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The Mahabharata, Book 6: Bhishma Parva: Jamvu-khanda Nirmana Parva: Section VI

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"Dhritarashtra said.---"Thou art intelligent, O Sanjaya, and acquainted with the truth (about everything). Thou hast duly given a description of the island in brief. Tell us now of the island in detail. Tell us now of the dimension of the expanse of land that lies in the portion looking like a hare. Thou mayst then speak of the portion resembling peepul tree." Vaisampayana said,--"Thus addressed by the king, Sanjaya began to say. "Sanjaya said,--'Stretching from east to west, are these six mountains that are equal 2 and that extend from the eastern to the western ocean. They are Himavat, Hemakuta, that best of mountains called Nishadha, Nila abounding with stones of lapis lazuli, Sweta white as the moon, and the mountains called Sringavat composed of all kinds of metals. 3 These are the six mountains, O king, which are always the resorts of Siddhas and Charanas. The space lying between each of these measures a thousand Yojanas, and thereon are many delightful kingdoms. And these divisi

The Mahabharata, Book 6: Bhishma Parva: Jamvu-khanda Nirm... | Internet Sacred Text Archive Sacred Texts Hinduism Mahabharata Index Previous Next SECTION VI "Dhritarashtra said.---"Thou art intelligent, O Sanjaya, and acquainted with the truth (about everything). Thou hast duly given a description of the island in brief. Tell us now of the island in detail. Tell us now of the dimension of the expanse of land that lies in the portion looking like a hare. Thou mayst then speak of the portion resembling peepul tree." Vaisampayana said,--"Thus addressed by the king, Sanjaya began to say. "Sanjaya

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