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Shloka 6

Adhyāya 108: Paścima-dik—Varuṇa’s Realm, Sunset Cosmology, and Sacred-Geographic Markers

Suparṇa–Gālava संवाद

अत्र धर्मश्न सत्यं च कर्म चात्र निगद्यते | गतिरेषा द्विजश्रेष्ठ कर्मणामवसायिनाम्‌

atra dharmaś ca satyaṃ ca karma cātra nigadyate | gatir eṣā dvijaśreṣṭha karmaṇām avasāyinām ||

હે દ્વિજશ્રેષ્ઠ! અહીં ધર્મ, સત્ય અને કર્મ—આ બધાનું વર્ણન તથા હિસાબ થાય છે. કર્મોના અવસાન સમયે દેહધારીઓની આ જ નિશ્ચિત ગતિ છે; મૃત પ્રાણીઓ અને તેમના કર્મો આ દિશાનો આશ્રય લઈને ધર્મરાજ સમક્ષ નિવેદિત થાય છે।

अत्रhere; in this direction/place
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
धर्मःdharma; righteousness
धर्मः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कर्मaction; deed
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
निगद्यतेis stated; is declared
निगद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-गद्
FormLat, Present, Passive, Third, Singular
गतिःpath; course; resort
गतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
एषाthis
एषा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
द्विजश्रेष्ठO best of the twice-born
द्विजश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कर्मणाम्of actions/deeds
कर्मणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
अवसायिनाम्of those that end/terminate (i.e., of the departed/ended)
अवसायिनाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअवसायिन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

युपर्ण उवाच

युपर्ण (Yuparṇa)
द्विजश्रेष्ठ (addressed Brahmin interlocutor)
धर्म (Dharma, as principle)
सत्य (Truth, as principle)
कर्म (deeds/actions, as principle)
धर्मराज (Dharmarāja/Yama)
चित्रगुप्त (Citragupta)

Educational Q&A

That beings are morally accountable: dharma, truth, and all deeds are ‘reported’ and assessed, and at the end of life one inevitably follows the destined path shaped by one’s actions.

Yuparṇa explains to a Brahmin that this particular ‘direction/region’ is associated with the reckoning of beings’ deeds—where dharma, truth, and karma are recounted in connection with Dharmarāja (Yama), traditionally with Citragupta as the recorder.