Shloka 12
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
विस्तारोच्छ्रयिणो रम्या विपुलाश्चात्र सानवः ।
कोलाहलः सवैभ्राजो मन्दरो दर्दुराचलः ॥
vistārocchrayiṇo ramyā vipulāś cātra sānavaḥ | kolāhalaḥ savaibhrājo mandaro dardurācalaḥ ||
अत्र रम्याः विस्तीर्णा महान्तो दीर्घोन्नता गिरिश्रेण्यः सशिखराः—कोलाहलः वैभ्राजः मन्दरः दर्दुरश्च पर्वतः।
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FAQs
Naming and praising the land’s features reinforces a sacralized ecology: mountains are not inert matter but revered presences within a dharmic world.
‘Sthāna’—regional description and cataloguing.
The ‘high and expansive’ mountains can symbolize expanded consciousness and elevated aspiration; ridges (sānu) suggest stages or ‘levels’ of ascent.