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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.19.31
evam tava bhāratottama jambūdvīpa-varsha-vibhāgo yathopadeśam upavarnita iti
SYNONYMS
evam — thus; tava — unto you; bhārata-uttama — O best of the descendents of Bharata; jambūdvīpa-varsha-vibhāgah — the divisions of the island of Jambūdvīpa; yathā-upadeśam — as much as I am instructed by the authorities; upavarnitah — explained; iti — thus.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Parīkshit, O best of the descendants of Bharata Mahārāja, I have thus described to you, as I myself have been instructed, the island of Bhārata-varsha and its adjoining islands. These are the islands that constitute Jambūdvīpa.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Nineteenth Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "A Description of the Island of Jambūdvīpa."
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