Crossing many hills and mountains, many rivers, many waters and lakes, and many woods and forests full of beasts of prey and other animals, crossing the two insular continents of Meru and Hari successively and next the continent of Himavat, he came at last to the continent known by the name of Bharata.
स गिरीश्चाप्यतिक्रम्य नदीतीर्थसरांसि च। बहुव्यालमृगाकीर्णा ह्यटवीश्च वनानि च॥ मेरोहरेश्च द्वे वर्षे वर्ष हैमवतं ततः। क्रमेणैवं व्यतिक्रम्य भारतं वर्षमासदत्॥