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A Description of Jambūdvīpa
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agriculture. How can the people be happy? They must suffer from all the misery of materialism. Their bodies become wrinkled and gradually deteriorate until they become almost like dwarves, and a bad odor emanates from their bodies because of unclean perspiration resulting from eating all kinds of nasty things. This is not human civilization. If people actually want happiness in this life and want to prepare for the best in the next life, they must adopt a Vedic civilization. In a Vedic civilization, there is a full supply of all the necessities mentioned above.
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कुरङ्गकुरकुसुम्भवैकङ्कत्रिकूटशिशिरपतङ्गरुचकनिषधशिनीवासकपिलशङ्ख- वैदूर्यजारुधिहंसर्षभनागकालञ्जरनारदादयो विंशतिगिरयो मेरोः कर्णिकाया इव केसरभूता मूलदेशे परित उपकृताः ॥ २६ ॥
kuraṅga-kurara-kusumbha-vaikaṅka-trikūṭa-śiśira-pataṅga-rucaka- niṣadha-śinīvāsa-kapila-śaṅkha-vaidūrya-jārudhi-haṁsa-ṛṣabha-nāga- kālañjara-nāradādayo viṁśati-girayo meroḥ karṇikāyā iva kesara- bhūtā mūla-deśe parita upaklptāḥ.
kuraṅga—Kuraṅga; kurara—Kurara; kusumbha-vaikaṅka-trikūṭa- śiśira-pataṅga-rucaka-niṣadha-śinīvāsa-kapila-śaṅkha-vaidūrya- jārudhi-haṁsa-ṛṣabha-nāga-kālañjara-nārada—the names of moun- tains; ādayaḥ—and so on; viṁśati-girayaḥ—twenty mountains; meroḥ—of Sumeru Mountain; karṇikāyāḥ—of the whorl of the lotus; iva—like; kesara-bhūtāḥ—as filaments; mūla-deśe—at the base; paritaḥ—all around; upaklptāḥ—arranged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
There are other mountains beautifully arranged around the foot of Mount Meru like the filaments around the whorl of a lotus flower. Their names are Kuraṅga, Kurara, Kusumbha, Vaikaṅka, Trikūṭa, Śiśira, Pataṅga, Rucaka, Niṣadha, Śinīvāsa, Kapila, Śaṅkha, Vaidūrya, Jārudhi, Haṁsa, ṛṣabha, Nāga, Kālañjara and Nārada.