Shloka 58
Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam
Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants
अथापरे जनपदा दक्षिणा भरतर्षभ | द्रविडा: केरला: प्राच्या भूषिका वनवासिका:
athāpare janapadā dakṣiṇā bharatarṣabha | draviḍāḥ keralāḥ prācyā bhūṣikā vanavāsikāḥ ||
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «ဘာရတတို့အနက် နွားထီးကဲ့သို့ သတ္တိရှိသူရေ၊ ယခု တောင်ဘက်ရှိ အခြားပြည်နယ်များကို နားထောင်လော့—ဒြာဝိဍ၊ ကေရလ၊ ပရာချျ၊ ဘူṣိက နှင့် ဝနဝါသိကတို့ပင် ဖြစ်၏»။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the epic’s vision of a morally consequential war whose effects and stakeholders span many peoples and regions; it frames the conflict as a matter of public order (rājadharma) affecting the whole land, not merely a private family dispute.
Sañjaya continues a geographical-ethnographic enumeration, turning to the southern janapadas and naming several peoples, as part of a broader survey of regions and groups connected to the great war.