Shloka 60
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
तदेतद् भारतं वर्षं सर्वबीजं द्विजोत्तम । ब्रह्मत्वममरेशत्वं देवत्वं मरुतस्तथा ॥
tad etad bhārataṃ varṣaṃ sarvabījaṃ dvijottama | brahmatvam amareśatvaṃ devatvaṃ marutas tathā ||
અતએવ, હે દ્વિજશ્રેષ્ઠ, આ ભારતવર્ષ સર્વ સિદ્ધિઓનું બીજ છે. અહીંથી બ્રાહ્મણત્વ/બ્રહ્મબોધ, અમરોમાં અધિપત્ય, દેવત્વ અને મરુતત્વ પણ પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.
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FAQs
Bhārata is extolled as the privileged arena for purposeful action whose fruits can reach from social-spiritual excellence to divine states—underscoring responsibility: human birth here is for intentional dharma and sādhana.
This is karmic-cosmological teaching tied to manvantara/yuga worldview: it explains why certain regions are called karmabhūmi and how beings ascend through merit.
Calling Bhārata ‘sarvabīja’ suggests a subtle doctrine: the human condition is the germinating point where latent saṃskāras can be deliberately cultivated into higher states.