Shloka 77

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

उटजात्‌ तु ततस्तस्मान्निश्लक्राम स वै द्विज: । वपुषा द्यां च भूमिं च व्याप्य वायुरिवोद्यत:,तत्पश्चात्‌ वह ब्राह्मण उस आश्रमसे बाहर निकला। वह अपने शरीरसे वायुकी भाँति पृथ्वी और आकाशको व्याप्त करके स्थित हो गया

Transliteration

uṭajāt tu tataḥ tasmān niṣkrāma sa vai dvijaḥ | vapuṣā dyāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca vyāpya vāyur ivodyataḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: Then that brahmin came out from that hermitage-cottage. Expanding his form, he seemed to pervade both earth and sky, poised like the wind in motion—an image of ascetic power that signals inner mastery and the extraordinary reach of disciplined dharma.

Word by Word

उटजात्from the hut/hermitage

तुbut/then

ततःthen/from there

तस्मात्from that (place)

निष्क्रामत्going out, emerging

सःhe

वैindeed

द्विजःthe brahmin (twice-born)

वपुषाwith (his) body/form

द्याम्the sky/heaven

चand

भूमिम्the earth

चand

व्याप्यhaving pervaded

वायुःwind

इवlike/as

उद्यतःrisen/lofted, moving upward

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

dvija (brahmin)

uṭaja (hermitage hut)

bhūmi (earth)

dyu/dyām (sky/heaven)

vāyu (wind)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes