Shloka 65

Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

लोहिताक्षो महाक्षश्न विजयाक्षो विशारद: । संग्रहो निग्रह: कर्ता सर्पचीरनिवासन:

Transliteration

lohitākṣo mahākṣaś ca vijayākṣo viśāradaḥ | saṅgraho nigrahaḥ kartā sarpacīranivāsanaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva dit : «Il a les yeux rouges et de grands yeux ; son regard est victorieux et il est pénétrant. Il rassemble et soutient, il réprime et discipline ; il est l’agent et la source de toute action, et il demeure vêtu d’un vêtement de peau de serpent.»

Word by Word

• लोहिताक्षः: red-eyed
• लोहिताक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोहिताक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाक्षः: large-eyed
• महाक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजयाक्षः: having victorious eyes / victory-marked (epithet)
• विजयाक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजयाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशारदः: skilled, learned
• विशारदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संग्रहः: collector; one who gathers/controls
• संग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निग्रहः: restrainer; chastiser
• निग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्ता: doer; maker; creator
• कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्पचीरनिवासनः: wearing a garment of serpent-skins
• सर्पचीरनिवासनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्पचीरनिवासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• A deity described by epithets (likely Śiva/Rudra by the serpent-skin motif)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the divine as both compassionate sustainer (saṅgraha) and firm disciplinarian (nigraha), presenting ethical governance as a balance of protection, order, and wise discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is reciting a stuti-like description, listing honorific epithets that characterize the deity’s power, wisdom, and ascetic symbolism (serpent-skin attire), as part of a broader discourse on dharma and venerating the divine.