Shloka 122

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

शिरोहारी विमर्शश्न सर्वलक्षणलक्षित: । अक्षश्ष रथयोगी च सर्वयोगी महाबल:,७५७ विमर्श: शिरोहारी--विवेकपूर्वक दुष्टोंका शिरश्छेद करनेवाले, ७५८ सर्वलक्षणलक्षित:--समस्त शुभ लक्षणोंसे सम्पन्न, ७५९ अक्ष: रथयोगी--रथसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला धुरीस्वरूप, ७६० सर्वयोगी--सभी समयमें योगयुक्त, ७६१ महाबल:--अनन्त शक्तिसे सम्पन्न

Transliteration

śirohārī vimarśaś ca sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ | akṣaś ca rathayogī ca sarvayogī mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva said: “He is a taker of heads—one who, after careful discernment, cuts down the wicked. He is marked by every auspicious sign. He is the axle and the master of the chariot’s harnessing, ever united with all disciplines of yoga, and possessed of immense strength.”

Word by Word

• {'śirohārī': 'head-taker

• one who beheads or decisively destroys (especially the wicked)', 'vimarśaḥ': 'deliberation, discernment, reflective judgment', 'sarva-lakṣaṇa-lakṣitaḥ': 'distinguished by all (auspicious) marks or characteristics', 'akṣaḥ': 'axle

• the central pivot of a chariot (also: die in other contexts, but here chariot-axle)', 'ratha-yogī': 'one skilled in yoking/handling the chariot

• charioteering mastery', 'sarva-yogī': 'ever-yoked

• constantly composed', 'mahā-balaḥ': 'of great strength

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva (Wind-god)
• ratha (chariot)
• akṣa (chariot axle)