तेषां वै भरतो ज्येष्ठो नारायणपरायण: । विख्यातं वर्षमेतद् यन्नाम्ना भारतमद्भुतम् ॥ १७ ॥
teṣāṁ vai bharato jyeṣṭho nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ vikhyātaṁ varṣam etad yan- nāmnā bhāratam adbhutam
- 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
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.