Shloka 14
Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam
Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants
नदीं पिबन्ति विपुलां गड़ां सिन्धुं सरस्वतीम् । गोदावरीं नर्मदां च बाहुदां च महानदीम्
nadīṁ pibanti vipulāṁ gaḍāṁ sindhuṁ sarasvatīm | godāvarīṁ narmadāṁ ca bāhudāṁ ca mahānadīm ||
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «သူတို့သည် မြစ်ကြီးများစွာ၏ ရေကို သောက်သုံးကြ၏— ဂင်္ဂါ၊ စိန္ဓု၊ စရಸ್ವတီ၊ ထို့ပြင် ဂోదာဝရီ နှင့် နရမဒါ၊ ထို့အတူ ဘာဟုဒါ နှင့် မြစ်ကြီး မဟာနဒီတို့၏ ရေဖြစ်သည်»။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores interdependence: the peoples of Bhārata are sustained by shared natural resources (rivers). It frames the land as a unified, life-supporting realm despite diversity, a common motif in epic descriptions of Bhārata-varṣa.
Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and continues a descriptive catalogue of Bhārata’s regions and rivers. Here he names major rivers whose waters are drunk by the inhabitants, as part of a broader geographic survey in Bhīṣma-parvan.