Shloka 11

Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam

Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants

Devanagari script

महेन्द्री मलय: सहा: शुक्तिमानृक्षवानपि । विन्ध्यश्न पारियात्रश्न सप्तैते कुलपर्वता:,इस भारतवर्षमें महेन्द्र, मलय, सहा, शुक्तिमान, ऋक्षवान, विन्ध्य और पारियात्र--ये सात कुलपर्वत कहे गये हैं

Transliteration

mahendrī malayaḥ sahyaḥ śuktimān ṛkṣavān api | vindhyaś ca pāriyātraś ca saptaite kulaparvatāḥ ||

Translation

Di tanah Bhārata ini, tujuh pegunungan dikenal sebagai ‘kulaparvata’—Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Śuktimān, Ṛkṣavān, Vindhya, dan Pāriyātra.

Word by Word

• महेन्द्री: Mahendra (mountain)
• महेन्द्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मलयः: Malaya (mountain)
• मलयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह्यः: Sahya (mountain range)
• सह्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सह्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुक्तिमान्: Śuktimān (mountain; 'having shells/pearls')
• शुक्तिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्तिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋक्षवान्: Ṛkṣavān (mountain; 'abounding in bears')
• ऋक्षवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋक्षवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• विन्ध्यः: Vindhya (mountain range)
• विन्ध्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्ध्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पारियात्रः: Pāriyātra (mountain range)
• पारियात्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारियात्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुलपर्वताः: clan-mountains; principal mountains
• कुलपर्वताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलपर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata-varṣa (India)
• Mahendra (mountain)
• Malaya (mountain)
• Sahya (mountain)
• Śuktimān (mountain)
• Ṛkṣavān (mountain)
• Vindhya (mountain)
• Pāriyātra (mountain)
• Sapta-kulaparvatāḥ (the seven kulaparvatas)