मपरिणाहाः पञ्च मधुधाराः सुपार्श्वशिखरात्पतन्त्योऽपरेणात्मानमिलावृतमनुमोद
यन्ति ॥२२॥
yas tu mahÄ-kadambaḥ supÄrÅ›va-nirÅ«á¸ho yÄs tasya koá¹arebhyo viniḥsá¹›tÄḥ pañcÄyÄma-pariṇÄhÄḥ pañca madhu-dhÄrÄḥ supÄrÅ›va-Å›ikharÄt patantyo 'pareṇÄtmÄnam ilÄvá¹›tam anumodayanti
yaḥ - which; tu - but; mahÄ-kadambaḥ - the tree named MahÄkadamba; supÄrÅ›va-nirÅ«á¸haḥ - which stands on the side of the mountain known as SupÄrÅ›va; yÄḥ - which; tasya - of that; koá¹arebhyaḥ - from the hollows; viniḥsá¹›tÄḥ - flowing; pañca - five; ÄyÄma - vyÄma, a unit of measurement of about eight feet; pariṇÄhÄḥ - whose measurement; pañca - five; madhu-dhÄrÄḥ - flows of honey; supÄrÅ›va-Å›ikharÄt - from the top of SupÄrÅ›va Mountain; patantyaḥ - flowing down; apareṇa - on the western side of Sumeru Mountain; ÄtmÄnam - the whole of; ilÄvá¹›tam - IlÄvá¹›ta-vará¹£a; anumodayanti - make fragrant.
On the side of SupÄrÅ›va Mountain stands a big tree called MahÄkadamba, which is very celebrated. From the hollows of this tree flow five rivers of honey, each about five vyÄmas wide. This flowing honey falls incessantly from the top of SupÄrÅ›va Mountain and flows all around IlÄvá¹›ta-vará¹£a, beginning from the western side. Thus the whole land is saturated with the pleasing fragrance.
The distance between one hand and another when one spreads both his arms is called a vyÄma. This comes to about eight feet. Thus each of the rivers was about forty feet wide, making a total of about two hundred feet.
