Shloka 11
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
एतं पर्वतराजानं समुद्र च महोदधिम् | आवसन् वरुणो राजा भूतानि परिरक्षति
etaṁ parvatarājānaṁ samudraṁ ca mahodadhim | āvasan varuṇo rājā bhūtāni parirakṣati ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Auf jenem König der Berge und im Ozean—dem gewaltigen Sammelbecken der Wasser—wohnend, weilt König Varuṇa und behütet alle lebenden Wesen. Die Stelle verankert die kosmische Ordnung in der Geographie: Der mit dem Sonnenuntergang verbundene Berg und das große Meer werden zu Varuṇas Sitz, von dem aus er Schutz und Zügelung wahrt—tragende Stützen des Dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Varuṇa as a guardian-king whose residence in the ocean symbolizes protective sovereignty and moral restraint; cosmic governance is portrayed as the safeguarding of all beings, aligning kingship with dharma.
Vaiśampāyana describes Varuṇa’s abode: he dwells in relation to a preeminent mountain and the great ocean, and from there he protects living creatures—linking divine presence to specific cosmic locations.