SB 11.2.19

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eleventh Canto - Chapter 2: Mahārāja Nimi Meets the Nine Yogendras

SB 11.2.18 - SB 11.2.20-21

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 19

teṣāṁ nava nava-dvīpa-

patayo 'sya samantataḥ

karma-tantra-praṇetāra

ekāśītir dvijātayaḥ

SYNONYMS

teṣām—of them (the one hundred sons of Ṛṣabhadeva); nava—nine; nava-dvīpa—of the nine islands (comprising Bhārata-varṣa); patayaḥ—the masters; asya—of this varṣa; samantataḥ—covering it entirely; karma-tantra—of the path of fruitive Vedic sacrifices; praṇetāraḥ—initiators; ekāśītiḥ—eighty-one; dvi-jātayaḥ—twice-born brāhmaṇas.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Nine of the remaining sons of Ṛṣabhadeva became the rulers of the nine islands of Bhārata-varṣa, and they exercised complete sovereignty over this planet. Eighty-one sons became twice-born brāhmaṇas and helped initiate the Vedic path of fruitive sacrifices [karma-kāṇḍa].

PURPORT

The nine dvīpas, or islands, ruled by nine sons of Ṛṣabhadeva are the nine varṣas of Jambūdvīpa, namely Bhārata, Kinnara, Hari, Kuru, Hiraṇmaya, Ramyaka, Ilāvṛta, Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla.

SB 11.2.18 - SB 11.2.20-21