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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.21
āmo madhuruho meghaprishthah sudhāmā bhrājishtho lohitārno vanaspatir iti ghritaprishtha-sutās teshām varsha-girayah sapta saptaiva nadyaś cābhikhyātāh śuklo vardhamāno bhojana upabarhino nando nandanah sarvatobhadra iti abhayā amritaughā āryakā tīrthavatī rūpavatī pavitravatī śukleti
SYNONYMS
āmah — Āma; madhu-ruhah — Madhuruha; megha-prishthah — Meghaprishtha; sudhāmā — Sudhāmā; bhrājishthah — Bhrājishtha; lohitārnah — Lohitārna; vanaspatih — Vanaspati; iti — thus; ghritaprishtha-sutāh — the sons of Ghritaprishtha; teshām — of those sons; varsha-girayah — boundary hills of the tracts of land; sapta — seven; sapta — seven; eva — also; nadyah — rivers; ca — and; abhikhyātāh — celebrated; śuklah vardhamānah — Śukla and Vardhamāna; bhojanah — Bhojana; upabarhinah — Upabarhina; nandah — Nanda; nandanah — Nandana; sarvatah-bhadrah — Sarvatobhadra; iti — thus; abhayā — Abhayā; amritaughā — Amritaughā; āryakā — Āryakā; tīrthavatī — Tīrthavatī; rūpavatī — Rūpavatī; pavitravatī — Pavitravatī; śuklā — Śuklā; iti — thus.
TRANSLATION
The sons of Mahārāja Ghritaprishtha were named Āma, Madhuruha, Meghaprishtha, Sudhāmā, Bhrājishtha, Lohitārna and Vanaspati. In their island there are seven mountains, which indicate the boundaries of the seven tracts of land, and there are also seven rivers. The mountains are named Śukla, Vardhamāna, Bhojana, Upabarhina, Nanda, Nandana and Sarvatobhadra. The rivers are named Abhayā, Amritaughā, Āryakā, Tīrthavatī, Rūpavatī, Pavitravatī and Śuklā.
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