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Shloka 15

Yuga-Lakṣaṇa and Varṣa-Pramāṇa Inquiry (युगलक्षण–वर्षप्रमाण–प्रश्न)

देवर्षिगन्धर्वयुत: प्रथमो मेरुरुच्यते । प्रागायतो महाराज मलयो नाम पर्वत:

devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥ prathamo merur ucyate | prāg-āyato mahārāja malayo nāma parvataḥ ||

Sañjaya nói: “Tâu Đại vương, ngọn núi đứng đầu gọi là Meru, được các thiên tiên hiền triết và các Gandharva hầu cận. Một ngọn khác mang tên Malaya, trải dài từ phương đông sang phương tây.”

देवर्षि-गन्धर्व-युतःaccompanied by divine seers and Gandharvas
देवर्षि-गन्धर्व-युतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवर्षि + गन्धर्व + युत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रथमःthe first / foremost
प्रथमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेरुःMeru (mountain)
मेरुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमेरु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis called / is said
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive
प्राक्-आयतःextended eastward / stretching to the east
प्राक्-आयतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राक् + आयत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मलयःMalaya (mountain)
मलयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमलय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामby name / called
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
पर्वतःmountain
पर्वतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जनेश्वरO lord of men
जनेश्वर:
TypeNoun
Rootजनेश्वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
M
Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
M
Meru
D
Devarṣis
G
Gandharvas
M
Malaya

Educational Q&A

The verse reinforces the idea of a morally ordered cosmos: sacred places and exalted beings (devarṣis, gandharvas) signify purity and hierarchy, reminding the listener that human conduct—especially in a royal and wartime context—stands under a larger divine and ethical framework.

Sañjaya continues describing the wondrous vision by naming prominent cosmic mountains: Meru, attended by celestial beings, and Malaya, described by its vast east–west extension—part of a broader catalog of divine sights.