Shloka 7
Adhyāya 108: Paścima-dik—Varuṇa’s Realm, Sunset Cosmology, and Sacred-Geographic Markers
Suparṇa–Gālava संवाद
एषा दिक् सा द्विजश्रेष्ठ यां सर्व: प्रतिपद्यते । वृता त्वनवबोधेन सुखं तेन न गम्यते
eṣā dik sā dvijaśreṣṭha yāṁ sarvaḥ pratipadyate | vṛtā tv anavabodhena sukhaṁ tena na gamyate ||
एषा दिक् सा द्विजश्रेष्ठ यां सर्वः प्रतिपद्यते। वृता त्वनवबोधेन सुखं तेन न गम्यते॥
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the post-death journey is universal, but it becomes difficult and joyless when obscured by ignorance; clarity of understanding (right knowledge and discernment) is implied as the means to face inevitable transitions with steadiness.
Yuparṇa addresses a learned brāhmaṇa, pointing out a particular ‘direction’ or course that all beings must take after death, and explains why it is hard to traverse—because it is shrouded in non-understanding.