🪷 ŚB 8.2.4
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Sanskrit
स चावनिज्यमानाङ्घ्रि: समन्तात् पयऊर्मिभि: ।
करोति श्यामलां भूमिं हरिन्मरकताश्मभि: ॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration
sa cāvanijyamānāṅghriḥ
samantāt paya-ūrmibhiḥ
karoti śyāmalāṁ bhūmiṁ
harin-marakatāśmabhiḥ
Synonyms
saḥ — that mountain; ca — also; avanijyamāna-aṅghriḥ — whose foot is always washed; samantāt — all around; payaḥ-ūrmibhiḥ — by waves of milk; karoti — makes; śyāmalām — dark green; bhūmim — ground; harit — green; marakata — with emerald; aśmabhiḥ — stones.
Translation
The ground at the foot of the mountain is always washed by waves of milk that produce emeralds all around in the eight directions [north, south, east, west and the directions midway between them].
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