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सुपर्ण उवाच । इयं विवस्वता पूर्वं श्रौतेन विधिना किल । गुरवे दक्षिणा दत्ता दक्षिणेत्युच्यतेऽथ दिक्॥५-१०७-१॥
Suparṇa said: This quarter is said to have been given long ago by Vivasvat to his teacher as dakṣiṇā, the ritual honorarium according to the Śrauta procedure; therefore that direction is called “Dakṣiṇā,” the southern quarter.
english translation
अत्र लोकत्रयस्यास्य पितृपक्षः प्रतिष्ठितः । अत्रोष्मपानां देवानां निवासः श्रूयते द्विज॥५-१०७-२॥
Here is established the pitṛ-pakṣa, the ‘ancestral side’, of this threefold world; and here, O twice-born, is said to be the dwelling of the deities who subsist on warmth (uṣma-pāna).
english translation
अत्र विश्वे सदा देवाः पितृभिः सार्धमासते । इज्यमानाः स्म लोकेषु संप्राप्तास्तुल्यभागताम्॥५-१०७-३॥
Here the Viśve-devas always sit together with the ancestors; being worshipped in the worlds, they have attained an equal share in offerings and honor.
english translation
एतद्द्वितीयं धर्मस्य द्वारमाचक्षते द्विज । त्रुटिशो लवशश्चात्र गण्यते कालनिश्चयः॥५-१०७-४॥
This, O twice-born, is described as the second gateway of dharma; and here the determination of time is computed in truṭis and lavas.
english translation
अत्र देवर्षयो नित्यं पितृलोकर्षयस्तथा । तथा राजर्षयः सर्वे निवसन्ति गतव्यथाः॥५-१०७-५॥
Here dwell perpetually the divine seers (devarṣis), the seers of the ancestral world, and likewise all royal seers (rājārṣis)—free from affliction.
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