Shloka 42
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
अस्त्युत्तरेण कैलासं मैनाकं पर्वत प्रति । हिरण्यशूज्रः सुमहान् दिव्यो मणिमयो गिरि:,कैलाससे उत्तर मैनाक है और उससे भी उत्तर दिव्य तथा महान् मणिमय पर्वत हिरण्यशुंग है
asty uttarena kailāsaṁ mainākaṁ parvataṁ prati | hiraṇyaśṛṅgaḥ sumahān divyo maṇimayo giriḥ ||
Sañjaya said: North of Mount Kailāsa lies the mountain Maināka; and still farther to the north stands the great, divine, jewel-like peak called Hiraṇyaśṛṅga. By naming these sacred mountains, the narration situates the listener within a cosmic geography that frames the war as occurring under the gaze of a vast, ordered world—reminding one that human conflict unfolds within a larger moral and sacred horizon.
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