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TEXT 8
uttarottarenelavrtam nilah svetah srngavan iti trayo ramyaka-hiranmaya-kurunam varsanam maryada-girayah prag-ayata ubhayatah ksarodavadhayo dvi-sahasra-prthava ekaikasah purvasmat purvasmad uttara uttaro dasamsadhikamsena dairghya eva hrasanti.
SYNONYMS
uttara-uttarena ilavrtamfurther and further north of Ilavrta-varsa; nilahNila; svetahSveta; srngavanSrngavan; itithus; trayahthree mountains; ramyakaRamyaka; hiranmayaHiranmaya; kurunamof the Kuru division; varsanamof the varsas; maryada-girayahthe mountains marking the borders; prak-ayatahextended on the eastern side; ubhayatahto the east and the west; ksarodathe ocean of salt water; avadhayahextending to; dvi-sahasra-prthavahwhich are two thousand yojanas wide; eka-ekasahone after another; purvasmatthan the former; purvasmatthan the former; uttarahfurther north; uttarahfurther north; dasa-amsa-adhika-amsenaby one tenth of the former; dairghyahin length; evaindeed; hrasantibecome shorter.
TRANSLATION
Just north of Ilavrta-varsaand going further northward, one after anotherare three mountains named Nila, Sveta and Srngavan. These mark the borders of the three varsas named Ramyaka, Hiranmaya and Kuru and separate them from one another. The width of these mountains is 2,000 yojanas [16,000 miles]. Lengthwise, they extend east and west to the beaches of the ocean of salt water. Going from south to north, the length of each mountain is one tenth that of the previous mountain, but the height of them all is the same.
PURPORT
It appears from these verses that aside from the sun and moon, there is an invisible planet called Rahu. The movements of Rahu cause both solar and lunar eclipses. We suggest that the modern expeditions attempting to reach the moon are mistakenly going to Rahu.
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