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Shloka 15

भूमिगुण-प्रश्नः

Inquiry into the qualities of Earth and the classification of beings

वृक्षै: पुष्पफलोपेतै: सम्पन्नधनधान्यवान्‌ । लवणेन समुद्रेण समनन्‍्तात्‌ परिवारित:,वह नाना प्रकारकी नदियोंके जलसे आच्छादित, मेघके समान उच्चतम पर्वतोंसे सुशोभित, भाँति-भाँतिके नगरों, रमणीय जनपदों तथा फल-फूलसे भरे हुए वृक्षोंसे विभूषित है। यह द्वीप भाँति-भाँतिकी सम्पदाओं तथा धन-धान्यसे सम्पन्न है। उसे सब ओरसे लवणसमुद्रने घेर रखा है

sañjaya uvāca | vṛkṣaiḥ puṣpaphalopetaiḥ sampannadhanadhānyavān | lavaṇena samudreṇa samantāt parivāritaḥ ||

Sañjaya said: This land is adorned with trees laden with flowers and fruits, and it abounds in wealth and grain. It is encircled on all sides by the salt ocean—portrayed as a prosperous, well-ordered realm whose natural abundance and secure boundaries reflect the ideal of a flourishing world sustained by right governance and harmony with nature.

वृक्षैःby/with trees
वृक्षैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
पुष्पफलोपेतैःendowed with flowers and fruits
पुष्पफलोपेतैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्प-फल-उपेत
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
सम्पन्नprosperous, endowed
सम्पन्न:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + पद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धनधान्यवान्possessing wealth and grain
धनधान्यवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधन-धान्य-वत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लवणेनby the salty (sea)
लवणेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootलवण
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
समुद्रेणby the ocean
समुद्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
समन्तात्on all sides, all around
समन्तात्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्तात्
Formtrue
परिवारितःsurrounded, encircled
परिवारितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि + वृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
T
trees (vṛkṣa)
F
flowers (puṣpa)
F
fruits (phala)
W
wealth (dhana)
G
grain (dhānya)
S
salt ocean (lavaṇa-samudra)