Shloka 40
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
योगी योज्यो महाबीजो महारेता महाबल: । सुवर्णरिता: सर्वज्ञ: सुबीजो बीजवाहन:,८२ योगी--योगनिष्ठ, ८३ योज्य:--मनोयोगके आश्रय, ८४ महाबीज:--महान् कारणरूप, ८५ महारेता:--महावीर्यशाली, ८६ महाबल:--महान् शक्तिसे सम्पन्न, ८७ सुवर्णरेता:--अग्निरूप, ८८ सर्वज्ञ:--सब कुछ जाननेवाले, ८९ सुबीज:--उत्तम बीजरूप, ९० बीजवाहन:--जीवोंके संस्काररूप बीजको वहन करनेवाले
yogī yojyo mahābījo mahāretā mahābalaḥ | suvarṇaretāḥ sarvajñaḥ subījo bījavāhanaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva said: “He is the true yogin, the one to be yoked (as the mind’s support), the great seed—the vast causal source; of mighty generative power and great strength. His seed is golden like fire; he is all-knowing; he is the good seed itself, and the bearer of the seed—carrying within beings the latent impressions that ripen into their lives.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the supreme principle as the inner support of yoga and as the causal ‘seed’ behind creation and experience. Ethically, it frames spiritual discipline as aligning the mind with that highest source, while recognizing that beings carry latent karmic impressions (bīja/saṃskāra) that shape their conduct and destiny.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in a laudatory, doctrinal mode, listing exalted epithets of the supreme being. The focus is not on external action but on identifying divine attributes—power, purity, omniscience, and the role of sustaining and carrying the karmic ‘seeds’ within living beings.