Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.70.44

yasyāmalaḿ divi yaśaḥ prathitaḿ rasāyāḿ

bhūmau ca te bhuvana-mańgala dig-vitānam

mandākinīti divi bhogavatīti cādho

gańgeti ceha caraṇāmbu punāti viśvam

SYNONYMS

yasya — whose; amalam — spotless; divi — in heaven; yaśaḥ — fame; prathitam — disseminated; rasāyām — in the subterranean region; bhūmau — on the earth; ca — and; te — Your; bhuvana — for all the worlds; mańgala — O creator of good fortune; dik — in or of the universal directions; vitānam — the expansion, or decorative canopy; mandākinī iti — called Mandākinī; divi — in heaven; bhogavatī iti — called Bhogavatī; ca — and; adhaḥ — below; gańgā iti — called Gańgā; ca — and; iha — here, on the earth; caraṇa — from Your feet; ambu — the water; punāti — purifies; viśvam — the whole universe.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, You are the symbol of everything auspicious. Your transcendental name and fame is spread like a canopy all over the universe, including the higher, middle and lower planetary systems. The transcendental water that washes Your lotus feet is known in the higher planetary systems as the Mandākinī River, in the lower planetary systems as the Bhogavatī and in this earthly planetary system as the Ganges. This sacred, transcendental water flows throughout the entire universe, purifying wherever it goes.

PURPORT

This translation is based on Śrīla Prabhupāda's Kṛṣṇa. Śrīdhara Svāmī mentions that the word dig-vitānam indicates that Lord Kṛṣṇa's transcendental glories spread throughout the universe like a cooling canopy over the universal directions. In other words, the whole world can find shelter under the cooling shade of the Lord's lotus feet. Thus the Lord is bhuvana-mańgala, the symbol of everything auspicious for this world.

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