Shloka 136
Uttanka’s Viśvarūpa Request and the ‘Uttanka Clouds’ Boon (उत्तङ्क-विष्वरूप-दर्शनम्)
तैस्तैवेंषैश्व रूपैश्व त्रिषु लोकेषु भार्गव । भार्गव! उस धर्ममें प्रवृत्त होकर जो पाप-कर्मोंसे निवृत्त हो गये हैं ऐसे मनुष्योंके साथ मैं सदा निवास करता हूँ। साधुशिरोमणे! मैं धर्मकी रक्षा और स्थापनाके लिये तीनों लोकोंमें बहुत-सी योनियोंमें अवतार धारण करके उन-उन रूपों और वेषोंद्वारा तदनुरूप बर्ताव करता हूँ
tais taivaiṣaiś ca rūpaiś ca triṣu lokeṣu bhārgava | bhārgava! asmin dharme pravṛttā ye pāpa-karmabhyo nivṛttāḥ, tādṛśaiḥ manuṣyaiḥ saha ahaṃ sadā nivasāmi | sādhu-śiromaṇe! dharmasya rakṣā-sthāpanārthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bahuṣu yoniṣu avatāraṃ dhṛtvā, tāni tāni rūpāṇi veṣāṃś ca āśritya tad-anurūpaṃ vyavaharāmi ||
वायुरुवाच—भार्गव, त्रिषु लोकेषु तैस्तैरेवेषैश्च रूपैश्च विचरामि। य एतस्मिन् धर्मे प्रवृत्ताः पापकर्मभ्यः निवृत्ताः, तैः सहाहं सदा वसामि। साधुशिरोमणे, धर्मस्य रक्षणार्थं स्थापनार्थं च त्रिषु लोकेषु बह्वीषु योनिषु जन्मानि गृह्णामि, ताभिरेव रूपवेषैः तत्तदनुरूपं चरामि॥
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld not only by human effort but also by divine support: the deity aligns with those who renounce sinful action and actively works—adapting to time, place, and circumstance—to protect and restore righteousness.
Vāyudeva addresses a Bhārgava interlocutor, explaining that he takes on many forms and births across the three worlds. He stays close to people devoted to dharma and acts through appropriate guises to re-establish dharma wherever it declines.