Shloka 43
Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana
Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa
विष्कम्भेण कुरुश्रेष्ठ त्रयस्त्रिंशत् तु मण्डलम् । एकोनषष्टिविष्कम्भं शीतरश्मेर्महात्मन:
viṣkambheṇa kuruśreṣṭha trayastriṃśat tu maṇḍalam | ekonaṣaṣṭiviṣkambhaṃ śītaraśmer mahātmanaḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。「おお、クル族のうち最もすぐれた方よ。その円輪の周囲（あるいは円形の広がり）は三万三千ヨージャナと説かれる。さらに大いなる魂をもつ『冷光』シータラシュミ—月—の厚みは五十九百ヨージャナである。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes a cosmos governed by intelligible order and proportion. By presenting precise measures of celestial bodies, it situates human conflict within a larger, structured reality—suggesting that dharma and action unfold under an overarching cosmic regularity.
Sañjaya continues describing cosmic and astronomical details to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, giving measurements of a celestial orb and specifically the Moon (Śītaraśmi). This forms part of a broader descriptive passage that frames the events of the war within a vast cosmological context.