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Maitreya

Brahmin, you鈥檝e told me about creation during the period of 厂惫腻测补峁僢丑耻惫补. Now I鈥檇 like to hear from you about the entire circle of the earth, 1

Including oceans, lands, regions, mountains, forests, lakes and the cities of the gods and other beings, sage, 2

As well as the dimensions, support, nature and state of each. It befits you, sage, to describe all this. 3

笔补谤腻艣补谤补

Listen while I explain it all in brief, Maitreya, because I couldn鈥檛 give you all the details even in a hundred years. 4

闯补尘产奴, 笔濒补办峁�a, 艢腻濒尘补, 碍耻艣补, 碍谤补耻帽肠补 and 艢腻办补, with 笔耻峁�k补谤补 as the seventh, brahmin: 5

These are the continents surrounded by seven oceans, of saltwater, syrup, wine, ghee, whey, milk and water, respectively. 6

闯补尘产奴dv墨pa is in the middle of these, and the golden mountain, Meru, is at the centre of that continent, Maitreya. 7

Mount Meru stands eighty-four thousand leagues in height. 8

It descends below the surface of the earth for a further sixteen thousand leagues, its summit is thirty-two thousand leagues across and the base of the mountain is fully sixteen thousand leagues wide. 9

The world resembles a lotus flower with Mount Meru as the seed head at its heart. 10

The mountain ranges Himavant, 贬别尘补办奴峁璦 and 狈颈峁�a诲丑补 are to the south of Meru, while 狈墨濒补, 艢惫别迟补 and 艢峁涐箙驳颈苍 lie northward. 11

The two ranges closest to the centre are one hundred thousand leagues in length, while each of the others is successively ten thousand leagues shorter. They are all two thousand leagues high and two thousand wide. 12

To the south of Meru, the first region is 叠丑腻谤补迟补, 碍颈尘辫耻谤耻峁�a is next, then comes another, 贬补谤颈惫补谤峁�a, brahmin. 13

To the north of Meru is the region Ramya, followed by 贬颈谤补峁噈补测补 and the Northern Kurus, whose position mirrors that of 叠丑腻谤补迟补. 14

Each of these regions is nine thousand leagues wide, excellent brahmin, including 滨濒腻惫峁泃补, which has the towering golden mountain, Meru, at its centre. 15

From the four sides of Meru, 滨濒腻惫峁泃补 extends nine thousand leagues in each direction, fortunate brahmin, and there are four mountains in this region. 16

Arranged like pillars around Mount Meru, each stands ten thousand leagues high. To the east is Mandara by name, to the south 骋补苍诲丑补尘腻诲补苍补, Vipula is on the western side and 厂耻辫腻谤艣惫补 is to the north. 17

On each of these stands a tree, eleven hundred leagues across鈥攁 kadamba, a 箩补尘产奴, a pippala and a 惫补峁璦, respectively鈥攍ike banners on a mountain top. 18

闯补尘产奴dv墨pa is named for this 箩补尘产奴, a rose-apple tree, great sage, the fruits of which are as large as elephants. 19

When they fall down upon the mountain, they split open and their juices form a river, the 闯补尘产奴nad墨, from which the residents of that region drink. 20

As a result of drinking from the river, the people never sweat, smell bad, grow old or lose their senses, and their minds are always sharp. 21

When the mud on the riverbank, coming into contact with the juice, is dried by pleasant breezes, it becomes the kind of gold that鈥檚 known as 箩腻尘产奴苍补诲补 and is used in making jewellery for the siddhas. 22

The region of 叠丑补诲谤腻艣惫补 lies east of Meru, 碍别迟耻尘腻濒补 is to the west, best of sages, and 滨濒腻惫峁泃补 lies between them. 23

The Caitraratha forest is also east of Meru, and the forest of 骋补苍诲丑补尘腻诲补苍补 is to the south. Similarly, 痴补颈产丑谤腻箩补 is to the west and Nandana to the north. 24

The four lakes of 础谤耻峁噊诲补, 惭补丑腻产丑补诲谤补, Asitoda and 惭腻苍补蝉补 are always enjoyed by deities. 25

The mountain ranges 艢墨迟腻尘产丑补, Kumanda, Kurarin, M膩lyavant, with 痴补颈办补峁卥补 as the foremost, extend eastwards from Meru. 26

The 罢谤颈办奴峁璦, 艢颈艣颈谤补, 笔补迟补峁単补, Rucaka, 狈颈峁�a诲丑补 and other ranges lie south. 27

艢颈办丑颈惫腻蝉补蝉, Savai岣嵟珁a, Kapila, 骋补苍诲丑补尘腻诲补苍补, with 闯腻谤耻诲丑颈 as the main one, are to the west. 28

艢补峁卥丑补办奴峁璦, 峁氠梗补产丑补, 贬补峁僺补, 狈腻驳补, K膩la帽jana and others lie northward. These are situated in the regions around Mount Meru, including 闯补峁环补谤补. 29

On the summit of Mount Meru is 叠谤补丑尘腻鈥檚 wondrous city, fourteen thousand leagues across, Maitreya, and renowned throughout the heavens. 30

On all sides of that city, at the four cardinal points and the four intermediate ones, are the famed and excellent cities of Indra and other world-protecting deities. 31

Here, the River 骋补峁単腻, which flows across the foot of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, having first bathed the face of the moon, cascades from the heavens on every side of 叠谤补丑尘腻鈥檚 city. 32

After it has descended there, it flows in four directions as the 厂墨迟腻, 础濒补办补苍补苍诲腻, 颁补办峁�u and 叠丑补诲谤腻 rivers, respectively. 33

The 厂墨迟腻 flows eastwards through the sky from mountain to mountain, then crosses the eastern region of 叠丑补诲谤腻艣惫补 to the ocean. 34

Similarly, the 础濒补办补苍补苍诲腻 flows south to 叠丑腻谤补迟补, before dividing into seven streams and entering the ocean, great sage. 35

The 颁补办峁�u flows west past all the mountain ranges and, having reached the western region of 碍别迟耻尘腻濒补, there joins the ocean. 36

Likewise, the 叠丑补诲谤腻 crosses the northern mountain ranges and the land of Northern Kurus to reach the ocean in that direction, great sage. 37

Meru stands amid the 狈墨濒补, 狈颈峁�a诲丑补, M膩lyavant and 骋补苍诲丑补尘腻诲补苍补 mountains, like the seed head at the centre of a lotus. 38

The 叠丑腻谤补迟补s, 碍别迟耻尘腻濒补s, 叠丑补诲谤腻艣惫补s and the Kurus, like the petals of the lotus-world, lie beyond the limits of the mountains. 39

闯补峁环补谤补 and 顿别惫补办奴峁璦 are two ranges that form a barrier extending north to south, meeting the 狈墨濒补 and 狈颈峁�a诲丑补 mountains. 40

骋补苍诲丑补尘腻诲补苍补 and 碍补颈濒腻蝉补 stretch east and west, eighty leagues in width, from sea to sea. 41

The two ranges 狈颈峁�a诲丑补 and 笔腻谤颈测腻迟谤补 also form barriers to the west of Meru, as do those on the east. 42

罢谤颈艣峁涐箙驳补 and 闯腻谤耻诲丑颈, two regional ranges in the north, also extend east and west from sea to sea. 43

Thus, I鈥檝e described for you, best of sages, the mountain ranges of 闯补峁环补谤补 and the rest, which, in pairs, form barriers on the sides of Meru. 44

The chains of mountains on each side of Meru that I鈥檝e mentioned, such as 艢墨迟腻, are exceedingly delightful, sage. The valleys found between these ranges, inhabited by siddhas and 肠腻谤补峁嘺蝉, are pleasant, as are the forests and the cities. 45

There the excellent sanctuaries of 尝补办峁�m墨, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, Agni, 厂奴谤测补 and other deities, best of sages, are frequented by the foremost 办颈峁僴补谤补蝉. 46

Gandharvas, 测补办峁�a蝉, 谤腻办峁�a蝉补蝉, Daityas and 顿腻苍补惫补蝉 disport themselves both day and night in those splendid valleys. 47

These regions are like heaven on earth and are the abode of the righteous, sage. Evildoers may not approach them, even after a hundred rebirths. 48

In the region of 叠丑补诲谤腻艣惫补, Lord 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 dwells in the form of horse-headed 贬补测补艣颈谤补蝉, brahmin. He takes the form of a boar in 碍别迟耻尘腻濒补 and a tortoise in 叠丑腻谤补迟补. 49

Govinda takes the form of a fish in the land of Kurus, but 闯补苍腻谤诲补苍补 of universal form is in fact everywhere, and Hari, the universal being, is master of all. 50

He is the foundation of everything, Maitreya, and lies at the heart of all. 51

The other eight regions beginning with 碍颈尘辫耻谤耻峁�a are free from pain, fatigue, anxiety, hunger, calamities and other woes, great sage. 52

Their inhabitants are healthy, fearless, free from suffering and live for ten or twelve millennia. 53

The rain god Indra has no need to provide showers in those regions as there is sufficient water on the ground, nor are they subject to the cycles of the ages, 碍峁泃补, 罢谤别迟腻 and the others. 54

In each of these regions are seven mountain ranges, best of brahmins, where hundreds upon hundreds of rivers rise. 55

So ends Chapter Two in Book Two of the glorious 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 Pur膩峁嘺.