Shloka 23

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

महाराष्ट्राः सकर्णाटाः गोनर्दाश्चित्रकूटकाः ।

चोलाः कोलगिराश्चैव क्रौञ्चद्वीपजटाधराः ॥

Transliteration

mahārāṣṭrāḥ sakarṇāṭā gonardāś citrakūṭakāḥ | colāḥ kolagirāś caiva krauñcadvīpa-jaṭādharāḥ ||

Translation

ఇక్కడ మహారాష్ట్రులు కర్ణాటులతో కలిసి, గోనర్దులు మరియు చిత్రకూట నివాసులు, చోళులు మరియు కోలగిరి ప్రజలు, అలాగే క్రౌంచద్వీపంలోని జటాధారులు కూడా లెక్కించబడ్డారు।

Word by Word

• महाराष्ट्राः: the Mahārāṣṭras (people of Maharashtra)
• महाराष्ट्राः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सकर्णाटाः: the Karṇāṭas (Karnataka people)
• सकर्णाटाः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकर्णाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• गोनर्दाः: the Gonardas
• गोनर्दाः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोनर्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• चित्रकूटकाः: the Citrakūṭakas (people of Citrakūṭa)
• चित्रकूटकाः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रकूटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• चोलाः: the Cholas
• चोलाः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चोल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• कोलगिराः: the Kolagiras
• कोलगिराः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलगिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction ‘and’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’)

• क्रौञ्चद्वीपजटाधराः: the matted-haired (ascetics) of Krauñca-dvīpa
• क्रौञ्चद्वीपजटाधराः: Karta (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रौञ्च-द्वीप-जटा-धर (प्रातिपदिक); धर (धातु √धृ ‘to bear’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः: ‘क्रौञ्चद्वीपस्य जटाधराः’

Speakers

• Purāṇic narrator (catalogue style); specific interlocutors not indicated in the supplied excerpt

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Cosmography
• Ethnography
• Sacred geography
• Purāṇic catalogues

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The passage is primarily descriptive: it maps the Purāṇic imagination of Bhārata’s regions and borderlands, emphasizing the vast diversity of peoples within the moral-geographical universe where dharma is to be lived.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

It aligns most closely with Vaṃśānucarita/Manvantara-related cosmographical description (a supporting cosmography/earth-description component commonly embedded in Purāṇas), rather than Sarga/Pratisarga narratives.

What is the esoteric significance?

Lists of lands and peoples function as a ritual-cognitive 'mandala' of the world: naming regions sacralizes space and integrates peripheral groups into a single cosmological order.