Shloka 3
Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
अस्यां दिशि वरिष्ठायामुत्तरायां द्विजर्षभ । नासौम्यो नाविधेयात्मा नाधर्मो वसते जन:,द्विजश्रेष्ठ) इस गौरवशालिनी दिशामें ऐसे लोगोंका वास नहीं है, जो सौम्य स्वभावके न हों, जिन्होंने अपने मनको वशमें न किया हो तथा जो धर्मका पालन न करते हों
asyāṁ diśi variṣṭhāyām uttarāyāṁ dvijarṣabha | nāsaumyo nāvidheyātmā nādharmo vasate janaḥ ||
হে দ্বিজশ্রেষ্ঠ! এই সর্বোৎকৃষ্ট, গৌরবময় উত্তর দিশায় এমন কোনো জন বাস করে না যে কোমলস্বভাব নয়, যে মনকে সংযত করেনি, অথবা যে ধর্মে স্থিত নয়।
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links true excellence with dharma and inner discipline: a noble realm (symbolized by the northern quarter) is characterized by gentleness, self-mastery, and righteous conduct; harshness, uncontrolled mind, and adharma are portrayed as incompatible with such a place.
Yuparṇa addresses a Brahmin interlocutor and praises the northern direction as a morally elevated region, asserting that people lacking gentleness, self-restraint, and dharmic conduct do not reside there—using ‘direction’ as a way to describe the ethical character of a land and its inhabitants.