Shloka 32
Adhyaya 54 — Cosmography of Jambudvipa: Continents, Oceans, Varshas, and Mount Meru
तेषु नक्षत्रविन्यासाद्विषयाः समवस्थिताः ।
चतुष्वपि द्विजश्रेष्ठ ग्रहाभिभवपाठकाः ॥
teṣu nakṣatra-vinyāsād viṣayāḥ samavasthitāḥ | catuṣv api dvijaśreṣṭha grahābhibhava-pāṭhakāḥ ||
அந்த நாடுகளில் நக்ஷத்திரங்களின் அமைப்பின்படி பகுதிகள் ஒழுங்காக நிறுவப்பட்டுள்ளன; அந்த நான்கிலும், ஓ இருபிறப்போரில் சிறந்தவரே, கிரகங்களின் மிகுந்த ஆதிக்கத்தை விளக்கும் ஓதுவோர்-அறிஞர்கள் உள்ளனர்।
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FAQs
The verse normalizes interpretive traditions (pāṭhakāḥ) that read cosmic patterns. Ethically, it suggests responsibility in knowledge: astral lore is framed as a disciplined ‘reading,’ not superstition.
Sthāna: celestial ordering tied to terrestrial regions; an extension of cosmographic description.
Nakṣatra and graha ‘placements’ can symbolize patterned tendencies within the psyche; the ‘readers’ represent discriminative awareness that interprets and moderates overpowering impulses.