Shloka 176
Adhyāya 108: Paścima-dik—Varuṇa’s Realm, Sunset Cosmology, and Sacred-Geographic Markers
Suparṇa–Gālava संवाद
विदुर्य कपिल देवं येनार्ता: सगरात्मजा: । सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी महर्षि कर्दमसे उत्पन्न हुए “चक्रधनु” नामक महर्षि इसी दिशामें रहते थे, जिन्हें सब लोग “कपिलदेव”के नामसे जानते हैं। उन्होंने ही सगरके पुत्रोंको भस्म कर दिया था
Yūparṇa uvāca: Vidura, Kapila-devaḥ sa ṛṣiḥ yena ārtāḥ Sagarātmajāḥ bhasmīkṛtāḥ. Sūrya-sama-tejasvī Mahārṣiḥ Kardamasya utpannaḥ “Cakradhanu” nāma mahārṣiḥ asyāṃ diśi vasati; taṃ sarve “Kapiladeva” iti jānanti. Sa eva Sagarasya putrān bhasma cakāra.
Yūparṇa said: “Vidura, in this very direction dwells the divine sage Kapila—radiant like the Sun—born of the great seer Kardama, also known as the rishi named Cakradhanu. All people know him as ‘Kapiladeva’. It was he who reduced the distressed sons of Sagara to ashes.”
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the moral weight of actions and the formidable power of ascetic integrity: those who act wrongly or disturb a great sage may face severe consequences, underscoring restraint, reverence, and ethical conduct.
Yūparṇa informs Vidura about the sage Kapila—also called Cakradhanu—describing his solar brilliance, his lineage from Kardama, and identifying him as the very ascetic who burned Sagara’s sons to ashes.