Shloka 6
दक्षिणा-दिक्, पितृपक्ष-प्रतिष्ठा, तथा कर्मगतिः — Suparṇa’s Cosmographic Instruction
विप्रवर! जिस दिशामें सम्पूर्ण जगत्को उत्पन्न एवं प्रभावित करनेवाले भगवान् सूर्य प्रथम उदित होते हैं
yūparṇa uvāca | vipravara! yasyāṃ diśi sampūrṇaṃ jagad utpādya prabhāvayati bhagavān sūryaḥ prathamaṃ udeti, yasyāṃ diśi sandhyāsamaye sādhyagaṇās tapasyanti, yasyāṃ diśi (gāyatrījapena) pūrvam sā buddhir labdhā yā sarvaṃ jagad vyāptavatī, dharmasya yugal-netrasvarūpau candrasūryau prathamaṃ yasyāṃ diśy udetas, yasyāṃ ca prāyaḥ pūrvābhimukhena dharmānuṣṭhānāt dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ, yasyāṃ diśi pavitrahaviṣā hutam āhutiḥ sarvāsu dikṣu prasṛtā bhavati, sā eṣā pūrvā diśā divasas sūryamārgasya ca dvāram || atra pūrvā prasūtā vai dākṣāyaṇyaḥ prajāḥ striyaḥ | yasyāṃ diśi pravṛddhāś ca kaśyapasyātmasaṃbhavāḥ ||
ユーパルナは言った。「婆羅門のうち最勝の者よ、吉祥なる太陽がまず最初に昇り、全世界を生み出し活気づけるその方角、黄昏にサーディヤたちが苦行（タパス）を修するその方角、ガーヤトリーの誦持によって万有に遍満する洞察が最初に得られたその方角、法（ダルマ）の双眼たる月と太陽がまず現れるその方角、そして儀礼が多く東面して行われるがゆえに法が堅く据えられたその方角——まさにそれが東方、昼の門であり太陽の道の入口である。まさにその東の地において、ダクシャの娘たちは最初に諸々の生類の類を生み、そこにてカश्यパの自生の子孫は増大を遂げた。」
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sacralizes the eastern direction as the ‘gateway of day’ and the Sun’s path, grounding this in ritual practice (east-facing rites, havis offerings), ethical symbolism (Sun and Moon as Dharma’s eyes), and cosmological genealogy (Dakṣa’s daughters and Kaśyapa’s progeny). It teaches that orientation and disciplined practice align human conduct with cosmic order (dharma).
Yūparṇa addresses a Brahmin and explains why the east is preeminent: the Sun rises there, celestial beings perform austerities at twilight, spiritual insight is associated with Gāyatrī recitation, and ritual offerings are conceived as spreading to all directions. He then adds a mythic-historical justification by linking the east with primordial creation through Dakṣa’s daughters and the flourishing of Kaśyapa’s descendants.