Shloka 8
Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana
Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru
मिथुनानि च जायन्ते स्त्रियश्वाप्सरसोपमा: । तेषां ते क्षीरिणां क्षीरं पिबन्त्यमृतसंनिभम्
mithunāni ca jāyante striyaś cāpsarasopamāḥ | teṣāṃ te kṣīriṇāṃ kṣīraṃ pibanty amṛtasaṃnibham |
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «ထိုပြည်၌ ယောက်ျားနှင့် မိန်းမ အတွဲများလည်း မွေးဖွားလာကြ၏။ မိန်းမတို့သည် အပ္စရာမများကဲ့သို့ လှပကြ၏။ ထိုနေရာနေထိုင်သူတို့သည် နို့သစ်ပင်များမှ စီးဆင်းလာသော အမృతတူ နို့ကို သောက်ကြ၏»။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts ordinary human struggle with an idealized realm where life is supported by natural, effortless plenty; it functions as a moral-imaginative foil to the war narrative, reminding the listener that not all worlds are governed by scarcity and violence.
Sañjaya is describing a wondrous region (in the broader digression on distant lands), noting that couples are born as pairs, women are Apsaras-like in beauty, and people drink nectar-like milk from milk-bearing trees.