Chapter 16
एवं जम्बूफलानामत्युच्चनिपातविशीर्णानामनस्थिप्रायाणामिभकायनिभानां रसेन जम्बू नाम नदी मेरुमन्दरशिखरादयुतयोजनादवनितले निपतन्ती दक्षिणेनात्मानं यावदिलावृतमुपस्यन्दयति ॥ १९ ॥
Transliteration
evaṁ jambū-phalānām atyucca-nipāta-viśīrṇānām anasthi-prāyāṇām ibha-kāya-nibhānāṁ rasena jambū nāma nadī meru-mandara-śikharād ayuta-yojanād avani-tale nipatantī dakṣiṇenātmānaṁ yāvad ilāvṛtam upasyandayati.
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
evam — similarly; jambū-phalānām — of the fruits called jambū (the rose apple); ati-ucca-nipāta — because of falling from a great height; viśīrṇānām — which are broken to pieces; anasthi-prāyāṇām — having very small seeds; ibha-kāya-nibhānām — and which are as large as the bodies of elephants; rasena — by the juice; jambū nāma nadī — a river named Jambū-nadī; meru-mandara-śikharāt — from the top of Merumandara Mountain; ayuta-yojanāt — ten thousand yojanas high; avani-tale — on the ground; nipatantī — falling; dakṣiṇena — on the southern side; ātmānam — itself; yāvat — the whole; ilāvṛtam — Ilāvṛta-varṣa; upasyandayati — flows through.
Translation
“Similarly, the fruits of the jambū tree, which are full of pulp and have very small seeds, fall from a great height and break to pieces. Those fruits are the size of elephants, and the juice gliding from them becomes a river named Jambū-nadī. This river falls a distance of 10,000 yojanas, from the summit of Merumandara to the southern side of Ilāvṛta, and floods the entire land of Ilāvṛta with juice.”