Shloka 50

Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam

Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants

Devanagari script

बहिर्गियाज्गमलजा मगधा मानवर्जका: । समन्तरा: प्रावृषेया भार्गवाश्व जनाधिप

Transliteration

bahirgiyājgamalajā magadhā mānavarjakāḥ | samantarāḥ prāvṛṣeyā bhārgavāśva janādhipa

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, there were also other groups—those from the outer regions, the Magadhas, the Mānavarjakas, the Samantaras, the Prāvṛṣeyas, and the Bhārgavāśvas.”

Word by Word

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिस्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• गिरि: mountain
• गिरि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (used as first member in compound)

• अज्गमलजा: Ajgamalajā (a people/tribe name; uncertain reading)
• अज्गमलजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्गमलज (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• मगधाः: the Magadhas
• मगधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मगध
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• मानवर्जकाः: Mānavarjakas (a people/tribe name)
• मानवर्जकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानवर्जक
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• समन्तराः: Samantaras (a people/tribe name)
• समन्तराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समन्तर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• प्रावृषेयाः: Prāvṛṣeyas (a people/tribe name)
• प्रावृषेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रावृषेय
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• भार्गवाश्व: O Bhārgavāśva (name; lit. 'Bhārgava's horse')
• भार्गवाश्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गवाश्व
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• जनाधिप: O lord of people, king
• जनाधिप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address janādhipa)
• Magadha
• Magadhas
• Mānavarjakas
• Samantaras
• Prāvṛṣeyas
• Bhārgavāśvas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the vast, multi-regional coalition drawn into the Kurukṣetra conflict, highlighting how political ambition and allegiance can pull many peoples into a single war—an ethical reminder of the wide human cost of adharma-driven rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues listing the various peoples and contingents present in the war formation, naming groups such as the Magadhas and others to convey the scale and diversity of the assembled forces.