भूसंस्थानं कृतं येन सरिद्गिरिवनादिभि: । सीमा च भूतनिर्वृत्यै द्वीपे द्वीपे विभागश: ॥ ४० ॥
bhu-samsthanam krtam yena sarid-giri-vanadibhih sima ca bhuta-nirvrtyai dvipe dvipe vibhagasah
- bhu-samsthanam
- the situation of the earth
- krtam
- done
- yena
- by whom
- sarit
- by rivers
- giri
- by hills and mountains
- vana-adibhih
- by forests and so on
- sima
- boundaries
- ca
- also
- bhuta
- of different nations
- nirvrtyai
- to stop fighting
- dvipe dvipe
- on the various islands
- vibhagasah
- separately.
To stop the quarreling among different peoples, Maharaja Priyavrata marked boundaries at rivers and at the edges of mountains and forests so that no one would trespass upon another’s property