Shloka 136

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

आस्थयेनानुप्रविष्टो5हं शरीरे भगवंस्तव । दृष्टवानखिलान्‌ सर्वान्‌ समस्तान्‌ जठरे हि ते,'भगवन्‌! मैंने आपके मुखकी राहसे शरीरमें प्रवेश करके आपके उदरमें समस्त सांसारिक पदार्थोका अवलोकन किया है

Transliteration

āsthāyena anupraviṣṭo ’haṃ śarīre bhagavaṃs tava | dṛṣṭavān akhilān sarvān samastān jaṭhare hi te ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Blessed Lord, entering your body through the path of your mouth, I beheld within your belly the entire world—everything, in its totality, without remainder.”

Word by Word

• आस्थयेन: through the mouth/entrance
• आस्थयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अनुप्रविष्टः: having entered
• अनुप्रविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्र-विश् (धातु) / अनुप्रविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• शरीरे: in (your) body
• शरीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• दृष्टवान्: having seen
• दृष्टवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) / दृष्टवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अखिलान्: all, entire
• अखिलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समस्तान्: entire, complete
• समस्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जठरे: in (your) belly
• जठरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• the Lord’s body
• mouth
• belly (jaṭhara)
• the entire world (all worldly entities)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse conveys a theophanic insight: the Lord is not merely a distant ruler but the very locus in which the whole cosmos is contained. Ethically, it supports reverence and humility—recognizing that all beings and all phenomena rest within a higher, all-encompassing reality.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports a wondrous experience: by entering the Lord’s body through the mouth, he witnesses within the Lord’s belly the totality of worldly existence. The statement functions as testimony to the Lord’s cosmic form and limitless power.