SB 5.20.22

TEXT 22

TEXT

यासामम्भः पवित्रममलमुपयुञ्जानाः पुरुषऋषभद्रविणदेवकसंज्ञा वर्षपुरुषा आपोमयं देवमपां पूर्णेनाञ्जलिना यजन्ते. ॥ २२ ॥

yasam ambhah pavitram amalam upayunjanah purusa-rsabha-
dravina-devaka-samjna varsa-purusa apomayam devam apam
purnenanjalina yajante.

yasam-of all the rivers; ambhah-the water; pavitram-very sanctified; amalam-very clean; upayunjanah-using; purusa-Purusa; rsabha-Rsabha; dravina-Dravina; devaka-Devaka; samjnah-endowed with the names; varsa-purusah-the inhabitants of those varsas; apah-mayam-Varuna, the lord of water; devam-as the worshipable deity; apam-of water; purnena-with full; anjalina-folded palms; yajante-do worship.

TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of Krauncadvipa are divided into four castes, called the Purusas, Rsabhas, Dravinas and Devakas. Using the waters of those sanctified rivers, they worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead by offering a palmful of water at the lotus feet of Varuna, the demigod who has a form of water.

PURPORT

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says, apomayah asmayam: with joined palms the inhabitants of the various sections of Krauncadvipa offer the sanctified waters of the rivers to a deity made of stone or iron.

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