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this opportunity, the inhabitants of Bharata-varsa are praised even in the
heavenly planets. Even in the topmost planet of this universe,
Brahmaloka, the position of Bharata-varsa 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 Srimad Bhagavad-gita (abrahma-bhuvanal lokah punar dvartino
rjuna). If those who live in Bharata-varsa rigidly follow the principles of
varnasrama-dharma and develop their dormant Krsna 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 Bharata-varsa 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 Bharata-
varsa, even if one is a sarva-kdma-bhakta, a devotee seeking the fulfill-
ment 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, Sri Sukadeva Gosvami describes to
Maharaja Pariksit the eight sub-islands within the island of Jambidvipa.

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Sri-Suka uvdca

kimpuruse varse bhagavantam ddi-purusam laksmandégrajarn
sitabhiramam ramam tac-carana-sannikarsabhiratah parama-
bhagavato hanumén saha kimpurusair avirata-bhaktir upaste.

sri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak; kim-
puruse varse—the tract of land known as Kimpurusa; bhagavantam—
