Shloka 25

Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region

Sanskrit

दध्नो ह्रदास्तथा तत्र तथान्ये चानुपर्वताः ।

अमृतास्वादकल्पानि फलानि विविधानि च ॥

Transliteration

dadhno hradās tathā tatra tathānye cānuparvatāḥ | amṛtāsvāda-kalpāni phalāni vividhāni ca ||

Translation

Là se trouvent aussi des lacs de caillé, et d’autres merveilles le long des montagnes ; et des fruits de maintes sortes, dont la saveur est comparable au nectar (amṛta).

Word by Word

• दध्नः: of curd
• दध्नः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; genitive ‘of curd’

• ह्रदाः: lakes
• ह्रदाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्ये: others (m.)
• अन्ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; used substantively

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अनुपर्वताः: (places) along the mountains; mountain-adjacent (tracts)
• अनुपर्वताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनु-पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव ‘along/near the mountains’ (anu + parvata)

• अमृत-आस्वाद-कल्पानि: nectar-tasting; like ambrosia in flavor
• अमृत-आस्वाद-कल्पानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत-आस्वाद-कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ‘having taste like nectar’

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; agreeing with फलानि

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya (narrator)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Mythic plenty
• Paradisiacal geography
• Nectar (amṛta) symbolism

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text depicts a realm where the basic goods of life are naturally refined; it implicitly contrasts human striving with an ideal state where harmony yields spontaneous well-being.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

World-description adjunct to creation-topics; it is not genealogy or manvantara proper, but the cosmographic canvas on which those histories unfold.

What is the esoteric significance?

Curds and nectar-tasting fruits evoke transformed nourishment—raw experience (milk) becomes cultured wisdom (curd), culminating in amṛta-like fruition (liberative sweetness).