Shloka 12

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

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าได้เห็นด้วยตนเองแล้วถึงความไพศาลแห่งกายของท่าน โอ้วีรบุรุษผู้มีฤทธานุภาพยิ่ง บัดนี้ขอท่านจงหดรวบรูปนั้นกลับ ด้วยพระประสงค์ของท่านเอง—รวบตนกลับสู่ตน

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

Cross References

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.