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सुपर्ण उवाच । यस्मादुत्तार्यते पापाद्यस्मान्निःश्रेयसोऽश्नुते । तस्मादुत्तारणफलादुत्तरेत्युच्यते बुधैः॥५-१०९-१॥
Suparṇa said: Because by it one is carried across from demerit, and from there one attains the highest good, therefore, on account of the fruit of “carrying across” (uttāraṇa), the wise call it “Uttara”—the North, the transcendent region.
english translation
उत्तरस्य हिरण्यस्य परिवापस्य गालव । मार्गः पश्चिमपूर्वाभ्यां दिग्भ्यां वै मध्यमः स्मृतः॥५-१०९-२॥
O Gālava, the route to the northern “golden” region—the domain of the parivāpa—is traditionally understood to lie between the western and eastern directions, as a middle course between them.
english translation
अस्यां दिशि वरिष्ठायामुत्तरायां द्विजर्षभ । नासौम्यो नाविधेयात्मा नाधर्म्यो वसते जनः॥५-१०९-३॥
O best of the twice-born, in this most excellent northern direction, no person is said to dwell who is ill-disposed, undisciplined in character, or unrighteous, opposed to dharma.
english translation
अत्र नारायणः कृष्णो जिष्णुश्चैव नरोत्तमः । बदर्यामाश्रमपदे तथा ब्रह्मा च शाश्वतः॥५-१०९-४॥
Here are Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa, and also Jiṣṇu, the best of men—at Badarī, at the site of the hermitage; and here too is Brahmā, the Eternal.
english translation
अत्र वै हिमवत्पृष्ठे नित्यमास्ते महेश्वरः । अत्र राज्येन विप्राणां चन्द्रमाश्चाभ्यषिच्यत॥५-१०९-५॥
Here indeed, upon the slopes of Himavat, Maheśvara is said to abide continually. Here also Candramā, the Moon, was anointed and consecrated with sovereignty among the brāhmaṇas.
english translation