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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.21
āmo madhuruho meghapṛṣṭhaḥ sudhāmā bhrājiṣṭho lohitārṇo vanaspatir iti ghṛtapṛṣṭha-sutās teṣāḿ varṣa-girayaḥ sapta saptaiva nadyaś cābhikhyātāḥ śuklo vardhamāno bhojana upabarhiṇo nando nandanaḥ sarvatobhadra iti abhayā amṛtaughā āryakā tīrthavatī rūpavatī pavitravatī śukleti
SYNONYMS
āmaḥ — Āma; madhu-ruhaḥ — Madhuruha; megha-pṛṣṭhaḥ — Meghapṛṣṭha; sudhāmā — Sudhāmā; bhrājiṣṭhaḥ — Bhrājiṣṭha; lohitārṇaḥ — Lohitārṇa; vanaspatiḥ — Vanaspati; iti — thus; ghṛtapṛṣṭha-sutāḥ — the sons of Ghṛtapṛṣṭha; teṣām — of those sons; varṣa-girayaḥ — boundary hills of the tracts of land; sapta — seven; sapta — seven; eva — also; nadyaḥ — rivers; ca — and; abhikhyātāḥ — celebrated; śuklaḥ vardhamānaḥ — Śukla and Vardhamāna; bhojanaḥ — Bhojana; upabarhiṇaḥ — Upabarhiṇa; nandaḥ — Nanda; nandanaḥ — Nandana; sarvataḥ-bhadraḥ — Sarvatobhadra; iti — thus; abhayā — Abhayā; amṛtaughā — Amṛtaughā; āryakā — Āryakā; tīrthavatī — Tīrthavatī; rūpavatī — Rūpavatī; pavitravatī — Pavitravatī; śuklā — Śuklā; iti — thus.
TRANSLATION
The sons of Mahārāja Ghṛtapṛṣṭha were named Āma, Madhuruha, Meghapṛṣṭha, Sudhāmā, Bhrājiṣṭha, Lohitārṇa 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, Upabarhiṇa, Nanda, Nandana and Sarvatobhadra. The rivers are named Abhayā, Amṛtaughā, Āryakā, Tīrthavatī, Rūpavatī, Pavitravatī and Śuklā.
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