Shloka 98
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
कपिल: कपिश: शुक्ल आयुभश्चिव परोडपर: । गन्धर्वो हादितिस्ताक्ष्य: सुविज्ञेयः सुशारद:
vāyudeva uvāca | kapilaḥ kapiśaḥ śukla āyubhaś caiva parodaparaḥ | gandharvo hāditis tākṣyaḥ suvijñeyaḥ suśāradaḥ ||
Vāyudeva dijo: «Puede comprenderse en muchas formas y aspectos: kapila (leonado), kapiśa (amarillo parduzco), śukla (blanco); como la vida misma (āyuḥ); como lo antiguo y lo posterior (para y apara); como un Gandharva; como Aditi; y como Tākṣya (Garuḍa). Ha de ser conocido con claridad y sin dificultad, y posee un habla refinada y discerniente.»
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.