Shloka 62

Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam

Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants

Devanagari script

तथैव विन्ध्यचुलिका: पुलिन्दा वल्कलै: सह । मालवा बल्‍लवाश्वैव तथैवापरबल्लवा:

Transliteration

tathaiva vindhyaculikāḥ pulindā valkalaiḥ saha | mālavā ballavāś caiva tathaivāparaballavāḥ ||

Translation

ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿਂਧ੍ਯਚੁਲਿਕ, ਵਲਕਲਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਪੁਲਿੰਦ, ਮਾਲਵ, ਬੱਲਵ ਅਤੇ ਅਪਰਬੱਲਵ ਵੀ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• विन्ध्यचुलिकाः: the Vindhya-chulikas (a people/tribe)
• विन्ध्यचुलिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्ध्यचुलिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• पुलिन्दाः: Pulindas (a tribe)
• पुलिन्दाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वल्कलैः: with bark-garments
• वल्कलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्कल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• मालवाः: Malavas (a people)
• मालवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बल्लवाः: Ballavas (a people)
• बल्लवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल्लव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• अपरबल्लवाः: the other Ballavas / western Ballavas (a people)
• अपरबल्लवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपरबल्लव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vindhyacūlikas
• Pulindas
• Valkalas
• Mālavas
• Ballavas
• Aparaballavas
• Vindhya (region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions less as a doctrinal teaching and more as an ethical reminder of scale: a dynastic war implicates many lands and communities, suggesting that adharma in rulers spreads suffering widely beyond the immediate protagonists.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reciting a geographical-ethnographic catalogue of peoples (janapadas/tribes) in the context of the Kurukṣetra war narrative, naming groups associated with the Vindhya and other regions.