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 |
ナーラダは語る。水に生きるあらゆるものもまた、大心のヴァルナを礼拝する。河川とあらゆる水の源――湖、井戸、泉、池、貯水の水面――は、方角、地、山々とともに、そして水中を動くすべての生きものは、それぞれ本来の姿を帯びて、ヴァルナに恭しく供養を捧げるのである。
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.