Shloka 21

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

महेन्द्रमलयाद्रौ च दुर्दुरे च वसन्ति ये ।

कर्कोटकवने ये च भृगुकच्छाः सकोङ्कणाः ॥

Transliteration

mahendramalayādrau ca durdure ca vasanti ye / karkoṭakavane ye ca bhṛgukacchāḥ sakoṅkaṇāḥ

Translation

جو مہندر، ملَیَہ اور دُردُر پہاڑوں میں رہتے ہیں، اور جو کرکوٹک کے جنگل میں بستے ہیں—ان میں بھِرگُکَچھ اور کونکن بھی شامل ہیں۔

Word by Word

• महेन्द्रमलयाद्रौ: on Mahendra-Malaya mountain(s)
• महेन्द्रमलयाद्रौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahendra + malaya + adri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); द्वन्द्व: 'on Mahendra and Malaya mountains' (as a combined locus)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• दुर्दुरे: in/at Durdura
• दुर्दुरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durdura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); place-name

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• वसन्ति: they dwell
• वसन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ये: who/those who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun

• कर्कोटकवने: in the Karkoṭaka forest
• कर्कोटकवने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karkoṭaka + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'in the Karkoṭaka forest'

• ये: who/those who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun (repeated)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• भृगुकच्छाः: Bhṛgukacchas
• भृगुकच्छाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu + kaccha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'of Bhṛgu' + 'marsh/region' (place/people-name)

• सकोङ्कणाः: together with the Koṅkaṇas
• सकोङ्कणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + koṅkaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); अव्ययीभाव: 'with Koṅkaṇas' (sa- = 'together with')

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purāṇic exposition (speaker not specified in provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Sacred geography
• Mountain ranges
• Coastal regions
• Human settlement patterns

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

By naming mountains and adjacent peoples together, the text treats landscape and culture as co-defining—human identity is read through ecological and geographical context.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Sthāna.

What is the esoteric significance?

Mountains (adri) are classic ‘power nodes’ in Purāṇic imagination; listing inhabitants around them can imply a mandala-like spread of energies from these terrestrial ‘centers’.