Shloka 50
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
दृश्यादृश्या च भवति तत्र तत्र सरस्वती । एता दिव्या: सप्तगज्जस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता:
dṛśyādṛśyā ca bhavati tatra tatra sarasvatī | etā divyāḥ saptagaṅgās triṣu lokeṣu viśrutāḥ ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Doon, ang ilog na tinatawag na Sarasvatī ay minsang nakikita at minsang naglalaho sa paningin. Ang pitong banal na agos na ito—na tanyag bilang ‘pitong Gaṅgā’—ay kilala sa tatlong daigdig.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights sacred reality as both manifest and concealed: holy presence (here, Sarasvatī) may appear and vanish, suggesting that the divine is not always continuously perceptible, yet remains real and revered across the cosmos.
Sañjaya describes a sacred river-system: Sarasvatī is said to be visible in some stretches and hidden in others, and these seven divine streams are presented as universally renowned across the three worlds.