Shloka 18

Devanagari script

उच्चैर्गिरी रैवतको यत्र नित्यं प्रतिष्ठिता । रेवती दिवि नक्षत्रं पितामहकृतो विधि:,उसी द्वीपमें उच्चतम रैवतक पर्वत है, जहाँ आकाशमें रेवती नामक नक्षत्र नित्य प्रतिष्ठित है। यह ब्रह्माजीका रचा हुआ विधान है

Transliteration

uccair girir raivatako yatra nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitā | revatī divi nakṣatraṃ pitāmahakṛto vidhiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In that region stands the lofty mountain Raivataka, and above it the star Revatī remains ever fixed in the heavens—such is the ordinance established by Pitāmaha (Brahmā).”

Word by Word

उच्चैःhighly, aloft

गिरिःmountain

रैवतकःRaivataka (name of the mountain)

यत्रwhere

नित्यम्always, perpetually

प्रतिष्ठिताis established, is stationed

रेवतीRevati (name of a nakshatra)

दिविin heaven, in the sky

नक्षत्रम्star, lunar mansion

पितामहकृतःmade by the Grandfather (Brahmā)

विधिःordinance, arrangement, rule

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Raivataka (mountain)

Revatī (nakṣatra)

Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes a stable cosmic order (vidhi) attributed to Brahmā: celestial and terrestrial features—like a mountain and a fixed star—are presented as parts of an established, authoritative arrangement of the universe.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing a notable landmark—Mount Raivataka—and the ever-established presence of the star Revatī above it, as part of a broader descriptive passage that situates events within a mythic-cosmic geography.