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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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teṣāṁ nava nava-dvīpa-
patayo ’sya samantataḥ
karma-tantra-praṇetāra
ekāśītir dvijātayaḥ
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
 | Nine of the remaining sons of Ṛṣabhadeva became the rulers of the nine islands of Bhārata-varṣa, and they exercised complete sovereignty over this planet. Eighty-one sons became twice-born brāhmaṇas and helped initiate the Vedic path of fruitive sacrifices [karma-kāṇḍa].
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PURPORT
| | The nine dvīpas, or islands, ruled by nine sons of Ṛṣabhadeva are the nine varṣas of Jambudvīpa, namely Bhārata, Kinnara, Hari, Kuru, Hiraṇmaya, Ramyaka, Ilāvṛta, Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla.
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