Shloka 15
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
श्रीपर्वतश्चकोरश्च शतशोऽन्ये च पर्वताः ।
तैर्विमिश्रा जनपदा म्लेच्छाश्चार्याश्च भागशः ॥
śrīparvataś cakoraś ca śataśo 'nye ca parvatāḥ | tair vimiśrā janapadā mlecchāś cāryāś ca bhāgaśaḥ ||
ശ്രീപർവ്വതവും ചകോരവും, കൂടാതെ നൂറുകണക്കിന് മറ്റു പർവ്വതങ്ങളും ഉണ്ട്. അവയോടൊപ്പം ജനപദങ്ങൾ മിശ്രിതമാണ്—മ്ലേച്ഛരും ആര്യരും തത്തത്ത ഭാഗങ്ങളിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.
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FAQs
The Purāṇa acknowledges a mixed human world: diverse communities share space. While the labels reflect ancient sociocultural classifications, the practical recognition is that societies are interwoven and must be understood as such.
‘Sthāna’—description of lands and peoples; an ethnographic complement to cosmography.
‘Mixture’ (vimiśra) can be read as the interplay of guṇas in the manifest realm—purity and impurity, order and diversity—within which dharma must be practiced with discernment (viveka).