Shloka 32
Adhyaya 53 — The Great Flood
पञ्चस्वेतेषु वर्षेषु सर्वसाधारणः स्मृतः ।
अग्नीध्राय पिता पूर्वं जम्बूद्वीपं ददौ द्विज ॥
pañcasveteṣu varṣeṣu sarvasādhāraṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
agnīdhrāya pitā pūrvaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ dadau dvija
ในห้าวรรษะนั้น ธรรมะถูกจดจำว่าเป็นสิ่งร่วมกันของทุกผู้คน โอทวิชะ! กาลก่อนบิดาของเขาได้มอบชมพูทวีปแก่อัคนีธระ
FAQs
Even where social dharma has divisions, a baseline ‘common dharma’ is affirmed; rightful sovereignty is portrayed as stewardship received through lineage and responsibility, not mere conquest.
‘Vaṃśa’ and ‘Vaṃśānucarita’ (genealogies and their accounts) are foregrounded, embedded within ‘Sthāna’ (Jambūdvīpa’s structure).
The ‘gift’ of a continent symbolizes transmission of adhikāra (spiritual and worldly authority): one inherits a field of action (karma-bhūmi) wherein universal dharma must be enacted.