Shloka 92

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

यजुः:पादभुजो गुहा:ः प्रकाशो जड्रमस्तथा । अमोघार्थ: प्रसादश्ष अभिगम्य: सुदर्शन:

Transliteration

yajuḥ-pāda-bhujo guhyaḥ prakāśo jaṅgamas tathā | amoghārthaḥ prasādaś ca abhigamyaḥ sudarśanaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „Er, dessen Füße und Arme die Yajurveda sind; dessen Wesen verborgen ist und der sich doch aus Gnade seinen Verehrern offenbart; der unter den Wesen wandelt; dessen Vorhaben niemals fehlschlägt—indem er gewährt, worum rechtens gebeten wird; der aus Mitgefühl schnell zufrieden ist; der leicht zugänglich ist; und dessen Anblick schön zu schauen ist.“

Word by Word

• यजुःपादभुजः: whose feet and arms are the Yajus (Yajurveda)
• यजुःपादभुजः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजुःपादभुज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुह्यः: secret, mysterious
• गुह्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकाशः: manifestation; light; the one who reveals (himself)
• प्रकाशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जङ्गमः: moving, mobile
• जङ्गमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जङ्गम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अमोघार्थः: of unfailing purpose; whose aim is never fruitless
• अमोघार्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमोघार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसादः: grace; favor; benevolence
• प्रसादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिगम्यः: approachable; attainable
• अभिगम्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि√गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Gerundive (तव्य/यत् sense), -य (गम्य)

• सुदर्शनः: of beautiful appearance; good to behold
• सुदर्शनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Yajurveda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the Divine as both transcendent and accessible: hidden in essence yet self-revealing through grace, unfailing in fulfilling rightful aims, and approachable to sincere seekers—linking Vedic order (Yajurveda) with ethical devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is reciting a sequence of epithets (nāma-style praise), describing the Lord’s qualities—Vedic embodiment, secrecy and revelation, compassionate readiness to be pleased, and easy approachability—within a devotional-theological passage of the Anuśāsana Parva.