Shloka 22

Description of Uttara-Kuru and the Meru-Flank Regions

Bhadrāśva, Sudarśana Jambū, Solar Attendants

Devanagari script

योजनानां सहस्राणि पंचाशन्माल्यवान्द्विजाः । महारजतसंकाशा जायंते तत्र मानवाः

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi paṃcāśanmālyavāndvijāḥ | mahārajatasaṃkāśā jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น โอ้ทวิชะผู้เกิดสองครั้ง มนุษย์ทั้งหลายบังเกิดพร้อมพวงมาลัย แผ่ไพศาลถึงห้าหมื่นโยชนะ และส่องประกายดุจเงินอันยิ่งใหญ่

Word by Word

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas (units of distance)
• योजनानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• पञ्चाशत्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः (numeral used indeclinably in compound), संख्या (numeral) qualifying the following compound

• माल्यवान्: garlanded; possessing garlands
• माल्यवान्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माल्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); 'वत्' प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective)

• द्विजाः: twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject) (appositional to 'मानवाः')
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• महा-रजत-संकाशाः: resembling bright silver
• महा-रजत-संकाशाः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier) (of 'मानवाः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + रजत (प्रातिपदिक) + संकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समासः (Tatpurusha): महत् रजतस्य संकाशाः = 'like great silver'

• जायन्ते: are born; come into being
• जायन्ते: क्रिया (Verb) (with subject 'मानवाः')
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मानवाः: humans; men
• मानवाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa; dialogue context not provided)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पंचाशन्माल्यवान्द्विजाः → पञ्चाशत् + माल्यवान् + द्विजाः; महारजतसंकाशा → महा-रजत-संकाशाः; जायंते → जायन्ते (anusvāra/orthographic variation).

FAQs

What is being described in this verse of the Svarga-khaṇḍa?

It describes extraordinary human-like beings in a heavenly or exalted region—garlanded, immense in scale (measured in yojanas), and shining like silver.

What does “yojana” imply in Purāṇic passages like this?

A yojana is a traditional unit of distance used in Purāṇic cosmography; verses may use it to convey vastness and superhuman scale rather than strict modern measurement.

Is this verse teaching a moral lesson or primarily giving cosmographic detail?

This verse is primarily descriptive (cosmographic/otherworldly portrayal). Any ethical or devotional lesson would depend on the surrounding narrative context.