SB 5.20.11

SB 5.20.11

Devanagari

तद्वर्षपुरुषा: श्रुतधरवीर्यधरवसुन्धरेषन्धरसंज्ञा भगवन्तं वेदमयं सोममात्मानं वेदेन यजन्ते ॥ ११ ॥

Verse text

tad-varṣa-puruṣāḥ śrutadhara-vīryadhara-vasundhareṣandhara-saṁjṣā bhagavantaṁ vedamayaṁ somam ātmānaṁ vedena yajante.

Synonyms

tat varṣa — puruṣāḥ — the residents of those tracts of land ; śrutadhara Śrutadhara ; vīryadhara Vīryadhara ; vasundhara Vasundhara ; iṣandhara Iṣandhara ; saṁjṣāḥ known as ; bhagavantam the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; veda mayam — fully conversant with the Vedic knowledge ; somam ātmānam represented by the living entity known as Soma ; vedena by following the Vedic rules and regulations ; yajante they worship .

Translation

Strictly following the cult of varṇāśrama-dharma, the inhabitants of those islands, who are known as Śrutidharas, Vīryadharas, Vasundharas and Iṣandharas, all worship the expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead named Soma, the moon-god.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The inhabitants of those islands, who are known as Śrutidharas, Vīryadharas, Vasundharas and Iṣandharas, all worship Soma, the moon-god, an expansion of the Lord, personified as the Vedas.