Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अन्र नित्यं स्रवन्तीनां प्रभव: सागरोदय: । अत्र लोकत्रयस्यापस्तिष्ठन्ति वरुणालये,इसी दिशासे उन अधिकांश नदियोंका प्राकट्य हुआ है, जिनके जलसे समुद्रकी पूर्ति होती रहती है। यहींके वरुणालयमें त्रिभुवनके लिये उपयोगी जलराशि संचित है

Transliteration

atra nityaṁ sravantīnāṁ prabhavaḥ sāgarodayaḥ | atra lokatrayasyāpas tiṣṭhanti varuṇālaye ||

Translation

Здесь — неиссякаемый исток вечно текущих рек, чьими водами океан непрестанно пополняется. Здесь, в обители Варуны, собраны и хранятся воды, питающие три мира.

Word by Word

अत्रhere

नित्यम्always, continually

स्रवन्तीनाम्of (the rivers) flowing

प्रभवःorigin, source

सागर-उदयःthe rise/source of the ocean

अत्रhere

लोक-त्रयस्यof the three worlds

अपःwaters

तिष्ठन्तिstand, remain, are situated

वरुण-आलयेin the abode of Varuṇa (ocean)

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Varuṇa

Ocean (Sāgara)

Rivers (sravantyaḥ)

Three worlds (loka-traya)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a vision of cosmic order: waters circulate under divine governance (Varuṇa), sustaining all realms. It implies an ethical reverence for natural systems as part of ṛta (right order) that supports life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yuparṇa points to a particular sacred direction/place as the source-region of many rivers whose waters continually fill the ocean, and identifies it as Varuṇa’s abode where the life-sustaining waters for the three worlds are stored.