Shloka 101
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
ततः प्रविष्टस्तत्कुक्षिं सहसा मनुजाधिप । सराष्ट्रनगराकीर्णा कृत्स्नां पश्यामि मेदिनीम्
tataḥ praviṣṭas tatkukṣiṃ sahasā manujādhipa | sarāṣṭranagarākīrṇāṃ kṛtsnāṃ paśyāmi medinīm ||
হে নরাধিপ! তাতে প্রবেশ করামাত্রই আমি হঠাৎ সেই বালকের উদরের ভিতরে পৌঁছে গেলাম। সেখানে আমি রাজ্য ও নগরে পরিপূর্ণ সমগ্র পৃথিবীকে দেখলাম।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse evokes the idea that the vast world can be contained within what seems small, pointing to a cosmic order where the macrocosm is mirrored in the microcosm; it also underscores humility before realities that exceed ordinary perception.
The narrator reports entering a child’s belly and, within it, witnessing the whole earth populated with kingdoms and cities—an extraordinary, visionary experience narrated to a king.