Shloka 121
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
सिंहिकातनयांश्वापि ये चान्ये सुरशत्रव: । यच्च किंचिन्मया लोके दृष्टं स्थावरजड्रमम्
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | siṃhikātanayānś cāpi ye cānye suraśatravaḥ | yac ca kiṃcin mayā loke dṛṣṭaṃ sthāvara-jaṅgamam, pṛthvīpate, sādhyā rudrā ādityā guhyakāḥ pitaro sarpā nāgāḥ suparṇā vasavo 'śvinīkumārā gandharvā apsaraso yakṣā ṛṣayaś ca mayā dṛṣṭāḥ | daitya-dānava-saṃghā nāgāḥ siṃhikā-putrā (rāhu-ādayaḥ) tathānye deva-śatravaś ca dṛṣṭāḥ | rājan, asmin loke mayā yad yat sthāvara-jaṅgamaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tat sarvaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ kukṣau me dṛṣṭi-gocaraṃ babhūva | mahārāja, ahaṃ pratidinaṃ phalāhāraṃ karomi, asmin sampūrṇe jagati paryaṭāmi ca |
Vaiśampāyana dit : «J’ai aussi vu les fils de Siṃhikā et d’autres ennemis des dieux. Et tout ce que j’avais jamais vu en ce monde—tout, fixe ou mouvant—ô maître de la terre, tout cela m’apparut au-dedans du ventre de ce grand être. Je vis les Sādhyas, les Rudras, les Ādityas, les Guhyakas, les Pitṛs ; les serpents et les Nāgas, les Suparṇas, les Vasus, les jumeaux Aśvin, les Gandharvas, les Apsaras, les Yakṣas et les Ṛṣis. Je vis des cohortes de Daityas et de Dānavas, les Nāgas, les fils de Siṃhikā (Rāhu et les siens), et d’autres adversaires des devas. Ô roi, tout ce que j’avais perçu comme l’étendue entière de l’existence m’apparut rassemblé en lui. Et, ô grand roi, je vécus chaque jour de fruits et continuai d’errer à travers le monde entier.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes the vastness and interconnectedness of existence: all classes of beings—divine, human, and demonic; mobile and immobile—can be comprehended as contained within a single greater reality. It also implicitly values restraint and simplicity (living on fruits) alongside the pursuit of understanding through experience and wandering.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a marvel: the speaker has seen an all-encompassing vision where every kind of being previously encountered in the world appears within the belly of a ‘mahātmā’. He lists many celestial and subterranean classes (Sādhyas, Rudras, Nāgas, Gandharvas, Daityas, Rāhu, etc.) and adds that he continues to roam the world while sustaining himself on fruits.