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Shloka 10

शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test

भक्षयामास भगवान्‌ वायुरष्टात्मको बली । विचरन्नमितप्राणस्तिर्यगूर्धल्वमधस्तथा

bhakṣayāmāsa bhagavān vāyur aṣṭātmako balī | vicarann amitaprāṇas tiryag ūrdhvam adhastathā ||

Yājñavalkya nói: “Thần Gió hùng mạnh và linh thiêng, hiện ra trong tám dạng, mang sinh lực vô lượng, bắt đầu nuốt trọn (muôn vật). Ngài chuyển động khắp nơi—ngang, lên cao và xuống thấp—cuồn cuộn xuyên qua các thế giới, lan ra mọi phương.”

भक्षयामासdevoured, consumed
भक्षयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootभक्ष्
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद) (periphrastic perfect), 3, singular
भगवान्the Lord, the blessed one
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
वायुःWind (Vayu)
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अष्टात्मकोhaving eight forms
अष्टात्मको:
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टात्मन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
बलीstrong, mighty
बली:
TypeAdjective
Rootबलिन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
विचरन्moving about, roaming
विचरन्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-चर्
Formशतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular
अमितप्राणःof immeasurable life-force/breath
अमितप्राणः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअमितप्राण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तिर्यक्horizontally, across
तिर्यक्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिर्यक्
ऊर्ध्वम्upwards
ऊर्ध्वम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊर्ध्व
अधःdownwards, below
अधः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधस्
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

याज्ञवल्क्य (Yājñavalkya)
वायु (Vāyu)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights Vāyu as both sustainer and withdrawer of life: prāṇa pervades all directions, and in the cosmic cycle it can become the consuming force that gathers creation back, reminding the listener of impermanence and the supremacy of cosmic order (dharma/time).

Yājñavalkya describes a cosmic process where the powerful Wind-god, manifest in eight forms and moving everywhere—up, down, and across—begins to consume, suggesting the onset of dissolution and the all-pervading motion of prāṇa.