अजनाभं नामैतद्वर्षं भारतमिति यत आरभ्य व्यपदिशन्ति ॥३॥

ajanÄbhaá¹ nÄmaitad vará¹£aá¹ bhÄratam iti yata Ärabhya vyapadiÅ›anti

 ajanÄbham - AjanÄbha; nÄma - by the name; etat - this; vará¹£am - island; bhÄratam - BhÄrata; iti - thus; yataḥ - from whom; Ärabhya - beginning; vyapadiÅ›anti - they celebrate.


Text

Formerly this planet was known as AjanÄbha-vará¹£a, but since MahÄrÄja Bharata’s reign it has become known as BhÄrata-vará¹£a.

Purport

This planet was formerly known as AjanÄbha because of the reign of King NÄbhi. After Bharata MahÄrÄja ruled the planet, it became celebrated as BhÄrata-vará¹£a.