Shloka 51
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
नासिक्यावाश्च ये चान्ये ये चैवोत्तरनर्मदाः ।
भीरुकच्छाः समाहेयाः सह सारस्वतैरपि ॥
nāsikyāvāśca ye cānye ye caivottaranarmadāḥ / bhīrukacchāḥ samāheyāḥ saha sārasvatairapi
Kaum Nāsikyāvās (yang mendiami Nāsikya) dan bangsa-bangsa lain; juga mereka yang berada di utara Sungai Narmadā; kaum Bhīrukaccha dan Samāheya, serta kaum Sārasvata juga.
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FAQs
Rivers function as cultural boundaries and connectors; naming peoples by river-relative location shows how ecology shapes social memory.
Geographical appendix to vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita-style narration; not a core pancalakṣaṇa head, but a typical Purāṇic scaffold.
The Narmadā as a liminal marker hints at ‘tīrtha’ logic: crossing boundaries is both geographic and ritual.