Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 17 Shloka 116 - Mahabharata | Bengali | Vedapath

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Shloka 116

Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

नाम्नां कंचित्‌ समुद्देशं वक्ष्याम्यव्यक्तयोनिन: । जब उनकी जज्ञा प्राप्त हुई है

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | nāmnāṁ kañcit samuddeśaṁ vakṣyāmy avyaktayoninaḥ | hiraṇyabāhuś ca guhāpālaḥ praveśinām | prakṛṣṭārimahāharṣo jitakāmo jitendriyaḥ |

Translation

বায়ুদেব বললেন—“অব্যক্তযোনি, আদ্যন্তহীন এবং জগতের কারণভূত মহাত্মা শিবের নামসমূহের একটি সংক্ষিপ্ত সংগ্রহ আমি ঘোষণা করছি। তিনি হিরণ্যবাহু; অন্তরে প্রবেশকারীদের জন্য গুহার পালক; প্রবল অন্তঃশত্রুনাশক; পরমানন্দস্বরূপ; কামজয়ী; এবং ইন্দ্রিয়জয়ী।”

Word by Word

नाम्नाम्of names

कञ्चित्some, a certain

समुद्देशम्enumeration, brief listing

वक्ष्यामिI shall speak/tell

अव्यक्तयोनिनःof him whose source/origin is the Unmanifest

हिरण्यबाहुःHiraṇyabāhu (golden-armed)

चand

गुहापालःGuhāpāla (guardian of the cave)

प्रवेशिनाम्of those who enter

प्रकृष्टारिःPrakṛṣṭāri (one who subdues eminent foes)

महाहर्षःMahāharṣa (great bliss/joy)

जितकामःone who has conquered desire

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Śiva (Mahādeva/Rudra implied by the epithets)

Avyakta (the Unmanifest, as a metaphysical principle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames devotion as inseparable from ethical discipline: Śiva is praised not only as cosmic cause (avyakta-yoni) but also as the exemplar of inner victory—conquering desire and mastering the senses—implying that true worship aligns with self-control and inward purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva begins a concise enumeration of Śiva’s names/epithets. The listed names highlight both metaphysical stature (rooted in the Unmanifest) and yogic-protective functions (guardian of the ‘cave’ for inward-entering seekers), while emphasizing triumph over inner enemies like desire.