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TEXT 23
apah purusa-viryah stha
punantir bhur-bhuvah-suvah
ta nah punitamiva-ghnih
sprsatam atmana bhuva iti
SYNONYMS
apahO water; purusa-viryahendowed with the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sthayou are; punantihsanctifying; bhuhof the planetary system known as Bhuh; bhuvahof the Bhuvah planetary system; suvahof the Svah planetary system; tahthat water; nahof us; punitapurify; amiva-ghnihwho destroys sin; sprsatamof those touching; atmanaby your constitutional position; bhuvahthe bodies; itithus.
TRANSLATION
[The inhabitants of Krauncadvipa worship with this mantra.] O water of the rivers, you have obtained energy from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore you purify the three planetary systems, known as Bhuloka, Bhuvarloka and Svarloka. By your constitutional nature, you take away sins, and that is why we are touching you. Kindly continue to purify us.
PURPORT
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false egoall together these eight comprise My separated material energies.
The energy of the Lord acts throughout the creation, just as heat and light, the energies of the sun, act within the universe and make everything work. The specific rivers mentioned in the sastras are also energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and people who regularly bathe in them are purified. It can actually be seen that many people are cured of diseases simply by bathing in the Ganges. Similarly, the inhabitants of Krauncadvipa purify themselves by bathing in the rivers there.
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