Shloka 16

Uttanka’s Viśvarūpa Request and the ‘Uttanka Clouds’ Boon (उत्तङ्क-विष्वरूप-दर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

धर्मस्य सेतुं बध्नामि चलिते चलिते युगे । तास्ता योनी: प्रविश्याहं प्रजानां हितकाम्यया

Transliteration

dharmasya setuṁ badhnāmi calite calite yuge | tāstā yonīḥ praviśyāhaṁ prajānāṁ hitakāmyayā ||

Translation

ଯୁଗେ ଯୁଗେ ଯେତେବେଳେ କାଳ ଚଞ୍ଚଳ ହୋଇ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନରେ ପ୍ରବୃତ୍ତ ହୁଏ, ସେତେବେଳେ ମୁଁ ଧର୍ମର ସେତୁକୁ ଦୃଢ଼ କରେ। ପ୍ରଜାହିତକାମନାରେ ମୁଁ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଯୋନି ଓ ରୂପରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରି ଧର୍ମମର୍ଯ୍ୟାଦାକୁ ପୁନଃସ୍ଥାପନା କରେ, ଯାହାଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନେ ଅଧର୍ମର ପ୍ରବାହରେ ଭାସି ନଯାଆନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सेतुम्: bridge; boundary; causeway
• सेतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बध्नामि: I bind; I build/establish
• बध्नामि: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• चलिते: when (it is) changed; when it has shifted
• चलिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चलित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चलिते: again: when changed
• चलिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चलित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युगे: in the age (yuga)
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ताः: those
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• ताः: various (those and those)
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• योनीः: wombs; births; forms of existence
• योनीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Purvakala-kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund, -ya), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• प्रजानाम्: of creatures/subjects
• प्रजानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• हितकाम्यया: with the desire for welfare (of them)
• हितकाम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हितकाम्य
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Dharma
• Yuga
• Prajā (creatures/subjects)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When moral order becomes unstable in times of yuga-transition, a divine power acts to re-establish dharma, motivated by the welfare of living beings, even by taking embodied forms suited to the situation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva speaks in the first person, declaring an ongoing cosmic role: at recurring moments of upheaval across ages, he ‘fastens’ the support/bridge of dharma by entering different births and forms for the good of creatures.