मेरोर्मूर्धनि भगवत आत्मयोनेर्मध्यत उपक्लृप्तां पुरीमयुतयोजनसाहस्रीं समचतुरस्रां शातकौम्भीं वदन्ति ॥ २८ ॥
meror murdhani bhagavata atma-yoner madhyata upaklptam purim ayuta-yojana-sahasrim sama-caturasram satakaumbhim vadanti.
- meroh
- of Sumeru Mountain
- murdhani
- on the head
- bhagavatah
- of the most powerful being
- atma-yoneh
- of Lord Brahma
- madhyatah
- in the middle
- upaklptam
- situated
- purim
- the great township
- ayuta-yojana
- ten thousand yojanas
- sahasrim
- one thousand
- sama-caturasram
- of the same length on all sides
- sata-kaumbhim
- made entirely of gold
- vadanti
- the great learned sages say.
In the middle of the summit of Meru is the township of Lord Brahma. Each of its four sides is calculated to extend for ten million yojanas (eighty million miles). It is made entirely of gold, and therefore learned scholars and sages call it Satakaumbhi.