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Shloka 23

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

मुनिदेशात्‌ परश्रैव प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वन: । सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णो गौरप्रायो जनाधिप

munideśāt paraś caiva procyate dundubhisvanaḥ | siddhacāraṇasaṅkīrṇo gauraprāyo janādhipa ||

Sañjaya nói: “Ôi chúa tể loài người, từ miền của các bậc hiền triết, và cả từ những nơi khác nữa, vang lên tiếng như trống trận lớn—điềm lành, trầm hùng—giữa đoàn đông các Siddha và Cāraṇa; và ánh sáng trắng rạng dường như trùm khắp.”

मुनि-देशात्from the region of sages
मुनि-देशात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootमुनिदेश
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
परस्मैto another (person/place)
परस्मै:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
प्रोच्यतेis said/is called
प्रोच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
दुन्दुभि-स्वनःthe sound of a drum
दुन्दुभि-स्वनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुन्दुभिस्वन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सिद्ध-चारण-संकीर्णःcrowded with Siddhas and Cāraṇas
सिद्ध-चारण-संकीर्णः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसिद्धचारणसंकीर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गौर-प्रायःmostly white/pale
गौर-प्रायः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगौरप्राय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जन-अधिपःking/lord of people
जन-अधिपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजनाधिप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
J
janādhipa (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, addressed indirectly)
M
muni-deśa (region of sages)
D
dundubhi (war-drum)
S
Siddhas
C
Cāraṇas

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how momentous actions—especially war undertaken by kings—are framed by larger cosmic and moral atmospheres: signs, proclamations, and the witnessing presence of higher beings. It hints that human conflict is not merely private ambition but a public, ethically weighty event observed and judged in a wider order.

Sañjaya reports to the king that a powerful, drum-like sound is being heard from the direction associated with sages and other quarters, in a scene crowded with celestial Siddhas and Cāraṇas. The description functions as an omen-like, heightened prelude to the great battle setting.