Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 17 Shloka 97 - Mahabharata | French | Vedapath

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Shloka 97

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

आश्रमस्थ: क्रियावस्थो विश्वकर्ममतिर्वर: । विशालशाखतस्ताग्रोष्ठो हम्बुजाल: सुनिश्चल:

Transliteration

āśramasthaḥ kriyāvastho viśvakarmamatir varaḥ | viśālaśākhas tāmroṣṭho 'mbujālaḥ suniścalaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu dit : « Il demeure dans la discipline des āśrama, fermement engagé dans les rites sacrés ; suprême en excellence, l’esprit habile aux œuvres qui façonnent le monde. Aux bras larges, aux lèvres vermeilles, il est tel une vaste étendue d’eaux—un océan—parfaitement immobile. »

Word by Word

आश्रमस्थःdwelling in an āśrama / established in the āśrama-dharma

क्रियावस्थःengaged in (ritual) actions; abiding in prescribed rites

विश्वकर्ममतिःone whose intellect is skilled in all works / in the work of the world

वरःexcellent; best

विशालशाखःhaving large/long arms (lit. branches)

ताम्रोष्ठःhaving copper-red lips

अम्बुजालःhaving a mass/net of waters; ocean-like

सुनिश्चलःvery steady; completely unmoving

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Wind-god)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises an ideal figure whose excellence rests on disciplined living within dharma (āśrama duties), committed performance of sacred actions, and inner steadiness—strength and capability guided by ethical order rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is describing (in laudatory, emblematic terms) the qualities and appearance of a supremely virtuous and capable person—highlighting dharmic conduct, ritual engagement, creative competence, heroic physique, and ocean-like immovability.