Shloka 40
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
समन्वितानि भूतानि तेषु वर्षेषु भारत । एवमेषा महाराज पर्वतैः पृथिवी चिता,भारत! इन सब वर्षोमें निवास करनेवाले प्राणी परस्पर मिल-जुलकर रहते हैं। महाराज! इस प्रकार यह सारी पृथ्वी पर्वतोंद्वारा स्थिर की गयी है
saṁanvitāni bhūtāni teṣu varṣeṣu bhārata | evam eṣā mahārāja parvataiḥ pṛthivī citā ||
Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, the living beings dwelling in those regions live in mutual association and harmony. O great king, thus this entire earth is, as it were, firmly set and structured by the mountains.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights social and ecological interdependence: beings thrive through mutual association, and the earth’s stability is portrayed as supported and structured by mountains—an image of ordered coexistence.
Sañjaya continues a descriptive account of the world’s regions (varṣas), explaining how creatures live together within them and how the earth is conceived as being set in place by its mountain ranges.