Shloka 112
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
हिमवन्तं च पश्यामि हेमकूटं च पर्वतम् । निषध॑ चापि पश्यामि श्वेतं च रजतान्वितम्
himavantaṃ ca paśyāmi hemakūṭaṃ ca parvatam | niṣadhaṃ cāpi paśyāmi śvetaṃ ca rajatānvitam ||
ഞാൻ ഹിമവാനെയും ഹേമകൂട പർവതത്തെയും കാണുന്നു; നിഷധത്തെയും, വെള്ളിയുടെ കാന്തിയോടുകൂടിയ ശ്വേതത്തെയും കാണുന്നു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contributes to a larger ‘marvel narrative’ that evokes reverence for the vast, ordered cosmos: even within an extraordinary setting, the world’s sacred geography appears intact, suggesting that dharma and destiny operate within a grand, intelligible creation.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a sequence of sights—major mountains and their splendor—seen by the narrator during an uncanny journey (described in the surrounding passage as moving within a great child’s belly), emphasizing the miraculous scale of what is witnessed.