Shloka 119
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
साध्यान् रुद्रांस्तथा5<दित्यान् गुह्मकान् पितरस्तदा । सर्पान् नागान् सुपर्णाश्च वसूनप्यश्चिनावपि
vaiśampāyana uvāca | sādhyan rudrāṁs tathādityān guhyakān pitaras tadā | sarpān nāgān suparṇāṁś ca vasūn apy aśvināv api | pṛthvīpate! sādhya-rudrāditya-guhyaka-pitṝn sarpa-nāga-suparṇa-vasūn aśvinīkumārān gandharvān apsaraso yakṣān tathā ṛṣīnām api mayā darśanaṁ kṛtam | daitya-dānava-saṁghān nāgān siṁhikā-putrān (rāhv-ādīn) anyāṁś ca deva-śatrūn api apaśyam | rājan! asmin loke mayā yad yat sthāvara-jaṅgamaṁ dṛṣṭaṁ tat sarvaṁ tasya mahātmanaḥ kukṣau me dṛṣṭigocaram abhavat | mahārāja! ahaṁ pratidinaṁ phalāhāraṁ karomi, asmin sampūrṇe jagati ca paryaṭāmi |
Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô seigneur de la terre, je vis les Sādhyas, les Rudras et les Ādityas ; les Guhyakas et les Pitṛs ; les serpents et les Nāgas ; les Suparṇas (les grands ailés) ; les Vasus et même les jumeaux Aśvin. Je vis aussi les Gandharvas, les Apsaras, les Yakṣas et les Ṛṣis. Je contemplai des troupes de Daityas et de Dānavas, les fils de Siṁhikā tels Rāhu, et d’autres ennemis des dieux. Ô roi, tout ce que j’avais vu en ce monde—êtres mobiles et immobiles—tout cela m’apparut dans le ventre de ce grand être. Et, ô grand roi, je vis chaque jour de fruits et je continue d’errer à travers ce monde entier.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes the vastness and interconnectedness of existence: all classes of beings—divine, ancestral, human-like spirits, and even adversarial forces—are encompassed within a greater reality. Ethically, it encourages humility before the cosmic order and steadiness in a simple, disciplined life (fruit-subsistence and continual wandering).
The speaker reports an extraordinary vision: he has seen numerous celestial and otherworldly beings, as well as demonic hosts like Rāhu and other enemies of the gods. He then states that everything in the world, moving and unmoving, appeared to him within the belly of a certain great-souled being, and he describes his ongoing ascetic routine of living on fruits while roaming the world.