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किं चिरं कृतम्kiṃ ciraṃ kṛtam"why have you delayed so long?"
तक्षकेण विघ्नः कृतः नाग-लोकं नीतःtakṣakeṇa vighnaḥ kṛtaḥ nāga-lokaṃ nītaḥ"Takshaka caused an obstruction, and I was carried off to the world of serpents"
स्त्रियौ तन्त्रे पटं वयन्त्यौ कृष्णाः सिताः तन्तवःstriyau tantre paṭaṃ vayantyau kṛṣṇāḥ sitāḥ tantavaḥtwo women were weaving cloth on a loom, with threads black and white
चक्रं द्वादशारं षट् कुमाराः परिवर्तयन्तिcakraṃ dvādaśāraṃ ṣaṭ kumārāḥ parivartayantia wheel with twelve spokes, turned by six youths
पुरुषः अश्वः अतिप्रमाणःpuruṣaḥ aśvaḥ atipramāṇaḥ[he saw] a man and a horse of immense size
ऋषभः पुरुषः अधिरूढःṛṣabhaḥ puruṣaḥ adhirūḍhaḥa bull and a man mounted [upon it]
ये स्त्रियौ धाता विधाता चye striyau dhātā vidhātā cathose two women are Dhata and Vidhata (the Ordainer and the Disposer)
कृष्णाः सिताः तन्तवः ते रात्रि-अहनीkṛṣṇāḥ sitāḥ tantavaḥ te rātri-ahanīthe black and white threads are night and day
चक्रं षट् ऋतवः संवत्सरः चक्रम्cakraṃ ṣaṭ ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ cakramthe wheel is the six seasons; the year [itself] is the wheel
यः पुरुषः सः पर्जन्यः यः अश्वः सः अग्निःyaḥ puruṣaḥ saḥ parjanyaḥ yaḥ aśvaḥ saḥ agniḥthe man is Parjanya (the god of rain); the horse is Agni
ऋषभः ऐरावतः नाग-राजः यः अधिरूढः सः इन्द्रःṛṣabhaḥ airāvataḥ nāga-rājaḥ yaḥ adhirūḍhaḥ saḥ indraḥthe bull is Airavata, king of serpents, and the one mounted upon it is Indra
यत् पुरीषं भक्षितं तत् अमृतम् तेन न व्यापन्नःyat purīṣaṃ bhakṣitaṃ tat amṛtam tena na vyāpannaḥwhat you ate was amrita (the nectar of immortality); that is why you did not perish
सः मम सखा इन्द्रः तद्-अनुग्रहात् कुण्डले गृहीत्वा अभ्यागतःsaḥ mama sakhā indraḥ tad-anugrahāt kuṇḍale gṛhītvā abhyāgataḥIndra is my friend; by his grace you have returned with the earrings
गम्यतां अनुजाने श्रेयः अवाप्स्यसिgamyatāṃ anujāne śreyaḥ avāpsyasi"go now; I give you leave; you shall attain well-being"
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The teacher's unveiling of Uttanka's hidden visions lies at the heart of spiritual knowledge: only the teacher expounds the concealed meaning of what has been revealed. The disciple himself saw the riddles — Dhata and Vidhata weaving the days and nights, the wheel of the year, gods hidden in the forms of a bull and a horse — yet it is the teacher who discloses their true meaning. Scripture thus affirms that spiritual insight is granted through experience, but is interpreted only by the guru's grace; without a teacher, even a divine vision remains unfathomed. And the central revelation is this: Uttanka was invisibly protected by Indra himself, his teacher's friend, and the amrita he ate in trust saved his life. The lesson is plain: those devoted to their guru are guarded by higher powers, by the Lord's friends and servants, for service to the teacher is pleasing to God. What seemed degrading — eating dung — turned out to be the nectar of immortality, for what is accepted in faith at the word of the guru and the gods becomes one's salvation. Uttanka's whole journey is thus a parable: faith, obedience, and grace from above carry the devoted soul through deadly peril to true good.