Shloka 41
Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana
Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa
योजनानां सहस्राणि विष्कम्भो द्वादशास्य वै । परिणाहेन षट्त्रिंशद् विपुलत्वेन चानघ,निष्पाप नरेश! राहु ग्रहका व्यासगत विस्तार बारह हजार योजन है और उसकी परिधिका विस्तार छत्तीस हजार योजन है
yojanānāṁ sahasrāṇi viṣkambho dvādaśāsya vai | pariṇāhena ṣaṭtriṁśad vipulatvena cānagha niṣpāpa nareśa |
Wika ni Sañjaya: “O haring walang dungis at walang kasalanan! Ang diyametro ni Rāhu ay tunay na labindalawang libong yojana, at sa sukat ng palibot (circumference) ay tatlumpu’t anim na libong yojana.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily conveys cosmological knowledge—describing the immense scale of Rāhu in yojanas—reflecting the epic’s tradition of situating human events within a vast, ordered universe.
Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and reports a factual description of Rāhu’s dimensions, as part of a broader explanatory passage that includes cosmic or astronomical details.