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
saṁanvitāni bhūtāni teṣu varṣeṣu bhārata | evam eṣā mahārāja parvataiḥ pṛthivī citā ||
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ «ឱ ភារតៈ សត្វមានជីវិតដែលស្នាក់នៅក្នុងតំបន់ទាំងនោះ រស់នៅដោយការរួមរស់រួមគ្នា និងសមគ្គីភាព។ ឱ មហារាជ ដូច្នេះហើយ ផែនដីទាំងមូលនេះ ដូចជាត្រូវបានដាក់ឲ្យមាំមួន និងរៀបចំដោយភ្នំទាំងឡាយ»។
संजय उवाच
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.