Shloka 13
Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge
Jñāna
पर्वतानां महामेरु: सर्वेषामग्रज: स्मृत: । दिशां च प्रदिशां चोर्ध्व॑ दिक्पूर्वा प्रथणा तथा,समस्त पर्वतोंमें सबसे पहले महामेरुगिरिकी उत्पत्ति हुई है। दिशा और विदिशाओंमें पूर्व दिशा उत्तम और आदि मानी गयी है
parvatānāṃ mahāmeruḥ sarveṣām agrajaḥ smṛtaḥ | diśāṃ ca pradiśāṃ cordhvaṃ dik pūrvā prathanā tathā ||
وایو نے کہا—تمام پہاڑوں میں مہامِیرو کو اوّل زادہ اور برتر یاد کیا جاتا ہے؛ اور سمتوں اور ذیلی سمتوں میں بھی مشرقی سمت کو اولین—برتر اور اصل—مانا گیا ہے۔
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts an ordered hierarchy in the cosmos as preserved by tradition: just as Mahāmeru is held to be the foremost among mountains, the eastern direction is treated as the primary among directions. It frames ‘primacy’ as a recognized, inherited standard (smṛti) rather than a personal preference.
Vāyudeva is speaking and is describing cosmological precedence—identifying Mahāmeru as the first/foremost mountain and the East as the chief direction—likely to ground a discussion of orientation, auspiciousness, or ritual/normative order within the Ashvamedhika Parva context.