Shloka 6
Uttanka’s Guru-Śuśrūṣā and the Commission to Retrieve the Maṇikuṇḍalas (उत्तङ्क-गुरुशुश्रूषा तथा मणिकुण्डल-आदेशः)
सर्वमाकाशमावृत्य तिष्ठन्तं सर्वतोमुखम् । तद् दृष्टवा परम रूपं विष्णोर्वैष्णवमद्भुतम् । विस्मयं च ययौ वित्रस्तं दृष्टवा परमेश्वरम्
sarvam ākāśam āvṛtya tiṣṭhantaṃ sarvato-mukham | tad dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ rūpaṃ viṣṇor vaiṣṇavam adbhutam | vismayaṃ ca yayau vitrastaṃ dṛṣṭvā parameśvaram |
सम्पूर्ण आकाश को आच्छादित करके वह सर्वतोमुख होकर स्थित था। विष्णु के उस अद्भुत, परम वैष्णव रूप को देखकर और परमेश्वर का दर्शन करके ब्रह्मर्षि उत्तंक विस्मय से भर उठा; उस सर्वोच्च दर्शन से उसका हृदय काँप उठा।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes reverent recognition of the Supreme: encountering divine reality evokes both awe (vismaya) and trembling humility (vitrāsa). Ethically, it models the proper human response to transcendent power—not arrogance, but surrender, attentiveness, and devotion.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a vision in which Viṣṇu manifests an extraordinary, all-encompassing form that seems to cover the entire sky and face all directions. Witnessing this supreme Vaiṣṇava form, the sage Uttanka becomes overwhelmed with astonishment and fear-tinged reverence.