Shloka 8

Uttanka’s Guru-Śuśrūṣā and the Commission to Retrieve the Maṇikuṇḍalas (उत्तङ्क-गुरुशुश्रूषा तथा मणिकुण्डल-आदेशः)

Devanagari script

द्यावापृथिव्योर्यन्मध्यं जठरेण तवावृतम्‌ । भुजाभ्यामावृताश्चाशास्त्वमिदं सर्वमच्युत

Transliteration

dyāvāpṛthivyor yan madhyaṁ jaṭhareṇa tavāvṛtam | bhujābhyām āvṛtāś cāśās tvam idaṁ sarvam acyuta ||

Translation

乌坦迦说：“天与地之间的一切广大空间，皆为你的腹所充满；以你的双臂，你环抱了诸方。噢，阿周陀，这一切可见的万象，别无他物，正是你自身。”

Word by Word

• द्यावा: the two heavens (sky)
• द्यावा: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• पृथिव्योः: of heaven and earth (of the two: earths/earth)
• पृथिव्योः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Dual

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मध्यम्: the middle space
• मध्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जठरेण: by (your) belly/abdomen
• जठरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• आवृतम्: covered/encompassed
• आवृतम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (वृञ्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भुजाभ्याम्: by (your) two arms
• भुजाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Dual

• आवृताः: covered/encompassed
• आवृताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (वृञ्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• आशाः: the directions (quarters)
• आशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अच्युत: O Acyuta (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

उत्तड़्क उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttanka
• Acyuta (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Dyauḥ (Heaven)
• Pṛthivī (Earth)
• Āśāḥ (the directions)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse expresses a devotional recognition that the Supreme (addressed as Acyuta) pervades and contains the entire cosmos—space between heaven and earth and all directions—so the visible world is understood as a manifestation of the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttanka, encountering a divine revelation, describes the overwhelming cosmic magnitude of Acyuta: the space between heaven and earth is filled by Him, and the directions are encompassed by His arms, leading Uttanka to identify the whole phenomenal world with the deity.