Shloka 34

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

मणिमेघः क्षुराद्रिश्च खञ्जनोऽस्तगिरिस्तथा ।

अपरान्तिका हैहयाश्च शान्तिका विप्रशस्तकाः ॥

Transliteration

maṇimeghaḥ kṣurādriś ca khañjano 'stagiris tathā / aparāntikā haihayāś ca śāntikā vipraśastakāḥ

Translation

هناك مَنيـمِغَ (Maṇimegha)، وكْشورادري (Kṣurādri)، وخَنْجَنَ (Khañjana)، وأستاغيري (Astagiri)؛ وكذلك الأبارانتيكا (Aparāntika)، والهايهايا (Haihaya)، والشانتيكا (Śāntika)، والفيبراشاستاكا (Vipraśastaka)—وهم من شعوب وتخوم ذلك الربع.

Word by Word

• मणिमेघः: Maṇimegha (name)
• मणिमेघः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि + मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'jewel-cloud'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• क्षुराद्रिः: Kṣurādri (name; razor-mountain)
• क्षुराद्रिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• खञ्जनः: Khañjana (name)
• खञ्जनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्तगिरिः: Astagiri (name; western mountain)
• अस्तगिरिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त + गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थ (likewise/also)

• अपरान्तिकाः: Aparāntikās (people of Aparānta)
• अपरान्तिकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपरान्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (जनपद/जातिनाम), प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• हैहयाः: Haihayas
• हैहयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैहय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• शान्तिकाः: Śāntikās
• शान्तिकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (जन/जातिनाम), प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• विप्रशस्तकाः: Vipraśastakas (praised by Brahmins)
• विप्रशस्तकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + शस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विप्रैः शस्ताः/विप्रशस्ताः इति भावः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speakers

• Frame not explicit in these verses (catalogue style within the Purāṇic narration)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Cosmography
• Ethnonyms
• Toponyms
• Purāṇic geography

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic catalogues preserve cultural memory: tribes, lineages, and landscapes are treated as components of dharmic history rather than mere cartography.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sthāna (description of the earth/regions) with touches of Vaṃśa (when famous lineages like Haihaya are named).

What is the esoteric significance?

Names that sound like mountains, directions, or natural images hint at a symbolic geography where human groups are ‘qualities’ distributed across the cosmic body.