Meaning: Kasi or Varanasi and Magadha or North Bihar (the accursed land), the holy Ganga the river of the celestials – and the unholy Karmanasa (in Bihar), the desert land of Maravara (Western Rajaputana and Sindha) and the rich soil of Malava, the Brahmana – who is a veritable god on earth – and the barbarian who feeds on the cow, heaven and hell, attachment and dispassion. The Vedas and other sacred books have sifted good from evil.
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