ये वा उ ह तद्रथचरणनेमिकृतपरिखातास्ते सप्त सिन्धव आसन् यत एव कृता: सप्त भुवो द्वीपा: ॥ ३१ ॥
ye va u ha tad-ratha-carana-nemi-krta-parikhatas te sapta sindhava asan yata eva krtah sapta bhuvo dvipah.
- ye
- that
- va u ha
- certainly
- tat-ratha
- of his chariot
- carana
- of the wheels
- nemi
- by the rims
- krta
- made
- parikhatah
- trenches
- te
- those
- sapta
- seven
- sindhavah
- oceans
- asan
- became
- yatah
- because of which
- eva
- certainly
- krtah
- were made
- sapta
- seven
- bhuvah
- of the Bhu-mandala
- dvipah
- islands.
When Priyavrata drove his chariot behind the sun, the rims of his chariot wheels created impressions that later became seven oceans, dividing the planeary system known as Bhu-mandala into seven islands.