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.
“’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[63]
cow, from which the three-fold fruits of virtue, profit
and pleasure, may be milked. Brave kings conversant
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