Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यदस्य बहुधा रूप॑ भूतं भव्यं भवत्तथा

Transliteration

yad asya bahudhā rūpaṁ bhūtaṁ bhavyaṁ bhavat tathā | bhūta-bhaviṣya-vartamāna-kāle sthāvara-jaṅgamākāreṣu tasya anekāni rūpāṇi prakaṭībhavanti | tasmāt sa “bahurūpa” iti kathyate | sarve devāḥ tasmin nivasantīti tasmāt sa “viśvarūpa” iti kathyate ||

Translation

বায়ু বললেন—কারণ তাঁর রূপ নানাভাবে প্রকাশ পায়—অতীত, ভবিষ্যৎ ও বর্তমান কালে—স্থাবর ও জঙ্গমের নানা আকারে; তাই তিনি ‘বহুরূপ’। আর যেহেতু সকল দেবতা তাঁর মধ্যেই অধিষ্ঠান করেন, তাই তিনি ‘বিশ্বরূপ’।

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• बहुधा: in many ways, variously
• बहुधा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भूतम्: past, become
• भूतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भव्यम्: future, to be
• भव्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवत्: present, existing
• भवत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• देवता (the gods)
• बहुरूप (Bahurūpa)
• विश्वरूप (Viśvarūpa)