Shloka 133
सहस्रबाहु: सर्वाज्गज: शरण्य: सर्वलोककृत् । पवित्र त्रिककुन्मन्त्र: कनिष्ठ: कृष्णपिज्रल:,८४३ सहस्रबाहु:--सहस्रों भुजाओंवाले, ८४४ सर्वाज्भः--समस्त अंगोंसे सम्पन्न, ८४५ शरण्य:--शरण लेनेके योग्य, ८४६ सर्वलोककृत्--सम्पूर्ण लोकोंके उत्पन्न करनेवाले, ८४७ पवित्रम--परम पावन, ८४८ त्रिककुन्मन्त्र:--त्रिपदा गायत्रीरूप, ८४९ कनिष्ठ:--अदितिके पुत्रोंमें छोटे, वामनरूपधारी विष्णु, ८५० कृष्णपिड्गल:-श्याम-गौर हरि-हर-मूर्ति
sahasrabāhuḥ sarvāṅgajaḥ śaraṇyaḥ sarvalokakṛt | pavitraḥ trikakunmantraḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva said: “He is the Thousand-armed One, complete in every limb, worthy to be taken as refuge, and the creator of all worlds. He is the supremely purifying One, the mantra of the three-footed Gāyatrī, the youngest among Aditi’s sons—Vişṇu in the Vāmana form—and the dark-and-tawny Lord, bearing the blended aspect of Hari and Hara.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches surrender to the Divine as the highest refuge: the Lord is portrayed as creator, purifier, and mantra itself—implying that ethical life (dharma) is sustained by taking shelter in the sacred, cultivating purity, and recognizing the one divine reality behind multiple forms.
Vāyu is reciting a litany of divine epithets—praising the Lord through names that highlight power (thousand-armed), completeness, refuge-giving, cosmic creativity, purifying holiness, identification with the Gāyatrī mantra, the Vāmana incarnation among Aditi’s sons, and a form described as dark-and-tawny, suggestive (per the edition’s gloss) of Hari-Hara unity.