एतासामपो भारत्य: प्रजा नामभिरेव पुनन्तीनामात्मना चोपस्पृशन्ति ॥ १७ ॥ चन्द्रवसा ताम्रपर्णी अवटोदा कृतमाला वैहायसी कावेरी वेणी पयस्विनी शर्करावर्ता तुङ्गभद्रा कृष्णा वेण्या भीमरथी गोदावरी निर्विन्ध्या पयोष्णी तापी रेवा सुरसा नर्मदा चर्मण्वती सिन्धुरन्ध: शोणश्च नदौ महानदी वेदस्मृतिऋर्षिकुल्या त्रिसामा कौशिकी मन्दाकिनी यमुना सरस्वती दृषद्वती गोमती सरयू रोधस्वती सप्तवती सुषोमा शतद्रूश्चन्द्रभागा मरुद्वृधा वितस्ता असिक्नी विश्वेति महानद्य: ॥ १८ ॥
etasam apo bharatyah praja namabhir eva punantinam atmana copasprsanti; candravasa tamraparni avatoda krtamala vaihayasi kaveri veni payasvini sarkaravarta tungabhadra krsnavenya bhimarathi godavari nirvindhya payosni tapi reva surasa narmada carmanvati sindhur andhah sonas ca nadau mahanadi vedasmrtir rsikulya trisama kausiki mandakini yamuna sarasvati drsadvati gomati sarayu rodhasvati saptavati susoma satadrus candrabhaga marudvrdha vitasta asikni visveti maha-nadyah.
- etasam
- of all these
- apah
- water
- bharatyah
- of Bharata-varsa (India)
- prajah
- the residents
- namabhih
- by the names
- eva
- only
- punantinam
- are purifying
- atmana
- by the mind
- ca
- also
- upasprsanti
- touch
- candra-vasa
- Candravasa
- tamra-parni
- Tamraparni
- avatoda
- Avatoda
- krta-mala
- Krtamala
- vaihayasi
- Vaihayasi
- kaveri
- Kaveri
- veni
- Veni
- payasvini
- Payasvini
- sarkaravarta
- Sarkaravarta
- tunga-bhadra
- Tungabhadra
- krsna-venya
- Krsnavenya
- bhima-rathi
- Bhimarathi
- godavari
- Godavari
- nirvindhya
- Nirvindhya
- payosni
- Payosni
- tapi
- Tapi
- reva
- Reva
- surasa
- Surasa
- narmada
- Narmada
- carmanvati
- Carmanvati
- sindhuh
- Sindhu
- andhah
- Andha
- sonah
- Sona
- ca
- and
- nadau
- two rivers
- maha-nadi
- Mahanadi
- veda-smrtih
- Vedasmrti
- rsi-kulya
- Rsikulya
- tri-sama
- Trisama
- kausiki
- Kausiki
- mandakini
- Mandakini
- yamuna
- Yamuna
- sarasvati
- Sarasvati
- drsadvati
- Drsadvati
- gomati
- Gomati
- sarayu
- Sarayu
- rodhasvati
- Rodhasvati
- saptavati
- Saptavati
- susoma
- Susoma
- sata-druh
- Satadru
- candrabhaga
- Candrabhaga
- marudvrdha
- Marudvrdha
- vitasta
- Vitasta
- asikni
- Asikni
- visva
- Visva
- iti
- thus
- maha-nadyah
- big rivers
Two of the rivers — the Brahmaputra and the Sona — are called nadas, or main rivers. These are other great rivers that are very prominent: Candravasa, Tamraparni, Avatoda, Krtamala, Vaihayasi, Kaveri, Veni, Payasvini, Sarkaravarta, Tungabhadra, Krsnavenya, Bhimarathi, Godavari, Nirvindhya, Payosni, Tapi, Reva, Surasa, Narmada, Carmanvati, Mahanadi, Vedasmrti, Rsikulya, Trisama, Kausiki, Mandakini, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Drsadvati, Gomati, Sarayu, Rodhasvati, Saptavati, Susoma, Satadru, Candrabhaga, Marudvrdha, Vitasta, Asikni and Visva. The inhabitants of Bharata-varsa are purified because they always remember these rivers. Sometimes they chant the names of these rivers as mantras, and sometimes they go directly to the rivers to touch them and bathe in them. Thus the inhabitants of Bharata-varsa become purified.