Shloka 13

मेरोर्दिग्वर्णनम् / Digvarṇana of Meru: Uttara-Kuru, Bhadrāśva, and Jambūdvīpa Motifs

Devanagari script

पद्मपत्रसुगन्धाश्न जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः | अनिष्यन्दा इष्टगन्धा निराहारा जितेन्द्रिया:

Transliteration

padmapatra-sugandhāś ca jāyante tatra mānavāḥ | aniṣyandā iṣṭa-gandhā nirāhārā jitendriyāḥ ||

Translation

اس دیس میں انسان کھلے ہوئے کنول کے پتّوں جیسی خوشبو کے ساتھ پیدا ہوتے ہیں۔ ان کے جسم سے پسینہ نہیں نکلتا؛ ان کی مہک فطری طور پر دل پسند ہوتی ہے۔ بھوک اور پیاس کی مجبوری سے آزاد ہو کر وہ حواس پر قابو رکھنے والے ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• पद्मपत्रसुगन्धाः: having fragrance like lotus-petals
• पद्मपत्रसुगन्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्मपत्र-सुगन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जायन्ते: are born / arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जायते)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• मानवाः: men / human beings
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अनिष्यन्दाः: without oozing/sweat
• अनिष्यन्दाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-निष्यन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इष्टगन्धाः: having pleasant/desired fragrance
• इष्टगन्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट-गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निराहाराः: without food (free from hunger/thirst)
• निराहाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-आहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जितेन्द्रियाः: having conquered the senses / self-controlled
• जितेन्द्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mānavāḥ (human beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents sensory mastery (jitendriyatva) and freedom from bodily compulsion (nirāhāratva) as marks of a refined, dharmic state of being. Pleasant fragrance and absence of sweat function as symbolic indicators of inner purity and disciplined living.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing the qualities of beings in a particular exalted realm: they are naturally fragrant like lotus petals, do not perspire, and live without the ordinary pressures of hunger and thirst, characterized by strong self-restraint.