Shloka 15
Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman
स देशान् विविधान् पश्यंश्वीनहूणनिषेवितान् । आर्यावर्तमिमं देशमाजगाम महामुनि:,चीन और हूण जातिके लोगोंसे सेवित नाना प्रकारके देशोंका दर्शन करते हुए महामुनि शुकदेवजी इस आर्यावर्त देशमें आ पहुँचे
sa deśān vividhān paśyañ śvīnahūṇaniṣevitān | āryāvartam imaṃ deśam ājagāma mahāmuniḥ ||
Bhishma berkata: Setelah menyaksikan pelbagai negeri yang dihuni dan sering dikunjungi oleh kaum Śvīna dan Hūṇa, sang maha resi pun tiba di tanah Āryāvarta ini.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of the sage who gains breadth of experience by observing diverse lands and peoples, yet ultimately turns toward Āryāvarta, symbolically the center of Vedic dharma. It frames geography as ethically meaningful: travel yields knowledge, and arrival in the dharmic heartland signals engagement with normative teachings.
Bhīṣma narrates that the great sage (identified in the prose gloss as Śukadeva) journeyed through many regions inhabited by the Śvīna and Hūṇa peoples and then came to Āryāvarta. The line functions as a travel-transition, situating the sage’s movement from peripheral regions to the central land where instruction and discourse are to unfold.