Shloka 26
Adhyaya 56 — The Descent and Fourfold Course of the Ganga; Jambudvipa’s Varshas and Their Conditions
न चैतॆषु युगावस्था नाध्यो व्याधयो न च ।
पुण्यापुण्यसमारम्भो नैव तेषु द्विजोत्तम ॥
na caiteṣu yugāvasthā nādhyo vyādhayo na ca / puṇyāpuṇya-samārambho naiva teṣu dvijottama
तेषु देशेषु युगधर्मा न सन्ति, न क्लेशरोगाः; न च तत्र पुण्यापुण्यहेतुः कश्चिद् उद्योगोऽस्ति, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ।
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FAQs
Bhārata is implicitly elevated as the principal field of karma (moral agency), since other varṣas are depicted as lacking the very undertakings that generate merit/demerit; ethical striving becomes meaningful precisely where limitation and change (yuga-conditions) exist.
This is cosmology with karmic anthropology: still under 'Sarga' (structure/conditions of realms), with doctrinal overlap into 'Manvantara' ideas (yuga-conditions) though not naming a Manu here.
A realm without puṇya/pāpa enterprise suggests a plane of experience where dualistic moral causality is suspended—either due to effortless fulfillment or a sattva-dominant condition—highlighting Bhārata as the arena where liberation is forged through choice and discipline.