SB 5.17.8 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

भद्रा चोत्तरतो मेरुशिरसो निपतिता गिरिशिखराद्‌गिरिशिखरमतिहाय श‍ृङ्गवत: श‍ृङ्गादवस्यन्दमाना उत्तरांस्तु कुरूनभित उदीच्यां दिशि जलधिमभिप्रविशति ॥ ८ ॥

Verse text

bhadrā cottarato meru-śiraso nipatitā giri-śikharād giri-śikharam atihāya śṛṅgavataḥ śṛṅgād avasyandamānā uttarāṁs tu kurūn abhita udīcyāṁ diśi jaladhim abhipraviśati.

Synonyms

bhadrā — the branch known as Bhadrā ; ca — also ; uttarataḥ — to the northern side ; meru — śirasaḥ — from the top of Mount Meru ; nipatitā — having fallen ; giri — śikharāt — from the peak of Kumuda Mountain ; giri — śikharam — to the peak of Nīla Mountain ; atihāya — passing over as if not touching ; śṛṅgavataḥ — of the mountain known as Śṛṅgavān ; śṛṅgāt — from the peak ; avasyandamānā — flowing ; uttarān — the northern ; tu — but ; kurūn — the land known as Kuru ; abhitaḥ — on all sides ; udīcyām — in the northern ; diśi — direction ; jaladhim — the ocean of salt water ; abhipraviśati — enters into .

Translation

The branch of the Ganges known as Bhadrā flows from the northern side of Mount Meru. Its waters fall onto the peaks of Kumuda Mountain, Mount Nīla, Śveta Mountain and Śṛṅgavān Mountain in succession. Then it runs down into the province of Kuru and, after crossing through that land, flows into the saltwater ocean in the north.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The branch of the Gaṅgā known as Bhadrā, flowing from the northern side of Mount Meru, fall onto the peaks of Kesara Mountain, Nīla Mount, Śveta Mountain and Śṛṅgavān Mountain in succession. [Note: The last three mountain ranges create the borders between the varṣas north of Ilāvṛta.] Then it runs down into the province of Kuru and flows into the saltwater ocean in the north. From Meru, Bhadrā flows to the Keśarācala range and then to Nīla, then to Śveta and then to Śṛṅgavān. From Śṛṅgavān it flows down to Kuru. It skips over Ilāvṛta and the other two varṣas, Ramyaka and Hiraṇmaya.