Shloka 101
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
ततः प्रविष्टस्तत्कुक्षिं सहसा मनुजाधिप । सराष्ट्रनगराकीर्णा कृत्स्नां पश्यामि मेदिनीम्
tataḥ praviṣṭas tatkukṣiṃ sahasā manujādhipa | sarāṣṭranagarākīrṇāṃ kṛtsnāṃ paśyāmi medinīm ||
ഹേ മനുഷ്യാധിപാ! അതിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ച ഉടൻ തന്നെ ഞാൻ പെട്ടെന്ന് ആ ബാലന്റെ ഉദരത്തിനുള്ളിൽ എത്തി. അവിടെ രാജ്യങ്ങളും നഗരങ്ങളും നിറഞ്ഞ സമസ്ത ഭൂമിയെയും ഞാൻ കണ്ടു.
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.