तत्रापि प्रियव्रतरथचरणपरिखातैः सप्तभिः सप्त सिन्धव उपकॢप्ता यत एतस्याः सप्तद्वीपविशेषविकल्पस्त्वया भगवन्खलु सूचित एतदेवाखिलमहं मानतो लक्षणतश्च सर्वं विजिज्ञासामि. ॥ २ ॥
tatrapi priyavrata-ratha-carana-parikhataih saptabhih sapta sindhava
upaklpta yata etasyah sapta-dvipa-visesa-vikalpas tvaya bhagavan
khalu sucita etad evakhilam aham manato laksanatas ca sarvam vi-
jijnasami.
tatra api-in that Bhu-mandala; priyavrata-ratha-carana-parikhataih-by the ditches made by the wheels of the chariot used by Priyavrata Maharaja while circumambulating Sumeru behind the sun; saptabhih-by the seven; sapta-seven; sindhavah-oceans; upaklptah-created; yatah-because of which; etasyah-of this Bhu-mandala; sapta-dvipa-of the seven islands; visesa-vikalpah-the mode of the construction; tvaya-by you; bhagavan-O great saint; khalu-indeed; sucitah-described; etat-this; eva-certainly; akhilam-whole subject; aham-I; manatah-from the point of view of measurement; laksanatah-and from symptoms; ca-also; sarvam-everything; vijijnasami-wish to know.
My dear Lord, the rolling wheels of Maharaja Priyavrata's chariot created seven ditches, in which the seven oceans came into existence. Because of these seven oceans, Bhu-mandala is divided into seven islands. You have given a very general description of their measurement, names and characteristics. Now I wish to know of them in detail. Kindly fulfill my desire.