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 ||
Śrīparvata dan Cakora, serta ratusan gunung yang lain. Bersama mereka, wilayah-wilayah saling berbaur—mleccha dan ārya, masing-masing pada bahagian mereka sendiri.
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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).