द्वीपात्तु द्विगुणं मानं लवणार्णवलेखया । दधत्याऽऽवलितां बाह्ये प्रकोष्ठमिव कम्बुना ॥ १४ ॥
dvīpāttu dviguṇaṁ mānaṁ lavaṇārṇavalēkhayā | dadhatyā’’valitāṁ bāhyē prakōṣṭhamiva kambunā || 14 ||
Translation
encircled on the outside by the line of the salt ocean, holding twice the measure of the island, like a forearm by a shell bangle;
Word by word
- dvīpāt
- of the island
- tu
- and
- dviguṇaṁ
- twice
- mānaṁ
- the measure
- lavaṇa
- of the salt
- arṇava
- ocean
- lēkhayā
- by the line
- dadhatyā
- holding
- āvalitāṁ
- encircled
- bāhyē
- on the outside
- prakōṣṭham
- a forearm
- iva
- like
- kambunā
- by a shell bangle
Meaning
Now the rings. Each continent is an island surrounded by an ocean of the same breadth, and each next continent is twice as broad. The first ring is the salt sea around Jambudvīpa, white like a conch-shell bangle on a wrist.