Shloka 67

Devanagari script

सर्वकामवरश्रैव सर्वद: सर्वतोमुख: । आकाशनिर्विरूपश्न निपाती हवश: खग:,२९४ मुख्य:--सर्वश्रेष्ठ २९५ अमुख्य:--जिससे बढ़कर मुख्य दूसरा कोई न हो वह, २९६ देह:--देहस्वरूप, २९७ काहलि:--काहल नामक वाद्यविशेषको बजानेवाले, २९८ सर्वकामद:--सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंके दाता, २९९ सर्वकालप्रसाद:--सर्वदा कृपा करनेवाले, ३०० सुबल:--उत्तम बलसे सम्पन्न, ३०१ बलरूपधृकू--बल और रूपके आधार, ३०२ सर्वकामवर:--सम्पूर्ण कमनीय पदार्थोंमें श्रेष्ठ--मोक्षस्वरूप, ३०३ सर्वद:--सब कुछ देनेवाले, ३०४ सर्वतोमुख:--सब ओर मुखवाले, ३०५ आकाशनिर्विरूप:--आकाशकी भाँति जिनसे नाना प्रकारके रूप प्रकट होते हैं वे, ३०६ निपाती--पापियोंको नरकमें गिरानेवाले, ३०७ अवश:--जिनके ऊपर किसीका वश नहीं चलता वे, ३०८ खग:-- आकाशगामी

Transliteration

sarvakāmavaraś caiva sarvadaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ | ākāśanirvirūpaś ca nipātī avaśaḥ khagaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva said: “He is the supreme among all desirable attainments, the giver of all, and the One whose faces are everywhere. Like the sky, he manifests in countless forms without being confined to any single form. He casts down the sinful, is subject to none, and moves freely through the heavens.”

Word by Word

सर्वकामवरःbest among all desirable objects / supreme boon (often taken as mokṣa)

चand

सर्वदःgiver of everything

सर्वतोमुखःhaving faces in all directions / all-faced

आकाशनिर्विरूपःmanifesting diverse forms like the sky / sky-like in (varied) forms

निपातीone who causes to fall / cast down

अवशःuncontrolled; not subject to anyone’s control

खगःsky-goer; bird (epithet: one who moves in the sky)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu-deva

the Supreme Lord (implied referent of the epithets)

ākāśa (sky)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a theological-ethical portrait of the Supreme: all-giving and all-pervading, yet independent and beyond limitation, while also functioning as moral governor—uplifting devotees through grace and casting down persistent sinners through the consequences of adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking and enumerating honorific epithets describing the Supreme Lord’s nature—his universal presence (sarvatomukha), transcendence and manifold manifestation (ākāśanirvirūpa), sovereignty (avaśa), and punitive aspect toward wrongdoing (nipātī).