Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 20: Studying the Structure of the Universe. Text 15

तेषां वर्षेषु सीमागिरयो नद्यश्चाभिज्ञाताः सप्त सप्तैव चक्रश्चतुःशृङ्गः कपि
लश्चित्रकूटो देवानीक ऊर्ध्वरोमा द्रविण इति रसकुल्या मधुकुल्या मित्रविन्दा
श्रुतविन्दा देवगर्भा घृतच्युता मन्त्रमालेति ॥१५॥

teá¹£Äá¹ vará¹£eá¹£u sÄ«mÄ-girayo nadyaÅ› cÄbhijñÄtÄḥ sapta saptaiva cakraÅ› catuḥśṛṅgaḥ kapilaÅ› citrakÅ«á¹­o devÄnÄ«ka Å«rdhvaromÄ draviṇa iti rasakulyÄ madhukulyÄ mitravindÄ Å›rutavindÄ devagarbhÄ ghá¹›tacyutÄ mantramÄleti

 teá¹£Äm - all those sons; vará¹£eá¹£u - in the tracts of land; sÄ«mÄ-girayaḥ - border mountains; nadyaḥ ca - as well as rivers; abhijñÄtÄḥ - known; sapta - seven; sapta - seven; eva - certainly; cakraḥ - Cakra; catuḥ-śṛṅgaḥ - Catuḥ-śṛṅga; kapilaḥ - Kapila; citra-kÅ«á¹­aḥ - CitrakÅ«á¹­a; devÄnÄ«kaḥ - DevÄnÄ«ka; Å«rdhva-romÄ - ŪrdhvaromÄ; draviṇaḥ - Draviṇa; iti - thus; rasa-kulyÄ - RamakulyÄ; madhu-kulyÄ - MadhukulyÄ; mitra-vindÄ - MitravindÄ; Å›ruta-vindÄ - ÅšrutavindÄ; deva-garbhÄ - DevagarbhÄ; ghá¹›ta-cyutÄ - Ghá¹›tacyutÄ; mantra-mÄlÄ - MantramÄlÄ; iti - thus.


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In those seven islands there are seven boundary mountains, known as Cakra, Catuḥśṛṅga, Kapila, CitrakÅ«á¹­a, DevÄnÄ«ka, ŪrdhvaromÄ and Draviṇa. There are also seven rivers, known as RamakulyÄ, MadhukulyÄ, MitravindÄ, ÅšrutavindÄ, DevagarbhÄ, Ghá¹›tacyutÄ and MantramÄlÄ.

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