चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि कुरुदेशः प्रकीर्तितः । सार्धलक्षस्तथा प्रोक्तः किरातविजयो जयः
catuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi kurudeśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | sārdhalakṣastathā proktaḥ kirātavijayo jayaḥ
କୁରୁ-ଦେଶରେ ଚଉଷଠି ହଜାର ଗ୍ରାମ ବୋଲି ପ୍ରକୀର୍ତ୍ତିତ। ଏବଂ ‘ଜୟ’ ନାମେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ କିରାତବିଜୟରେ ଦେଢ଼ ଲକ୍ଷ ଗ୍ରାମ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଇଛି।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: A narrator gestures to two contrasting landscapes: the fertile plains of Kuru with orderly villages and fields, and a mountainous Kirāta frontier with forested slopes and scattered settlements, suggesting a civilizational span.
By naming famed dharmic regions, the text sacralizes history and place, encouraging remembrance of the world as upheld by dharma.
None explicitly; these are territorial identifications within a larger catalogue.
None.