Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 20: Studying the Structure of the Universe. Text 21

आमो मधुरुहो मेघपृष्ठः सुधामा भ्राजिष्ठो लोहितार्णो वनस्पतिरिति घृतपृष्ठसु
तास्तेषां वर्षगिरयः सप्त सप्तैव नद्यश्चाभिख्याताः शुक्लो वर्धमानो भोजन
उपबर्हिणो नन्दो नन्दनः सर्वतोभद्र इति अभया अमृतौघा आर्यका तीर्थवती
रूपवती पवित्रवती शुक्लेति ॥२१॥

Ämo madhuruho meghapṛṣṭhaḥ sudhÄmÄ bhrÄjiṣṭho lohitÄrṇo vanaspatir iti ghá¹›tapṛṣṭha-sutÄs teá¹£Äá¹ vará¹£a-girayaḥ sapta saptaiva nadyaÅ› cÄbhikhyÄtÄḥ Å›uklo vardhamÄno bhojana upabarhiṇo nando nandanaḥ sarvatobhadra iti abhayÄ amá¹›taughÄ ÄryakÄ tÄ«rthavatÄ« rÅ«pavatÄ« pavitravatÄ« Å›ukleti

 Ämaḥ - Ä€ma; madhu-ruhaḥ - Madhuruha; megha-pṛṣṭhaḥ - Meghapṛṣṭha; sudhÄmÄ - SudhÄmÄ; bhrÄjiṣṭhaḥ - BhrÄjiṣṭha; lohitÄrṇaḥ - LohitÄrṇa; vanaspatiḥ - Vanaspati; iti - thus; ghá¹›tapṛṣṭha-sutÄḥ - the sons of Ghá¹›tapṛṣṭha; teá¹£Äm - of those sons; vará¹£a-girayaḥ - boundary hills of the tracts of land; sapta - seven; sapta - seven; eva - also; nadyaḥ - rivers; ca - and; abhikhyÄtÄḥ - celebrated; Å›uklaḥ vardhamÄnaḥ - Åšukla and VardhamÄna; bhojanaḥ - Bhojana; upabarhiṇaḥ - Upabarhiṇa; nandaḥ - Nanda; nandanaḥ - Nandana; sarvataḥ-bhadraḥ - Sarvatobhadra; iti - thus; abhayÄ - AbhayÄ; amá¹›taughÄ - Amá¹›taughÄ; ÄryakÄ - Ä€ryakÄ; tÄ«rthavatÄ« - TÄ«rthavatÄ«; rÅ«pavatÄ« - RÅ«pavatÄ«; pavitravatÄ« - PavitravatÄ«; Å›uklÄ - ÅšuklÄ; iti - thus.


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The sons of MahÄrÄja Ghá¹›tapṛṣṭha were named Ä€ma, Madhuruha, Meghapṛṣṭha, SudhÄmÄ, BhrÄjiṣṭha, LohitÄrṇa 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 Åšukla, VardhamÄna, Bhojana, Upabarhiṇa, Nanda, Nandana and Sarvatobhadra. The rivers are named AbhayÄ, Amá¹›taughÄ, Ä€ryakÄ, TÄ«rthavatÄ«, RÅ«pavatÄ«, PavitravatÄ« and ÅšuklÄ.

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