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  1. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/22
    किं दुष्करैर्नः क्रतुभिस्तपोव्रतैर्दानादिभिर्वा द्युजयेन फल्गुना । न यत्र नारायणपादपङ्कजस्मृतिः प्रमुष्टातिशयेन्द्रियोत्सवात् ॥ ५-१९-२२ ॥kiM duSkarairnaH kratubhistapovratairdAnAdibhirvA dyujayena phalgunA । na yatra nArAyaNapAdapaGkajasmRtiH pramuSTAtizayendriyotsavAt ॥ 5-19-22 ॥The demigods continue: After performing the very difficult tasks of executing Vedic ritualistic sacrifices, undergoing austerities, observing vows and giving charity, we have achieved this position as inhabitants of the heavenly planets. But what is the value of this achievement? Here we are certainly very engaged in material sense gratification, and therefore we can hardly remember the lotus feet of Lord Nārāyaṇa. Indeed, because of our excessive sense gratification, we have almost forgotten His lotus feet. ॥ 5-19-22 ॥
  2. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/21
    एतदेव हि देवा गायन्ति अहो अमीषां किमकारि शोभनं प्रसन्न एषां स्विदुत स्वयं हरिः । यैर्जन्म लब्धं नृषु भारताजिरे मुकुन्दसेवौपयिकं स्पृहा हि नः ॥ ५-१९-२१ ॥etadeva hi devA gAyanti aho amISAM kimakAri zobhanaM prasanna eSAM sviduta svayaM hariH । yairjanma labdhaM nRSu bhAratAjire mukundasevaupayikaM spRhA hi naH ॥ 5-19-21 ॥Since the human form of life is the sublime position for spiritual realization, all the demigods in heaven speak in this way: How wonderful it is for these human beings to have been born in the land of Bhārata-varṣa. They must have executed pious acts of austerity in the past, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself must have been pleased with them. Otherwise, how could they engage in devotional service in so many ways? We demigods can only aspire to achieve human births in Bhārata-varṣa to execute devotional service, but these human beings are already engaged there. ॥ 5-19-21 ॥
  3. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/21/12
    एवं मुहूर्तेन चतुस्त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनान्यष्टशताधिकानि सौरो रथस्त्रयीमयोऽसौचतसृषु परिवर्तते पुरीषु ॥ ५-२१-१२ ॥evaM muhUrtena catustriMzallakSayojanAnyaSTazatAdhikAni sauro rathastrayImayo'saucatasRSu parivartate purISu ॥ 5-21-12 ॥Thus the chariot of the sun-god, which is trayīmaya, or worshiped by the words om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, travels through the four residences mentioned above at a speed of 3,400,800 yojanas ॥ 27,206,400 miles॥ in a muhūrta. ॥ 5-21-12 ॥
  4. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/20
    योऽसौ भगवति सर्वभूतात्मन्यनात्म्येऽनिरुक्तेऽनिलयने परमात्मनि वासुदेवेऽनन्यनिमित्तभक्तियोगलक्षणो नानागतिनिमित्ताविद्याग्रन्थिरन्धनद्वारेण यदा हि महापुरुषपुरुषप्रसङ्गः ॥ ५-१९-२० ॥yo'sau bhagavati sarvabhUtAtmanyanAtmye'nirukte'nilayane paramAtmani vAsudeve'nanyanimittabhaktiyogalakSaNo nAnAgatinimittAvidyAgranthirandhanadvAreNa yadA hi mahApuruSapuruSaprasaGgaH ॥ 5-19-20 ॥After many, many births, when the results of one’s pious activities mature, one gets an opportunity to associate with pure devotees. Then one is able to cut the knot of bondage to ignorance, which bound him because of varied fruitive activities. As a result of associating with devotees, one gradually renders service to Lord Vāsudeva, who is transcendental, free from attachment to the material world, beyond the mind and words, and independent of everything else. That bhakti-yoga, devotional service to Lord Vāsudeva, is the real path of liberation. ॥ 5-19-20 ॥
  5. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/19
    अस्मिन्नेव वर्षे पुरुषैर्लब्धजन्मभिः शुक्ललोहितकृष्णवर्णेन स्वारब्धेन कर्मणा दिव्यमानुषनारकगतयो बह्व्य आत्मन आनुपूर्व्येण सर्वा ह्येव सर्वेषां विधीयन्ते यथा वर्णविधानमपवर्गश्चापि भवति ॥ ५-१९-१९ ॥asminneva varSe puruSairlabdhajanmabhiH zuklalohitakRSNavarNena svArabdhena karmaNA divyamAnuSanArakagatayo bahvya Atmana AnupUrvyeNa sarvA hyeva sarveSAM vidhIyante yathA varNavidhAnamapavargazcApi bhavati ॥ 5-19-19 ॥The people who take birth in this tract of land are divided according to the qualities of material nature — the modes of goodness ॥ sattva-guṇa॥, passion ॥ rajo-guṇa॥, and ignorance ॥ tamo-guṇa॥. Some of them are born as exalted personalities, some are ordinary human beings, and some are extremely abominable, for in Bhārata-varṣa one takes birth exactly according to one’s past karma. If one’s position is ascertained by a bona fide spiritual master and one is properly trained to engage in the service of Lord Viṣṇu according to the four social divisions ॥ brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra॥ and the four spiritual divisions ॥ brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa॥, one’s life becomes perfect. ॥ 5-19-19 ॥
  6. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/21/11
    एवं ततो वारुणीं सौम्यामैन्द्रीं च पुनस्तथान्ये च ग्रहाः सोमादयो नक्षत्रैः सह ज्योतिश्चक्रे समभ्युद्यन्ति सह वा निम्लोचन्ति ॥ ५-२१-११ ॥evaM tato vAruNIM saumyAmaindrIM ca punastathAnye ca grahAH somAdayo nakSatraiH saha jyotizcakre samabhyudyanti saha vA nimlocanti ॥ 5-21-11 ॥From the residence of Yamarāja the sun travels to Nimlocanī, the residence of Varuṇa, from there to Vibhāvarī, the residence of the moon-god, and from there again to the residence of Indra. In a similar way, the moon, along with the other stars and planets, becomes visible in the celestial sphere and then sets and again becomes invisible. ॥ 5-21-11 ॥
  7. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/18
    चन्द्रवसा ताम्रपर्णी अवटोदा कृतमाला वैहायसी कावेरी वेणी पयस्विनी शर्करावर्ता तुङ्गभद्रा कृष्णा वेण्या भीमरथी गोदावरी निर्विन्ध्या पयोष्णी तापी रेवा सुरसा नर्मदा चर्मण्वती सिन्धुरन्धः शोणश्च नदौ महानदी वेदस्मृतिरृषिकुल्या त्रिसामा कौशिकी मन्दाकिनी यमुना सरस्वती दृषद्वती गोमती सरयू रोधस्वती सप्तवती सुषोमा शतद्रूश्चन्द्रभागा मरुद्वृधा वितस्ता असिक्नी विश्वेति महानद्यः ॥ ५-१९-१८ ॥candravasA tAmraparNI avaTodA kRtamAlA vaihAyasI kAverI veNI payasvinI zarkarAvartA tuGgabhadrA kRSNA veNyA bhImarathI godAvarI nirvindhyA payoSNI tApI revA surasA narmadA carmaNvatI sindhurandhaH zoNazca nadau mahAnadI vedasmRtirRSikulyA trisAmA kauzikI mandAkinI yamunA sarasvatI dRSadvatI gomatI sarayU rodhasvatI saptavatI suSomA zatadrUzcandrabhAgA marudvRdhA vitastA asiknI vizveti mahAnadyaH ॥ 5-19-18 ॥Candravasā, Tāmraparṇī, Avaṭodā, Kṛtamālā, Vaihāyasī, Kāverī, Veṇī, Payasvinī, Śarkarāvartā, Tuṅgabhadrā, Kṛṣṇāveṇyā, Bhīmarathī, Godāvarī, Nirvindhyā, Payoṣṇī, Tāpī, Revā, Surasā, Narmadā, Carmaṇvatī, Mahānadī, Vedasmṛti, Ṛṣikulyā, Trisāmā, Kauśikī, Mandākinī, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Dṛṣadvatī, Gomatī, Sarayū, Rodhasvatī, Saptavatī, Suṣomā, Śatadrū, Candrabhāgā, Marudvṛdhā, Vitastā, Asiknī and Viśvā. ॥ 5-19-18 ॥
  8. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/20/44
    मृतेऽण्ड एष एतस्मिन् यदभूत्ततो मार्तण्ड इति व्यपदेशः हिरण्यगर्भ इति यद्धिरण्याण्डसमुद्भवः ॥ ५-२०-४४ ॥mRte'NDa eSa etasmin yadabhUttato mArtaNDa iti vyapadezaH hiraNyagarbha iti yaddhiraNyANDasamudbhavaH ॥ 5-20-44 ॥The sun-god is also known as Vairāja, the total material body for all living entities. Because he entered this dull egg of the universe at the time of creation, he is also called Mārtaṇḍa. He is also known as Hiraṇyagarbha because he received his material body from Hiraṇyagarbha ॥ Lord Brahmā॥. ॥ 5-20-44 ॥
  9. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/17
    एतासामपो भारत्यः प्रजा नामभिरेव पुनन्तीनामात्मना चोपस्पृशन्ति ॥ ५-१९-१७ ॥etAsAmapo bhAratyaH prajA nAmabhireva punantInAmAtmanA copaspRzanti ॥ 5-19-17 ॥Two of the rivers — the Brahmaputra and the Śoṇa — are called nadas, or main rivers. The inhabitants of Bhārata-varṣa are purified because they always remember these rivers. Sometimes they chant the names of these rivers as mantras, and sometimes they go directly to the rivers to touch them and bathe in them. Thus the inhabitants of Bhārata-varṣa become purified. ॥ 5-19-17 ॥
  10. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-5/19/16
    भारतेऽप्यस्मिन् वर्षे सरिच्छैलाः सन्ति बहवो मलयो मङ्गलप्रस्थो मैनाकस्त्रिकूटऋषभः कूटकः कोल्लकः सह्यो देवगिरिरृष्यमूकः श्रीशैलो वेङ्कटो महेन्द्रो वारिधारो विन्ध्यः शुक्तिमान् ऋक्षगिरिः पारियात्रो द्रोणश्चित्रकूटो गोवर्धनो रैवतकः ककुभो नीलो गोकामुख इन्द्रकीलः कामगिरिरिति चान्ये च शतसहस्रशः शैलास्तेषां नितम्बप्रभवा नदा नद्यश्च सन्त्यसङ्ख्याताः ॥ ५-१९-१६ ॥bhArate'pyasmin varSe saricchailAH santi bahavo malayo maGgalaprastho mainAkastrikUTaRSabhaH kUTakaH kollakaH sahyo devagirirRSyamUkaH zrIzailo veGkaTo mahendro vAridhAro vindhyaH zuktimAn RkSagiriH pAriyAtro droNazcitrakUTo govardhano raivatakaH kakubho nIlo gokAmukha indrakIlaH kAmagiririti cAnye ca zatasahasrazaH zailAsteSAM nitambaprabhavA nadA nadyazca santyasaGkhyAtAH ॥ 5-19-16 ॥In the tract of land known as Bhārata-varṣa, as in Ilāvṛta-varṣa, there are many mountains and rivers. Some of the mountains are known as Malaya, Maṅgala-prastha, Maināka, Trikūṭa, Ṛṣabha, Kūṭaka, Kollaka, Sahya, Devagiri, Ṛṣyamūka, Śrī-śaila, Veṅkaṭa, Mahendra, Vāridhāra, Vindhya, Śuktimān, Ṛkṣagiri, Pāriyātra, Droṇa, Citrakūṭa, Govardhana, Raivataka, Kakubha, Nīla, Gokāmukha, Indrakīla and Kāmagiri. Besides these, there are many other hills, with many large and small rivers flowing from their slopes. ॥ 5-19-16 ॥