Shloka 11
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
योजनानां सहस््राणि चतुरशीतिरुच्छित: । अधस्ताच्चतुरशीतिर्योजनानां महीपते,उसकी ऊँचाई चौरासी हजार योजन है। राजन! वह नीचे भी चौरासी हजार योजनतक पृथ्वीके भीतर घुसा हुआ है
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi caturaśītir ucchritaḥ | adhastāc ca caturaśītir yojanānāṃ mahīpate ||
Sañjaya said: “O King, it rises to a height of eighty-four thousand yojanas; and, O lord of the earth, it extends downward as well for eighty-four thousand yojanas into the ground.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the overwhelming scale and majesty of what is being described, cultivating awe and humility in the listener; it frames the battlefield narrative within a larger, almost cosmic sense of magnitude, reminding a king that human power is small before vast realities.
Sañjaya is reporting to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra a description of an immense form/object whose height is said to be 84,000 yojanas and which extends the same distance downward into the earth, conveying its colossal presence.