Shloka 136
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
ऊर्ध्वगात्मा पशुपतिर्वातरंहा मनोजव: । चन्दनी पद्मनालाग्र: सुरभ्युत्तरणो नर:
ūrdhvagātmā paśupatiḥ vātaraṃhā manojavaḥ | candanī padmanālāgraḥ surabhyuttaraṇo naraḥ ||
তেওঁ ঊৰ্ধ্বগ আত্মস্বভাৱসম্পন্ন, সকলো জীৱৰ অধিপতি; বায়ুৰ দৰে বেগবান আৰু মনৰ দৰে ক্ষিপ্ৰগামী। তেওঁৰ অঙ্গ চন্দনে অনুলিপ্ত; তেওঁ পদ্মনালৰ অগ্ৰভাগৰ দৰে সাৰভূত; আৰু নৰৰূপে সুৰভীক তললৈ নমাই অনা জনো তেওঁয়েই।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a stuti (praise) through epithets: the divine is portrayed as transcending worldly limitations (ūrdhvagātmā), sovereign over beings (paśupati), and possessing immeasurable power and speed (vātarāṃhā, manojava). Ethically, it reinforces reverence toward the supreme and the idea that true lordship is linked with protection and mastery over the forces that govern life.
Vāyu-deva is speaking and describing a revered divine figure through a chain of honorific attributes and mythic identifiers—highlighting transcendence, sovereignty, auspicious appearance (sandal-anointed), symbolic cosmic imagery (lotus-stalk tip), and a remembered deed involving Surabhī.