teṣāḿ vai bharato jyeṣṭho

nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ

vikhyātaḿ varṣam etad yan-

nāmnā bhāratam adbhutam

tesham -- of them; vai -- indeed; bharatah -- Bharata; jyeshthah -- the oldest; narayana-parayanah -- completely devoted to Lord Narayana; vikhyatam -- is famous; varsham -- the planet; etat -- this; yat-namna -- by whose name; bharatam -- Bharata-varsha; adbhutam -- wonderful.


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Of the one hundred sons of Lord Rishabhadeva, the eldest, Bharata, was completely devoted to Lord Narayana. It is because of Bharata's fame that this planet is now celebrated as the great Bharata-varsha.

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