Shloka 6
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
अजं तमहमीशानमनादिनिधन प्रभुम् अत्यन्तसुखिनं देवमनघं शरणं व्रजे
ajaṁ tam aham īśānam anādinidhanaṁ prabhum atyantasukhinaṁ devam anaghaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraje
Dijo Vāyu-deva: «Me refugio en ese Señor no nacido—sin principio ni fin, soberano Maestro—supremamente bienaventurado, divino e inmaculado. Él es a quien los eruditos del Sāṅkhya alaban como el Supremo, el Pradhāna, el Puruṣa, el Supervisor y el Īśvara; a quien los yoguis contemplan sin cesar; a quien los sabios conocen como la causa del surgir y la disolución del mundo; y por encima de quien no hay nadie entre dioses, asuras o rishis. A ese poderoso Mahādeva acudo en busca de amparo.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches śaraṇāgati—taking refuge in the supreme Lord—described as unborn, beginningless, endless, blissful, and stainless. It also presents a harmonizing vision where the highest reality is praised in terms familiar to Sāṅkhya (Pradhāna, Puruṣa) and Yoga (Īśvara), affirming one supreme divine source behind creation and dissolution.
Vāyu-deva offers a devotional declaration, identifying Mahādeva (Śiva) as the unsurpassed supreme being. He frames Śiva’s greatness through philosophical and cosmological language—praised by Sāṅkhya scholars, contemplated by yogins, and recognized by the wise as the cause of the world’s origin and end—before explicitly taking refuge in him.