Tirthaprakasha 1.p34.4
Tīrthaprakāśa 1.p34.4
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1.p34.4
manuḥ, sarasvatīdṛṣadvatyordevanadyoryadantaram | taṃ devanirmitaṃ deśaṃ brahmāvartaṃ pracakṣate || tasmin deśe ya ācāraḥ pāramparyakramāgataḥ | varṇānāṃ sāntarālānāṃ sadācāraḥ sa ucyate || kurukṣetraṃ ca matsyāśca pañcālāḥ śūrasenakāḥ | eṣa brahmarṣideśo vai brahmāvarttādanantaraḥ || etaddeśaprasūtasya sakāśādagrajanmanaḥ | svaṃ svaṃ caritraṃ śikṣeran pṛthivyāṃ sarvamānavāḥ || himavadvindhyayormadhye yatprāgvinaśanādapi | pratyageva prayāgācca madhyadeśaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || āsamudrāttu vai pūrvādāsamudrācca paścimāt | tayorevāntaraṃ giryorāryāvarttaṃ vidurbudhāḥ || kṛṣṇasārastu carati mṛgo yatra svabhāvataḥ | sa jñeyo yajñiyo deśo mlecchadeśastataḥ paraḥ || etān dvijātayo deśān saṃśrayeran prayatnataḥ | śūdrastu yasmiṃstasmin vā nivasedvṛttikarśitaḥ