Shloka 15
Uttarā-diśā Māhātmya — Suparṇa’s Praise of the Northern Quarter
Suparṇa–Gālava Saṃvāda
अतः:प्रभृति सूर्यस्य तिर्यगावर्तते गति: । अत्र ज्योतींषि सर्वाणि विशन्त्यादित्यमण्डलम्
ataḥprabhṛti sūryasya tiryagāvartate gatiḥ | atra jyotīṃṣi sarvāṇi viśanty ādityamaṇḍalam |
ഇവിടെ മുതൽ സൂര്യന്റെ ഗതി ചെരിവായി വലയാകാരമായി തിരിയാൻ തുടങ്ങുന്നു. ഇവിടെ തന്നെയാണ് എല്ലാ ജ്യോതിസ്സുകളും ആദിത്യമണ്ഡലത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നത്.
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes niyati/niyama—regulated cosmic law: the Sun and other lights follow an ordained course. By implication, dharma is aligned with order and discipline, not arbitrary action.
The speaker describes a cosmological point or region from which the Sun’s motion becomes a slanting, revolving course, and where all luminaries are said to enter the Sun’s sphere—an explanatory passage about celestial movement.