Shloka 59
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
नक्षत्रविग्रहमतिर्गुणबुद्धिर्लयो 5गम: । प्रजापतिर्विश्वबाहुर्विभाग: सर्वगो5मुख:,२४१ नक्षत्रविग्रहमति:--नक्षत्र--ग्रह-तारा आदिकी गतिको जाननेवाले, २४२ गुणबुद्धि:-गुणोंमें बुद्धि लगानेवाले, २४३ लय॒ः--प्रलयके स्थान, २४४ अगम:-- जाननेमें न आनेवाला, २४५ प्रजापति:--प्रजाके स्वामी, २४६ विश्वबाहु:--सलब ओर भुजावाले, २४७ विभाग:--विभागस्वरूप, २४८ सर्वग:--सर्वव्यापी, २४९ अमुख:-- बिना मुखवाला
nakṣatravigrahamatir guṇabuddhir layo 'gamaḥ | prajāpatir viśvabāhur vibhāgaḥ sarvago 'mukhaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva said: “He is the knower of the movements and configurations of the stars, planets, and luminaries; the one whose intelligence apprehends the guṇas; the very ground into which all dissolves at cosmic dissolution; and yet the Unfathomable. He is Prajāpati, the Lord of creatures; the One whose arms extend everywhere; the principle of differentiation and order; all-pervading; and without a face (beyond all limited form).”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse strings together epithets to convey that the Supreme (addressed here as Prajāpati) governs cosmic order (celestial motions and the guṇas), is the final ground of dissolution (laya), yet remains ultimately beyond full human comprehension (agama).
Vāyu-deva is speaking a hymn-like description, listing divine names/qualities to identify and praise the deity’s cosmic sovereignty, omnipresence, and transcendence beyond limited form.