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

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

āmaḥĀma; madhu-ruhaḥ — Madhuruha; megha-pṛṣṭhaḥ — Meghapṛṣṭha; sudhāmāSudhāmā; bhrājiṣṭhaḥ — Bhrājiṣṭha; lohitārṇaḥ — Lohitārṇa; vanaspatiḥVanaspati; 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 vardhamānaḥŚukla and Vardhamāna; bhojanaḥBhojana; upabarhiṇaḥ — Upabarhiṇa; nandaḥNanda; nandanaḥNandana; sarvataḥ-bhadraḥ — Sarvatobhadra; iti — thus; abhayāAbhayā; amṛtaughāAmṛtaughā; āryakāĀryakā; tīrthavatīTīrthavatī; rūpavatīRūpavatī; pavitravatīPavitravatī; śuklāŚuklā; 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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