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

प्रभो! आपल्या या देहाचे विशाल प्रमाण मी प्रत्यक्ष पाहिले. महावीर्यवान वीर! आता आपण आपल्या इच्छेनेच आपले स्वरूप संकुचित करा.

Word by Word

दृष्टम्seen

प्रमाणम्measure, extent

विपुलम्vast

शरीरस्यof the body

अस्यof this

तेyour

विभोO mighty one

संहरस्वwithdraw, contract (yourself)

महावीर्यO great-in-power one

स्वयम्yourself

आत्मानम्yourself (your body/self)

आत्मनाby yourself

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.