Shloka 18

Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana

Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru

Devanagari script

दश वर्षसहस्राणि तत्रायुर्भरतर्षभ । कालाम्ररसपीतास्ते नित्यं संस्थितयौवना:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! वहाँके लोगोंकी आयु दस हजार वर्षकी होती है। वे कालागम्रवृक्षका रस पीकर सदा जवान बने रहते हैं

Transliteration

daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tatrāyur bharatarṣabha | kālāmrarasapītās te nityaṁ saṁsthitayauvanāḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“婆罗多族中的雄牛啊，那里的众生寿命有一万年。饮了迦罗摩罗树的汁液，他们便恒常安住于青春。”

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, plural

• वर्ष: years
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आयुः: lifespan
• आयुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कालाम्र: of the kālāmra (black-mango) tree
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालाम्र
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• रस: juice, sap
• रस: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पीताः: having drunk
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पा
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• संस्थित: remaining, abiding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• यौवनाः: youthful (in youth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the vocative bharatarṣabha)
• Kālāmrā tree
• the people 'there' (tatra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a marvel of a distant realm: extraordinary longevity and unaging youth sustained by a special natural essence (the Kālāmrā tree’s juice). In context, it underscores the vastness and wonder of the world described in the epic, contrasting ordinary human limits with exceptional conditions found in certain regions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues a descriptive account to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, explaining that the inhabitants of a particular place live for ten thousand years and remain ever youthful because they drink the juice of the Kālāmrā tree.