Rodhasvati
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Rodhasvati (रोधस्वती) is a river mentioned in Srimadbhagavata (5.19.18). It is probably a river near Sarayu and may be Rapti. [1]
Origin
Variants
- Rodhasvati (रोधस्वती) (AS, p.803)
History
In Srimad-Bhagavatam
Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 5: Rivers Two of the rivers—the Brahmaputra and the Śoṇa—are called nadas, or main rivers.
These are other great rivers that are very prominent: Candravasā, Tāmraparṇī, Avaṭodā, Kṛtamālā, Vaihāyasī, Kāverī, Veṇī, Payasvinī, Śarkarāvartā, Tuṅgabhadrā, Kṛṣṇāveṇyā, Bhīmarathī, Godāvarī, Nirvindhyā, Payoṣṇī, Tāpī, Revā, Surasā, Narmadā, Carmaṇvatī, Mahānadī, Vedasmṛti, Ṛṣikulyā, Trisāmā, Kauśikī, Mandākinī, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Dṛṣadvatī, Gomatī, Sarayū, Rodhasvatī, Saptavatī, Suṣomā, Śatadrū, Candrabhāgā, Marudvṛdhā, Vitastā, Asiknī and Viśvā.
The inhabitants of Bhārata-varṣa 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 Bhārata-varṣa become purified.
रोधस्वती
रोधस्वती (AS, p.803): श्रीमद्भागवत 5.19.18 में में उल्लिखित नदी - '....मन्दाकिनी यमुना सरस्वती दृषद्वती गोमती सरयू रोधस्वती सप्तवती सुषोमा शतद्रूश्चन्द्रभागा मरुद्वृधा वितस्ता असिक्नी विश्वेति महानद्य:'। सूची में स्थिति के अनुसार रोधस्वती सरयू नदी की निकटवर्तिनी कोई नदी जान पड़ती है। संभव है कि यह राप्ती नदी हो। [2]