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O, tell me this, for thou art, in my judgment endued with intelligence. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [6.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.2) yatra gṛddhāḥ pāṇḍusutā yatra me sajjate manaḥ | etanme tattvamācakṣva kuśalo hyasi saṃjaya || 2 || ### [6.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.3) saṃjaya uvāca | na tatra pāṇḍavā gṛddhāḥ śṛṇu rājanvaco mama | gṛddho duryodhanastatra śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ || 3 || > "Sanjaya said,--'Listen to me, O king The sons of Pandu are not covetous about this country. On the other hand, it is Duryodhana that is covetous, and Sakuni the son of Suvala, as also many other Kshatriyas who are rulers of the provinces, who being covetous of this country are not able to bear one another. I will now will thee, O thou of Bharata's race, of the tract of land known by Bharata's name. This land is the beloved one of Indra, and, O thou of Bharata's race, this land, O monarch, that is called after Bharata, is also the beloved land of Manu, the son of Vivaswat, of Prithu, of Vainya, of the high-souled Ikshwaku, of Yayati, of Amvarisha, of Mandhatri, of Nahusha, of Muchukunda, of Sivi the son of Usinara, of Rishava, of Ila, of king Nriga, of Kusika, O invincible one, of the high-souled Gadhi, of Somaka, O irrepressible one, and of Dilipa, and also, O monarch, of many other mighty Kshatriyas. I will now, O chastiser of foes, describe to thee that country as I have heard of it. Listen to me, O king, as I speak of what thou hast asked me. Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Suktimat, Rakshavat, Vindhya, and Paripatra,--these seven are the Kala-mountains (of Bharatvarsha). Besides these, O king, there are thousands of mountains that are unknown, of hard make, huge, and having excellent valleys. Besides these there are many other smaller mountains inhabited by barbarous tribes. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [6.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.4) apare kṣatriyāścāpi nānājanapadeśvarāḥ | ye gṛddhā bhārate varṣe na mṛṣyanti parasparam || 4 || ### [6.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.5) atra te varṇayiṣyāmi varṣaṃ bhārata bhāratam | priyamindrasya devasya manorvaivasvatasya ca || 5 || ### [6.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.6) pṛthośca rājanvainyasya tathekṣvākormahātmanaḥ | yayāterambarīṣasya māndhāturnahuṣasya ca || 6 || ### [6.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.7) tathaiva mucukundasya śiberauśīnarasya ca | ṛṣabhasya tathailasya nṛgasya nṛpatestathā || 7 || ### [6.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.8) anyeṣāṃ ca mahārāja kṣatriyāṇāṃ balīyasām | sarveṣāmeva rājendra priyaṃ bhārata bhāratam || 8 || ### [6.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.9) tatte varṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāśrutamariṃdama | śṛṇu me gadato rājanyanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi || 9 || ### [6.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.10) mahendro malayaḥ sahyaḥ śuktimānṛkṣavānapi | vindhyaśca pāriyātraśca saptaite kulaparvatāḥ || 10 || ### [6.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.11) teṣāṃ sahasraśo rājanparvatāstu samīpataḥ | abhijñātāḥ sāravanto vipulāścitrasānavaḥ || 11 || ### [6.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.12) anye tato'parijñātā hrasvā hrasvopajīvinaḥ | āryā mlecchāśca kauravya tairmiśrāḥ puruṣā vibho || 12 || > Aryans and Mlecchas, O Kauravya, and many races, O lord, mixed of the two elements, drink the waters of the following rivers, viz., magnificent Ganga, Sindhu, and Saraswati; of Godavari, and Narmada, and the large river called Yamuna; of Dhrishadwati, and Vipapa, and Vipasa and Sthulavaluka; of the river Vetravati, and that other one called Krishna-vena; of Iravati, and Vitasta, and Payosyini, and Devika; of Vedasmrita and Vedavati, and Tridiva, and Ikshumalavi; of Karishini, and Chitravaha, and the river called Chitrasena; of Gomati, and Dhutapada and the large river called Gandaki, of Kausiki, and Nischitra, and Kirtya, and Nichita, and Lohatarini; of Rashasi and Satakumbha, and also Sarayu; of Charmanwati, and Vetravati, and Hastisoma, and Disa; of the river called Saravati, and Venna, and Bhimarathi; of Kaveri, and Chuluka, and Vina, and Satavala; of Nivara, and Mahila, and Suprayoga, O king; of Pavitra, and Kundala, and Rajani, and Puramalini; of Purvabhirama, and Vira, and Bhima, and Oghavati; of Palasini, and Papahara, and Mahendra, and Patalavati, of Karishini, and Asikni, and the large river Kusachira: of Makari, and Pravara, and Mena, and Hema, and Dhritavati; of Puravati, and Anushna, and Saivya, and Kapi, O Bharata; of Sadanira, and Adhrishya, and the mighty stream Kusadhara; of Sadakanta, and Siva, and Viravati; of Vatsu, and Suvastu, and Kampana with Hiranwati; of Vara, and the mighty river Panchami, of Rathachitra, and Jyotiratha, and Viswamitra, and Kapinjala; > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [6.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.13) nadīḥ pibanti bahulā gaṅgāṃ sindhuṃ sarasvatīm | godāvarīṃ narmadāṃ ca bāhudāṃ ca mahānadīm || 13 || ### [6.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.14) śatadruṃ candrabhāgāṃ ca yamunāṃ ca mahānadīm | dṛṣadvatīṃ vipāśāṃ ca vipāpāṃ sthūlavālukām || 14 || ### [6.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.15) nadīṃ vetravatīṃ caiva kṛṣṇaveṇāṃ ca nimnagām | irāvatīṃ vitastāṃ ca payoṣṇīṃ devikāmapi || 15 || ### [6.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.16) vedasmṛtiṃ vetasinīṃ tridivāmiṣkumālinīm | karīṣiṇīṃ citravahāṃ citrasenāṃ ca nimnagām || 16 || ### [6.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.17) gomatīṃ dhūtapāpāṃ ca vandanāṃ ca mahānadīm | kauśikīṃ tridivāṃ kṛtyāṃ vicitrāṃ lohatāriṇīm || 17 || ### [6.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.18) rathasthāṃ śatakumbhāṃ ca sarayūṃ ca nareśvara | carmaṇvatīṃ vetravatīṃ hastisomāṃ diśaṃ tathā || 18 || ### [6.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.19) śatāvarīṃ payoṣṇīṃ ca parāṃ bhaimarathīṃ tathā | kāverīṃ culukāṃ cāpi vāpīṃ śatabalāmapi || 19 || ### [6.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.20) nicīrāṃ mahitāṃ cāpi suprayogāṃ narādhipa | pavitrāṃ kuṇḍalāṃ sindhuṃ vājinīṃ puramālinīm || 20 || ### [6.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.21) pūrvābhirāmāṃ vīrāṃ ca bhīmāmoghavatīṃ tathā | palāśinīṃ pāpaharāṃ mahendrāṃ pippalāvatīm || 21 || ### [6.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.22) pāriṣeṇāmasiknīṃ ca saralāṃ bhāramardinīm | puruhīṃ pravarāṃ menāṃ moghāṃ ghṛtavatīṃ tathā || 22 || ### [6.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.23) dhūmatyāmatikṛṣṇāṃ ca sūcīṃ chāvīṃ ca kaurava | sadānīrāmadhṛṣyāṃ ca kuśadhārāṃ mahānadīm || 23 || ### [6.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.24) śaśikāntāṃ śivāṃ caiva tathā vīravatīmapi | vāstuṃ suvāstuṃ gaurīṃ ca kampanāṃ sahiraṇvatīm || 24 || ### [6.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.25) hiraṇvatīṃ citravatīṃ citrasenāṃ ca nimnagām | rathacitrāṃ jyotirathāṃ viśvāmitrāṃ kapiñjalām || 25 || ### [6.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.26) upendrāṃ bahulāṃ caiva kucarāmambuvāhinīm | vainandīṃ piñjalāṃ veṇṇāṃ tuṅgaveṇāṃ mahānadīm || 26 || > of Upendra, and Vahula, and Kuchira, and Madhuvahini: of Vinadi, and Pinjala, and Vena, and the great river Pungavena; of Vidisa and Krishna-vena, and Tamra, and Kapila, of Salu, and Suvama, the Vedaswa, and the mighty river Harisrava; of Sighra, and Pischala, and the river Bharadwaji, of the river Kausiki, and Sona, and Chandrama; of Durgamantrasila, and Brahma-vodhya, and Vrihadvati; of Yaksha, and Rohi, and Yamvunadi; of Sunasa and Tamasa, and Dasi, and Vasa, and Varuna, and Asi; of Nila, and Dhrimati, and the mighty river Parnasa; of Pomasi, and Vrishabha, and Brahma-meddhya, and Vrihaddhani. These and many other large rivers, O king, such as Sadonirmaya and Krishna, and Mandaga, and Mandavahini; and Mahagouri, and Durga, O Bharata; and Chitropala. Chitraratha, and Manjula, and Vahini; and Mandakini, and Vaitarani, and Kosa, and Mahanadi; and Suktimati, and Ananga, and Pushpaveni, and Utpalavati; and Lohitya, Karatoya, and Vrishasabhya; and Kumari, and Rishikullya and Marisha, and Saraswati; and Mandakini, and Supunya, Sarvasanga, O Bharata, are all mothers of the universe and productive of great merit. Besides these, there are rivers, by hundreds and thousands, that are not known (by names), I have now recounted to thee, O king, all the rivers as far as I remember. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [6.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.27) vidiśāṃ kṛṣṇaveṇṇāṃ ca tāmrāṃ ca kapilāmapi | śaluṃ suvāmāṃ vedāśvāṃ harisrāvāṃ mahāpagām || 27 || ### [6.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.28) śīghrāṃ ca picchilāṃ caiva bhāradvājīṃ ca nimnagām | kauśikīṃ nimnagāṃ śoṇāṃ bāhudāmatha candanām || 28 || ### [6.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.29) durgāmantaḥśilāṃ caiva brahmamedhyāṃ bṛhadvatīm | carakṣāṃ mahirohīṃ ca tathā jambunadīmapi || 29 || ### [6.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.30) sunasāṃ tamasāṃ dāsīṃ trasāmanyāṃ varāṇasīm | loloddhṛtakarāṃ caiva pūrṇāśāṃ ca mahānadīm || 30 || ### [6.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.31) mānavīṃ vṛṣabhāṃ caiva mahānadyo janādhipa | sadānirāmayāṃ vṛtyāṃ mandagāṃ mandavāhinīm || 31 || ### [6.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.32) brahmāṇīṃ ca mahāgaurīṃ durgāmapi ca bhārata | citropalāṃ citrabarhāṃ mañjuṃ makaravāhinīm || 32 || ### [6.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.33) mandākinīṃ vaitaraṇīṃ kokāṃ caiva mahānadīm | śuktimatīmaraṇyāṃ ca puṣpaveṇyutpalāvatīm || 33 || ### [6.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.34) lohityāṃ karatoyāṃ ca tathaiva vṛṣabhaṅginīm | kumārīmṛṣikulyāṃ ca brahmakulyāṃ ca bhārata || 34 || ### [6.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.35) sarasvatīḥ supuṇyāśca sarvā gaṅgāśca māriṣa | viśvasya mātaraḥ sarvāḥ sarvāścaiva mahābalāḥ || 35 || ### [6.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.36) tathā nadyastvaprakāśāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | ityetāḥ sarito rājansamākhyātā yathāsmṛti || 36 || ### [6.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.37) ata ūrdhvaṃ janapadānnibodha gadato mama | tatreme kurupāñcālāḥ śālvamādreyajāṅgalāḥ || 37 || > "After this, listen to the names of the provinces as I mention them. They are the Kuru-Panchalas, the Salwas, the Madreyas, the Jangalas, the Surasena, the Kalingas, the Vodhas, the Malas, the Matsyas, the Sauvalyas, the Kuntalas, the Kasi-kosalas, the Chedis, the Karushas, the Bhojas, the Sindhus, the Pulindakas, the Uttamas, the Dasarnas, the Mekalas, the Utkalas; the Panchalas, the Kausijas, the Nikarprishthas, Dhurandharas; the Sodhas, the Madrabhujingas, the Kasis, and the further-Kasis; the Jatharas, the Kukuras, O Bharata; the Kuntis, the Avantis, and the further-Kuntis; the Gomantas, the Mandakas, the Shandas, the Vidarbhas, the Rupavahikas; the Aswakas, the Pansurashtras, the Goparashtras, and the Karityas; the Adhirjayas, the Kuladyas, the Mallarashtras, the Keralas, the Varatrasyas, the Apavahas, the Chakras, the Vakratapas, the Sakas; the Videhas, the Magadhas, the Swakshas, the Malayas, the Vijayas, the Angas, the Vangas, the Kalingas, the Yakrillomans; the Mallas, the Suddellas, the Pranradas, the Mahikas, the Sasikas; the Valhikas, the Vatadhanas, the Abhiras, the Kalajoshakas; the Aparantas, the Parantas, the Pahnabhas, the Charmamandalas; the Atavisikharas, the Mahabhutas, O sire; the Upavrittas, the Anupavrittas, the Surashatras, Kekayas; the Kutas, the Maheyas, the Kakshas, the Samudranishkutas; the Andhras, and, O king, many hilly tribes, and many tribes residing on lands laying at the foot of the hills, and the Angamalajas, and the Manavanjakas; the Pravisheyas, and the Bhargavas, O king; the Pundras, the Bhargas, the Kiratas, the Sudeshnas, and the Yamunas, the Sakas, the Nishadhas, the Anartas, the Nairitas, the Durgalas, the Pratimasyas, the Kuntalas, and the Kusalas; the Tiragrahas, the Ijakas, the Kanyakagunas, the Tilabharas, the Samiras, the Madhumattas, the Sukandakas; the Kasmiras, the Sindhusauviras, the Gandharvas, and the Darsakas; the Abhisaras, the Utulas, the Saivalas, and the Valhikas; the Darvis, the Vanavadarvas, the Vatagas, the Amarathas, and the Uragas; the Vahuvadhas, the Kauravyas, the Sudamanas, the Sumalikas; the Vadhras, the Karishakas, the Kalindas, and the Upatyakas; the Vatayanas, the Romanas, and the Kusavindas; the Kacchas, the Gopalkacchas, the Kuruvarnakas; the Kiratas, the Varvasas, the Siddhas, the Vaidehas, and the Tamraliptas; the Aundras, the Paundras, the Saisikatas, and the Parvatiyas, O sire. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [6.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.38) śūrasenāḥ kaliṅgāśca bodhā maukāstathaiva ca | matsyāḥ sukuṭyaḥ saubalyāḥ kuntalāḥ kāśikośalāḥ || 38 || ### [6.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.39) cedivatsāḥ karūṣāśca bhojāḥ sindhupulindakāḥ | uttamaujā daśārṇāśca mekalāścotkalaiḥ saha || 39 || ### [6.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.40) pāñcālāḥ kauśijāścaiva ekapṛṣṭhā yugaṃdharāḥ | saudhā madrā bhujiṅgāśca kāśayo'parakāśayaḥ || 40 || ### [6.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.41) jaṭharāḥ kukkuśāścaiva sudāśārṇāśca bhārata | kuntayo'vantayaścaiva tathaivāparakuntayaḥ || 41 || ### [6.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.42) govindā mandakāḥ ṣaṇḍā vidarbhānūpavāsikāḥ | aśmakāḥ pāṃsurāṣṭrāśca goparāṣṭrāḥ panītakāḥ || 42 || ### [6.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.43) ādirāṣṭrāḥ sukuṭṭāśca balirāṣṭraṃ ca kevalam | vānarāsyāḥ pravāhāśca vakrā vakrabhayāḥ śakāḥ || 43 || ### [6.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.44) videhakā māgadhāśca suhmāśca vijayāstathā | aṅgā vaṅgāḥ kaliṅgāśca yakṛllomāna eva ca || 44 || ### [6.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.45) mallāḥ sudeṣṇāḥ prāhūtāstathā māhiṣakārṣikāḥ | vāhīkā vāṭadhānāśca ābhīrāḥ kālatoyakāḥ || 45 || ### [6.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.46) aparandhrāśca śūdrāśca pahlavāścarmakhaṇḍikāḥ | aṭavīśabarāścaiva marubhaumāśca māriṣa || 46 || ### [6.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.47) upāvṛścānupāvṛścasurāṣṭrāḥ kekayāstathā | kuṭṭāparāntā dvaidheyāḥ kākṣāḥ sāmudraniṣkuṭāḥ || 47 || ### [6.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.48) andhrāśca bahavo rājannantargiryāstathaiva ca | bahirgiryāṅgamaladā māgadhā mānavarjakāḥ || 48 || ### [6.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.49) mahyuttarāḥ prāvṛṣeyā bhārgavāśca janādhipa | puṇḍrā bhārgāḥ kirātāśca sudoṣṇāḥ pramudāstathā || 49 || ### [6.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.50) śakā niṣādā niṣadhāstathaivānartanairṛtāḥ | dugūlāḥ pratimatsyāśca kuśalāḥ kunaṭāstathā || 50 || ### [6.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.51) tīragrāhāstaratoyā rājikā rasyakāgaṇāḥ | tilakāḥ pārasīkāśca madhumantaḥ prakutsakāḥ || 51 || ### [6.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.52) kāśmīrāḥ sindhusauvīrā gāndhārā darśakāstathā | abhīsārā kulūtāśca śaivalā bāhlikāstathā || 52 || ### [6.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.53) darvīkāḥ sakacā darvā vātajāmarathoragāḥ | bahuvādyāśca kauravya sudāmānaḥ sumallikāḥ || 53 || ### [6.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.54) vadhrāḥ karīṣakāścāpi kulindopatyakāstathā | vanāyavo daśāpārśvā romāṇaḥ kuśabindavaḥ || 54 || ### [6.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.55) kacchā gopālakacchāśca lāṅgalāḥ paravallakāḥ | kirātā barbarāḥ siddhā videhāstāmraliṅgakāḥ || 55 || ### [6.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.56) oṣṭrāḥ puṇḍrāḥ sasairandhrāḥ pārvatīyāśca māriṣa | athāpare janapadā dakṣiṇā bharatarṣabha || 56 || > "'There are other kingdoms, O bull of Bharata's race, in the south. They are the Dravidas, the Keralas, the Prachyas, the Mushikas, and the Vanavashikas; the Karanatakas, the Mahishakas, the Vikalpas, and also the Mushakas; the Jhillikas, the Kuntalas, the Saunridas, and the Nalakananas; the Kankutakas, the Cholas, and the Malavayakas; the Samangas, the Kanakas, the Kukkuras, and the Angara-marishas; the Samangas, the Karakas, the Kukuras, the Angaras, the Marishas: the Dhwajinis, the Utsavas, the Sanketas, the Trigartas, and the Salwasena; the Vakas, the Kokarakas, the Pashtris, and the Lamavegavasas; the Vindhyachulakas, the Pulindas, and the Valkalas; the Malavas, the Vallavas, the further-Vallavas, the Kulindas, the Kalavas, the Kuntaukas, and the Karatas; the Mrishakas, the Tanavalas, the Saniyas; the Alidas, the Pasivatas, the Tanayas, and the Sulanyas; the Rishikas, the Vidarbhas, the Kakas, the Tanganas, and the further-Tanganas. Among the tribes of the north are the Mlecchas, and the Kruras, O best of the Bharatas; the Yavanas, the Chinas, the Kamvojas, the Darunas, and many Mleccha tribes; the Sukritvahas, the Kulatthas, the Hunas, and the Parasikas; the Ramanas, and the Dasamalikas. These countries are, besides, the abodes of many Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra tribes. Then again there are the Sudra-abhiras, the Dardas, the Kasmiras, and the Pattis; the Khasiras; the Atreyas, the Bharadwajas, the Stanaposhikas, the Poshakas, the Kalingas, and diverse tribes of Kiratas; the Tomaras, the Hansamargas, and the Karamanjakas. These and other kingdoms are on the east and on the north. O lord, alluding to them briefly I have told thee all. Earth, if its resources are properly developed according to its qualities and prowess, is like an ever-yielding cow, from which the three-fold fruits of virtue, profit and pleasure, may be milked. Brave kings conversant with virtue and profit have become covetous of Earth. Endued with activity, they would even cast away their lives in battle, from hunger of wealth. Earth is certainly the refuge of creatures endued with celestial bodies as also of creatures endued with human bodies. Desirous of enjoying Earth, the kings, O chief of the Bharatas, have become like dogs that snatch meat from one another. Their ambition is unbounded, knowing no gratification. It is for this that the Kurus and the Pandavas are striving for possession of Earth, by negotiation, disunion, gift, and battle, O Bharata. If Earth be well looked after, it becometh the father, mother, children, firmament and heaven, of all creatures, O bull among men.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [6.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.57) draviḍāḥ keralāḥ prācyā bhūṣikā vanavāsinaḥ | unnatyakā māhiṣakā vikalpā mūṣakāstathā || 57 || ### [6.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.58) karṇikāḥ kuntikāścaiva saudbhidā nalakālakāḥ | kaukuṭṭakāstathā colāḥ koṅkaṇā mālavāṇakāḥ || 58 || ### [6.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.59) samaṅgāḥ kopanāścaiva kukurāṅgadamāriṣāḥ | dhvajinyutsavasaṃketāstrigartāḥ sarvasenayaḥ || 59 || ### [6.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.60) tryaṅgāḥ kekarakāḥ proṣṭhāḥ parasaṃcarakāstathā | tathaiva vindhyapulakāḥ pulindāḥ kalkalaiḥ saha || 60 || ### [6.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.61) mālakā mallakāścaiva tathaivāparavartakāḥ | kulindāḥ kulakāścaiva karaṇṭhāḥ kurakāstathā || 61 || ### [6.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.62) mūṣakā stanabālāśca satiyaḥ pattipañjakāḥ | ādidāyāḥ sirālāśca stūbakā stanapāstathā || 62 || ### [6.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.63) hṛṣīvidarbhāḥ kāntīkāstaṅgaṇāḥ parataṅgaṇāḥ | uttarāścāpare mlecchā janā bharatasattama || 63 || ### [6.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.64) yavanāśca sakāmbojā dāruṇā mlecchajātayaḥ | sakṣaddruhaḥ kuntalāśca hūṇāḥ pārasikaiḥ saha || 64 || ### [6.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.65) tathaiva maradhāścīnāstathaiva daśamālikāḥ | kṣatriyopaniveśāśca vaiśyaśūdrakulāni ca || 65 || ### [6.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.66) śūdrābhīrātha daradāḥ kāśmīrāḥ paśubhiḥ saha | khaśikāśca tukhārāśca pallavā girigahvarāḥ || 66 || ### [6.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.67) ātreyāḥ sabharadvājāstathaiva stanayoṣikāḥ | aupakāśca kaliṅgāśca kirātānāṃ ca jātayaḥ || 67 || ### [6.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.68) tāmarā haṃsamārgāśca tathaiva karabhañjakāḥ | uddeśamātreṇa mayā deśāḥ saṃkīrtitāḥ prabho || 68 || ### [6.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.69) yathāguṇabalaṃ cāpi trivargasya mahāphalam | duhyeddhenuḥ kāmadhukca bhūmiḥ samyaganuṣṭhitā || 69 || ### [6.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.70) tasyāṃ gṛdhyanti rājānaḥ śūrā dharmārthakovidāḥ | te tyajantyāhave prāṇānrasāgṛddhāstarasvinaḥ || 70 || ### [6.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.71) devamānuṣakāyānāṃ kāmaṃ bhūmiḥ parāyaṇam | anyonyasyāvalumpanti sārameyā ivāmiṣam || 71 || ### [6.10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.72) rājāno bharataśreṣṭha bhoktukāmā vasuṃdharām | na cāpi tṛptiḥ kāmānāṃ vidyate ceha kasyacit || 72 || ### [6.10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.73) tasmātparigrahe bhūmeryatante kurupāṇḍavāḥ | sāmnā dānena bhedena daṇḍenaiva ca pārthiva || 73 || ### [6.10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10.74) pitā mātā ca putraśca khaṃ dyauśca narapuṃgava | bhūmirbhavati bhūtānāṃ samyagacchidradarśinī || 74 || ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.9.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.9.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.9.1) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.9.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.10) · Pramāṇa