Shloka 9
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
दिव्यसङ्गमिनः पुण्या दशवर्षशतायुषः ।
मन्दोत्तमौ न तेषु स्तः सर्वे ते समदर्शनाः ॥
divyasaṅgaminaḥ puṇyā daśavarṣaśatāyuṣaḥ / mandottamau na teṣu staḥ sarve te samadarśanāḥ
তারা দেবগণের সঙ্গে সঙ্গ করে, পুণ্যবান এবং সহস্র বছর জীবিত থাকে। তাদের মধ্যে না ‘মন্দ’ আছে, না ‘উৎকৃষ্ট’; সকলের দৃষ্টি সমান।
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FAQs
An ideal society is defined less by hierarchy of worth and more by shared virtue and equal vision (sama-darśana), rooted in proximity to the divine.
Not genealogy; it is descriptive dharma-cosmography—how beings live in a particular cosmic region—supporting the Purāṇa’s world-order exposition.
‘No manda/uttama’ points to non-dual ethical perception: when sattva predominates, comparative ego-judgments fade, yielding equanimity (samatā).