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SB 5.16.26

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


TEXT 26

kuraṅga-kurara-kusumbha-vaikaṅka-trikūṭa-śiśira-pataṅga-rucaka-niṣadha-śinīvāsa-kapila-śaṅkha-vaidūrya-jārudhi-haṁsa-ṛṣabha-nāga-kālañjara-nāradādayo viṁśati-girayo meroḥ karṇikāyā iva kesara-bhūtā mūla-deśe parita upakḷptāḥ.


SYNONYMS

kuraṅga—Kuraṅga; kurara—Kurara; kusumbha-vaikaṅka-trikūṭa-śiśira-pataṅga-rucaka-niṣadha-śinīvāsa-kapila-śaṅkha-vaidūrya-jārudhi-haṁsa-ṛṣabha-nāga-kālañjara-nārada—the names of mountains; ādayaḥ—and so on; viṁśati-girayaḥ—twenty mountains; meroḥ—of Sumeru Mountain; karṇikāyāḥ—of the whorl of the lotus; iva—like; kesara-bhūtāḥ—as filaments; mūla-deśe—at the base; paritaḥ—all around; upakḷptāḥ—arranged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


TRANSLATION

There are other mountains beautifully arranged around the foot of Mount Meru like the filaments around the whorl of a lotus flower. Their names are Kuraṅga, Kurara, Kusumbha, Vaikaṅka, Trikūṭa, Śiśira, Pataṅga, Rucaka, Niṣadha, Sinīvāsa, Kapila, Śaṅkha, Vaidūrya, Jārudhi, Haṁsa, Ṛṣabha, Nāga, Kālañjara and Nārada.