Shloka 109
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
कैलासगिरिवासी च हिमवदूगिरिसंश्रय: । कूलहारी कूलकर्ता बहुविद्यो बहुप्रद:
kailāsagirivāsī ca himavadgiri-saṁśrayaḥ | kūlahārī kūlakartā bahuvidyo bahupradaḥ ||
Vāyu-deva dit : « Il demeure sur le mont Kailāsa et prend aussi refuge dans les chaînes de l’Himālaya. Il emporte les berges des rivières par des courants puissants, et il est aussi le créateur des rives—façonnant de grands lacs et des réservoirs. Il est versé en de nombreux savoirs et prodigue des dons en abondance. »
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises a figure through paradoxical natural imagery—able to destroy and to create (eroding banks yet also forming them)—and links true greatness with both wide learning (bahuvidya) and abundant generosity (bahuprada).
Vāyu-deva is describing and extolling a powerful being associated with sacred mountains (Kailāsa and the Himālaya), highlighting their might in shaping landscapes and their virtues of knowledge and giving.