Canto 5: The Creative ImpetusChapter 20: Studying the Structure of the Universe

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.10

teṣu varṣādrayo nadyaś ca saptaivābhijñātāḥ svarasaḥ śataśṛńgo vāmadevaḥ kundo mukundaḥ puṣpa-varṣaḥ sahasra-śrutir iti; anumatiḥ sinīvālī sarasvatī kuhū rajanī nandā rāketi

SYNONYMS

teṣuin those tracts of land; varṣa-adrayaḥ — mountains; nadyaḥ caas well as rivers; sapta eva — seven in number; abhijñātāḥ — understood; svarasaḥ — Svarasa; śata-śṛńgaḥ — Śataśṛńga; vāma-devaḥVāmadeva; kundaḥKunda; mukundaḥMukunda; puṣpa-varṣaḥPuṣpa-varṣa; sahasra-śrutiḥSahasra-śruti; iti — thus; anumatiḥ — Anumati; sinīvālīSinīvālī; sarasvatīSarasvatī; kuhūKuhū; rajanīRajanī; nandāNandā; rākāRākā; iti — thus.

TRANSLATION

In those tracts of land there are seven mountains — Svarasa, Śataśṛńga, Vāmadeva, Kunda, Mukunda, Puṣpa-varṣa and Sahasra-śruti. There are also seven rivers — Anumati, Sinīvālī, Sarasvatī, Kuhū, Rajanī, Nandā and Rākā. They are still existing.

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