Shloka 24
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
सहस्रशस्तथैवान्या नद्यो वर्षेऽपि चोत्तरे ।
तथान्याः क्षीरवाहिन्यो घृतवाहिन्य एव च ॥
sahasraśas tathaivānyā nadyo varṣe 'pi cottare | tathānyāḥ kṣīravāhinyo ghṛtavāhinya eva ca ||
तथैव तस्मिन् उत्तरे वर्षे सहस्रशोऽन्याः नद्यः सन्ति; अन्याश्च क्षीरवाहिन्यः, तथा घृतवाहिन्यः अपि।
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FAQs
The imagery of milk and ghee rivers communicates a realm where nourishment and ritual prosperity (ghee as yajña-fuel) are effortless—an idealized counterpoint to human scarcity.
Cosmographic description, supporting the Purāṇic account of the world's structure (sarga/pratisarga-related material).
Milk and ghee signify sattva, sustenance, and sacrificial potency; the land becomes an outward symbol of inner plenitude when dharma is naturally established.