Shloka 114
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
वाहिता सर्वभूतानां निलयश्व विभुर्भव: । अमोघ: संयतो ह्ुश्वो भोजन: प्राणधारण:
vāhitā sarvabhūtānāṁ nilayaś ca vibhur bhavaḥ | amoghaḥ saṁyato hy aśvo bhojanaḥ prāṇadhāraṇaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva sprach: „Er ist der Träger aller Wesen, die bleibende Zuflucht jedes Geschöpfes, allgegenwärtig und das Prinzip des Daseins selbst. Unfehlbar an Macht, selbstbeherrscht, erscheint er als das edle Ross, als Spender der Nahrung und als Bewahrer des Lebensatems in allen.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the divine as the universal support and refuge: omnipresent existence that never fails, sustains life, provides nourishment, and exemplifies self-restraint—linking cosmic power with ethical discipline.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in a laudatory passage, enumerating epithets that describe the deity’s cosmic functions (supporting beings, sustaining prāṇa, providing food) and manifestations (as a noble steed), as part of a broader instruction through praise.