Devanagari
तेषां वै भरतो ज्येष्ठो नारायणपरायण: ।
विख्यातं वर्षमेतद् यन्नाम्ना भारतमद्भुतम् ॥ १७ ॥
Verse text
teṣāṁ vai bharato jyeṣṭho
nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ
vikhyātaṁ varṣam etad yan-
nāmnā bhāratam adbhutam
Synonyms
teṣām
—
of them
;
vai
—
indeed
;
bharataḥ
—
Bharata
;
jyeṣṭhaḥ
—
the oldest
;
nārāyaṇa
—
parāyaṇaḥ — completely devoted to Lord Nārāyaṇa
;
vikhyātam
—
is famous
;
varṣam
—
the planet
;
etat
—
this
;
yat
—
nāmnā — by whose name
;
bhāratam
—
Bhārata-varṣa
;
adbhutam
—
wonderful .
Translation
Of the one hundred sons of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, the eldest, Bharata, was completely devoted to Lord Nārāyaṇa. It is because of Bharata’s fame that this planet is now celebrated as the great Bhārata-varṣa.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Of the one hundred sons of Ṛṣabha, the eldest, Bharata, was completely devoted to Nārāyaṇa. The famous varṣa became the astonishing Bhārata-varsā because of his name.