Shloka 32
Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana
Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru
षष्टिं वर्षमहस्राणि षष्टिमेव शतानि च । आदित्यतापतप्तास्ते विशन्ति शशिमण्डलम्,वे छाछठ हजार वर्षोतक ही सूर्यदेवके तापमें तपकर अन्तमें चन्द्रमण्डलमें प्रवेश कर जाते हैं
ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭim eva śatāni ca | āditya-tāpa-taptās te viśanti śaśi-maṇḍalam ||
संजय म्हणाला—आदित्याच्या तापाने साठ हजार वर्षे आणि आणखी सहाशे वर्षे तप्त होऊन, अखेरीस ते चंद्रमंडलात प्रवेश करतात.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys that higher states are reached through prolonged, law-governed endurance—an image of karmic maturation and purification (tāpa) before attaining a calmer realm (the Moon).
Sañjaya describes a cosmic process: certain beings, after immense periods exposed to the Sun’s scorching heat, are said to enter the lunar sphere, illustrating the ordered movement of beings through celestial stations.