Shloka 7
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
वसन्ति तेषु सत्त्वानि नानाजातीनि सर्वश: । इदं तु भारतं वर्ष ततो हैमवतं परम्,उनमें सब ओर नाना जातियोंके प्राणी निवास करते हैं, उनमेंसे यह भारतवर्ष है। इसके बाद हिमालयसे उत्तर हैमवतवर्ष है
vasanti teṣu sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ | idaṃ tu bhārataṃ varṣa tato haimavataṃ param ||
ان خطّوں میں ہر سمت طرح طرح کی جنسوں کے جاندار بستے ہیں۔ انہی میں یہ ‘بھارت ورش’ ہے؛ اور اس کے بعد، ہمالیہ کے شمال میں ‘ہَیمَوَت ورش’ واقع ہے۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Bhārata within a wider world of diverse beings and regions, emphasizing plurality of life and the ordered description of lands; it is descriptive rather than prescriptive, grounding the epic’s events in a broader cosmographic context.
Sañjaya continues a geographical/cosmological account, noting that many kinds of beings inhabit various regions, identifying Bhārata-varṣa, and then pointing to the Haimavata region lying beyond (to the north of) the Himālaya.