[world-vedic] Renaming India To Bharata Petition

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Srimad Bhagavatam 5.4.9

 

Translation and Purport by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami

Prabhupada.

 

Of Rsabhadeva's one hundred sons, the eldest, named Bharata, was a great,

exalted devotee qualified with the best attributes. In his honor, this

planet has become known as Bharata-varsa.

 

This planet known as Bharata-varsa is also called punya-bhumi, the pious

land. At the present moment Bharata-bhumi, or Bharata-varsa, is a small

piece of land extending from the Himalaya Mountains to Cape Comorin.

Sometimes this peninsula is called punya-bhumi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has

given special importance to the people of this land.

 

bharata-bhumite haila manusya-janma yara

janma sarthaka kari 'kara para-upakara

 

"One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India

[bharata-varsa] should make his life successful and work for the benefit of

all other people." [Cc. Adi 9.41]. The inhabitants of this piece of land

are very fortunate. They can purify their existence by accepting this Krsna

consciousness movement and go outside Bharata-bhumi [india] and preach this

cult to benefit the whole world.