Shloka 253
वारुणी सभा — Varuṇa’s Divine Assembly
Nārada’s Description
उपासते महात्मानं॑ सर्वे जलचरास्तथा । समस्त सरिताएँ
upāsate mahātmānaṃ sarve jalacarās tathā | samastāḥ saritaś ca jalāśayāḥ sarovarāḥ kūpāḥ jharāṇi poḍharāṇi tāḍāgāś ca, samastā diśaḥ pṛthivī parvatāś ca, samastāś ca jalacarā jīvāḥ sva-sva-rūpaṃ dhṛtvā mahātmā varuṇaṃ upāsate |
Nārada dice que todos los seres acuáticos también veneran al magnánimo Varuṇa. Los ríos y toda fuente de agua—lagos, pozos, manantiales, estanques y depósitos—junto con las direcciones, la tierra y las montañas, y todas las criaturas que se mueven en el agua, cada cual asumiendo su forma propia, ofrecen reverente culto a Varuṇa.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Varuṇa as the sustaining principle of the waters and of cosmic order: all beings and natural domains remain harmonious when each honors the rightful guardian and performs its role according to its own nature (sva-sva-rūpa).
Nārada describes a cosmic scene of reverence in which rivers, water-bodies, directions, earth, mountains, and aquatic creatures are portrayed as worshipping Varuṇa, emphasizing his universal sovereignty over the watery realm.