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न सस्यानि न गोरक्ष्यं न कृषिर्न वणिकपथः । वैन्यात प्रभति मैत्रेय सर्वस्यैतस्य संभवः ।। ८४ ।। यत्र यत्र समं त्वस्या भूमेरासीद् द्विजोत्तम । तत्र तत्र प्रजाः सर्वा निवासं समरोचयन् ॥ ८६ ।। स कल्पयित्वा वत्सं तु मनु स्वायंभुवं प्रभुम् । स्वपाणौ पृथिवीनाथो दुदोह पृथिवीं पृथुः ।। ८७ ॥ सस्यजातानि सर्वाणि प्रजानां हितकाम्यया ।
तेनान्नेन प्रजास्तात वर्तन्तेऽद्यापि नित्यशः ।। ८८ ॥ विष्णुपुराण I. १३. 440. The King Prthu tried to level up the earth by re-adjusting the location of the mountain-ranges nearabout both the seas, eastern and western. With the tips of his big bow, he gave a mighty blow and dislodged and pushed back half of the mountainranges on both the sides and cleared the space. The same space, however, was reoccupied by the other remaining halves of the ranges, thus leaving vacant their own areas formerly occupied by them. Cf. पृथुराजेन सागरद्वयावस्थिता पृथिवी मानदण्डस्थानीयेन धनुषा परिच्छेत्तुमारब्धा । तत्र अतिद्राधीयस्त्वाद् धनुषः पर्वतैरुभयसागरतटवर्तिभिरवकाशेऽवरुद्ध यावदेकेन प्रान्तेन प्रेर्य परतो गिरयो नीयन्ते तावदपरेण प्रान्तेन धनुषा प्रेर्यमाणेन अर्वाग्भवता पृथिवी व्याप्यते - इति दिग्द्वयस्थित-गिरिस्वीकरण-निराकरणव्यग्रत्वात् क्षितिपरिच्छेदो न संपन्न इति कथा । Com.
441. In some places, there was only one big mountain that obstructed the whole view roundabout. When, however, this solitary mountain was removed and set aside (समोसरिअ), the earth was fully re-established in its proper perspective,
__442. The mountains, as they are being brushed (पणोल्लिआ) aside, fall down on this side (इहहुत्तं) of the round surface of the earth and by the violent impact of the tumbling mountains the earth is being pressed down first on this side (एत्तोहुत्तं) and then, see-sawwise, on the other side (परओहुत्तं).
443. Even one mountain, pierced by the bow-end and closing on the mountain-ranges, pushes and drives them along, (like a railway engine pushing a chain of waggons of a goods train ) This raises a thick mass of dust which fills the atmosphere up above.
444. The clouds, hanging over the embankments of these mountains, get dislodged and then the lightning streaks fall off in coils from the clouds. They appear to be the fragments of
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