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[Canto 5, Ch. 19]
this opportunity, the inhabitants of Bhārata-varṣa are praised even in the heavenly planets. Even in the topmost planet of this universe, Brahmaloka, the position of Bhārata-varṣa is discussed with great relish.
All the conditioned living entities are evolving within the universe in different planets and different species of life. Thus one may be elevated to Brahmaloka, but then one must again descend to earth, as confirmed in  Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā  ( ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino 'rjuna ). If those who live in Bhārata-varṣa rigidly follow the principles of  varṇāśrama-dharma  and develop their dormant  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness, they need not return to this material world after death. Any place where one cannot hear about the Supreme Personality of Godhead from realized souls, even if it be Brahmaloka, is not very congenial to the living entity. If one who has taken birth in the land of Bhārata-varṣa as a human being does not take advantage of the opportunity for spiritual elevation, his position is certainly the most miserable. In the land known as Bhārata-varṣa, even if one is a  sarva-kāma-bhakta , a devotee seeking the fulfillment of some material desire, he is freed from all material desires by his association with devotees, and ultimately he becomes a pure devotee and returns home, back to Godhead, without difficulty.
At the end of this chapter, Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes to Mahārāja Parīkṣit the eight sub-islands within the island of Jambūdvīpa.
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श्रीशुक उवाच
किम्पुरुषे वर्षे भगवन्तमादिपुरुषं लक्ष्मणाग्रजं सीतामिरामं रामं तच्चरण- संनिकर्षाभिरतः परममागवतो हनुमान् सह किम्पुरुषैरविरतभक्तिरुपास्ते ॥१॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
kimpuruṣe varṣe bhagavantam ādi-puruṣam lakṣmaṇāgrajam sītābhirāmam rāmam tac-caraṇa-sannikarṣābhirataḥ parama- bhāgavato hanumān saha kimpuruṣair avirata-bhaktir upāste.
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak;  kim- puruṣe varṣe —the tract of land known as Kimpuruṣa;  bhagavantam —