Shloka 42
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
Sanskrit
एते देशा ह्युदीच्यास्तु प्राच्यान्देशान्निबोध मे । अध्रारका मुदकरा अन्तर्गिर्या बहिर्गिराः ॥
Transliteration
ete deśā hyudīcyāstu prācyāndeśānnibodha me / adhrārakā mudakarā antargiryā bahirgirāḥ
Translation
हेच खरे उत्तरेकडील देश; आता माझ्याकडून पूर्वेकडील देश ऐक—अध्रारक, मुदकर, अंतर्गिर्य आणि बहिर्गिर।
Speakers
Paurāṇic narrator (geographical enumeration; frame-speaker not explicit in the given excerpt)
Key Themes
GeographyDirectional classificationMountain vs. outer-mountain peoples