Shloka 45

Devanagari script

यच्चक्षुषा द्रष्टमिच्छेत्‌ त्रिषु लोकेषु किंचन । तत्‌ पश्येद्‌ यादृशं चेच्छेत्‌ तादृशं द्रष्टमर्हति,तीनों लोकोंमें जो कोई भी वस्तु है, उसमेंसे जिस वस्तुको आँखसे देखनेकी इच्छा हो, उसे इस विद्याके प्रभावसे कोई भी देख सकता है और जिस रूपमें देखना चाहे, उसी रूपमें देख सकता है

Transliteration

yac cakṣuṣā draṣṭum icchet triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana | tat paśyed yādṛśaṃ cecchet tādṛśaṃ draṣṭum arhati ||

Translation

乾闼婆说道：“三界之中，凡人欲以目观之物——凭此学之力，皆可真实得见；且欲以何相而见，便得以何相而见。”

Word by Word

यत्whatever (thing) which

चक्षुषाwith the eye

द्रष्टुम्to see

इच्छेत्would wish/desire

त्रिषुin the three

लोकेषुworlds

किंचनanything (at all)

तत्that (thing)

पश्येत्would see

यादृशम्of what kind/as (he wishes it) to be

चand

इच्छेत्would wish

तादृशम्of that kind/just so

द्रष्टुम्to see

अर्हतिis able/deserves/has the right

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gandharva

three worlds (trailokya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a siddhi-like capacity: through a specific vidyā (knowledge/technique), one can perceive any object across the three worlds and even perceive it in a chosen form. Implicitly, it highlights the potency of knowledge and the ethical need to govern desire, since the power follows the will of the seeker.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Gandharva is describing the effect of a particular vidyā being discussed in the episode: it grants extraordinary vision, enabling the recipient to see anything anywhere in the three worlds, and to see it in whatever appearance he wishes.