केचित्पूर्वमुखास्तत्र चापरे दक्षिणामुखाः । वारुण्यमिमुखाः केचित्केचित्कौबेरदिङ्मुखाः
kecitpūrvamukhāstatra cāpare dakṣiṇāmukhāḥ | vāruṇyamimukhāḥ kecitkecitkauberadiṅmukhāḥ
Unos allí miraban hacia el oriente, otros hacia el sur; algunos hacia el occidente, la región de Varuṇa, y otros hacia el norte, la dirección de Kubera.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A herd of deer is seen arranged in varied orientations—some facing east, some south, some west, some north—forming a living compass in a forest glade.
The verse evokes cosmic order through the directions and their guardians, suggesting that even forest life unfolds within dharmic, ordered space.
The setting remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography associated with the Revā/Narmadā region.
None; the verse is descriptive.
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