Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 19: A Description of the Island of Jambudvipa. Text 16

भारतेऽप्यस्मिन् वर्षे सरिच्छैलाः सन्ति बहवो मलयो मङ्गलप्रस्थो
मैनाकस्त्रिकूट ऋषभः कूटकः कोल्लकः सह्यो देवगिरिरृष्यमूकः श्रीशैलो
वेङ्कटो महेन्द्रो वारिधारो विन्ध्यः शुक्तिमानृक्षगिरिः पारियात्रो
द्रोणश्चित्रकूटो गोवर्धनो रैवतकः ककुभो नीलो गोकामुख इन्द्रकीलः
कामगिरिरिति चान्ये च शतसहस्रशः शैलास्तेषां नितम्बप्रभवा नदा
नद्यश्च सन्त्यसङ्ख्याताः ॥१६॥

bhÄrate 'py asmin vará¹£e saric-chailÄḥ santi bahavo malayo maá¹…gala-prastho mainÄkas trikÅ«á¹­a ṛṣabhaḥ kÅ«á¹­akaḥ kollakaḥ sahyo devagirir ṛṣyamÅ«kaḥ Å›rÄ«-Å›ailo veá¹…kaá¹­o mahendro vÄridhÄro vindhyaḥ Å›uktimÄn á¹›ká¹£agiriḥ pÄriyÄtro droṇaÅ› citrakÅ«á¹­o govardhano raivatakaḥ kakubho nÄ«lo gokÄmukha indrakÄ«laḥ kÄmagirir iti cÄnye ca Å›ata-sahasraÅ›aḥ Å›ailÄs teá¹£Äá¹ nitamba-prabhavÄ nadÄ nadyaÅ› ca santy asaá¹…khyÄtÄḥ

 bhÄrate - in the land of BhÄrata-vará¹£a; api - also; asmin - in this; vará¹£e - tract of land; sarit - rivers; Å›ailÄḥ - mountains; santi - there are; bahavaḥ - many; malayaḥ - Malaya; maá¹…gala-prasthaḥ - Maá¹…gala-prastha; mainÄkaḥ - MainÄka; tri-kÅ«á¹­aḥ - TrikÅ«á¹­a; á¹›á¹£abhaḥ - Ṛṣabha; kÅ«á¹­akaḥ - KÅ«á¹­aka; kollakaḥ - Kollaka; sahyaḥ - Sahya; devagiriḥ - Devagiri; á¹›á¹£ya-mÅ«kaḥ - ṚṣyamÅ«ka; Å›rÄ«-Å›ailaḥ - ÅšrÄ«-Å›aila; veá¹…kaá¹­aḥ - Veá¹…kaá¹­a; mahendraḥ - Mahendra; vÄri-dhÄraḥ - VÄridhÄra; vindhyaḥ - Vindhya; Å›uktimÄn - ÅšuktimÄn; á¹›ká¹£a-giriḥ - Ṛká¹£agiri; pÄriyÄtraḥ - PÄriyÄtra; droṇaḥ - Droṇa; citra-kÅ«á¹­aḥ - CitrakÅ«á¹­a; govardhanaḥ - Govardhana; raivatakaḥ - Raivataka; kakubhaḥ - Kakubha; nÄ«laḥ - NÄ«la; gokÄmukhaḥ - GokÄmukha; indrakÄ«laḥ - IndrakÄ«la; kÄma-giriḥ - KÄmagiri; iti - thus; ca - and; anye - others; ca - also; Å›ata-sahasraÅ›aḥ - many hundreds and thousands; Å›ailÄḥ - mountains; teá¹£Äm - of them; nitamba-prabhavÄḥ - born of the slopes; nadÄḥ - big rivers; nadyaḥ - small rivers; ca - and; santi - there are; asaá¹…khyÄtÄḥ - innumerable.


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In the tract of land known as BhÄrata-vará¹£a, as in IlÄvá¹›ta-vará¹£a, there are many mountains and rivers. Some of the mountains are known as Malaya, Maá¹…gala-prastha, MainÄka, TrikÅ«á¹­a, Ṛṣabha, KÅ«á¹­aka, Kollaka, Sahya, Devagiri, ṚṣyamÅ«ka, ÅšrÄ«-Å›aila, Veá¹…kaá¹­a, Mahendra, VÄridhÄra, Vindhya, ÅšuktimÄn, Ṛká¹£agiri, PÄriyÄtra, Droṇa, CitrakÅ«á¹­a, Govardhana, Raivataka, Kakubha, NÄ«la, GokÄmukha, IndrakÄ«la and KÄmagiri. Besides these, there are many other hills, with many large and small rivers flowing from their slopes.

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