Shloka 19
Description of Uttara-Kuru and the Meru-Flank Regions
Bhadrāśva, Sudarśana Jambū, Solar Attendants
दक्षिणेन तु नीलस्य निषधस्योत्तरेण तु । सुदर्शनो नाम महान्जंबूवृक्षः सनातनः
dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa tu | sudarśano nāma mahānjaṃbūvṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ
To the south of Nīla and to the north of Niṣadha stands the great and eternal Jambū tree known as Sudarśana.
Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration; likely within the Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue framework, but not explicit in this single verse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: mountain
Sandhi Resolution Notes: niṣadhasyottareṇa = niṣadhasya + uttareṇa; mahānjaṃbūvṛkṣaḥ = mahān + jaṃbū-vṛkṣaḥ.
FAQs
It gives a directional placement of a major cosmic landmark—the great Jambū tree—situating it between the regions/mountains called Nīla (to its north) and Niṣadha (to its south boundary reference reversed in the verse: south of Nīla, north of Niṣadha).
Here “Sudarśana” is the proper name of the great Jambū tree (jambūvṛkṣa), a central feature in Purāṇic descriptions of Jambūdvīpa; it is not explicitly the Sudarśana chakra in this context.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than ethical: it supports the Purāṇic worldview by mapping sacred/cosmic geography, which frames later teachings about pilgrimage, dharma, and the ordered structure of the universe.