Shloka 10
Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana
Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru
एकैकमनुरक्तं च चक्रवाकसमं विभो । निरामयाश्च ते लोका नित्यं मुदितमानसा:,प्रभो! वे चकवा-चकवीके समान सदा एक-दूसरेके अनुकूल बने रहते हैं। उत्तरकुरुके लोग सदा नीरोग और प्रसन्नचित्त रहते हैं
ekaikam anuraktaṃ ca cakravākasamaṃ vibho | nirāmayāś ca te lokā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ prabho ||
Dijo Sañjaya: “¡Oh señor de gran poder! Allí, cada persona está entregada a la otra, como una pareja de aves cakravāka, siempre unidas en mutuo afecto. Y aquellos pueblos están libres de enfermedad, con el ánimo siempre jubiloso, oh dueño.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a dharmic ideal of social life: mutual devotion and concord among people, coupled with health and sustained inner cheerfulness. It implies that harmony and well-being are marks of a rightly ordered community.
Sanjaya is describing a distant, exemplary region (Uttarakuru in the common contextual gloss) to Dhritarashtra, portraying its inhabitants as mutually affectionate like paired cakravāka birds and as consistently healthy and joyful.