Shloka 107

Devanagari script

अर्धयोजनविस्तारा पञचयोजनमायता | एतावती वेदिका तु पुण्या देवर्षिसेविता,वहाँ पाँच योजन लंबी और आधा योजन चौड़ी पवित्र वेदिका है, जिसका देवता तथा ऋषि-मुनि भी सेवन करते हैं

Transliteration

ardhayojanavistārā pañcayojanamāyatā | etāvatī vedikā tu puṇyā devarṣi-sevitā ||

Translation

There is a sacred altar-platform (vedikā), five yojanas in length and half a yojana in breadth—so holy that even the gods and divine seers resort to it.

Word by Word

अर्धयोजनविस्ताराhaving a breadth/extent of half a yojana

पञ्चयोजनमायताhaving a length of five yojanas

एतावतीso great; of this extent

वेदिकाaltar; sacred platform

तुbut; indeed

पुण्याholy; meritorious

देवर्षिसेविताserved/visited by divine sages

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

vedikā (sacred altar-platform)

deva (gods)

Ṛ

ṛṣi / devarṣi (seers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the sanctity of consecrated ritual space: a place made holy by merit and right observance becomes worthy of reverence, to the point that even divine beings and seers are said to frequent it—encouraging respect for tīrthas, rites, and purity of conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker named Ghūlastya describes a particular sacred vedikā, giving its extraordinary dimensions and emphasizing its holiness by noting that gods and divine seers visit it—typical of Vana Parva’s tīrtha and sacred-site descriptions.