Shloka 56
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
ताम्रपर्ण: शिरो राजज्छीमान् मलयपर्वतः । एतद् द्वितीयं द्वीपस्य दृश्यते शशसंस्थितम्
tāmraparṇaḥ śiro rājan śrīmān malayaparvataḥ | etad dvitīyaṃ dvīpasya dṛśyate śaśasaṃsthitam rājan |
اے راجن! تانبے رنگ کے پتّوں سے آراستہ شریمان ملَیَ پربت ہی اس کا سر ہے۔ یوں جزیرے کا دوسرا حصہ بھی خرگوش کی صورت میں دکھائی دیتا ہے۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models attentive, orderly perception of the world: even within a war-epic, the narrative pauses to map cosmic geography, implying that dharmic reflection includes understanding the larger order (loka-vyavasthā) beyond immediate conflict.
Sañjaya continues a descriptive account of a dvīpa’s form, stating that the Malaya mountain is like its ‘head’ and that this second section of the island appears in the shape of a hare.