Shloka 111

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

सिद्धार्थकारी सिद्धार्थश्छन्दोव्याकरणोत्तर: । सिंहनाद: सिंहदंष्ट: सिंहग: सिंहवाहन:,६७६ सिद्धार्थकारी--आश्रितजनोंको सफलमनोरथ करनेवाले, ६७७ सिद्धार्थ:-- वेदकी व्याख्यासे निर्णीत उत्कृष्ट सिद्धान्तस्वरूप, ६७८ सिंहनाद:--सिंहके समान गर्जना करनेवाले, ६७९ सिंहदंष्ट:--सिंहके समान दाढ़वाले, ६८० सिंहग:--सिंहपर आरूढ़ होकर चलनेवाले, ६८१ सिंहवाहन:--सिंहपर सवारी करनेवाले

Transliteration

siddhārthakārī siddhārthaś chandovyākaraṇottaraḥ | siṃhanādaḥ siṃhadamṣṭraḥ siṃhagaḥ siṃhavāhanaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva said: “He is the fulfiller of accomplished aims, Himself the very embodiment of established truth; supreme in the disciplines of Vedic metre and grammar. He roars like a lion, bears lion-like fangs, moves mounted upon a lion, and has the lion as his vehicle—images that proclaim irresistible strength placed in the service of righteous purpose.”

Word by Word

सिद्धार्थकारीone who accomplishes (others') aims; fulfiller of wishes

सिद्धार्थःone whose purpose is accomplished; the accomplished one

छन्दोव्याकरणोत्तरःversed in chandas and grammar; (one who is) the later/culminating (authority) after chandas and grammar

सिंहनादःlion-roar; one who roars like a lion

सिंहदंष्टःlion-fanged; having teeth like a lion

सिंहगःlion-going; one who moves mounted on a lion

सिंहवाहनःlion-vehicle; one whose mount is a lion

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Vāyu)

lion (siṃha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the divine as both (1) a benefactor who brings devotees’ aims to fruition and (2) the very standard of true, well-established knowledge, while also portraying overwhelming power through lion imagery—suggesting that strength is most meaningful when aligned with dharma and used to protect and uplift.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is reciting a sequence of honorific names (epithets). This verse clusters titles that highlight mastery of sacred learning (metre and grammar) and royal, fearsome might (lion-roar, lion-fangs, lion-mount), functioning as devotional praise within the Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting.