Shloka 49

Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Sanskrit

दाक्षिणात्यास्त्वमी देशा अपरान्तान् निबोध मे ।

सूर्‍पारकाः कालिबला दुर्गाश्चानीकटैः सह ॥

Transliteration

dākṣiṇātyāstvamī deśā aparāntān nibodha me / sūrpārakāḥ kālibalā durgāścānīkaṭaiḥ saha

Translation

Diese sind wahrlich die südlichen Länder. Nun lerne von mir die Aparāntas (westlichen Gegenden): die Sūrpārakas, die Kālibalas und die Durgas, zusammen mit den Ānīkaṭas.

Speakers

• Not Devī Māhātmya; narrator continues a regional classification.

Key Themes

• Geography
• Aparānta (western regions)
• Regional taxonomy (south vs west)