Shloka 14
Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana
Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa
सप्तमं कापिल वर्ष सप्तैते वर्षलम्भका: । एतेषु देवगन्धर्वा: प्रजाश्न॒ जगतीश्वर,सातवाँ वर्ष कापिल कहलाता है। ये सात वर्षसमुदाय हैं। पृथ्वीपते! इन सबमें देवता, गन्धर्व तथा मनुष्य सानन्द विहार करते हैं। उनमेंसे किसीकी मृत्यु नहीं होती है। नरेश्वर! वहाँ लुटेरे अथवा म्लेच्छ-जातिके लोग नहीं हैं
saptamaṁ kāpilaṁ varṣa saptaitāni varṣalambhakāḥ | eteṣu devagandharvāḥ prajāś ca jagatīśvara |
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ସପ୍ତମ ବର୍ଷ ‘କାପିଲ’ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ; ଏହି ସାତଟି ବର୍ଷସମୁଦାୟ। ହେ ଜଗତୀଶ୍ୱର! ଏମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଦେବତା, ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବ ଓ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଆନନ୍ଦରେ ବିହାର କରନ୍ତି। ସେଠାରେ କାହାରି ମୃତ୍ୟୁ ନାହିଁ; ହେ ନରେଶ୍ୱର! ସେଠାରେ ନ ଲୁଟେରା, ନ ମ୍ଲେଚ୍ଛଜାତି ଲୋକ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts an ideal, dharmically ordered realm—free from death, crime, and social disruption—with the human world, implying that righteous order and protection of subjects are central to kingship and to a harmonious society.
Sañjaya is describing cosmographical divisions of the earth, naming the seventh as Kāpila-varṣa and portraying it as a blissful region inhabited by gods, Gandharvas, and people, where death and criminal or mleccha disturbances are absent.