Shloka 49

Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa

Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island

Devanagari script

अचिन्त्या दिव्यसंकाशा प्रभोरेषैव संविधि: । उपासते यत्र सत्र॑ सहस्रयुगपर्यये

Transliteration

acintyā divya-saṅkāśā prabhor eṣaiva saṃvidhiḥ | upāsate yatra satraṃ sahasra-yuga-paryaye ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “Ang kautusang ito ng Panginoon ay di-maaarok ng isip, maningning at banal. Sa kahariang yaon, sinasamba ng mga tao ang Kataas-taasan sa pamamagitan ng isang dakilang handog na pagtitipon (satra) na tumatagal hanggang sa matapos ang isang libong yuga.”

Word by Word

• अचिन्त्या: inconceivable
• अचिन्त्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचिन्त्य
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दिव्य-संकाशा: having divine splendor/appearance
• दिव्य-संकाशा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्यसंकाश
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभोः: of the Lord/master
• प्रभोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• संविधिः: ordinance/arrangement/dispensation
• संविधिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविधि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उपासते: they worship/attend upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• सत्रम्: a sacrificial session (sattra)
• सत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सहस्र-युग-पर्यये: at the completion/turning of a thousand yugas
• सहस्र-युग-पर्यये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रयुगपर्यय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Prabhu (the Lord/Supreme Lord)
• satra (prolonged sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that the Lord’s cosmic arrangement is inconceivable yet divinely ordered, and that sustained worship—symbolized by a long satra lasting a thousand yugas—belongs within that higher, providential order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues his description of a wondrous, divinely governed realm or phenomenon, explaining that there people engage in extended sacrificial worship (satra) across vast cosmic time, underscoring the grandeur of divine law beyond human calculation.