Shloka 29.13Unverified draft
शरीरे तव पश्यामि जगत्सर्वमिदं प्रभो। त्वमनादिरनिर्देश्यस्त्वामहं शरणं गत:।।1.29.13।।
Meaning
In your body, lord, I see this entire universe; you are without beginning, indefinable, and I have taken refuge in you.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| śarīre tava paśyāmi | शरीरे तव पश्यामि | in your body I see | Locative singular / Genitive / Verb (present) |
| jagat sarvam idam prabho | जगत् सर्वम् इदम् प्रभो | this whole world, O lord | Accusative singular / Vocative |
| tvam anādiḥ anirdeśyaḥ | त्वम् अनादिः अनिर्देश्यः | you are without beginning, indefinable | Nominative singular |
| tvām aham śaraṇam gataḥ | त्वाम् अहम् शरणम् गतः | I have gone to you for refuge | Accusative / Nominative / Accusative / Nominative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source draws an explicit parallel between Kashyapa here seeing the entire universe in Vishnu's body and the concept of vishva ruupa, the Physique of the Universes, which Krishna later shows Arjuna in the Mahabharata at the moment of the Bhagavad Gita.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.29.13 · Bāla Kāṇḍa