Shloka 22

Description of Uttara-Kuru and the Meru-Flank Regions

Bhadrāśva, Sudarśana Jambū, Solar Attendants

Devanagari script

योजनानां सहस्राणि पंचाशन्माल्यवान्द्विजाः । महारजतसंकाशा जायंते तत्र मानवाः

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi paṃcāśanmālyavāndvijāḥ | mahārajatasaṃkāśā jāyaṃte tatra mānavāḥ

Translation

وہاں، اے دو بار جنم لینے والو، انسان ہاروں کے ساتھ پیدا ہوتے ہیں؛ پچاس ہزار یوجن تک پھیلے ہوئے، عظیم چاندی جیسی تابانی سے جگمگاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas (units of distance)
• योजनानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• पञ्चाशत्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः (numeral used indeclinably in compound), संख्या (numeral) qualifying the following compound

• माल्यवान्: garlanded; possessing garlands
• माल्यवान्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माल्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); 'वत्' प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective)

• द्विजाः: twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject) (appositional to 'मानवाः')
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• महा-रजत-संकाशाः: resembling bright silver
• महा-रजत-संकाशाः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier) (of 'मानवाः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + रजत (प्रातिपदिक) + संकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समासः (Tatpurusha): महत् रजतस्य संकाशाः = 'like great silver'

• जायन्ते: are born; come into being
• जायन्ते: क्रिया (Verb) (with subject 'मानवाः')
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मानवाः: humans; men
• मानवाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa; dialogue context not provided)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पंचाशन्माल्यवान्द्विजाः → पञ्चाशत् + माल्यवान् + द्विजाः; महारजतसंकाशा → महा-रजत-संकाशाः; जायंते → जायन्ते (anusvāra/orthographic variation).

FAQs

What is being described in this verse of the Svarga-khaṇḍa?

It describes extraordinary human-like beings in a heavenly or exalted region—garlanded, immense in scale (measured in yojanas), and shining like silver.

What does “yojana” imply in Purāṇic passages like this?

A yojana is a traditional unit of distance used in Purāṇic cosmography; verses may use it to convey vastness and superhuman scale rather than strict modern measurement.

Is this verse teaching a moral lesson or primarily giving cosmographic detail?

This verse is primarily descriptive (cosmographic/otherworldly portrayal). Any ethical or devotional lesson would depend on the surrounding narrative context.