Shloka 15
Yuga-Lakṣaṇa and Varṣa-Pramāṇa Inquiry (युगलक्षण–वर्षप्रमाण–प्रश्न)
देवर्षिगन्धर्वयुत: प्रथमो मेरुरुच्यते । प्रागायतो महाराज मलयो नाम पर्वत:,जनेश्वर! वहाँका सब कुछ परम पवित्र और अत्यन्त गुणकारी है। वहाँका प्रधान पर्वत है मेरु, जो देवर्षियों तथा गन्धर्वोंसे सेवित है। महाराज! दूसरे पर्वतका नाम मलय है, जो पूर्वसे पश्चिमकी ओर फैला हुआ है
devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥ prathamo merur ucyate | prāg-āyato mahārāja malayo nāma parvataḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “O great king, the foremost mountain is called Meru, attended by divine seers and Gandharvas. Another mountain is named Malaya, stretching from east toward the west.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reinforces the idea of a morally ordered cosmos: sacred places and exalted beings (devarṣis, gandharvas) signify purity and hierarchy, reminding the listener that human conduct—especially in a royal and wartime context—stands under a larger divine and ethical framework.
Sañjaya continues describing the wondrous vision by naming prominent cosmic mountains: Meru, attended by celestial beings, and Malaya, described by its vast east–west extension—part of a broader catalog of divine sights.