Shloka 2
Uttanka’s Viśvarūpa Request and the ‘Uttanka Clouds’ Boon (उत्तङ्क-विष्वरूप-दर्शनम्)
उत्तंकने कहा--केशव! जनार्दन! तुम यथार्थरूपसे उत्तम अध्यात्मतत्त्वका वर्णन करो। उसे सुनकर मैं तुम्हारे कल्याणके लिये आशीर्वाद दूँगा अथवा शाप प्रदान करूँगा ।।
vāyudeva uvāca | tamo rajaś ca sattvaṃ ca viddhi bhāvān madāśrayān | tathā rudrān vasūn vāpi viddhi matprabhavān dvija ||
Vāyu said: “Know that tamas, rajas, and sattva—the fundamental dispositions that shape embodied experience—rest upon Me. Likewise, O twice-born one, understand that the Rudras and the Vasus also arise from Me.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a single supreme source and support behind both the psychological-ethical forces (the three guṇas) and the cosmic-divine orders (Rudras and Vasus), emphasizing dependence of all modes of nature and deity-classes upon that source.
Vāyudeva addresses a ‘dvija’ and declares a doctrinal point: the three guṇas and prominent deity-groups are to be understood as resting on and originating from him, framing the discussion in terms of ultimate causality and divine grounding.