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Devanagari

तस्यापि प्रैयव्रत एवाधिपतिर्नाम्ना मेधातिथि: सोऽपि विभज्य सप्त वर्षाणि पुत्रनामानि तेषु स्वात्मजान् पुरोजवमनोजवपवमानधूम्रानीकचित्ररेफबहुरूपविश्वधारसंज्ञान्निधाप्याधिपतीन् स्वयं भगवत्यनन्त आवेशितमतिस्तपोवनं प्रविवेश ॥ २५ ॥

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tasyāpi praiyavrata evādhipatir nāmnā medhātithiḥ so ’pi vibhajya sapta varṣāṇi putra-nāmāni teṣu svātmajān purojava-manojava-pavamāna-dhūmrānīka-citrarepha-bahurūpa-viśvadhāra-saṁjñān nidhāpyādhipatīn svayaṁ bhagavaty ananta ā-veśita-matis tapovanaṁ praviveśa.

Synonyms

tasya api — of that island also; praiyavrataḥ — a son of Mahārāja Priyavrata; eva — certainly; adhipatiḥ — the ruler; nāmnā — by the name; medhā-tithiḥ — Medhātithi; saḥ api — he also; vibhajya — dividing; sapta varṣāṇi — seven divisions of the island; putra-nāmāni — possessing the names of his sons; teṣu — in them; sva-ātmajān — his own sons; purojava — Purojava; manojava — Manojava; pavamāna — Pavamāna; dhūmrānīka — Dhūmrānīka; citra-repha — Citrarepha; bahu-rūpa — Bahurūpa; viśvadhāra — Viśvadhāra; saṁjñān — having as names; nidhāpya — establishing as; adhipatīn — the rulers; svayam — himself; bhagavati — in the Supreme Personality of Godhead; anante — in the unlimited; āveśita-matiḥ — whose mind was fully absorbed; tapaḥ-vanam — in the forest where meditation is performed; praviveśa — he entered.

Translation

The master of this island, also one of the sons of Priyavrata, was known as Medhātithi. He also divided his island into seven sections, named according to the names of his own sons, whom he made the kings of that island. The names of those sons are Purojava, Manojava, Pavamāna, Dhūmrānīka, Citrarepha, Bahurūpa and Viśvadhāra. After dividing the island and situating his sons as its rulers, Medhātithi personally retired, and to fix his mind completely upon the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he entered a forest suitable for meditation.