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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Vaiḍūryaparvata, Vaiḍūryaśikhara : m.: Name of a mountain.
A. Location: In the south (dakṣiṇasyām 3. 86. 1) 3. 86. 15, and in the west, in the Avanti, country (avantiṣu pratīcyāṁ vai…diśi) 3. 87. 1; the river Narmadā flows by it 3. 121. 15; the mountain can be reached from the river Payoṣṇī 3. 121. 15.
B. Description: Holy (puṇya) 3. 87. 4, 6; auspicious (śiva) 3. 86. 15; 3. 87. 4; excellent mountain (girivara) 3. 87. 4; illustrious (śrīmant) 3. 86. 15; full of jewels (maṇimaya) 3. 86. 15; heavenly (divya), comparable with heaven (svargopama) 3. 87. 6; always resorted to by gods and sages (nityaṁ devarṣisevitaḥ) 3. 87. 6; meeting place of the river Narmadā and the Vaiḍūrya mountain is described as the meeting place of the Tretā and the Dvāpara Yugas (sandhir eṣa naraśreṣṭha tretāyā dvāparasya ca) 3. 121. 1819.
C. Characteristic:
(1) On the peak of this mountain is a lake of Dhīmant (?) (tasya śailasya śikhare saras tatra ca dhīmataḥ) which has full blown lotuses and which is visited by gods and Gandharvas 3. 87. 5;
(2) Trees on this mountain have heavenly flowers and fruits and they are always green (divyapuṣpaphalās tatra pādapā haritacchadāḥ) 3. 87. 4;
(3) There are many wonderful things on this mountain (bahvāścaryaṁ mahārāja dṛśyate tatra parvate) 3. 87. 6.
D. Holiness: By seeing (dṛṣṭvā) the Vaiḍūrya mountain one goes to the world of gods and (righteous) kings (devānām eti kaunteya tathā rājñāṁ salokatām) 3. 121. 18; by visiting the meeting place of Vaiḍūrya and Narmadā one is freed of all sins 3. 121. 19.
E. Epic event: Yudhiṣṭhira and his brothers reached the mountain after bathing in Payoṣṇī 3. 121. 15.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Vaiḍūryaparvata, Vaiḍūryaśikhara : m.: Name of a mountain.
A. Location: In the south (dakṣiṇasyām 3. 86. 1) 3. 86. 15, and in the west, in the Avanti, country (avantiṣu pratīcyāṁ vai…diśi) 3. 87. 1; the river Narmadā flows by it 3. 121. 15; the mountain can be reached from the river Payoṣṇī 3. 121. 15.
B. Description: Holy (puṇya) 3. 87. 4, 6; auspicious (śiva) 3. 86. 15; 3. 87. 4; excellent mountain (girivara) 3. 87. 4; illustrious (śrīmant) 3. 86. 15; full of jewels (maṇimaya) 3. 86. 15; heavenly (divya), comparable with heaven (svargopama) 3. 87. 6; always resorted to by gods and sages (nityaṁ devarṣisevitaḥ) 3. 87. 6; meeting place of the river Narmadā and the Vaiḍūrya mountain is described as the meeting place of the Tretā and the Dvāpara Yugas (sandhir eṣa naraśreṣṭha tretāyā dvāparasya ca) 3. 121. 1819.
C. Characteristic:
(1) On the peak of this mountain is a lake of Dhīmant (?) (tasya śailasya śikhare saras tatra ca dhīmataḥ) which has full blown lotuses and which is visited by gods and Gandharvas 3. 87. 5;
(2) Trees on this mountain have heavenly flowers and fruits and they are always green (divyapuṣpaphalās tatra pādapā haritacchadāḥ) 3. 87. 4;
(3) There are many wonderful things on this mountain (bahvāścaryaṁ mahārāja dṛśyate tatra parvate) 3. 87. 6.
D. Holiness: By seeing (dṛṣṭvā) the Vaiḍūrya mountain one goes to the world of gods and (righteous) kings (devānām eti kaunteya tathā rājñāṁ salokatām) 3. 121. 18; by visiting the meeting place of Vaiḍūrya and Narmadā one is freed of all sins 3. 121. 19.
E. Epic event: Yudhiṣṭhira and his brothers reached the mountain after bathing in Payoṣṇī 3. 121. 15.
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*1st word in left half of page p450_mci (+offset) in original book.