132 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 17
TEXT 10
HY A Aa ad ay ate Teal Aalfahaigheat: aTT:
Io Ml
anye ca nada nadyas ca varse varse santi bahuso merv-adi-giri-
duhitarah satasah.
anye—many others; ca—also; nadah—rivers; nadyah—small
rivers; ca—and; varse varse—in each tract of land; santi—are;
bahusah—of many varieties; meru-ddi-giri-duhitarah—daughters of
the mountains beginning with Meru; SataSah—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
(s q °
vale meat ay aMATHeNeae TTT alia
SN ISS iS mae De
praia aba aarretit saaatea i 22 1
tatrapi bharatam eva varsam karma-ksetram anyany asta varsani
svarginam punya-sesopabhoga-sthanani bhaumani svarga-padani
vyapadisanti.
tatra api—out of all of them; bharatam—known as Bharata-varsa;
eva—certainly; varsam—the tract of land; karma-ksetram—the field of
activities; anydni—the others; asta varsdni—eight tracts of land;
svarginam—of the living entities elevated to the heavenly planets by ex-
traordinary pious activities; punya—of the results of pious activities;
Sesa—of the remainder; upabhoga-sthandni—the places for material
enjoyment; bhaumani svarga-padani—as the heavenly places on earth;
vyapadisanti—they designate.
