Shloka 77

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

उटजात्‌ तु ततस्तस्मान्निश्लक्राम स वै द्विज: । वपुषा द्यां च भूमिं च व्याप्य वायुरिवोद्यत:

Transliteration

uṭajāt tu tataḥ tasmān niṣkrāma sa vai dvijaḥ | vapuṣā dyāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca vyāpya vāyur ivodyataḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：随后，那位婆罗门从隐修草庵中走出。其身形舒展扩张，仿佛遍满大地与苍穹，蓄势如行风—此乃苦行威德之象，昭示其内在自制与由严持达摩而得的非凡广大。

Word by Word

• उटजात्: from the hut/hermitage
• उटजात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उटज
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तु: but/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• निष्क्रामत्: going out, emerging
• निष्क्रामत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निष्क्रम्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• द्विजः: the brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वपुषा: with (his) body/form
• वपुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• द्याम्: the sky/heaven
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भूमिम्: the earth
• भूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• व्याप्य: having pervaded
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), true

• वायुः: wind
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उद्यतः: risen/lofted, moving upward
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-यत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• dvija (brahmin)
• uṭaja (hermitage hut)
• bhūmi (earth)
• dyu/dyām (sky/heaven)
• vāyu (wind)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea that disciplined dharma and tapas can confer extraordinary presence and capability; the wind-like pervasion symbolizes inner mastery expressed outwardly as spiritual potency.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brahmin leaves his hermitage hut and, by expanding his form, appears to fill earth and sky—an evocative description indicating a supernatural or yogic manifestation.