Shloka 49

Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam

Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants

Devanagari script

कुन्दापरान्ता माहेया: कक्षा: सामुद्रनिष्कुटा: । अन्ध्राश्ष॒ बहवो राजन्नन्तर्गियास्तथैव च

Transliteration

kundāparāntā māheyāḥ kakṣāḥ sāmudraniṣkuṭāḥ | andhrāś ca bahavo rājann antargiryās tathaiva ca ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, there are also the Māheyas whose territory reaches as far as Kunda, the Kakṣas who dwell in coastal tracts by the sea, and many Andhras—along with those who live within the mountain ranges as well.”

Word by Word

• कुन्दापरान्ताः: having the end/limit at Kundāpara
• कुन्दापरान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुन्दापरान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• माहेयाः: the Māheyas (a people/tribe)
• माहेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कक्षाः: the Kakṣas (a people/tribe)
• कक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सामुद्रनिष्कुटाः: dwelling in sea-coast thickets/retreats
• सामुद्रनिष्कुटाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सामुद्रनिष्कुट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अन्ध्राः: the Andhras
• अन्ध्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्ध्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अन्तर्गिर्याः: living within/among the mountains
• अन्तर्गिर्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• राजन्—धृतराष्ट्र (King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied addressee)
• कुन्द (Kunda, place)
• माहेयाः (Māheyas)
• कक्षा: (Kakṣas)
• अन्ध्राः (Andhras)
• अन्तर्गिर्याः (mountain-dwellers)