बार्हस्पत्य सूत्र / अर्थशास्त्र (महर्षि बृहस्पति - प्राचीन दण्डनीति, राजधर्म एवं कूटनीति सटीक)

( 20 ) Shâlagrâma is a distance of seven hundred yojanas. 81 In this area also are the seven Great Mountains, Raivataka, Vindhya, Sahya, Kumâra, Malaya, Shrîpar- vata, Pâriyâtra. 82 And the Great Rivers, Gangâ, Sarasvati, Kâl- indî, Godâvari, Kâveri, Tâmraparnî, Ghritamálá. 83 And eighteen countries. 84 Eighteen are the maritime kings : 85 And eighteen the hill kings. 86 The creation of Râma consists of one hundred and forty ( yojanas ? ) on the south and north, as far as the Sahya twelve ; that of Vishvâmitra eleven. 87 Nepal one hundred and four. 88 On the shore of the eastern sea : From Varuna to the sea is a space of eight yojanas. shalagrama-ksh. is supposed to be on the river Gandak : see Wilson’s Vishnu-P. (index). 82 ‘Great Rivers’ : The word kula-nadi does not seem to occur elsewhere. On the various lists of the chief rivers see Wilson’s note, Vishnu-P. II pp. 131-2. The Ghritamala is, doubt- less, Wilson’s Kritamala. 86 ‘The Creation of Rama’ and ‘the Creation of Vishvamitra’ : The Epic story of Vishvamitra’s attempt at a rival creation is well known ; but the phrase Vishvamitra-srishti does not seem to occur in the literature. In the tradition of the pandits the idea is quite familiar, Vishvamitra being credited (like Ahriman among the Iranians) with the authorship of all faulty or misshapen and misbegotten things, such as the mirage. The application of the numbers in this sutra is obscure. Is ‘as far as the Sahya’ = ‘in breadth’ ? 88 The site of the Varuna-tirtha does not appear to be known.