SB 11.2.17 · Srimad Bhagavatam

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.