Shloka 3
Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
अस्यां दिशि वरिष्ठायामुत्तरायां द्विजर्षभ । नासौम्यो नाविधेयात्मा नाधर्मो वसते जन:,द्विजश्रेष्ठ) इस गौरवशालिनी दिशामें ऐसे लोगोंका वास नहीं है, जो सौम्य स्वभावके न हों, जिन्होंने अपने मनको वशमें न किया हो तथा जो धर्मका पालन न करते हों
asyāṁ diśi variṣṭhāyām uttarāyāṁ dvijarṣabha | nāsaumyo nāvidheyātmā nādharmo vasate janaḥ ||
ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! മഹത്വംകൊണ്ട് പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഈ അത്യുത്തമ ഉത്തരദിക്കിൽ സൗമ്യസ്വഭാവമില്ലാത്തവനും, മനസ്സിനെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കാത്തവനും, ധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിലനിൽക്കാത്തവനും വസിക്കുന്നില്ല.
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links true excellence with dharma and inner discipline: a noble realm (symbolized by the northern quarter) is characterized by gentleness, self-mastery, and righteous conduct; harshness, uncontrolled mind, and adharma are portrayed as incompatible with such a place.
Yuparṇa addresses a Brahmin interlocutor and praises the northern direction as a morally elevated region, asserting that people lacking gentleness, self-restraint, and dharmic conduct do not reside there—using ‘direction’ as a way to describe the ethical character of a land and its inhabitants.