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ŚB 5.20.11

Devanagari

तद्वर्षपुरुषा: श्रुतधरवीर्यधरवसुन्धरेषन्धरसंज्ञा भगवन्तं वेदमयं सोममात्मानं वेदेन यजन्ते ॥ ११ ॥

Text

tad-varṣa-puruṣāḥ śrutadhara-vīryadhara-vasundhareṣandhara-saṁjñā 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; saṁjñāḥ — 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.