Shloka 5
Adhyaya 54 — Cosmography of Jambudvipa: Continents, Oceans, Varshas, and Mount Meru
ये ते द्वीपा मया प्रोक्ता जम्बूद्वीपादयो द्विज ।
पुष्करान्ता महाभाग शृण्वेषां विस्तरं पुनः ॥
ye te dvīpā mayā proktā jambūdvīpādayo dvija |
puṣkarāntā mahābhāga śṛṇv eṣāṃ vistaraṃ punaḥ ||
Jene Kontinente, die ich zuvor erwähnte—beginnend mit Jambūdvīpa und endend mit Puṣkara—o Zweimalgeborener, o Glücklicher, höre nun erneut ihre ausführliche Beschreibung.
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FAQs
Repetition ‘punaḥ’ indicates that sacred knowledge is reinforced through revisiting: learning is cumulative, and cosmology is taught in layered expansions.
Sarga: detailed mapping of dvīpas is part of describing the created world’s structure and divisions.
The progression from Jambū to Puṣkara can be read as a graded expansion of the cosmos; inwardly, it mirrors the seeker’s widening horizon from the familiar center to the farthest conceptual boundary.