Shloka 9
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
दिव्यसङ्गमिनः पुण्या दशवर्षशतायुषः ।
मन्दोत्तमौ न तेषु स्तः सर्वे ते समदर्शनाः ॥
divyasaṅgaminaḥ puṇyā daśavarṣaśatāyuṣaḥ / mandottamau na teṣu staḥ sarve te samadarśanāḥ
Mereka bergaul dengan para dewa, berpunya jasa kebajikan, dan hidup selama seribu tahun. Dalam kalangan mereka tiada yang ‘tumpul’ atau ‘teramat unggul’ sebagai dua ekstrem; semuanya setara dalam pandangan.
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FAQs
An ideal society is defined less by hierarchy of worth and more by shared virtue and equal vision (sama-darśana), rooted in proximity to the divine.
Not genealogy; it is descriptive dharma-cosmography—how beings live in a particular cosmic region—supporting the Purāṇa’s world-order exposition.
‘No manda/uttama’ points to non-dual ethical perception: when sattva predominates, comparative ego-judgments fade, yielding equanimity (samatā).