Shloka 18

Description of Uttara-Kuru and the Meru-Flank Regions

Bhadrāśva, Sudarśana Jambū, Solar Attendants

Devanagari script

दशवर्षसहस्राणि तत्रायुर्द्विजसत्तमाः । कालाम्ररसपीतास्ते नित्यं संस्थितयौवनाः

Transliteration

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tatrāyurdvijasattamāḥ | kālāmrarasapītāste nityaṃ saṃsthitayauvanāḥ

Translation

โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ ที่นั่นอายุยืนถึงหนึ่งหมื่นปี ครั้นดื่มน้ำคั้นมะม่วงดำแล้ว ก็ทรงสถิตในวัยหนุ่มสาวอยู่เนืองนิตย์

Word by Word

• daśa-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: thousands of ten-year periods (i.e., ten-thousand years)
• daśa-varṣa-sahasrāṇi: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Accusative-sāmānādhikaraṇya (Nom./Acc. possible/प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); samāsa: daśavarṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi (thousands of ten-year [periods])

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-avyaya (locative adverb/देश-अव्यय)

• āyuḥ: lifespan
• āyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• dvija-sattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvija-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); sambodhana-artha (addressing sense) though form is nominative plural

• kāla-āmra-rasa-pītāḥ: having drunk the juice of black mangoes
• kāla-āmra-rasa-pītāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + āmra (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक) + √pā (धाातु) + pīta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); pīta = kta-pratyaya past participle (क्त/PPP) of √pā (to drink)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); sarvanāma (pronoun/सर्वनाम)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (temporal adverb/काल-अव्यय)

• saṃsthita-yauvanāḥ: with youth firmly established (ever-youthful)
• saṃsthita-yauvanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsthita (कृदन्त; √sthā धातु) + yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); saṃsthita = kta (क्त/PPP) of √sthā with saṃ- (to be established)

Speaker

Pulastya (to Bhīṣma)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: tatrāyur = tatra + āyuḥ; rasapītāste = rasa-pītāḥ + te.

FAQs

What is the central idea of this verse?

It describes a heavenly or extraordinary realm where beings live for ten thousand years and retain perpetual youth through a divine substance (the juice of the ‘dark mango’).

What does ‘kāla-āmra-rasa’ imply in context?

Literally “dark/black mango juice,” it functions as a symbolic or mythic elixir associated with longevity and unaging vitality in the Svarga-khaṇḍa setting.

What ethical or spiritual lesson can be drawn from this description?

The verse highlights the Purāṇic theme that higher realms provide refined enjoyments and extended life, yet such benefits remain part of worldly (saṃsāric) conditions rather than ultimate liberation.