṣiṇataḥ—on the southern side;yāmyām—of Yamarāja;saṁyamanīm—Saṁyamanī;nāma—named;paścāt—on the western side;vāruṇīm—of Varuṇa;nimlocanīm—Nimlocanī;nāma—named;uttarataḥ—on the northern side;saumyām—of the moon;vibhāvarīm—Vibhāvarī;nāma—named;tāsu—in all of them;udaya—rising;madhyāhna—midday;astamaya—sunset;niśīthāni—midnight;iti—thus;bhūtānām—of the living entities;pravṛtti—of activity;nivṛtti—and cessation of activity;nimittāni—the causes;samaya-viśeṣeṇa—by the particular times;meroḥ—of Sumeru Mountain;catuḥ-diśam—the four sides.
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued; My dear King, as stated before, the learned say that the sun travels over all sides of Mānasottara Mountain in a circle whose length is 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles]. On Mānasottara Mountain, due east of Mount Sumeru, is a place known as Devadhānī, possessed by King Indra. Similarly, in the south is a place known as Saṁyamanī, possessed by Yamarāja, in the west is a place known as Nimlocanī, possessed by Varuṇa, and in the north is a place named Vibhāvarī, possessed by the moon-god. Sunrise, midday, sunset and midnight occur in all those places according to specific times, thus engaging all living entities in their various occupational duties and also making them cease such duties.