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SB 11.2.19

Devanāgarī

तेषां नव नवद्वीपपतयोऽस्य समन्तत: । कर्मतन्त्रप्रणेतार एकाशीतिर्द्विजातय: ॥ १९ ॥

Text

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 thisvarṣa;samantataḥ—covering it entirely;karma-tantra—of the path of fruitive Vedic sacrifices;praṇetāraḥ—initiators;ekāśītiḥ—eighty-one;dvi-jātayaḥ—twice-bornbrāhmaṇas..

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 Jambudvīpa, namely Bhārata, Kinnara, Hari, Kuru, Hiraṇmaya, Ramyaka, Ilāvṛta, Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla.
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