Shloka 13

Adhyāya 108: Paścima-dik—Varuṇa’s Realm, Sunset Cosmology, and Sacred-Geographic Markers

Suparṇa–Gālava संवाद

Devanagari script

अत्र वृत्तेन वृत्रो5पि शक्रशत्र॒ुत्वमीयिवान्‌ | अत्र सर्वासव: प्राप्ता: पुनर्गच्छन्ति पडचधा

Transliteration

atra vṛttena vṛtro 'pi śakra-śatrutvam īyivān | atra sarvāsa-vaḥ prāptāḥ punar gacchanti pañcadhā ||

Translation

Bởi điều đã xảy ra tại đây, ngay cả Vṛtra cũng trở thành kẻ thù của Śakra (Indra). Tại đây nữa, mọi sinh lực khi đến rồi lại phân chia năm phần—thành năm prāṇa—và chúng sinh theo nghiệp của mình mà thọ nhận một thân mới.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here; in this (context/place)
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• वृत्तेन: by the event/occurrence
• वृत्तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• वृत्रः: Vṛtra (Vṛtrāsura)
• वृत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अपि: even; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: indeclinable

• शक्र-शत्रुत्वम्: enmity toward Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र-शत्रुत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्रशत्रुत्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ईयिवान्: having gone/attained; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: perfect active participle (liṭ), masculine, nominative, singular

• अत्र: here; in this (context/place)
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• सर्व-आसवः: all vital breaths/energies
• सर्व-आसवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वासु
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• प्राप्ताः: having reached; arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: indeclinable

• गच्छन्ति: go; proceed
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: present tense (laṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• पञ्चधा: in five ways; fivefold
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्चधा
• Form: indeclinable (manner adverb)

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yuparṇa
• Vṛtra
• Śakra (Indra)
• Asavaḥ (vital forces/prāṇas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links mythic history with a moral-cosmic principle: actions and circumstances generate enmity and consequence (as in Vṛtra becoming Indra’s foe), and life is not static—vital forces reorganize fivefold, implying continued transmigration and renewed embodiment shaped by prior causes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yuparṇa points to a specific locale/direction as a witness to two ideas: (1) an event there led to Vṛtra’s hostility toward Indra, and (2) the same sphere is described as a point where the life-forces (asavaḥ) re-divide into five prāṇic functions, suggesting the process by which beings take on new bodies.