Shloka 137
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
तव देव शरीरस्था देवदानवराक्षसा: । यक्षगन्धर्वनागाश्न जगत् स्थावरजड्रमम्
tava deva śarīrasthā devadānavarākṣasāḥ | yakṣagandharvanāgāś ca jagat sthāvarajaḍramam ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Within your divine body abide the gods, the Dānavas, and the Rākṣasas; the Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Nāgas as well—indeed the whole world, both the immovable and the dull/inert.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a vision of divine immanence: all classes of beings—celestial, demonic, and earthly, including the immovable and inert—are contained within the divine body. Ethically, it supports a worldview of interconnectedness and reverence toward all existence, since all are encompassed by the same ultimate reality.
Vaiśampāyana describes a theophanic or cosmic perspective in which the addressed divine figure is portrayed as containing the entire cosmos. The statement magnifies the deity’s all-encompassing nature by listing major orders of beings and concluding that the whole world is present within that form.