SB 5.20.21 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.20.21

आमो मधुरुहो मेघपृष्ठ: सुधामा भ्राजिष्ठो लोहितार्णो वनस्पतिरिति घृतपृष्ठसुतास्तेषां वर्षगिरय: सप्त सप्तैव नद्यश्चाभिख्याता: शुक्लो वर्धमानो भोजन उपबर्हिणो नन्दो नन्दन: सर्वतोभद्र इति अभया अमृतौघा आर्यका तीर्थवती रूपवती पवित्रवती शुक्लेति ॥ २१ ॥

āmo madhuruho meghapṛṣṭhaḥ sudhāmā bhrājiṣṭho lohitārṇo vanaspatir iti ghṛtapṛṣṭha-sutās teṣāṁ varṣa-girayaḥ sapta saptaiva nadyaś cābhikhyātāḥ śuklo vardhamāno bhojana upabarhiṇo nando nandanaḥ sarvatobhadra iti abhayā amṛtaughā āryakā tīrthavatī rūpavatī pavitravatī śukleti.

[aamo madhuruho meghaprishthah sudhaamaa bhraajishtho lohitaarno vanaspatir iti ghritaprishtha-sutaas teshaam varsha-girayah sapta saptaiva nadyash chaabhikhyaataah shuklo vardhamaano bhojana upabarhino nando nandanah sarvatobhadra iti abhayaa amritaughaa aaryakaa teerthavatee roopavatee pavitravatee shukleti.]

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āmaḥ — Āma madhu-ruhaḥ — Madhuruha megha-pṛṣṭhaḥ — Meghapṛṣṭha sudhāmā — Sudhāmā bhrājiṣṭhaḥ — Bhrājiṣṭha lohitārṇaḥ — Lohitārṇa vanaspatiḥ — Vanaspati iti — thus ghṛtapṛṣṭha-sutāḥ — the sons of Ghṛtapṛṣṭha teṣām — of those sons varṣa-girayaḥ — boundary hills of the tracts of land sapta — seven sapta — seven eva — also nadyaḥ — rivers ca — and abhikhyātāḥ — celebrated śuklaḥ vardhamānaḥ — Śukla and Vardhamāna bhojanaḥ — Bhojana upabarhiṇaḥ — Upabarhiṇa nandaḥ — Nanda nandanaḥ — Nandana sarvataḥ-bhadraḥ — Sarvatobhadra iti — thus abhayā — Abhayā amṛtaughā — Amṛtaughā āryakā — Āryakā tīrthavatī — Tīrthavatī rūpavatī — Rūpavatī pavitravatī — Pavitravatī śuklā — Śuklā iti — thus.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

āmaḥ

Āma

madhu-ruhaḥ

Madhuruha

megha-pṛṣṭhaḥ

Meghapṛṣṭha

sudhāmā

Sudhāmā

bhrājiṣṭhaḥ

Bhrājiṣṭha

lohitārṇaḥ

Lohitārṇa

vanaspatiḥ

Vanaspati

iti

thus

ghṛtapṛṣṭha-sutāḥ

the sons of Ghṛtapṛṣṭha

teṣām

of those sons

varṣa-girayaḥ

boundary hills of the tracts of land

sapta

seven

sapta

seven

eva

also

nadyaḥ

rivers

and

abhikhyātāḥ

celebrated

śuklaḥ vardhamānaḥ

Śukla and Vardhamāna

bhojanaḥ

Bhojana

upabarhiṇaḥ

Upabarhiṇa

nandaḥ

Nanda

nandanaḥ

Nandana

sarvataḥ-bhadraḥ

Sarvatobhadra

iti

thus

abhayā

Abhayā

amṛtaughā

Amṛtaughā

āryakā

Āryakā

tīrthavatī

Tīrthavatī

rūpavatī

Rūpavatī

pavitravatī

Pavitravatī

śuklā

Śuklā

iti

thus.

The sons of Mahārāja Ghṛtapṛṣṭha were named Āma, Madhuruha, Meghapṛṣṭha, Sudhāmā, Bhrājiṣṭha, Lohitārṇa and Vanaspati. In their island there are seven mountains, which indicate the boundaries of the seven tracts of land, and there are also seven rivers. The mountains are named Śukla, Vardhamāna, Bhojana, Upabarhiṇa, Nanda, Nandana and Sarvatobhadra. The rivers are named Abhayā, Amṛtaughā, Āryakā, Tīrthavatī, Rūpavatī, Pavitravatī and Śuklā.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Personal Guidance

Each son ruled a land bordered by a mountain and watered by a river — every life properly bounded and properly nourished. The pattern repeats: clear borders, clear flow. Spiritual life is the same: know your edges, know where your nourishment comes from.

Reflection Questions

What are the edges of my responsibility, and what is the river that nourishes my work?
Where am I either trespassing borders or starving for lack of inflow?

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