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[7
First Class] Gautama
5- "Thus, Jambū! At that time, at that time, there was a city named Dwārakā. It was twelve yojanas long, nine yojanas wide, built by the skill of the wealth-god Kubera, with golden ramparts (forts), adorned with canopies studded with five-colored gems, resembling the city of Kubera, Alkapuri, a place of joy and play, truly like the heavenly realm, worth seeing, pleasing to the mind, beautiful, and exemplary.
Outside that Dwārakā city, in the northeast direction, there was a mountain named Revat. On that Revat mountain, there was a garden named Nandana. The description of that garden should be understood as similar to the description of the forest in the Aupapātika Sutra. There was a temple of the Yaksha named Surapriya, it was very ancient, and surrounded on all sides by a forest tract full of trees. In the middle of that forest tract was a beautiful Ashoka tree."
Discussion-"Dwārakā"– The Sanskrit form of this word is Dwāravati. This is the name of the city of Krishna Maharaj. In the Vedic tradition, this is called Dwārakā. Thus, both Dwāravati and Dwārakā are words that refer to the same city.
According to this sutra, the city of Dwārakā was "Duwalasajoyanaayāma (Dwādashayोजनाayāma) i.e. twelve yojanas long. In the present context, the measure of yojana is to be done with "ātmāngula". In the time of the people who are there, their finger is called ātmāngula. 96 angulas make one dhanuṣ, and two thousand dhanuṣ make one kos, and four kos make one yojana. Thus, the length of the city of Dwārakā was 48 kos. The city of Dwārakā was built in a vast area of 48 kos.
'Dhanavai-mai-nimmāyā' i.e. - the city whose construction was done by the intelligence of Kubera, is called Dhanapatiमतिनिर्माता. The question arises, do any gods like Kubera come to build cities in the mortal realm?
The solution to this lies in a mystery-"When the Yadavas were terrified by the terror of Jarasandha, the enemy of Vasudeva, and left Shauryapur and reached Saurashtra near the sea, then seeing a suitable and safe place for the city, Krishna Maharaj performed the eighth penance there, worshiped the wealth-god Vaishramana. Pleased by the worship, the god Vaishramana appeared. Then Krishna Maharaj requested him to build a city. Thereafter, the wealth-god built a city there quickly according to the divine plan of the divine beings. The gates of the city were very large, hence it was named Dwāravati. Later, this Dwāravati came to be called Dwārakā.