Shloka 9
सपर्वतवना देवी सग्रामनगराकरा | नानावनोद्देशवती पर्वतैरुपशोभिता,“राजन! इस समय यह सारी समुद्रवसना पृथ्वीदेवी पर्वत, वन, ग्राम, नगर तथा खानोंके साथ तुम्हारे अधिकारमें आ गयी है। यह नाना प्रकारके प्रदेशोंसे युक्त तथा पर्वतोंसे सुशोभित है
sapārvatavanā devī sagrāmanagarākarā | nānāvanoddeśavatī parvatair upaśobhitā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, at this moment the Earth-goddess—girdled by the ocean—together with her mountains and forests, her villages and cities, and her mines, has come under your authority. She is marked by many kinds of regions and is beautified by mountains.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames political power as stewardship over the whole Earth—land, settlements, and natural resources—implying that a king’s dharma includes responsible governance of people and protection of the realm’s ecology and wealth (mines, forests, mountains).
Vaiśampāyana addresses the king, describing the Earth personified as a goddess who, with all her features—mountains, forests, villages, cities, and mines—has come under the king’s control, emphasizing the scope and grandeur of his dominion.