Shloka 10
Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana
Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru
एकैकमनुरक्तं च चक्रवाकसमं विभो । निरामयाश्च ते लोका नित्यं मुदितमानसा:,प्रभो! वे चकवा-चकवीके समान सदा एक-दूसरेके अनुकूल बने रहते हैं। उत्तरकुरुके लोग सदा नीरोग और प्रसन्नचित्त रहते हैं
ekaikam anuraktaṃ ca cakravākasamaṃ vibho | nirāmayāś ca te lokā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ prabho ||
Sañjaya nói: “Ôi bậc chúa tể hùng lực! Ở nơi ấy, mỗi người đều gắn bó với người kia, như đôi chim cakravāka—luôn tương luyến, thuận hòa. Và dân chúng nơi ấy không bệnh tật, lòng dạ thường hân hoan, thưa đấng chủ nhân.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a dharmic ideal of social life: mutual devotion and concord among people, coupled with health and sustained inner cheerfulness. It implies that harmony and well-being are marks of a rightly ordered community.
Sanjaya is describing a distant, exemplary region (Uttarakuru in the common contextual gloss) to Dhritarashtra, portraying its inhabitants as mutually affectionate like paired cakravāka birds and as consistently healthy and joyful.