Canto 5: The Creative ImpetusChapter 16: A Description of Jambūdvīpa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.26

kurańga-kurara-kusumbha-vaikańka-trikūṭa-śiśira-patańga-rucaka-niṣadha-śinīvāsa-kapila-śańkha-vaidūrya-jārudhi-haḿsa-ṛṣabha-nāga-kālañjara-nāradādayo viḿśati-girayo meroḥ karṇikāyā iva kesara-bhūtā mūla-deśe parita upakḷptāḥ

SYNONYMS

kurańgaKurańga; kuraraKurara; kusumbha-vaikańka-trikūṭa-śiśira-patańga-rucaka-niṣadha-śinīvāsa-kapila-śańkha-vaidūrya-jārudhi-haḿsa-ṛṣabha-nāga-kālañjara-nārada — the names of mountains; ādayaḥ — and so on; viḿśati-girayaḥ — twenty mountains; meroḥ — of Sumeru Mountain; karṇikāyāḥ — of the whorl of the lotus; iva — like; kesara-bhūtāḥas filaments; mūla-deśe — at the base; paritaḥ — all around; upakḷptāḥ — arranged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

There are other mountains beautifully arranged around the foot of Mount Meru like the filaments around the whorl of a lotus flower. Their names are Kurańga, Kurara, Kusumbha, Vaikańka, Trikūṭa, Śiśira, Patańga, Rucaka, Niṣadha, Sinīvāsa, Kapila, Śańkha, Vaidūrya, Jārudhi, Haḿsa, Ṛṣabha, Nāga, Kālañjara and Nārada.

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