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SB 5.16.26

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.



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