Shloka 55

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

विष्वक्सेनो हरिर्यज्ञ: संयुगापीडवाहन: । तीक्ष्णतापश्न हर्यश्वः सहाय: कर्मकालवित्‌,२०७ विष्वक्सेन:--दैत्योंकी सेनाकों सब ओर भगा देनेवाले, २०८ हरि:-- आपत्तियोंको हर लेनेवाले, २०९ यज्ञ:--यज्ञ़रूप, २१० संयुगापीडवाहन:--युद्धमें पीड़ारहित वाहनवाले, २११ तीक्ष्णताप:--दुःसह तापरूप सूर्य, २१२ हर्यश्वः--हरे रंगके घोड़ोंसे युक्त, २१३ सहाय:--जीवमात्रके सखा, २१४ कर्मकालवित्‌--कर्मोंके कालको ठीक-ठीक जाननेवाले

Transliteration

viṣvakseno harir yajñaḥ saṁyugāpīḍavāhanaḥ | tīkṣṇatāpo haryaśvaḥ sahāyaḥ karmakālavit ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva said: “He is Viṣvaksena, who routs the hosts of demons on every side; Hari, who removes afflictions; Yajña, the very embodiment of sacrifice; the One whose vehicle is untroubled even amid the crush of battle; the Fierce-Heat, like the unbearable sun; Haryaśva, attended by green-hued steeds; the Friend and ally of all living beings; and the Knower of the proper times for actions.”

Word by Word

विष्वक्सेनःhe whose army is everywhere / all-conquering commander

हरिःHari (Vishnu); the remover

यज्ञःsacrifice; the embodiment of sacrifice

संयुगापीडवाहनःhe whose mount is untroubled in battle

तीक्ष्णतापःone of fierce heat (the sun-like)

हर्यश्वःhe who has tawny/greenish horses

सहायःhelper; ally; companion

कर्मकालवित्knower of the proper time for actions

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god, speaker)

Viṣṇu/Hari (implied by epithets)

Yajña (as divine principle/embodiment)

Demons/Daityas (implied by ‘routs demon armies’)

Sun (Sūrya, as simile for fierce heat)

Divine horses (haryaśva)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes