Text 19] The Island of Jambidvipa 249
bhaga—Candrabhaga; marudurdha—Marudvrdha;  vitasta—Vitasta;
asikni—Asikni; visud—Visva; iti—thus; mahd-nadyah—big rivers.
TRANSLATION

Two of the rivers—the Brahmaputra and the Sona—are called
nadas, or main rivers. These are other great rivers that are very
prominent: Candravasa, Tamraparni, Avatoda, Krtamiala,
Vaihayasi, Kaveri, Veni, Payasvini, Sarkaravarta, Tungabhadra,
Krsnavenya, Bhimarathi, Godavari, Nirvindhya, Payosni, Tapi,
Reva, Surasé, Narmada, Carmanvati, Mahanadi, Vedasmrti,
Rsikulya, Trisma, Kausiki, Mandakini, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Drsad-
vati, Gomati, Sarayi, Rodhasvati, Saptavati, Susoma, Satadri,
Candrabhaga, Marudvrdha, Vitasta, Asikni and Visva. The inhabi-
tants of Bharata-varsa are purified because they always remember
these rivers. Sometimes they chant the names of these rivers as
mantras, and sometimes they go directly to the rivers to touch
them and bathe in them. Thus the inhabitants of Bharata-varsa
become purified.

PURPORT

All these rivers are transcendental. Therefore one can be purified by
remembering them, touching them or bathing in them. This practice is
still going on.

TEXT 19
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ataar vt geteuusate: Gsotapuraia aneta aa
RAMTAIARETAT TAMA AGE Aat aa atat eitaa
Ta enaaTat aT AAT 123
asminn eva varse purusair labdha-janmabhih sukla-lohita-krsna-
varnena svadrabdhena karmana divya-mdanusa-ndraka-gatayo bahvya
atmana Gnupirvyena sarva hy eva sarvesam vidhiyante yatha-varna-
vidhadnam apavargas capi bhavati.

asmin eva varse—in this tract of land (Bharata-varsa) ; purusaih—by
the people; labdha-janmabhih—who have taken birth; sukla—of the
