देशः पृथिवी ॥ कZ_०९.१.१७ ॥
deśaḥ pṛthivī
‘देश’ का अर्थ है—विचाराधीन पृथ्वी/भूमि।
To ground later administrative and strategic classifications of land—resources, routes, defenses, and settlement types—within a unified territorial frame.