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The Island of Jambūdvīpa
TEXT 9
भारतेऽपि वर्षे भगवान्नरनारायणाख्य आकल्पान्तमुपचितधर्मज्ञानवैराग्यै- 
    श्वर्योपशमोपरमात्मोपलम्भनमनुग्रहायात्मवतामनुकम्पया तपोऽव्यक्तगतिश्चरति 
    ॥९॥
bhārate 'pi varṣe bhagavān nara-nārāyaṇākhya ākalpāntam upacita- 
    dharma-jñāna-vairāgyaiśvaryopaśamoparamātmopalambhanam 
    anugrahāyātmavatām anukampayā tapo 'vyakta-gatiś carati.
bhārate—in Bhārata; api—also; varṣe—the tract of land; 
    bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nara-nārāyaṇa- 
    ākhyaḥ—known as Nara-Nārāyaṇa; ā-kalpa-antam—up to the end of 
    the millennium; upacita—increasing; dharma—religion; jñāna— 
    knowledge; vairāgya—renunciation or nonattachment; aiśvarya— 
    mystic opulences; upaśama—control of the senses; uparama—freedom 
    from false ego; ātma-upalambhanam—self-realization; anugrahāya— 
    to show favor; ātma-vatām—unto persons interested in self-realization; 
    anukampayā—by causeless mercy; tapaḥ—austerities; avyakta-gatiḥ— 
    whose glories are inconceivable; carati—executes.
TRANSLATION
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] The glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are inconceivable. He has appeared in the form of Nara-Nārāyaṇa in the land of Bhārata-varṣa, at the place known as Badarikāśrama, to favor His devotees by teaching them religion, knowledge, renunciation, spiritual power, sense control and freedom from false ego. He is advanced in the opulence of spiritual assets, and He engages in executing austerity until the end of this millennium. This is the process of self-realization.
PURPORT
People in India may visit the temple of Nara-Nārāyaṇa at Badarikāśrama just to learn how the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Nara-Nārāyaṇa engages in austerities to teach the people of the world how to achieve self-realization. It is impossible to realize