Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तास्व् इमे कुरुपाञ्चाला मध्यदेशादयो जनाः पूर्वदेशादिकाश् चैव कामरूपनिवासिनः

Transliteration

tāsv ime kurupāñcālā madhyadeśādayo janāḥ pūrvadeśādikāś caiva kāmarūpanivāsinaḥ

Translation

នៅក្នុងដែនដីទាំងនោះ មានជនជាតិ កុរុ និង បាញ្ចាល; អ្នកនៅ មធ្យទេស និងតំបន់កណ្ដាលផ្សេងៗ; អ្នកនៅដែនបូព៌ា និងប្រទេសជិតខាង; ហើយក៏មានអ្នកនៅ កាមរូប—ម្នាក់ៗស្ថិតនៅក្នុងភាគដែលបានកំណត់សម្រាប់ខ្លួន។

Word by Word

• तासु: in those
• तासु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; ‘in those (rivers/regions)’

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘these’

• कुरु: Kurūs
• कुरु: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; जनपद-नाम

• पाञ्चालाः: Pāñcālas
• पाञ्चालाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; जनपद-नाम

• मध्यदेश: (people of) Madhyadeśa
• मध्यदेश: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (आदयः-सम्बद्ध); देश-नाम

• आदयः: and others
• आदयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘and others’

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पूर्वदेश: (people of) Pūrvadeśa
• पूर्वदेश: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (आदिकाः-सम्बद्ध); देश-नाम

• आदिकाः: and others (etc.)
• आदिकाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘etc., and the like’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• कामरूप: of Kāmarūpa
• कामरूप: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (in compound)

• निवासिनः: inhabitants/dwellers
• निवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि√वस् (धातु) + निवासिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक-कृदन्त (present participial/agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘निवसन्तः’

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Enumeration of Bhārata-varṣa’s peoples by region (central, eastern, etc.)

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Varshas (regions)

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana (cosmic)

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Kuru
• Pāñcāla
• Madhyadeśa
• Pūrvadeśa
• Kāmarūpa
• Bhārata-varṣa

FAQs

What is the significance of listing peoples like the Kurus and Pāñcālas in the Vishnu Purana?

It situates Bhārata-varṣa within the Purāṇic sacred geography, showing human society as part of an ordered world-system where regions and communities have defined places.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the organization of Bhārata-varṣa here?

He presents it descriptively by naming janapadas and broad directional zones (central and eastern tracts), indicating a structured territorial map rather than a mythic abstraction alone.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this geographic context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames such world-ordering as sustained by the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—whose governance underlies the stability and intelligibility of the cosmos and its human domains.