Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
दध्नो ह्रदास्तथा तत्र तथान्ये चानुपर्वताः ।
अमृतास्वादकल्पानि फलानि विविधानि च ॥
dadhno hradās tathā tatra tathānye cānuparvatāḥ | amṛtāsvāda-kalpāni phalāni vividhāni ca ||
அங்கே தயிர் ஏரிகளும் உள்ளன; மலைகளின் அருகிலும் பிற பல அம்சங்களும் உள்ளன; மேலும் பலவகை பழங்கள் உள்ளன, அவற்றின் சுவை அமுதத்துக்கு ஒப்பானது.
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The text depicts a realm where the basic goods of life are naturally refined; it implicitly contrasts human striving with an ideal state where harmony yields spontaneous well-being.
World-description adjunct to creation-topics; it is not genealogy or manvantara proper, but the cosmographic canvas on which those histories unfold.
Curds and nectar-tasting fruits evoke transformed nourishment—raw experience (milk) becomes cultured wisdom (curd), culminating in amṛta-like fruition (liberative sweetness).