Shloka 15
Yuga-Lakṣaṇa and Varṣa-Pramāṇa Inquiry (युगलक्षण–वर्षप्रमाण–प्रश्न)
देवर्षिगन्धर्वयुत: प्रथमो मेरुरुच्यते । प्रागायतो महाराज मलयो नाम पर्वत:
devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥ prathamo merur ucyate | prāg-āyato mahārāja malayo nāma parvataḥ ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ಮಹಾರಾಜನೇ! ದೇವರ್ಷಿಗಳೂ ಗಂಧರ್ವರೂ ಸೇವಿಸುವ ಮೊದಲನೆಯ ಪರ್ವತ ‘ಮೇರು’ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಪರ್ವತ ‘ಮಲಯ’ ಎಂಬುದು; ಅದು ಪೂರ್ವದಿಂದ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮದವರೆಗೆ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿದೆ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reinforces the idea of a morally ordered cosmos: sacred places and exalted beings (devarṣis, gandharvas) signify purity and hierarchy, reminding the listener that human conduct—especially in a royal and wartime context—stands under a larger divine and ethical framework.
Sañjaya continues describing the wondrous vision by naming prominent cosmic mountains: Meru, attended by celestial beings, and Malaya, described by its vast east–west extension—part of a broader catalog of divine sights.