Shloka 28
Description and Measurements of Śākadvīpa
with Oceans, Mountains, Varṣas, and Rivers
धार्मिकाश्च प्रजाः सर्वाः चत्वारो गतमत्सराः । वर्णाः स्वकर्मनिरता न च स्तेनोऽत्र दृश्यते
dhārmikāśca prajāḥ sarvāḥ catvāro gatamatsarāḥ | varṇāḥ svakarmaniratā na ca steno'tra dṛśyate
ત્યાંની સર્વ પ્રજા ધાર્મિક હતી; ચારેય વર્ણો મત્સરરહિત હતા. તેઓ પોતાના-પોતાના કર્મમાં રત હતા, અને ત્યાં કોઈ ચોર દેખાતો ન હતો.
Unspecified narrator (contextual description within Svargakhaṇḍa)
Concept: A righteous society is sustained when each group performs its duties without envy, and when greed (the root of theft) is absent.
Application: Cultivate non-envy, do one’s work conscientiously, and reduce acquisitiveness; communities thrive when trust and duty replace rivalry.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A serene, orderly cityscape where people of the four varṇas move in harmonious rhythm—priests reciting, protectors guarding, traders exchanging honestly, and workers crafting—without suspicion or conflict. The atmosphere feels like Satya-yuga painted into Svarga: open doors, shared wells, and faces free of envy.","primary_figures":["idealized brāhmaṇa","kṣatriya guardian","vaiśya merchant","śūdra artisan","community elders"],"setting":"A clean, luminous town with temples, marketplaces without quarrel, communal water tanks, and flowering avenues; symbols of dharma (flags, lamps, scriptures).","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["warm ivory","marigold gold","leaf green","terracotta red","sky blue"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: an ideal dharmic city with four varṇas depicted in respectful roles around a central temple; gold leaf highlights on temple vimāna, lamps, and ornaments; rich reds and greens, symmetrical composition, serene faces, and ornate borders emphasizing harmony and prosperity without greed.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: a gentle hillside-town tableau of social harmony—small figures engaged in svadharma, delicate architecture, soft gradients in the sky, cool blues and greens, refined facial features, and lyrical trees framing a peaceful marketplace with no guards needed.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: banded narrative showing the four social orders performing duties; bold outlines, flat yet vibrant natural pigments, temple motifs, large expressive eyes, and rhythmic patterns conveying order and non-envy.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: a festive-yet-calm community scene with floral borders and lotus motifs; symmetrical groups representing the four varṇas around a central sanctum, peacocks and cows in margins, deep blues with gold detailing to suggest auspiciousness and trust."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Bhupali","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["soft temple bells","morning birds","gentle crowd murmur","tanpura drone","silence between phrases"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: धार्मिकाः+च → धार्मिकाश्च; स्तेनः+अत्र → स्तेनोऽत्र; प्रजाः सर्वाः (no sandhi change).
FAQs
It depicts a dharmic community where all people are righteous, the four varṇas perform their own duties without envy, and crime such as theft is absent.
“Gata-matsara” means being free from jealousy or rivalry; the verse presents envylessness as a foundation for social harmony and moral conduct.
When people follow dharma, remain content in their rightful duties, and abandon envy, society naturally becomes peaceful and free from wrongdoing like theft.