Shloka 129
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
निवेदन: सुखाजात: सुगन्धारो महाधनु: । गन्धपाली च भगवानुत्थान: सर्वकर्मणाम्,८१२ निवेदन:--सब प्रकारकी वृत्तिसे रहित ज्ञानवाले, ८१३ सुखाजात:--सब वृत्तियोंका लय होनेपर सुखरूपसे प्रकट होनेवाले, ८१४ सुगन्धार:--उत्तम गन्धसे युक्त, ८१५ महाधनु:--पिनाक नामक विशाल धनुष धारण करनेवाले, ८१६ भगवान् गन्धपाली--उत्तम गन्धकी रक्षा करनेवाले भगवान्, ८१७ सर्वकर्मणामुत्थान:--समस्त कर्मोके उत्थानस्थान
nivedanaḥ sukhājātaḥ sugandhāro mahādhanuḥ | gandhapālī ca bhagavān utthānaḥ sarvakarmaṇām ||
Vāyu said: “He is the one called Nivedana—free from all mental modifications and established in pure knowing; Sukha-jāta—manifest as bliss when all fluctuations subside; Sugandhāra—endowed with the finest fragrance; Mahā-dhanuḥ—bearer of the great bow Pināka; and Bhagavān Gandha-pālī—Lord and guardian of noble fragrance. He is also the Utthāna of all actions, the source from which every act arises and is sustained.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the Lord through epithets that link inner spiritual realization (knowledge beyond mental fluctuations, bliss arising when vṛttis subside) with cosmic lordship (bearer of Pināka) and causality (the foundation from which all actions arise). Ethically, it frames devotion as recognizing the divine as both the inner ground of consciousness and the outer source of ordered action.
Vāyu is speaking a eulogy-like description, listing names/attributes of the deity. The sequence functions as a devotional identification: the Lord is characterized by spiritual qualities (stillness, bliss), auspicious signs (fragrance), iconic weaponry (great bow), protective power, and as the originating basis of all karmic activity.