Shloka 13
दक्षिणा-दिक्, पितृपक्ष-प्रतिष्ठा, तथा कर्मगतिः — Suparṇa’s Cosmographic Instruction
इसी दिशामें यज्ञोंद्वारा तृप्त हुए अग्निगण अपने योनिस्वरूप जलका उपभोग करते हैं। यहीं वरुणने पातालका आश्रय लेकर लक्ष्मीको प्राप्त किया था ।।
asmin diśi yajñair tṛptā agnayaḥ svayoni-bhūtaṃ jalam upabhuñjate | atraiva varuṇo pātālam āśritya lakṣmīm avāpa || atra pūrvaṃ vasiṣṭhasya paurāṇasya dvijarṣabha | sūtiś caiva pratiṣṭhā ca nidhanaṃ ca prakāśate ||
优帕尔那说道：“就在此方，火神之众因祭祀供献而得满足，便享用水——那如同其胎藏般的本源。此处亦是伐楼那（Varuṇa）依止波多罗（Pātāla）而得拉克什弥（Lakṣmī，福泽与昌盛）之地。并且在此，噢再生者中的雄牛，人们得以知晓古圣瓦西什塔（Vasiṣṭha）的诞生、他在尊位上的确立（列入七圣之中），以及他的终结——因尼弥（Nimi）的诅咒而舍弃其身。”
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links ritual duty (yajña) with cosmic reciprocity: offerings sustain the divine fires, and the world’s elements return to their sources. It also underscores moral causality—status and even a great sage’s embodied life can be shaped by ethical and relational forces such as a curse.
Yuparṇa describes a particular sacred quarter associated with mythic events: the fires nourished by sacrifice, Varuṇa’s attaining Lakṣmī after resorting to Pātāla, and key milestones of Vasiṣṭha—his birth, his recognized standing among the seers, and his death due to King Nimi’s curse.