Shloka 12

Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam

Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants

Devanagari script

तेषां सहस्रशो राजन्‌ पर्वतास्ते समीपत: । अविज्ञाता: सारवन्तो विपुलाश्रित्रसानव:,राजन! इनके आसपास और भी हजारों अविज्ञात पर्वत हैं, जो रत्न आदि सार वस्तुओंसे युक्त, विस्तृत और विचित्र शिखरोंसे सुशोभित हैं

Transliteration

teṣāṁ sahasraśo rājan parvatās te samīpataḥ | avijñātāḥ sāravanto vipulāś citraśṛṅgiṇaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, near those (mountains) there are thousands more—unknown and uncharted—yet rich in valuable substances (such as gems), vast in extent, and adorned with wondrous, variegated peaks.”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• समीपतः: nearby; in the vicinity
• समीपतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीपतः

• अविज्ञाताः: unknown; unrecognized
• अविज्ञाताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविज्ञात
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सारवन्तः: possessing valuable essence (rich in gems etc.)
• सारवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• विपुल: vast; extensive
• विपुल: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• आश्रित: having; endowed with (lit. possessed/attached)
• आश्रित: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रित
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• त्रसानवः: peaks/summits (as in विचित्र-शिखर/सानु sense)
• त्रसानवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रसानु
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• mountains (parvatāḥ)