Shloka 14
Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam
Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants
नदीं पिबन्ति विपुलां गड़ां सिन्धुं सरस्वतीम् । गोदावरीं नर्मदां च बाहुदां च महानदीम्
nadīṁ pibanti vipulāṁ gaḍāṁ sindhuṁ sarasvatīm | godāvarīṁ narmadāṁ ca bāhudāṁ ca mahānadīm ||
তেওঁলোকে মহা নদীৰ জল পান কৰে—গঙ্গা, সিন্ধু, সরস্বতী; লগতে গোদাৱৰী, নৰ্মদা, বাহুদা আৰু মহানদী।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores interdependence: the peoples of Bhārata are sustained by shared natural resources (rivers). It frames the land as a unified, life-supporting realm despite diversity, a common motif in epic descriptions of Bhārata-varṣa.
Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and continues a descriptive catalogue of Bhārata’s regions and rivers. Here he names major rivers whose waters are drunk by the inhabitants, as part of a broader geographic survey in Bhīṣma-parvan.