Shloka 22

Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)

Devanagari script

त्रिलोककिक्रमे ब्रह्मन्नुत्तरां दिशमाश्रितम्‌ । अत्र राज्ञा मरुत्तेन यज्ञेनेष्ट द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

trilokakikrame brahmann uttarāṁ diśam āśritam | atra rājñā maruttena yajñeneṣṭa dvijottama

Translation

యుపర్ణుడు పలికెను— ఓ బ్రాహ్మణా, ఈ ప్రాంతం ఉత్తర దిశను ఆశ్రయించి ‘త్రిలోకవిక్రమి’గా ప్రసిద్ధి పొందింది. ఓ ద్విజోత్తమా, ఇక్కడే రాజు మరుత్తుడు మహాయజ్ఞం నిర్వహించాడు.

Word by Word

त्रिलोककिक्रमेin (the place called) Trilokakikrama

ब्रह्मन्O brahmin

उत्तराम्northern

दिशम्direction

आश्रितम्having resorted to / situated in

अत्रhere

राज्ञाby the king

मरुत्तेनby Marutta

यज्ञेनby/with a sacrifice

इष्टःwas worshipped / was honored (by sacrifice)

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (brahmins)

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yuparṇa

Brahmin (addressed interlocutor)

Uttarā diś (northern quarter)

King Marutta

Yajña (sacrificial rite)

Character Dynamics

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 underscores the dharmic ideal that royal power is legitimized and sanctified through Vedic rites performed in proper sacred locales, with Brahmins as authoritative witnesses and guides.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yuparṇa points out a northern region of great renown and identifies it as the site where King Marutta previously conducted a major sacrifice, grounding the present discussion in remembered sacred history.