Shloka 79
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
मीनमेषौ द्विजश्रेष्ठ ! पादे पूर्वोत्तरे स्थितौ ।
कूर्मे देशास्तथर्क्षाणि देशेष्वेतेषु वै द्विज ॥
mīnameṣau dvijaśreṣṭha ! pāde pūrvottare sthitau / kūrme deśāstatharkṣāṇi deśeṣveteṣu vai dvija
الحوت والحمل، يا أفضلَ المولودين مرتين، يقعان على القدم في جهة الشمال الشرقي. وهكذا على السلحفاة (الكونية) توجد الجهاتُ والأقاليم، وكذلك النكشتراترا—موزَّعةً على تلك الجهات، يا مولودَ مرتين.
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FAQs
Human communities (deśas) are integrated into a cosmic order; collective events are not merely personal but can be read as regional/cosmic patterns, prompting communal rites and responsibility.
Sacred geography tied to cosmic structure is typically treated under Sarga/Pratisarga-related cosmology (world-structure), with practical application to omens.
The verse fuses ‘space’ (deśa) and ‘time’ (nakṣatra cycles) into one body-map—an esoteric statement that karmic time manifests as spatial destiny within the divine organism.