यासामम्भः पवित्रममलमुपयुञ्जानाः पुरुषऋषभद्रविणदेवकसंज्ञा वर्षपुरुषा
आपोमयं देवमपां पूर्णेनाञ्जलिना यजन्ते ॥२२॥

yÄsÄm ambhaḥ pavitram amalam upayuñjÄnÄḥ puruá¹£a-ṛṣabha-draviṇa-devaka-saá¹jÃ±Ä vará¹£a-puruá¹£Ä Äpomayaá¹ devam apÄá¹ pÅ«rṇenÄñjalinÄ yajante

 yÄsÄm - of all the rivers; ambhaḥ - the water; pavitram - very sanctified; amalam - very clean; upayuñjÄnÄḥ - using; puruá¹£a - Puruá¹£a; á¹›á¹£abha - Ṛṣabha; draviṇa - Draviṇa; devaka - Devaka; saá¹jñÄḥ - endowed with the names; vará¹£a-puruá¹£Äḥ - the inhabitants of those vará¹£as; Äpaḥ-mayam - Varuṇa, the lord of water; devam - as the worshipable deity; apÄm - of water; pÅ«rṇena - with full; añjalinÄ - folded palms; yajante - do worship.


Text

The inhabitants of Krauñcadvīpa are divided into four castes, called the Puruṣas, Ṛṣabhas, Draviṇas and Devakas. Using the waters of those sanctified rivers, they worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead by offering a palmful of water at the lotus feet of Varuṇa, the demigod who has a form of water.

Purport

ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura says, Äpomayaḥ asmayam: with joined palms the inhabitants of the various sections of KrauñcadvÄ«pa offer the sanctified waters of the rivers to a deity made of stone or iron.