येषां खलु महायोगी भरतो ज्येष्ठ: श्रेष्ठगुण आसीद्येनेदं वर्षं भारतमिति व्यपदिशन्ति ॥ ९ ॥
yesam khalu maha-yogi bharato jyesthah srestha-guna asid yenedam varsam bharatam iti vyapadisanti.
- yesam
- of whom
- khalu
- indeed
- maha-yogi
- a very highly exalted devotee of the Lord
- bharatah
- Bharata
- jyesthah
- the eldest
- srestha-gunah
- qualified with the best attributes
- asit
- was
- yena
- by whom
- idam
- this
- varsam
- plane
- bharatam
- Bharata
- iti
- thus
- vyapadisanti
- people call.
Of Rsabhadeva’s one hundred sons, the eldest, named Bharata, was a great, exalted devotee qualified with the best attributes. In his honor, this plane has become known as Bharata-varsa.