Shloka 10
Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana
Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru
एकैकमनुरक्तं च चक्रवाकसमं विभो । निरामयाश्च ते लोका नित्यं मुदितमानसा:,प्रभो! वे चकवा-चकवीके समान सदा एक-दूसरेके अनुकूल बने रहते हैं। उत्तरकुरुके लोग सदा नीरोग और प्रसन्नचित्त रहते हैं
ekaikam anuraktaṃ ca cakravākasamaṃ vibho | nirāmayāś ca te lokā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ prabho ||
Sañjaya sprach: „O du mächtiger Herr! Dort ist jeder dem anderen zugetan, wie ein Paar der Cakravāka-Vögel—stets in gegenseitiger Verbundenheit. Und jene Menschen sind frei von Krankheit, immer heiteren Herzens, o Gebieter.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a dharmic ideal of social life: mutual devotion and concord among people, coupled with health and sustained inner cheerfulness. It implies that harmony and well-being are marks of a rightly ordered community.
Sanjaya is describing a distant, exemplary region (Uttarakuru in the common contextual gloss) to Dhritarashtra, portraying its inhabitants as mutually affectionate like paired cakravāka birds and as consistently healthy and joyful.