Shloka 49
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
दाक्षिणात्यास्त्वमी देशा अपरान्तान् निबोध मे ।
सूर्पारकाः कालिबला दुर्गाश्चानीकटैः सह ॥
dākṣiṇātyāstvamī deśā aparāntān nibodha me / sūrpārakāḥ kālibalā durgāścānīkaṭaiḥ saha
これらこそ南方の国々である。いま我よりアパラーンタ（西方の諸地域）を学べ。すなわちスールパーラカ族、カーリバラ族、ドゥルガ族、そしてアーニーカタ族である。
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FAQs
The text models careful classification—south, then west—reflecting a Purāṇic habit of organizing knowledge (vidyā) as a support for dharma and memory.
Supplementary geographical description used alongside dynastic/epochal narration (vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita).
Directional ordering (dakṣiṇa → aparānta) can be read as a ritual ‘circumambulation’ of Bhārata in speech—creating a verbal pradakṣiṇā.