Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
पादविनिष्क्रान्ता इत्येताḥ सरिदुत्तमाः ।
कृतमाला ताम्रपर्णो पुष्पजा सूत्पलावती ॥
(sahya) (vindhya) pādaviniṣkrāntā ityetāḥ sariduttamāḥ /
kṛtamālā tāmraparṇo puṣpajā sūtpalāvatī //
Những con sông này được nói là bậc nhất trong các dòng sông, ‘tuôn ra từ bàn chân’ (của các dãy núi như Sahya và Vindhya). Trong đó có Kṛtamālā, Tāmraparṇā, Puṣpajā và Sūtpalāvatī.
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By tracing rivers to mountain ‘feet,’ the text frames nature as ordered and venerable; it reinforces gratitude and restraint toward water sources—an implicit environmental dharma.
This is ancillary geographical material (kṣetra/tīrtha enumeration), commonly embedded in Purāṇas to support dharma and pilgrimage, not a direct instance of sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṁśa/vaṁśānucarita.
‘From the feet’ suggests humility and service: sacred waters arise from the ‘lowest’ point of the mountain, symbolizing that purity and beneficence often emerge from groundedness rather than prominence.