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Shloka 17

Uttarā-diśā Māhātmya — Suparṇa’s Praise of the Northern Quarter

Suparṇa–Gālava Saṃvāda

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

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

یہیں ہمیشہ بہنے والی ندیوں کا سرچشمہ ہے، جن کے پانی سے سمندر برابر بھرता رہتا ہے۔ یہیں ورُن کے آشیانے میں تینوں لوکوں کے لیے کارآمد آب کا ذخیرہ محفوظ ہے۔

अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
नित्यम्always, continually
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
स्रवन्तीनाम्of (the rivers) flowing
स्रवन्तीनाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootस्रवन्ती (√स्रु)
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
प्रभवःorigin, source
प्रभवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सागर-उदयःthe rise/source of the ocean
सागर-उदयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसागर + उदय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
लोक-त्रयस्यof the three worlds
लोक-त्रयस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootलोक + त्रय
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अपःwaters
अपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तिष्ठन्तिstand, remain, are situated
तिष्ठन्ति:
TypeVerb
Root√स्था
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
वरुण-आलयेin the abode of Varuṇa (ocean)
वरुण-आलये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण + आलय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

युपर्ण उवाच

V
Varuṇa
O
Ocean (Sāgara)
R
Rivers (sravantyaḥ)
T
Three worlds (loka-traya)

Educational Q&A

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.

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.