Shloka 49

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

कालयोगी महानाद: सर्वकामश्नतुष्पथ: । निशाचर: प्रेतचारी भूतचारी महेश्वर:

Transliteration

kālayogī mahānādaḥ sarvakāmaśnatuṣpathaḥ | niśācaraḥ pretacārī bhūtacārī maheśvaraḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “He is the master of Time’s discipline, the great-voiced one; the consumer of all desires and the one whose path is hard to satisfy. He moves by night, ranges among the departed, and moves among spirits—he is the Great Lord.”

Word by Word

• कालयोगी: one who is united with/masters Time (a yogin of Time)
• कालयोगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालयोगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महानादः: the great-sounding/one of mighty roar
• महानादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वकामश्नतुष्पथः: he whose path is to eat/consume all desires (i.e., destroyer of all desires)
• सर्वकामश्नतुष्पथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकामश्नतुष्पथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निशाचरः: night-roamer
• निशाचरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रेतचारी: one who moves among/with the departed spirits (preta-roamer)
• प्रेतचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूतचारी: one who moves among/with beings/spirits (bhūta-roamer)
• भूतचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महेश्वरः: the great Lord
• महेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Maheśvara (Śiva)