Shloka 14
Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana
Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa
सप्तमं कापिल वर्ष सप्तैते वर्षलम्भका: । एतेषु देवगन्धर्वा: प्रजाश्न॒ जगतीश्वर
saptamaṁ kāpilaṁ varṣa saptaitāni varṣalambhakāḥ | eteṣu devagandharvāḥ prajāś ca jagatīśvara |
Sañjaya said: “The seventh region is called Kāpila; these are the seven great divisions of the earth. O lord of the world, within these dwell the gods, Gandharvas, and human beings, enjoying their abodes in contentment. There is no death among them; and, O king, there are no robbers or barbarous (mleccha) tribes there.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts an ideal, dharmically ordered realm—free from death, crime, and social disruption—with the human world, implying that righteous order and protection of subjects are central to kingship and to a harmonious society.
Sañjaya is describing cosmographical divisions of the earth, naming the seventh as Kāpila-varṣa and portraying it as a blissful region inhabited by gods, Gandharvas, and people, where death and criminal or mleccha disturbances are absent.