Shloka 9
Bhārata-varṣa-varṇana
Description of Bhārata: Mountains, Rivers, and Janapadas
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत जम्बूखण्डविनिर्माणपर्वमें भारतकी नदियों और देश आदिके नामका वर्णनविषयक नवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
sañjaya uvāca | jātaḥ kṛtayuge rājan dhaninaḥ priyadarśanāḥ | prajāyante ca jātāś ca munayo vai tapodhanāḥ ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “O Hari, sa Kṛta (Satya) Yuga ay isinisilang ang mga taong may yaman at kaaya-ayang anyo; at sila’y nagkakaroon ng saganang supling. Sa panahong iyon din, karaniwang lumilitaw ang mga pantas—mayaman sa austeridad at pagninilay.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links the moral quality of an age (yuga) with the kind of beings it produces: in the Kṛta/Satya Yuga, prosperity and pleasing qualities naturally arise, and sages endowed with tapas are prevalent—suggesting that dharma and inner discipline shape social and spiritual flourishing.
Sañjaya, addressing the king, shifts into a description of yuga-characteristics, stating what kinds of people and sages are typically born in the Kṛta (Satya) Age, as part of a broader explanatory passage in Bhīṣma Parva.