Shloka 23
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
तस्मिन् कुलाचलौ वर्षे तन्मध्ये च महानदी ।
भद्रसोमा प्रयात्युर्व्यां पुण्यामलजलौघिनी ॥
tasmin kulācalau varṣe tanmadhye ca mahānadī | bhadrasomā prayāty urvyāṃ puṇyāmala-jalaughinī ||
Trong varṣa ấy, giữa các dãy núi làm ranh giới, và ngay chính giữa của nó, có một đại hà chảy trên mặt đất—Bhadrasomā—mang theo những dòng nước thanh tịnh, thiêng liêng.
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FAQs
Rivers are portrayed as intrinsically purifying and auspicious; the cosmographic center is also a moral center—purity and merit are mapped onto the landscape.
Cosmography is typically grouped under creation-topics (sarga/pratisarga) and functions as the 'world-setting' that supports later discussions of dharma, lineage, and time-cycles.
A central river often symbolizes the central channel of order and vitality; 'pure flow' evokes the ideal of an untainted current of consciousness and dharma through the world.