Text 2] The Residents of Jambuadvipa Offer Prayers 157

maraja; tat—of him; kula-patayah—the chiefs of the dynasty:
purusah—all the residents; bhadrasva-varse—in the land known as
Bhadrasva-varsa; saksat—directly; bhagavatah—of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; vdésudevasya—of Lord Vasudeva; priyam tanum—
very dear form; dharma-mayim—the director of all religious principles;
hayasirsa-abhidhandm—the Lord’s incarnation named Hayaéirsa (also
called Hayagriva); paramena samdadhind—with the highest form of
trance; sannidhdpya—coming near; idam—this; abhigrnantah—chant-
ing; upadhdvanti—they worship.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: BhadraSrava, the son of Dharmaraja,
rules the tract of land known as Bhadrasva-varsa. Just as Lord Siva
worships Sankarsana in Ilavrta-varsa, Bhadrasrava, accompanied
by his intimate servants and all the residents of the land, worships
the plenary expansion of Vasudeva known as Hayasirsa. Lord
Hayasirsa is very dear to the devotees, and He is the director of all
religious principles. Fixed in the topmost trance, Bhadrasrava and
his associates offer their respectful obeisances to the Lord and
chant the following prayers with careful pronunciation.

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bhadrasravasa ticuh
om namo bhagavate dharmaéydtma-visodhandya nama iti.

bhadrasravasah ticuh—the ruler Bhadraésrava and his intimate asso-
ciates said; om—O Lord; namah—respectful obeisances; bhagavate—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dharmaya—the source of all
religious principles; a@tma-visodhandya—who purifies us of material
contamination; namah—our obeisances; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

The ruler BhadraSrava and his intimate associates utter the
following prayer: We offer our respectful obeisances unto the
