Shloka 28
Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
उद्यतोडहं द्विजश्रेष्ठ तव दर्शयितुं दिश: । पृथिवीं चाखिलां ब्रह्मुंस्तस्मादारोह मां द्विज,द्विजश्रेष्ठ! मैं तुम्हें सम्पूर्ण पृथ्वी तथा समस्त दिशाओंका दर्शन करानेके लिये उद्यत हूँ; अतः तुम मेरी पीठपर बैठ जाओ
udyato 'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tava darśayituṃ diśaḥ | pṛthivīṃ cākhilāṃ brahman tasmād āroha māṃ dvija ||
اے برہمنوں میں افضل! میں تمہیں تمام سمتیں اور پوری زمین دکھانے کے لیے آمادہ ہوں؛ پس اے برہمن، میری پیٹھ پر سوار ہو جاؤ۔
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights readiness to serve and guide a worthy guest: offering assistance (showing the quarters and the whole earth) with respectful address reflects dharmic conduct—helpfulness, hospitality, and honoring spiritual status.
Yuparṇa addresses a Brahmin respectfully and offers to carry him, proposing a journey in which he will be shown all directions and the entire earth; the immediate action is an invitation to mount upon Yuparṇa’s back.