लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णामाकीर्णां च रजोलवैः । नानाजनपदव्यूहस्थिरावश्यायसीकराम् ॥ १३ ॥
lakṣayōjanavistīrṇāmākīrṇāṁ ca rajōlavaiḥ | nānājanapadavyūhasthirāvaśyāyasīkarām || 13 ||
Translation
spread a hundred thousand yojanas and strewn with specks of dust, the assemblies of its many lands its lasting drops of dew;
Word by word
- lakṣa
- a hundred thousand
- yōjana
- yojanas
- vistīrṇām
- spread
- ākīrṇāṁ
- strewn
- ca
- and
- rajō
- (rajaḥ) of dust
- lavaiḥ
- with specks
- nānā
- many
- janapada
- of lands
- vyūha
- the assemblies
- sthira
- lasting
- avaśyāya
- of dew
- sīkarām
- its drops
Meaning
Jambudvīpa is a hundred thousand yojanas across. Another commentary: filled with dust, with the many lands as steady drops of dew.
