Shloka 12

Kuberasaras-darśana (Bhīma beholds Kubera’s guarded lotus-lake) / कुबेरसरः-दर्शनम्

Devanagari script

दृष्ट प्रमाणं विपुलं शरीरस्यास्य ते विभो । संहरस्व महावीर्य स्वयमात्मानमात्मना,'प्रभो! आपके इस शरीरका विशाल प्रमाण प्रत्यक्ष देख लिया। महापराक्रमी वीर! अब आप स्वयं ही अपने शरीरको समेट लीजिये

Transliteration

dṛṣṭa-pramāṇaṁ vipulaṁ śarīrasyāsya te vibho | saṁharasva mahā-vīrya svayam ātmānam ātmanā ||

Translation

ಪ್ರಭೋ! ನಿಮ್ಮ ಈ ದೇಹದ ಮಹಾವಿಶಾಲ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷವಾಗಿ ಕಂಡೆ. ಮಹಾವೀರ್ಯವಂತನೇ! ಈಗ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸ್ವಇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದಲೇ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸ್ವರೂಪವನ್ನು ಸಂಹರಿಸಿರಿ—ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ನೀವೇ ನಿಮ್ಮೊಳಗೆ ಸಂಕುಚಿತಗೊಳಿಸಿರಿ.

Word by Word

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• प्रमाणम्: measure, extent
• प्रमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विपुलम्: vast
• विपुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शरीरस्य: of the body
• शरीरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संहरस्व: withdraw, contract (yourself)
• संहरस्व: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-हृ
• Form: लोट् (imperative), आत्मनेपद, Second, Singular

• महावीर्य: O great-in-power one
• महावीर्य: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वयम्: yourself
• स्वयम्: Karta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• आत्मानम्: yourself (your body/self)
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मना: by yourself
• आत्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights self-sovereignty and yogic mastery: a truly powerful being can manifest an immense form and then, without external aid, withdraw it by inner control—suggesting disciplined command over one’s embodied state.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) reports that a wondrous, vast bodily manifestation has been witnessed directly, and the addressed lord/hero is respectfully requested to contract or withdraw that extraordinary form back into himself.