Shloka 98
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
कपिल: कपिश: शुक्ल आयुभश्चिव परोडपर: । गन्धर्वो हादितिस्ताक्ष्य: सुविज्ञेयः सुशारद:
vāyudeva uvāca | kapilaḥ kapiśaḥ śukla āyubhaś caiva parodaparaḥ | gandharvo hāditis tākṣyaḥ suvijñeyaḥ suśāradaḥ ||
قال فايُوديفا: «يمكن إدراكه في صورٍ وجوانب شتّى—كابيلا (أشقر مائل إلى الحمرة)، وكابيشا (أصفر مائل إلى البني)، وشوكلا (أبيض)؛ وكالحياة نفسها (āyuḥ)؛ وكالقديم واللاحق (para وapara)؛ وكغندهرفا؛ وكأديتي؛ وكـتَاكشْيَا (Tākṣya، أي غارودا). وهو يُعرَف بوضوحٍ ويسر، وله كلامٌ رفيعٌ نافذُ البصيرة.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a theological-ethical idea: the divine (or the object of contemplation being described) can be recognized through multiple forms, colors, and cosmic roles—life itself, temporal polarity (ancient/later), and well-known divine beings. True understanding is marked by clarity (suvijñeya) and mature, disciplined speech (suśārada), implying that knowledge should be both discernible and expressed responsibly.
Vāyudeva is speaking and enumerates a series of recognizable manifestations or identifications—color-forms (kapila, kapiśa, śukla), principles (āyuḥ, para/apara), and divine figures (Gandharva, Aditi, Tākṣya/Garuḍa)—to indicate how the described reality can be known and characterized.