Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
धर्मबद्धास्तथालूका उरुकर्मस्थिताः जनाः ।
वामपादे जनाः पार्श्वे स्थिताः कूर्मस्य भागुरे ॥
dharmabaddhās tathālūkā urukarmasthitā janāḥ / vāmapāde janāḥ pārśve sthitāḥ kūrmasya bhāgure
ພວກ ທັມມະບັດທະ (Dharmabaddha), ອາລູກະ (Ālūka), ແລະຊາວທີ່ຕັ້ງຖິ່ນຖານໃນ ອຸຣຸກັມມະ (Urukarma)—ຊົນເຫຼົ່ານີ້ສະຖິດຢູ່ທີ່ຕີນຊ້າຍ ຂ້າງຝ່າຍ “ເຕົ່າ” ໃນສ່ວນ ພາກຸຣະ (Bhāgura).
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Spatial orientation is moralized through naming (e.g., ‘Dharmabaddha’), suggesting that geography and reputation/character can be interlinked in Purāṇic imagination.
Sthāna (world arrangement using the Kūrma schema).
Left/right body mapping can imply complementary cosmic currents; the ‘side/foot’ placement encodes relative proximity, liminality, and function within the sacred body of the land.