Shloka 20
Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
ऋते नारायण देवं नरं वा जिष्णुमव्ययम् । अत्र कैलासमित्युक्त स्थानमैलविलस्य तत्
ṛte nārāyaṇa-devaṃ naraṃ vā jiṣṇum avyayam | atra kailāsam ity uktaṃ sthānam ailavilasya tat, dvijaśreṣṭha |
قال يوبَرْنَة: «لا أحد من البشر تجاوز قطّ “البوّابة العظمى” للغانغا، إلا الإله نارايانا (Nārāyaṇa) ونارا (Nara)—جِشْنُو (Jishṇu)، الظافرَ أبدًا، الذي لا يفنى. وفي هذا الاتجاه بعينه جبلٌ يُدعى كايلاسا (Kailāsa)، مُعلَنٌ أنه مقام أَيْلَفِلا (Ailavila)، أي كوبيرا (Kubera)، يا أفضلَ ذوي الميلادَين.»
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage stresses the extraordinary, near-inaccessible sanctity of the Himalayan sacred region: ordinary human effort has limits, and only beings of divine stature (Nārāyaṇa and Nara/Jishṇu) can pass beyond certain cosmic thresholds. It frames spiritual geography as governed by merit and divine nature, not mere physical endurance.
Yuparṇa describes the route beyond the Gaṅgā’s ‘Great Gate’ and identifies Kailāsa in that direction as Kubera’s abode. He emphasizes that no human has previously gone beyond that point, except Nārāyaṇa and Nara (Jishṇu), underscoring the peril and sanctity of the region while addressing the brāhmaṇa Gālava.