Shloka 109
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
कैलासगिरिवासी च हिमवदूगिरिसंश्रय: । कूलहारी कूलकर्ता बहुविद्यो बहुप्रद:
kailāsagirivāsī ca himavadgiri-saṁśrayaḥ | kūlahārī kūlakartā bahuvidyo bahupradaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva sprach: „Er weilt auf dem Berg Kailāsa und findet auch Zuflucht in den Höhenzügen des Himālaya. Er reißt mit mächtigen Strömungen die Flussufer fort, und doch ist er auch der Schöpfer der Ufer—er formt große Seen und Becken. Er ist kundig in vielen Wissenszweigen und ein freigebiger Spender reicher Gaben.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises a figure through paradoxical natural imagery—able to destroy and to create (eroding banks yet also forming them)—and links true greatness with both wide learning (bahuvidya) and abundant generosity (bahuprada).
Vāyu-deva is describing and extolling a powerful being associated with sacred mountains (Kailāsa and the Himālaya), highlighting their might in shaping landscapes and their virtues of knowledge and giving.