ईदृक्क्षेत्रप्रभावोऽयं सौभ्रात्रेण विवर्जितः । पंचक्रोशात्मके क्षेत्रे ये वसन्त्यत्र लक्ष्मण
īdṛkkṣetraprabhāvo'yaṃ saubhrātreṇa vivarjitaḥ | paṃcakrośātmake kṣetre ye vasantyatra lakṣmaṇa
此圣域之威力如是:其中不存兄弟之爱。凡居于此者,噢拉克什曼那,于这五拘舍之圣境之内——
Unspecified (a revered narrator/teacher addressing Lakṣmaṇa within the Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lakṣmaṇa
Scene: A wide view of a sacred precinct marked by boundary shrines or stones; pilgrims at the threshold; an unseen force subtly cooling affectionate gestures between companions; the teacher points out the kṣetra’s peculiar power to Lakṣmaṇa.
A kṣetra can shape human dispositions; spiritual landscapes are portrayed as exerting moral-psychological influence.
A pañcakrośa (five-krośa) sacred kṣetra is being described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 20; the exact toponym is not given in this verse alone.
No direct rite is stated here; it introduces the distinctive ‘kṣetra-prabhāva’ (site-effect) doctrine.
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