Shloka 90
सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्
नागवीथ्युत्तरं यच् च सप्तर्षिभ्यश् च दक्षिणम् उत्तरः सवितुः पन्था देवयानस् तु स स्मृतः
nāgavīthyuttaraṃ yac ca saptarṣibhyaś ca dakṣiṇam uttaraḥ savituḥ panthā devayānas tu sa smṛtaḥ
नागवीथीच्या उत्तरेस आणि सप्तर्षींच्या दक्षिणेस जो मार्ग आहे, तोच सवित्याचा उत्तर पंथ होय. तोच देवयान—देवांचा मार्ग—असा स्मरणात आहे.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
Here Devayāna is defined as a specific northern celestial corridor associated with the Sun’s higher course, marking a ‘divine way’ of ascent in the Purāṇic map of the heavens.
He gives it by relational direction: it lies north of Nāgavīthī yet south of the Saptarṣi region, identifying it as the Sun’s northern route within the ordered cosmos he is describing to Maitreya.
Though not named in this verse, the ordered routes of ascent and the Sun’s regulated course are presented within a Vishnu-centered cosmos, where the harmony of the universe reflects the sovereignty of the Supreme Reality that sustains all worlds.