Shloka 14

Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana

Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru

Devanagari script

तस्य मूर्धाभिषेकस्तु भद्रा श्वस्य विशाम्पते । भद्गसालवन यत्र कालाम्रश्न महाद्रुम:,प्रजानाथ! भद्राश्ववर्षक शिखरपर भद्रशाल नामका एक वन है एवं वहाँ कालाग्र नामक महान्‌ वृक्ष भी है

Transliteration

tasya mūrdhābhiṣekas tu bhadrāśvasya viśāmpate | bhadraśālavanaṃ yatra kālāgraś ca mahādrumaḥ ||

Translation

ହେ ବିଶାମ୍ପତେ! ସେଇ ଭଦ୍ରାଶ୍ୱବର୍ଷରେ ‘ମୂର୍ଧାଭିଷେକ’ ନାମକ ଏକ ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଅଛି। ସେଠାରେ ‘ଭଦ୍ରଶାଳ’ ନାମର ଏକ ବନ ଅଛି, ଏବଂ ତାହାରେ ‘କାଳାଗ୍ର’ ନାମକ ଏକ ମହାଦ୍ରୁମ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (region)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मूर्धाभिषेकः: the head-anointing (name/epithet: 'Mūrdhābhiṣeka')
• मूर्धाभिषेकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धाभिषेक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• भद्राश्वस्य: of Bhadrāśva
• भद्राश्वस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: भद्राश्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भद्रशालवनम्: the Bhadrashāla-forest
• भद्रशालवनम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रशालवन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• कालाम्रः: the Kālāmr(a) (a great tree; lit. 'black mango')
• कालाम्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालाम्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाद्रुमः: a great tree
• महाद्रुमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजानाथ: O lord of creatures/subjects
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजानाथ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhadrāśva-varṣa
• Mūrdhābhiṣeka (place/region)
• Bhadraśāla-vana (forest)
• Kālāgra (great tree)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily serves a descriptive purpose: it situates the listener within a larger sacred geography. Indirectly, it reflects the epic’s ethical-political worldview in which kingship (addressed as “lord of the people”) is linked to knowledge of the world’s ordered regions and notable sacred/natural landmarks.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya is describing a particular region associated with Bhadrāśva-varṣa, naming a locality called Mūrdhābhiṣeka, identifying the Bhadraśāla forest there, and noting a prominent great tree named Kālāgra.