Shloka 30
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
यमुना च नदी जज्ञे कलिन्दान्तरवाहिनी ।
अश्विनौ देवभिषजौ कृतौ पित्रा महात्मना ॥
yamunā ca nadī jajñe kalindāntaravāhinī / aśvinau devabhiṣajau kṛtau pitrā mahātmanā
Y nació el río Yamunā, que fluye a través de/a lo largo de la región del Kalinda (montaña); y los dos Aśvin fueron constituidos como los médicos divinos por su padre de gran alma.
FAQs
The Purāṇa ties wellbeing to both place and function: sacred rivers sustain life externally, while divine medicine (Aśvins) sustains it internally—both are dharmic supports.
Vaṃśānucarita (origins of Yamunā and Aśvins in this line) with a touch of sarga-like etiological explanation for sacred geography.
Yamunā as a flowing current parallels prāṇa; paired with the Aśvins, the verse links ‘flow’ and ‘healing’ as two faces of life’s restoration.