Mahabharata · 6.11.14
॥
Devanāgarī
संक्षेपो वर्तते राजन् द्वापरे ऽस्मिन् नराधिप ॥
गुणोत्तरं हैमवतं हरिवर्षं ततः परम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
saṃkṣepo vartate rājan dvāpare 'smin narādhipa ||
guṇottaraṃ haimavataṃ harivarṣaṃ tataḥ param ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
संक्षेपोsaṃkṣepocontraction; shrinking
वर्ततेvartateoccurs; obtains
राजन्rājanO king; O sovereign
द्वापरेdvāparein Dvapara; in the age of Dvapara
ऽस्मिन्'sminin this; in the present
नराधिपnarādhipaO lord of men; O ruler of the people
गुणोत्तरंguṇottaraṃsurpassing in qualities; higher in virtues
हैमवतंhaimavataṃHaimavata; the region beyond Himavan
हरिवर्षंharivarṣaṃHarivarsha; the region of Hari
ततःtataḥthen; after it
परम्paramfurther; the next one
Translation
O king, O lord of men, in this Dvapara a contraction occurs. Haimavata surpasses it in qualities, and beyond that lies Harivarsha.
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Concluding his answer, Sanjaya turns the discourse from time back to space: the regions of the world differ in quality just as the yugas differ in the degree of dharma they hold. Harivarsha remains the next, higher subject of the account.