An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s6.205.4

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Dhrtarāshtra iuquired about the names of all the varshas and mountains. Sañjaya related of Ramanaka, etc. (c). Dhrtarāshtra became absorbed in meditation about his sons; then he said: "Time destroys and creates everything; Nara and Nārāyana, omniscient, destroying all creatures (sarvabhūtabhrt), the gods call him Vaikuntha, men call him Vishnu" (VI, 8). Dhrtarāshtra asked about Bhārata-varsha (k), about which Duryodhana and the Pāndavas are so covetous. Sañjaya said that the Pāndavas were not covetous about it, but Duryodhana, Çakuni, etc.; then he mentioned in Bhārata-varsha, the beloved land of Indra, etc. (aa), inhabited by Aryans and Mlecchas, the mountains—Mahendra, etc. (x); rivers ("all mothers of the universe and productive of great merit")—Gangā, etc. (λ); countries—Dravidah, etc. (v); the tribes of the north—Mlecchah, etc. (ξ); and in the east and the north—Çūdrābhirāh, etc. (o) (VI, 9). Dhrtarāshtra inquired about life, strength, etc., in Bhārata-varsha, and of Haimavata-varsha and Harivarsha. Sañjaya related of the four yugas—Krta, etc. (π). The portion that remains of the Dvāpara age is small. Haimavata-varsha is superior to Bhārata-varsha, and Harivarsha superior to Haimavata-varsha, in every respect (VI, 10).