॥ अथ द्वितीयांशे द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ॥
श्रीमैत्रेय उवाच ।
श्रीपराशर उवाच ।
२.२.१२
लक्षप्रमाणो द्वौ मध्यौ दशहीनास्तथापरे ।
सहस्रद्वितयोच्छ्रायास्तावद्विस्तारिणश्च ते ॥
Summary AI The two central mountains are one hundred thousand yojanas in extent, while the others are ten thousand less. They are two thousand yojanas high and equally wide.
२.२.१७
विष्कंभारचिता मेरोर्योजनायुतमुच्छ्रितः ।
नवैः सरोभिश्च समं दिक्ष्वेते केशवाचलाः ॥
Summary AI These mountains, serving as buttresses to Meru, are ten thousand yojanas high. Along with nine lakes, these Keśava mountains stand in the four directions.
२.२.१९
कदम्बस्तेषु जम्बूश्च पिप्पलो वट एव च ।
एकादशशतायामाः पादपा गिरिकेतवः ॥
Summary AI On these mountains stand the Kadamba, Jambū, Pippala, and Vaṭa trees, respectively, measuring eleven hundred yojanas in height like mountain banners.
२.२.२३
तीरमृत्तद्रसं प्राप्य सुखवायुविशोषिता ।
जाम्बूनदाख्यं भवति सुवर्णं सिद्धभूषणम् ॥
Summary AI The mud on the banks, having absorbed that juice and being dried by the pleasant breeze, becomes the gold known as Jāmbūnada, which serves as the ornament of the Siddhas.
२.२.३५
पूर्वेण शैलाच्छीता तु शैलं यात्यन्तरीक्षगा ।
ततश्च पूर्ववर्षैण भद्राश्वैनैति सार्णवम् ॥
Summary AI Traveling through the sky, the Sītā flows from mountain to mountain in the east, and then passing through the eastern region of Bhadrāśva, she reaches the ocean.
२.२.३९
आनीलनिषधायामौ माल्यवद्गन्धमादनौ ।
तयोर्मध्यगतो मेरूः कर्णिकाकारसंस्थितः ॥
Summary AI Mālyavān and Gandhamādana extend as far as the Nīla and Niṣadha ranges; between them stands Mount Meru, situated like the pericarp of a lotus.
२.२.५०
भद्राश्वे भगवान्विष्णुरास्ते हयशिरा द्विज ।
वराजः केतुमाले तु भारते कूर्मरूपधृक् ॥
Summary AI O Dvija, in Bhadrāśva, Lord Viṣṇu resides as the horse-headed Hayagrīva; in Ketumāla, he is in the form of the boar (Varāha); and in Bhārata, he assumes the form of the tortoise (Kūrma).
॥ इति द्वितीयांशे द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ॥
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