Shloka 29

Devanagari script

बहुभिववविधै रूपैर्विश्व॑ं व्याप्तमिदं जगत्‌ । तस्य देवस्य यद्‌ वक्‍त्र समुद्रे वडवामुखम्‌

Transliteration

bahubhir vividharūpair viśvaṃ vyāptam idaṃ jagat | tasya devasya yad vaktraṃ samudre vaḍavāmukham ||

Translation

ヴァーユは言った。「この全世界は、かの神が無数の多様な姿をもって、さまざまに遍満している。そしてその神の口こそが、大海においてヴァダヴァー・ムカ（Vaḍavā-mukha）—海底の火として現れるのである。」

Word by Word

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• रूपैः: forms
• रूपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विश्वम्: entire, whole
• विश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यत्: which/that (relative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वक्त्रम्: mouth, face
• वक्त्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समुद्रे: in the ocean
• समुद्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वडवामुखम्: the mare-faced (submarine fire)
• वडवामुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वडवामुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Deva (the Deity, implied Mahādeva/Śiva in context)
• Samudra (the ocean)
• Vaḍavāmukha (submarine fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches divine immanence: the supreme deity pervades the whole cosmos through innumerable forms, and even awe-inspiring natural phenomena (like the submarine fire) are expressions of that deity’s power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is describing the all-pervading nature of the deity and identifying the oceanic Vaḍavā-mukha (submarine fire) as the deity’s ‘mouth’, linking cosmic geography and natural forces to a theological vision.