Chapter
16 :
How
the Lord can be Comprehended as a Matter of Fact.
(28)
On
top of mount Meru is in the middle the dwellingplace, the
city of the most powerful self-born one [Lord
Brahmâ] found, stretching to all sides for many
thousands of yojanas [our galaxy does so for
twenty-six-thousand thousand lightyears, compare
verse
7
] and of which the sages say that it is entirely
golden.
Chapter
17 :
The
Descent of the River Ganges
(1) Srî
Suka said: 'At the time the incarnation of Lord Vishnu,
who is directly the enjoyer of all sacrifices, took His
second step [as Lord Vâmana, see 2-7: 17],
did He by the nail of the big toe of His left leg pierce
the upper covering of the universe. The flow of water
that from the outside entered through the hole does,
having turned pink washing away the red powder of His
lotusfeet, destroy the sins of all the world who comes in
touch with it; as emanating directly from the Supreme
Lord His feet it is described as completely pure and is
thus given that name [the Ganges as the
Vishnupadî] after it after a long time from the
sky descended on the head of that which they call the
refuge of Vishnu.
(16) In the company of
Bhavâni there are ten billion woman by whom the
into four expanded Supreme Lord is always being served.
The fourth expansion of the Supreme Personality, known as
Sankarsan, is to the form of Himself in the mode of
darkness the source; he, Lord Shiva, in trance meditating
on Him, brings Him near in worship clearly chanting the
following.
Chapter
18 :
Prayers
to the different Avatâra's
(6)
At
the end of the Yuga were the four Veda's stolen by
ignorance in person and from the lowest worlds were they
by You, taking the form of half a horse, half a man,
indeed returned to the supreme poet
[Brahmâ] when he asked for them; unto Him,
You whose resolve never fails, my
obeisances.'
Chapter
19:
The
prayers of Hanuman and Nârada and the glories of
Bhârata-varsha
(2) With
Ârshtishena [the leader of Kimpurusha]
attentively listening to the glory of his most auspicious
master and Lordship chanted by a company of Gandharva's,
does he [Hanumân] himself chant this:
Chapter
20:
The
structure of the Different Dvîpa's and the Prayers
by their Different Peoples
(11)
The
people living in those varsha's are known as Srutadhara,
Vîryadhara, Vasundhara and
Isandhara
[another
description of the varna's meaning those who are of
listening, of the heroic, of wealth, and of
obedience]; fully conversant with the vedic do they
worship the Supreme Lord as Soma-âtmâ
['the true self of the sacrificial beverage' or the
moongod]: (12)
'By
His own effulgence does He divide the time into the light
and dark period of the month [sukla and krsna];
may He, that divinity of the moon as well as of the grain
to be distributed to the forefathers and the gods, that
King of All People, remain favorable towards
us.'
