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Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तथैव चानुपूर्व्येण बलिकर्म प्रयोजयेत्‌ । दक्षिणायां यमायेति प्रतीच्यां वरुणाय च

Transliteration

tathaiva cānupūrvyena balikarma prayojayet | dakṣiṇāyāṃ yamāyeti pratīcyāṃ varuṇāya ca |

Translation

Vāyu dijo: «Del mismo modo, debe ejecutarse el rito de bali en su debida secuencia: ofrézcase a Yama en la dirección del sur y a Varuṇa en la del oeste.» La instrucción sitúa la acción ritual en un cosmos moral ordenado: el procedimiento disciplinado y la reverencia a los guardianes de las direcciones sostienen el dharma del hogar y el bienestar social.

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

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.