Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तथैव चानुपूर्व्येण बलिकर्म प्रयोजयेत्‌ । दक्षिणायां यमायेति प्रतीच्यां वरुणाय च,इसी प्रकार क्रमश: बलिकर्मका प्रयोग करे। माधव! दक्षिण दिशामें यमको, पश्चिममें वरुणको, उत्तर दिशामें सोमको, वास्तुके मध्यभागमें प्रजापतिको, ईशानकोणमें धन्वन्तरिको और पूर्वदिशामें इन्द्रको बलि समर्पित करे

Transliteration

tathaiva cānupūrvyena balikarma prayojayet | dakṣiṇāyāṃ yamāyeti pratīcyāṃ varuṇāya ca |

Translation

Vāyu said: “In the same manner, one should perform the offering of bali in due sequence—presenting it to Yama in the southern direction and to Varuṇa in the western direction.” The instruction situates ritual action within an ordered moral cosmos, where disciplined procedure and reverence toward the guardians of the quarters support household dharma and social well-being.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

एवindeed, just

चand

अनुपूर्व्येणin due order, sequentially

बलिकर्मthe act/rite of offering (bali-rite)

प्रयोजयेत्should perform/should employ

दक्षिणायाम्in the southern (direction)

यमायto Yama

इतिthus (as said)

प्रतीच्याम्in the western (direction)

वरुणायto Varuṇa

चand

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Yama

Varuṇa

dakṣiṇā (south)

pratīcī (west)

balikarma (bali offering)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual duty should be performed with orderly sequence (anupūrvyā), acknowledging the directional guardians; disciplined procedure and reverence are presented as supports of dharma and moral-cosmic harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is instructing how to conduct the bali-offering rite by assigning offerings to specific deities according to direction—here specifying Yama for the south and Varuṇa for the west.