Shloka 6
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
अजं तमहमीशानमनादिनिधन प्रभुम् अत्यन्तसुखिनं देवमनघं शरणं व्रजे,'सांख्यशास्त्रके विद्वान् पर, प्रधान, पुरुष, अधिष्ठाता और ईश्वर कहकर सदा जिनका गुणगान करते हैं, योगीजन जिनके चिन्तनमें लगे रहते हैं, विद्वान् पुरुष जिन्हें जगत्की उत्पत्ति और विनाशका कारण समझते हैं, देवताओं, असुरों और मुनियोंमें भी जिनसे श्रेष्ठ दूसरा कोई नहीं है, उन अजन्मा, अनादि, अनन्त, अनघ और अत्यन्त सुखी, प्रभावशाली ईश्वर महादेवजीकी मैं शरण लेता हूँ
ajaṁ tam aham īśānam anādinidhanaṁ prabhum atyantasukhinaṁ devam anaghaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraje
Vāyu-deva said: I seek refuge in that unborn Lord—beginningless and endless, the sovereign Master—supremely blissful, divine, and stainless. He is the One whom the learned in Sāṅkhya praise as the Supreme, Pradhāna, Puruṣa, Overseer, and Īśvara; whom yogins continually contemplate; whom wise men know as the cause of the world’s arising and dissolution; and than whom none is greater among gods, asuras, or sages. To that powerful Mahādeva I go for shelter.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the supreme Lord—described as unborn, beginningless, endless, blissful, and stainless. It also presents a harmonizing vision where the highest reality is praised in terms familiar to Sāṅkhya (Pradhāna, Puruṣa) and Yoga (Īśvara), affirming one supreme divine source behind creation and dissolution.
Vāyu-deva offers a devotional declaration, identifying Mahādeva (Śiva) as the unsurpassed supreme being. He frames Śiva’s greatness through philosophical and cosmological language—praised by Sāṅkhya scholars, contemplated by yogins, and recognized by the wise as the cause of the world’s origin and end—before explicitly taking refuge in him.