Shloka 49

Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa

Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island

Devanagari script

अचिन्त्या दिव्यसंकाशा प्रभोरेषैव संविधि: । उपासते यत्र सत्र॑ सहस्रयुगपर्यये,यह (सात धाराओंका प्रादुर्भाव जगत्‌के उपकारके लिये) भगवान्‌का ही अचिन्त्य एवं दिव्य सुन्दर विधान है। जहाँ लोग कल्पके अन्ततक यज्ञानुष्ठानके द्वारा परमात्माकी उपासना करते हैं

Transliteration

acintyā divya-saṅkāśā prabhor eṣaiva saṃvidhiḥ | upāsate yatra satraṃ sahasra-yuga-paryaye ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଏହା ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କର ଅଚିନ୍ତ୍ୟ, ଦିବ୍ୟ ଦୀପ୍ତିମୟ ବିଧାନ। ସେଠାରେ ଲୋକେ ସହସ୍ର ଯୁଗର ପରିସମାପ୍ତି ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଚାଲୁଥିବା ମହା ସତ୍ର-ଯଜ୍ଞ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପରମାତ୍ମାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

अचिन्त्याinconceivable

दिव्य-संकाशाhaving divine splendor/appearance

प्रभोःof the Lord/master

एषाthis

एवindeed/only

संविधिःordinance/arrangement/dispensation

उपासतेthey worship/attend upon

यत्रwhere

सत्रम्a sacrificial session (sattra)

सहस्र-युग-पर्ययेat the completion/turning of a thousand yugas

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Prabhu (the Lord/Supreme Lord)

satra (prolonged sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that the Lord’s cosmic arrangement is inconceivable yet divinely ordered, and that sustained worship—symbolized by a long satra lasting a thousand yugas—belongs within that higher, providential order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues his description of a wondrous, divinely governed realm or phenomenon, explaining that there people engage in extended sacrificial worship (satra) across vast cosmic time, underscoring the grandeur of divine law beyond human calculation.