मेरुणाऽलङ्कृतं जम्बूद्वीपं नवदलोदरम् । गत्वाऽथ भारते वर्षे लीलानाथस्य मण्डलम् ॥ १० ॥
mēruṇā’laṅkṛtaṁ jambūdvīpaṁ navadalōdaram | gatvā’tha bhāratē varṣē līlānāthasya maṇḍalam || 10 ||
Translation
Going to Jambudvīpa, adorned by Meru, its middle a lotus of nine petals, they then came, in the land of Bhārata, to the kingdom of Līlā's lord.
Word by word
- mēruṇā
- by Meru
- alaṅkṛtaṁ
- adorned
- jambūdvīpaṁ
- Jambudvīpa
- nava
- nine
- dala
- of petals
- udaram
- its middle
- gatvā
- going
- atha
- then
- bhāratē
- of Bhārata
- varṣē
- in the land
- līlā
- of Līlā
- nāthasya
- lord
- maṇḍalam
- to the kingdom
Meaning
The traditional map: Jambudvīpa, the central continent, has Mount Meru at its heart and nine regions (varṣas) around it, like the nine petals of a lotus around its pod. Bhārata is the southern region, the land of men and of deeds. There, in Vidūratha's world, lies his kingdom, the copy his mind has made of the kingdom he ruled as Padma.