Shloka 236

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

Devanagari script

एते देशा महाराज देवगन्धर्वसेविता: । मुनिदेशके बाद जो देश है

Transliteration

ete deśā mahārāja devagandharvasevitāḥ |

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช! แคว้นเหล่านี้เป็นที่ที่เหล่าเทวะและคันธรรพ์สัญจรและพำนักอยู่. (ตามคำบรรยายโดยพิสดาร) หลังมุนิเทศมีแคว้นชื่อ ‘ทุณฑุภิสวะนะ’ เต็มไปด้วยเหล่าสิทธะและจารณะ; ข้าแต่เจ้าแห่งชน! ผู้คนที่นั่นโดยมากมีผิวพรรณผ่องขาว

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देशाः: countries/regions
• देशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देवगन्धर्वसेविताः: frequented/inhabited by gods and Gandharvas
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवगन्धर्वसेवित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address mahārāja)
• Devas
• Gandharvas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that the world contains regions associated with divine and refined beings; this enlarges the listener’s moral horizon beyond immediate political rivalry, reminding a king that human action (especially war) occurs within a broader sacred order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing various lands to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, noting that certain regions are inhabited or frequented by Devas and Gandharvas, as part of a larger geographical and cultural-cosmological survey within Bhīṣma Parva.