Shloka 7

Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region

Sanskrit

इत्येवमादयोऽन्येऽपि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।

सीता शङ्खावती भद्रा चक्रावर्तादिकास्तथा ॥

Transliteration

ity evam-ādayo ’nye ’pi śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ / sītā śaṅkhāvatī bhadrā cakrāvartādikās tathā

Translation

So gibt es auch andere—zu Hunderten und zu Tausenden—wie Sītā, Śaṅkhāvatī, Bhadrā, ebenso Cakrāvartā und weitere.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

एवम्in this manner

आदयःand others beginning with (these)

अन्येothers

अपिalso; even

शतशःby hundreds; in hundreds

अथthen; and

सहस्रशःby thousands; in thousands

सीताSītā (name)

शङ्खावतीŚaṅkhāvatī (name)

भद्राBhadrā (name)

चक्रावर्तादिकाःCakrāvartā and others (names)

तथाlikewise; so too

Speakers

Narrator to interlocutor

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

CosmologySacred geographyToponym lists

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Enumerations convey vastness and plenitude: the world is portrayed as richly differentiated, yet ordered within a sacred cosmological framework.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Again, cosmography supporting the Purāṇa’s world-description layer (adjacent to 'Sarga/Pratisarga').

What is the esoteric significance?

Lists of names function like mnemonic mandalas—mapping sacred space outwardly while also offering an inward ‘map’ of differentiated states within a single cosmic order.