Shloka 4
रसातल-वर्णनम्
Rasātala Description: Surabhi, Phenapāḥ, and the Directional Cows
पक्षिराजाभिजात्यानां सहस्राणि शतानि च | कश्यपस्य ततो वंशे जातैर्भूतिविवर्धनै:
pakṣirājābhijātyānāṁ sahasrāṇi śatāni ca | kaśyapasya tato vaṁśe jātair bhūtivivardhanaiḥ, devasārathi mātale |
ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଦେବସାରଥି ମାତଲି! କଶ୍ୟପ ବଂଶରେ ପକ୍ଷିରାଜଙ୍କ ଜାତିର ସମୃଦ୍ଧିବର୍ଧକ ସନ୍ତାନ ଜନ୍ମିଲେ ଏବଂ ସେମାନେ ଶତ ଓ ସହସ୍ର ଶାଖାରେ ପ୍ରସାରିତ ହେଲେ।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s view that cosmic order is sustained through well-defined lineages and their responsible flourishing—prosperity (bhūti) is portrayed as an outcome of orderly propagation within dharmic creation.
Nārada addresses Mātali and begins describing how, within Kaśyapa’s lineage, the bird-king’s race proliferated into innumerable branches—setting up a genealogical account of Garuḍa’s line.