Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

अहं विष्णुरहं ब्रह्मा शक्रो5थ प्रभवाप्यय:

Transliteration

ahaṃ viṣṇur ahaṃ brahmā śakro ’tha prabhavāpyayaḥ

Translation

వాయువు పలికెను—నేనే విష్ణువు, నేనే బ్రహ్మ, నేనే శక్రుడు (ఇంద్రుడు); మరియు సమస్తానికి ఉద్భవమూ లయమూ నేనే।

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and/also/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• प्रभव: origin, source
• प्रभव: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अप्ययः: dissolution, end
• अप्ययः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्यय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• विष्णु (Viṣṇu)
• ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)
• शक्र/इन्द्र (Śakra/Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the unity of divine power behind different divine names and functions: creation (Brahmā), preservation (Viṣṇu), and sovereignty (Indra/Śakra), culminating in the claim of being both the origin and dissolution of all. Ethically, it discourages narrow rivalry of forms and encourages a unified, reverent understanding of cosmic governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva speaks in a revelatory tone, identifying himself with major deities and with the cosmic processes of emergence and withdrawal. The statement functions as a doctrinal clarification within the episode, elevating the listener’s perspective from particular divine roles to the single overarching principle that operates through them.