Shloka 129
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
निवेदन: सुखाजात: सुगन्धारो महाधनु: । गन्धपाली च भगवानुत्थान: सर्वकर्मणाम्
nivedanaḥ sukhājātaḥ sugandhāro mahādhanuḥ | gandhapālī ca bhagavān utthānaḥ sarvakarmaṇām ||
Vāyu sprach: „Er ist der Nivedana Genannte — frei von allen Regungen des Geistes und im reinen Erkennen gegründet; Sukha-jāta — als Seligkeit offenbar, wenn alle Schwankungen zur Ruhe kommen; Sugandhāra — erfüllt vom edelsten Duft; Mahā-dhanuḥ — Träger des großen Bogens Pināka; und Bhagavān Gandha-pālī — Herr und Hüter des erhabenen Wohlgeruchs. Er ist auch das Utthāna aller Handlungen, die Quelle, aus der jedes Tun entspringt und durch die es getragen wird.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the Lord through epithets that link inner spiritual realization (knowledge beyond mental fluctuations, bliss arising when vṛttis subside) with cosmic lordship (bearer of Pināka) and causality (the foundation from which all actions arise). Ethically, it frames devotion as recognizing the divine as both the inner ground of consciousness and the outer source of ordered action.
Vāyu is speaking a eulogy-like description, listing names/attributes of the deity. The sequence functions as a devotional identification: the Lord is characterized by spiritual qualities (stillness, bliss), auspicious signs (fragrance), iconic weaponry (great bow), protective power, and as the originating basis of all karmic activity.