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Shloka 59

Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam

Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants

कर्णाटका महिषका विकल्पा मूषकास्तथा । झिल्लिका: कुन्तलाश्वैव सौहदा नभकानना:

karṇāṭakā mahiṣakā vikalpā mūṣakās tathā | jhillikāḥ kuntalāś caiva sauhadā nabhakānanāḥ ||

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—দক্ষিণৰ লোকসকলৰ ভিতৰত কৰ্ণাটক, মহিষক, বিকল্প আৰু মূষক; লগতে ঝিল্লিক, কুন্তল, সৌহদ আৰু নভকানন অঞ্চলৰ বাসিন্দাও আছিল। এইদৰে দক্ষিণাপথৰ বহু জনপদৰ উল্লেখে মহাকাব্য দেখুৱায় যে কুৰুক্ষেত্ৰৰ যুদ্ধ সৰ্বভাৰতীয় ৰাজনৈতিক সম্পৰ্কলৈকে বিস্তৃত হৈছিল, আৰু তাৰ নৈতিক ভাৰো তেনেদৰেই ব্যাপক।

कर्णाटकाḥthe Karnatakas (people/region)
कर्णाटकाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्णाटक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महिषकाḥthe Mahishakas
महिषकाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहिषक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विकल्पाḥthe Vikalpas (a people/tribe)
विकल्पाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविकल्प
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मूषकाḥthe Mushakas
मूषकाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूषक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाand also/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
Formtrue
झिल्लिकाḥthe Jhillikas
झिल्लिकाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootझिल्लिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कुन्तलाḥthe Kuntalas
कुन्तलाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुन्तल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formtrue
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
Formtrue
सौहदाḥthe Sauhadas (a people/tribe)
सौहदाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसौहद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नभकाननाḥthe Nabhakānanas (a people; lit. 'sky-forest')
नभकाननाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनभकानन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Karṇāṭaka
M
Mahiṣaka
V
Vikalpa
M
Mūṣaka
J
Jhillika
K
Kuntala
S
Sauhada
N
Nabha-kānana

Educational Q&A

This verse is not a direct moral injunction but an epic device: by listing many peoples, it underscores the scale of the war and the collective responsibility and consequence when rulers and communities are drawn into adharma-driven conflict.

Sañjaya is enumerating various southern janapadas (peoples/regions) as part of a broader geographical catalogue, situating the armies and alliances connected to the Kurukṣetra war.