Shloka 30
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
य॑ं प्राप्प सविता राजन् सत्येन प्रतितिष्ठति । अस्तं पर्वतराजानमेतमाहुर्मनीषिण:
yaṁ prāpya savitā rājan satyena prati tiṣṭhati | astaṁ parvatarājānam etam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ | astaṁ prāpya tataḥ sandhyām atikramya divākaraḥ | udīcīṁ bhajate kāṣṭhāṁ diśam eṣa vibhāvasuḥ |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「王よ、太陽が真実によって堅く立つその山を、賢者たちは『アスタ』—山々の王—と呼ぶ。西の没する地点に至り、黄昏の境を越えると、この輝けるディヴァーカラは北方へと向きを変える。そののち、万有の利益を念じる主なる太陽は、メールに従って北の極みに至り、ふたたび東を正面として進むのだ。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links cosmic regularity to satya (truth): the Sun’s unwavering course is portrayed as ‘standing firm by truth,’ suggesting that truthfulness sustains order—both in the universe and in ethical life.
Vaiśaṃpāyana describes the Sun’s movement: reaching the western ‘Asta’ mountain at sunset, passing beyond evening twilight, turning toward the northern quarter, and (as the prose gloss adds) following Meru and then resuming an east-facing course—an account of the Sun’s nightly/seasonal circuit in sacred geography.