Shloka 98
कपिल: कपिश: शुक्ल आयुभश्चिव परोडपर: । गन्धर्वो हादितिस्ताक्ष्य: सुविज्ञेयः सुशारद:,५६१ कपिल:ः--कपिल वर्ण, ५६२ कपिश:--पीले वर्णवाले, ५६३ शुक्ल:--श्वैत वर्णवाले, ५६४ आयु:--जीवनरूप, ५६५ पर:--प्राचीन, ५६६ अपर:--अर्वाचीन, ५६७ गन्धर्व:--चित्ररथ आदि गन्धर्वरूप, ५६८ अदिति:--देवमाता अदितिस्वरूप, ५६९ ताक्ष्य:--विनतानन्दन गरुडरूप, ५७० सुविज्ञेय:--सुगमतापूर्वक जानने योग्य, ५७१ सुशारद:--उत्तम वाणी बोलनेवाले
vāyudeva uvāca | kapilaḥ kapiśaḥ śukla āyubhaś caiva parodaparaḥ | gandharvo hāditis tākṣyaḥ suvijñeyaḥ suśāradaḥ ||
Vāyudeva said: “He may be understood in many forms and aspects—kapila (tawny), kapiśa (yellowish-brown), śukla (white), as life itself (āyuḥ), as the ancient and the later (para and apara), as a Gandharva, as Aditi, and as Tākṣya (Garuḍa). He is to be known clearly and with ease, and is possessed of refined, discerning speech.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a theological-ethical idea: the divine (or the object of contemplation being described) can be recognized through multiple forms, colors, and cosmic roles—life itself, temporal polarity (ancient/later), and well-known divine beings. True understanding is marked by clarity (suvijñeya) and mature, disciplined speech (suśārada), implying that knowledge should be both discernible and expressed responsibly.
Vāyudeva is speaking and enumerates a series of recognizable manifestations or identifications—color-forms (kapila, kapiśa, śukla), principles (āyuḥ, para/apara), and divine figures (Gandharva, Aditi, Tākṣya/Garuḍa)—to indicate how the described reality can be known and characterized.