Shloka 11
Adhyāya 108: Paścima-dik—Varuṇa’s Realm, Sunset Cosmology, and Sacred-Geographic Markers
Suparṇa–Gālava संवाद
अत्र सावर्णिना चैव यवक्रीतात्मजेन च । मर्यादा स्थापिता ब्रह्मन् यां सूर्यो नातिवर्तते
atra sāvarṇinā caiva yavakrītātmajena ca | maryādā sthāpitā brahman yāṃ sūryo nātivartate ||
हे ब्राह्मण! यहाँ सावर्णि मनु और यवक्रीत के पुत्र ने धर्म-आचरण की ऐसी मर्यादा स्थापित की थी, जिसे सूर्य भी कभी लाँघ नहीं पाते।
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
That dharma functions as an inviolable boundary (maryādā): when established by authoritative, disciplined sages, it becomes a normative limit so compelling that even cosmic forces like the Sun are portrayed as not transgressing it.
Yuparṇa addresses a Brahmin and points to a specific precedent: Sāvarṇi and the son of Yavakrīta are credited with instituting a rule/boundary of conduct at that place or in that matter, emphasizing the binding power of such established moral order.