Shloka 34
वैवस्वतं पितृणां च वरुण चाप्यपां तथा । आधिपत्यं ददौ शक्र: संचिन्त्य वरदस्तथा,इसी प्रकार वरदायक इन्द्रने खूब सोच-समझकर वैवस्वत यमको पितरोंका तथा वरुणको जलका स्वामित्व प्रदान किया
vaivasvataṁ pitṝṇāṁ ca varuṇaṁ cāpy apāṁ tathā | ādhipatyaṁ dadau śakraḥ saṁcintya varadas tathā ||
Śalya said: After due reflection, Indra—the great giver of boons—bestowed sovereignty: to Vaivasvata (Yama) over the realm of the departed, to the Pitṛs over the ancestral order, and to Varuṇa over the waters. The passage underscores that rightful authority is not arbitrary but assigned with deliberation, aligning each power with its proper domain for the maintenance of cosmic and moral order.
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Authority should be assigned thoughtfully and in accordance with dharma: each being is entrusted with a fitting domain (Yama with the departed, Pitṛs with ancestral order, Varuṇa with waters), reflecting a moral-cosmic division of responsibilities.
Śalya describes how Indra, after deliberation, distributed spheres of lordship among major divine powers—establishing Yama’s, the Pitṛs’, and Varuṇa’s respective jurisdictions—illustrating an ordered governance of the world.