Shloka 53

Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Sanskrit

सरजाश्च करूषाश्च केरलाश्चोत्कलैः सह ।

उत्तमर्णा दशार्णाश्च भोज्याः किष्किन्धकैः सह ॥

Transliteration

sarajāśca karūṣāśca keralāścotkalaiḥ saha / uttamarṇā daśārṇāśca bhojyāḥ kiṣkindhakaiḥ saha

Translation

സരജരും കരൂഷരും; കേരളർ ഉത്കലരോടുകൂടെ; ഉത്തമർണരും ദശാർണരും; ഭോജ്യർ കിഷ്കിന്ധകരോടുകൂടെ.

Speakers

• Not Devī Māhātmya; list of Vindhyan/back-country janapadas.

Key Themes

• Geography
• Janapadas
• Vindhya hinterland