Shloka 4
Uttanka’s Viśvarūpa Request and the ‘Uttanka Clouds’ Boon (उत्तङ्क-विष्वरूप-दर्शनम्)
तथा दैत्यगणान् सर्वान् यक्षगन्धर्वराक्षसान् | नागानप्सरसश्वैव विद्धि मत्प्रभवान् द्विज,विप्रवर! सम्पूर्ण दैत्यगण, यक्ष, गन्धर्व, राक्षस, नाग और अप्सराओंको मुझसे ही उत्पन्न जानिये
tathā daityagaṇān sarvān yakṣagandharvarākṣasān | nāgān apsarasaś caiva viddhi matprabhavān dvija ||
Vāyu said: “Know, O twice-born brāhmaṇa, that all the hosts of Dānavas (Daityas), as well as the Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Nāgas, and Apsarases, have arisen from me.” In the ethical frame of the discourse, this asserts a single cosmic source behind diverse beings—some feared, some revered—inviting the listener to see creation as ordered and interconnected rather than merely divided into ‘good’ and ‘evil’ kinds.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a unifying view of creation: diverse classes of beings—whether auspicious or fearsome—are traced back to a single divine source (Vāyu). This supports an ethical outlook that reality is interconnected and governed by cosmic order rather than simplistic moral binaries.
Vāyudeva is speaking to a dvija (a brāhmaṇa), listing multiple supernatural races (Daityas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Nāgas, Apsarases) and declaring that they are all born from him, as part of a broader exposition on origins and the structure of beings.