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So the Jambu river is formed by the juice of the fruits that
drop down from the Jambolova tree in Meru Mandara. It waters
the southern part of Ilavrita.
The land on the banks of these rivers is soaked by their juice
and worked on by air and light and is thus converted into gold
called Jambunada, which gives ornaments to the Devas.
Aruna is the morning Sun, as well as the color of the morning
Sun. The river with Aruna water is also gold producing.
The Kadamba tree on Suparsva has cavities from which flow
five streams of honey, each 5 Vyamas wide (Vyama = the space be-
tween the tips of the fingers of either hand when the arms are extend-
ed.) These streams water the western part of Ilavrita. The fra-
grant breath of those that use them spreads over one hundred
Yojanas all round.
The fig tree (Vata) called Satavolsa on the summit of Kumu-
da has branches which give rise to rivers that bring forth milk, curd,
honey, clarified butter, molasses, edibles, carpets, cloths, ornaments,
in fact all objects of desire. These rivers fall from Kumuda and
water the northern part of Ilavrita.
Those that use the waters of those rivers are free from all In-
firmities, diseases, secretions, old age and death. They live in abso-
lute bliss all their lives.
There are twenty more mountains on all sides of Meru, at its
foot. They are Kuranga, Kurara, Kusumbha Naikovka, Trikuta,
Sisira, Patanga. Ruchoka, Nishadha SitivAsa, Kapila Sankha, Vai-
durya, Jarudhi, Housas, Rishabha, Naga, Kalanjara, Nirada and
others.
Two mountains, Jatharu and Devakuta, are situated on the east
of Meru. They are two thousand Yojanas in height and in width.
To the north they spread over 18,000 Yojanas.
So on the west there are the two mountains Pavana and
Pariyatra.
On the south there are Kailas"a and Karavira, which expand
towards the east. So on the north, there are Trisringa and Makara.
(If different measures are given in Vishnu and other Puranas, they are
with reference to different Kalpas. Sridhara).
The sages say that in the central portion of the top of Sumeru
is the abode of Brahma, made of gold, 10,000,000 Yojanas in area,
and of four equal sides.
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