Shloka 43
Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam
Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants
कुन्तयो5वन्तयश्वैव तथैवापरकुन्तय: । गोमन्ता मण्डका: सण्डा विदर्भा रूपवाहिका:
kuntayo 'vantayaś caiva tathaivāparakuntayaḥ | gomantā maṇḍakāḥ saṇḍā vidarbhā rūpavāhikāḥ ||
संजय बोले—कुन्ति और अवन्ति, तथा वैसे ही अपरकुन्ति; गोमन्त, मन्दक, सण्ड, विदर्भ और रूपवाहिक भी थे।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
By enumerating many peoples, the text highlights that war is not a private quarrel but a societal calamity: countless communities become implicated, so rulers bear heightened dharmic responsibility for choices that spread suffering widely.
Sañjaya continues a battlefield-style catalogue of regions and tribes present/arrayed for the great conflict, naming groups such as the Kuntis, Avantis, Vidarbhas, and others as part of the larger muster.