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The Eighth Book. Chapter 13

The Eighth Book

Chapter Xiii

On The Description Of The Remaining Dvpas

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Nrada said :-- Thou, the Knower of everything! Describe about the remaining Dvpas, knowing which we will be highly delighted.

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Nryana spoke thus :-- The very vast Ghrita Sgara (the ocean of clarified butter) is encircling the Kusa Dvpa. Next to it is the Krauncha Dvpa. It is twice as large as Kusa. The Ksra Sgara (the ocean of milk) is surrounding this Dvpa. The Krauncha mountain is standing here. The name of this Dvpa is derived from this mountain. In days gone by, the highly intelligent Krtikeya burst this mountain by his own prowess. This Dvpa is washed by the Ksra Sgara; and Varuna is its Regent. The son of Priyavrata, Ghritapristha, respected by all and whose prosperity knows no end, is the Lord of this Dvpa. He divided this Dvpa into the seven parts and distributed them to his sons and named the Varsas after the names of his sons. He made his sons the rulers of those places and he himself took the refuge of the Bhagavn Nryana The names of the seven Varsas are respectively :-- ma, Madhuruha, Meghapristha, Sudhmaka, Bhrjistha, Lohitrna, and Vanaspati. O Nrada! The seven mountains and the rivers there are very celebrated throughout the worlds. The names of the mountains are :-- Skla, Vardhamna, Bhojana, Upavarhana, Nanda, Nandana, and Sarvatobhadra. The names of the rivers are :-- Abhay, Amritaugh, ryak, Trthavat, Vrittirpavat, Sukl, and Pavitravatik. The inhabitants there drink

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the highly pure water of these rivers. The people there are divided into four colours Purusa, Risabha, Dravina, and Vedaka and they worship the Bhagavn Varuna, of the form of water. Then they become very discriminative, and, with great devotion, and holding full within their folded palms the water, repeat the following mantra :-- "O Water! Thou art the essence Vrya of the Person Bhagavna and Thou sanctifiest the Bhrloka, Bhuvarloka, and Svarloka. Thou destroyest the sins of all. We all are touching it; purify our bodies." After finishing their mantrams, they sing various hymns to Varuna. Next to the Ksiroda Sgara, is the Saka Dvpa, thirty two lakh yoyanas wide, surrounded by the Dadhi Sgara (the ocean of curds), of similar dimensions. Here the most excellent tree named the Saka tree exists. O Nrada! The Dvpa is named so after the tree. Medhtithi, the son of Priyavrata is the Lord of this Dvpa. He divided this land into the seven Varsas and distributed each to his seven sons respectively; and ultimately he took refuge to the path of Yoga. The names of the seven Varsas are Purojava, Manojava, Pavamnaka, Dhmrnka, Chitrarepha, Bahurpa, and Visvadhrik. In these Varsas there are seven mountains, one in each Varsa, as forming their boundaries; and there are seven rivers also. The names of the mountains are :-- sana, rusringa, Valabhadra, Sata Kesara, Sahasra-srotaka, Devapla, and Mahsana; the names of the rivers are :-- Anagh, yurd, Ubhayaspristi, Aparjit, Pachapad, and Sahasrasruti and Nijadhriti. These seven rivers are all very big and resplendent with lustre. The people are divided into four classes :-- Varsas, Satyavrata, Kratuvrata, Dnavrata, and Anuvrata. They all take the Prnayma exercise and thereby bring the Rjas, and Tamo Guna under their subjection and they worship Hari, of the nature of Prna Vayu, Higher than the Highest. Their mantra is this :-- "He has entered into all the living beings and nourishes them by the Prna and other faculties; He is the Internal Ruler of all and the Supreme Controller; this Universe is under His control; let Him protect and nourish us." O Nrada! Next to this Dadhi Sgara is Puskara Dvpa; it is twice as large as Ska Dvpa. It is surrounded by the Dudha Sgar (the ocean of milk) all twice as large. The leaves of Puskara tree that shines in the Puskara Dvpa, are fiery like golden flames; they are as clean and pure. Crores and crores of leaves, golden in colour ornament this Tree. Vsudeva, the Guru of all the Lokas, has created this Puskara Dvpa as the seat of Paramesth Brahm, possessed of six extraordinary powers, for the purpose of creation. There is one mountain in this Dvpa; it is divided into two parts, named Arvchna and Parchna. These form the boundaries of the two Varsas. The

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mountain is one Ayuta Yoyana high and one Ayuta Yoyana wide. There are four cities on the four sides. Indra and the three other Lokaplas are the lords of these cities. The Sun God comes out from their top and circumambulating Meru, goes there again. The whole year is his Chakram, circle of circuit; His path is Uttryanam and Daksinyanam. Vtihotra, the son of Priyavrata is the lord of this island. He distributed the two Varsas amongst his two sons, Ramana and Dhtak. They rule over the two Varsas named also after them. Like the inhabitants of the above Varsas, the people also get powers of themselves and worship devotedly the God seated on the lotus and follow such path of the Yoga as leads them to the Brahm Sloky, etc. The mantra runs thus :-- "We bow down to that One God, without a Second, of the nature of Peace, Who is the Fruit of all the Karmas, Who is the seat of illumination of Brahm, Who is established in Unity, and Who is worshipped by all the Lokas."

Here ends the Thirteenth Chapter of the Eighth Book on the description of the remaining Dvpas in the Mahpurnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam, of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
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