Shloka 175

The Manifestation of Viṣṇu’s Footprints: Vāmana–Trivikrama, Bāṣkali’s Subjugation, and the Rise of Viṣṇupadī

Gaṅgā

Devanagari script

अंगुष्ठाग्रेण भिन्नेंडे जलं भूरि विनिःसृतम् । प्लावयित्वा ब्रह्मलोकान्सर्वान्लोकाननुक्रमात्

Transliteration

aṃguṣṭhāgreṇa bhinneṃḍe jalaṃ bhūri viniḥsṛtam | plāvayitvā brahmalokānsarvānlokānanukramāt

Translation

ولما انشقّت بيضةُ الكون عند طرفها كأنما بثُقبةِ رأس الإبهام، اندفعت مياهٌ غزيرة، فغمرت عالمَ براهما ثم، على الترتيب، سائرَ العوالم واحدًا بعد واحد.

Word by Word

• अङ्गुष्ठाग्रेण: with the tip of the thumb
• अङ्गुष्ठाग्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुष्ठ-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक); अङ्गुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• भिन्ने: when/where (it was) split
• भिन्ने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; locative absolute-like)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); (अण्डे इति विशेषण)

• अण्डे: in the egg (cosmic shell)
• अण्डे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karta (कर्ता; patient-subject with participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूरि: abundantly
• भूरि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable quantifier/adverb)

• विनिःसृतम्: flowed out/issued forth
• विनिःसृतम्: Kriya (क्रिया; participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + निः + सृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जलम् इति विशेष्य

• प्लावयित्वा: having flooded
• प्लावयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु (धातु) [णिच् causative: प्लावय-]
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) causative, अव्ययभाव

• ब्रह्मलोकान्: Brahmā-worlds (Brahmalokas)
• ब्रह्मलोकान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-लोक (प्रातिपदिक); ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma-anvaya (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural); लोकान् इति विशेषण

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अनुक्रमात्: in due order/one after another
• अनुक्रमात्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial ablative)

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: भिन्नेंडे = भिन्ने + अण्डे; ब्रह्मलोकान्सर्वान्लोकाननुक्रमात् = ब्रह्मलोकान् + सर्वान् + लोकान् + अनुक्रमात्.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Brahma

FAQs

What cosmological event is described in this verse?

It depicts the splitting of the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa) and the outflow of primordial waters that inundate the realms, beginning with Brahmaloka and proceeding through the worlds in sequence.

Why is Brahmaloka mentioned first?

Brahmaloka is presented as the highest realm associated with Brahmā; mentioning it first underscores the cosmic scale of the inundation—reaching even the loftiest world before extending to all others.

What is the philosophical takeaway of the waters flooding all worlds?

The image emphasizes that manifested worlds arise from and can be overwhelmed by primordial forces; it highlights impermanence and the dependence of cosmic order on the underlying creative principle described in the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa.