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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 17]
TEXT 10
अन्ये च नदा नद्यश्च वर्षे वर्षे सन्ति बहुशो मेर्वादिगिरिदुहितरः शतशः ॥ १० ॥
anye ca nadā nadyaś ca varṣe varṣe santi bahuśo merv-ādi-giri- duhitaraḥ śataśaḥ.
anye—many others; ca—also; nadāḥ—rivers; nadyaḥ—small rivers; ca—and; varṣe varṣe—in each tract of land; santi—are; bahuśaḥ—of many varieties; meru-ādi-giri-duhitaraḥ—daughters of the mountains beginning with Meru; śataśaḥ—in the hundreds.
TRANSLATION
Many other rivers, both big and small, flow from the top of Mount Meru. These rivers are like daughters of the mountain, and they flow to the various tracts of land in hundreds of branches.
TEXT 11
तत्रापि भारतमेव वर्षं कर्मक्षेत्रमन्यान्यष्ट वर्षाणि स्वर्गिणां पुण्यशेषोपभोगस्थानानि भौमानि स्वर्गपदानि व्यपदिशन्ति ॥ ११ ॥
tatrāpi bhāratam eva varṣaṁ karma-kṣetram anyāny aṣṭa varṣāṇi svargiṇāṁ puṇya-śeṣopabhoga-sthānāṇi bhaumāṇi svarga-padāṇi vyapadiśanti.
tatra api—out of all of them; bhāratam—known as Bhārata-varṣa; eva—certainly; varṣam—the tract of land; karma-kṣetram—the field of activities; anyāni—the others; aṣṭa varṣāṇi—eight tracts of land; svargiṇām—of the living entities elevated to the heavenly planets by ex- traordinary pious activities; puṇya—of the results of pious activities; śeṣa—of the remainder; upabhoga-sthānāṇi—the places for material enjoyment; bhaumāṇi svarga-padāṇi—as the heavenly places on earth; vyapadiśanti—they designate.