Shloka 5
Yuga-Lakṣaṇa and Varṣa-Pramāṇa Inquiry (युगलक्षण–वर्षप्रमाण–प्रश्न)
Devanagari script
अष्टादश सहस्राणि योजनानि विशाम्पते । षट् शतानि च पूर्णानि विष्कम्भो जम्बुपर्वत:
Transliteration
aṣṭādaśa-sahasrāṇi yojanāni viśāmpate | ṣaṭ-śatāni ca pūrṇāni viṣkambho jambūparvataḥ ||
Translation
હે પ્રજાધિપ રાજન્! જંબૂપર્વતનો વિસ્તાર અઢાર હજાર યોજન છે અને તેમાં વધુ પૂરાં છ સો યોજન પણ છે.
Word by Word
अष्टादशeighteen
अष्टादश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टादश
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
योजनानिyojanas (a measure of distance)
योजनानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोजन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
विशाम्पतेO lord of the people
विशाम्पते:
TypeNoun
Rootविशाम्पति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
षट्six
षट्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootषट्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
शतानिhundreds
शतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पूर्णानिcomplete, full (in addition)
पूर्णानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
विष्कम्भःbreadth, diameter, extent
विष्कम्भः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविष्कम्भ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जम्बुपर्वतःthe Jambu-mountain (Jambūparvata)
जम्बुपर्वतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजम्बुपर्वत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by viśāmpate)J
JambūparvataY
yojana (unit of measure)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as cosmographical instruction: it presents a measured, ordered vision of the world, implying that reality—like dharma—has structure and proportion that a ruler should understand and respect.
Sañjaya is describing the dimensions of Jambūparvata using yojanas, addressing the king as ‘viśāmpati,’ as part of a broader cosmological/geographical account.