Shloka 13

Yuga-Lakṣaṇa and Varṣa-Pramāṇa Inquiry (युगलक्षण–वर्षप्रमाण–प्रश्न)

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच तथैव पर्वता राजन्‌ सप्तात्र मणिभूषिता:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca tathaiva parvatā rājan saptātra maṇibhūṣitāḥ

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ! ਓਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਵੀ ਮਣੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਜਾਏ ਹੋਏ ਸੱਤ ਪਹਾੜ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• मणि-भूषिताः: adorned with jewels
• मणि-भूषिताः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूषित (भूष् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• seven mountains
• jewels (maṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reinforces the vast, ordered grandeur of the revealed vision: even the natural world (mountains) appears transfigured and precious, suggesting that worldly forms can be seen as part of a larger, awe-inspiring cosmic reality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues describing what is seen “here” in the extraordinary vision being narrated to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, adding that seven jewel-adorned mountains are present as part of the scene.