Shloka 149
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
विबुधोड5ग्रवर: सूक्ष्म: सर्वदेवस्तपोमय: । सुयुक्त: शोभनो वच्ञी प्रासानां प्रभवो5व्यय:,९६५ विबुध:--विशेष ज्ञानवान्, ९६६ अग्रवर:--यज्ञमें सबसे प्रथम भाग लेनेके अधिकारी, ९६७ सूक्ष्म:--अत्यन्त सूक्ष्मस्वरूप, ९६८ सर्वदेव:--सर्वदेवस्वरूप, ९६९ तपोमय:--तपोमयस्वरूप, ९७० सुयुक्त:--भक्तोंपर कृपा करनेके लिये सब तरहसे सदा सावधान रहनेवाले, ९७१ शोभन:--कल्याणस्वरूप, ९७२ वज्री--वज्रायुधधारी, ९७३ प्रासानां प्रभव:--प्रास नामक अस्त्रकी उत्पत्तिके स्थान, ९७४ अव्यय:-- विनाशरहित
vāyudeva uvāca | vibudho 'gravaraḥ sūkṣmaḥ sarvadevas tapomayaḥ | suyuktaḥ śobhano vajrī prāsānāṁ prabhavo 'vyayaḥ ||
Vāyudeva said: “He is truly a wise celestial, foremost in receiving the first share in sacrifice; subtle in essence; embodying all the gods; formed of austerity. Ever well-prepared (to show grace to devotees), auspicious in nature, the wielder of the thunderbolt, the unfailing source from which the weapon called ‘Prāsa’ arises—imperishable.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverence for the divine as the convergence of many virtues: wisdom, subtlety, austerity, auspiciousness, and imperishability. Ethically, it frames true greatness as rooted in tapas (self-discipline) and benevolence toward devotees, not merely power.
Vāyudeva is describing a deity through a chain of epithets—highlighting sacrificial precedence, subtle divine nature, embodiment of all gods, ascetic power, weapon-bearing authority (vajra), and being the inexhaustible source of certain weapons (Prāsa).