Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.21.7

evam nava kotaya eka-pancasal-lakshani yojananam manasottara-giri-parivartanasyopadisanti tasminn aindrim purim purvasman meror devadhanim nama dakshinato yamyam samyamanim nama pascad varunim nimlocanim nama uttaratah saumyam vibhavarim nama tasudaya-madhyahnastamaya-nisithaniti bhutanam pravritti-nivritti-nimittani samaya-viseshena meros catur-disam

SYNONYMS

evam -- thus; nava -- nine; kotayah -- ten millions; eka-pancasat -- fifty-one; lakshani -- hundred thousands; yojananam -- of the yojanas; manasottara-giri -- of the mountain known as Manasottara; parivartanasya -- of the circumambulation; upadisanti -- they (learned scholars) teach; tasmin -- on that (Manasottara Mountain); aindrim -- of King Indra; purim -- the city; purvasmat -- on the eastern side; meroh -- of Sumeru Mountain; devadhanim -- Devadhani; nama -- of the name; dakshinatah -- on the southern side; yamyam -- of Yamaraja; samyamanim -- Samyamani; nama -- named; pascat -- on the western side; varunim -- of Varuna; nimlocanim -- Nimlocani; nama -- named; uttaratah -- on the northern side; saumyam -- of the moon; vibhavarim -- Vibhavari; nama -- named; tasu -- in all of them; udaya -- rising; madhyahna -- midday; astamaya -- sunset; nisithani -- midnight; iti -- thus; bhutanam -- of the living entities; pravritti -- of activity; nivritti -- and cessation of activity; nimittani -- the causes; samaya-viseshena -- by the particular times; meroh -- of Sumeru Mountain; catuh-disam -- the four sides.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued; My dear King, as stated before, the learned say that the sun travels over all sides of Manasottara Mountain in a circle whose length is 95,100,000 yojanas [760,800,000 miles]. On Manasottara Mountain, due east of Mount Sumeru, is a place known as Devadhani, possessed by King Indra. Similarly, in the south is a place known as Samyamani, possessed by Yamaraja, in the west is a place known as Nimlocani, possessed by Varuna, and in the north is a place named Vibhavari, 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.

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