Shloka 128
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
तेनैव बालवेषेण श्रीवत्सकृतलक्षणम् | आसीन तं॑ नरव्याप्र पश्याम्यमिततेजसम्
tenaiva bālaveṣeṇa śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇam | āsīnaṃ taṃ naravyāghra paśyāmy amitatejasam, naraśreṣṭha rājan |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「人の中の虎よ、人の中の最上よ、王よ—私が外へ出ると、あの童子が再び見えた。以前と同じ幼子の姿で、あのニヤグローダ（バンヤン）の枝に、前と変わらず座していた。吉祥なるシュリーヴァツァ（Śrīvatsa）の印を帯び、測り知れぬ光輝を放ち、全世界を己の内に秘して宿す者のように見えた—神性が最も素朴な姿にも宿り得ること、そして人の認識が宇宙の実相の前にひれ伏すことを示していた。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical-spiritual lesson that the divine may appear in humble, childlike form, and that human pride in knowledge is checked when confronted with a reality vast enough to ‘contain the world’—inviting humility, reverence, and trust in dharma beyond ordinary perception.
The narrator reports that upon returning outside, he again beholds the same radiant child seated on the banyan branch, distinguished by the Śrīvatsa mark and described as mysteriously encompassing the whole world within himself—an awe-inducing reappearance that confirms the child’s supernatural nature.