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यत्र पूर्वं प्रसूता वै दाक्षायण्यः प्रजाः स्त्रियः । यस्यां दिशि प्रवृद्धाश्च कश्यपस्यात्मसंभवाः॥५-१०६-६॥
That quarter where, first, the daughters of Dakṣa indeed brought forth progeny; and in that direction the self-born descendants of Kaśyapa likewise flourished.
english translation
यतोमूला सुराणां श्रीर्यत्र शक्रोऽभ्यषिच्यत । सुरराज्येन विप्रर्षे देवैश्चात्र तपश्चितम्॥५-१०६-७॥
From that quarter the prosperity of the gods has its root; there Śakra (Indra) was consecrated. There, O brahmarṣi, the gods practiced tapas—holy austerity—together with their sovereignty.
english translation
एतस्मात्कारणाद्ब्रह्मन्पूर्वेत्येषा दिगुच्यते । यस्मात्पूर्वतरे काले पूर्वमेषावृता सुरैः॥५-१०६-८॥
For this reason, O brāhmaṇa, this quarter is called “the East” (pūrvā): because in an earlier age it was the first to be encompassed and occupied by the gods.
english translation
अत एव च पूर्वेषां पूर्वामाशामवेक्षताम् । पूर्वकार्याणि कार्याणि दैवानि सुखमीप्सता॥५-१०६-९॥
For this very reason, the men of old looked toward the eastern quarter; and one who seeks well-being should first undertake the prior prescribed rites and actions, held to be divinely sanctioned.
english translation
अत्र वेदाञ्जगौ पूर्वं भगवांल्लोकभावनः । अत्रैवोक्ता सवित्रासीत्सावित्री ब्रह्मवादिषु॥५-१०६-१०॥
Here, in former times, the Blessed One—benefactor of the worlds—sang the Vedas. Here itself, among the expounders of brahman, Savitṛ taught the Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī).
english translation