Shloka 67
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
सर्वकामवरश्रैव सर्वद: सर्वतोमुख: । आकाशनिर्विरूपश्न निपाती हवश: खग:
sarvakāmavaraś caiva sarvadaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ | ākāśanirvirūpaś ca nipātī avaśaḥ khagaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva sprach: „Er ist das Höchste unter allen begehrenswerten Errungenschaften, der Spender von allem, und der, dessen Antlitze überall sind. Wie der Himmel offenbart er unzählige Gestalten, ohne an eine einzige gebunden zu sein. Er stürzt die Sünder hinab, ist niemandem unterworfen und bewegt sich frei durch die Himmel.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a theological-ethical portrait of the Supreme: all-giving and all-pervading, yet independent and beyond limitation, while also functioning as moral governor—uplifting devotees through grace and casting down persistent sinners through the consequences of adharma.
Vāyu-deva is speaking and enumerating honorific epithets describing the Supreme Lord’s nature—his universal presence (sarvatomukha), transcendence and manifold manifestation (ākāśanirvirūpa), sovereignty (avaśa), and punitive aspect toward wrongdoing (nipātī).