Shloka 101
ततः प्रविष्टस्तत्कुक्षिं सहसा मनुजाधिप । सराष्ट्रनगराकीर्णा कृत्स्नां पश्यामि मेदिनीम्,राजन! उसमें प्रवेश करते ही मैं सहसा उस बालकके उदरमें जा पहुँचा। वहाँ मुझे समस्त राष्ट्रों और नगरोंसे भरी हुई यह सारी पृथ्वी दिखायी दी
tataḥ praviṣṭas tatkukṣiṃ sahasā manujādhipa | sarāṣṭranagarākīrṇāṃ kṛtsnāṃ paśyāmi medinīm ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Then, O lord of men, the moment I entered it, I was suddenly within that child’s belly. There I beheld the entire earth—complete in every part—crowded with kingdoms and cities.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse evokes the idea that the vast world can be contained within what seems small, pointing to a cosmic order where the macrocosm is mirrored in the microcosm; it also underscores humility before realities that exceed ordinary perception.
The narrator reports entering a child’s belly and, within it, witnessing the whole earth populated with kingdoms and cities—an extraordinary, visionary experience narrated to a king.