Shloka 153

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

व्रताधिप: परं ब्रह्म भक्तानां परमा गति: । विमुक्तो मुक्ततेजाश्न श्रीमान्‌ श्रीवर्धनी जगत्‌

Transliteration

vratādhipaḥ paraṁ brahma bhaktānāṁ paramā gatiḥ | vimukto muktatejāś ca śrīmān śrīvrdhanī jagat ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva dit : «Il est le souverain des vœux, le Brahman suprême ; pour les dévots, il est le refuge le plus haut et le but ultime. Éternellement libre, il déchaîne contre les ennemis une splendeur irrésistible ; doté d’une prospérité divine, il accroît la fortune de ceux qui l’adorent, et il est la forme même du monde.»

Word by Word

• व्रताधिपः: lord of vows/observances
• व्रताधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रताधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (the absolute)
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भक्तानाम्: of devotees
• भक्तानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: goal, refuge, final state
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विमुक्तः: fully liberated
• विमुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुक्ततेजाः: whose radiance is unleashed/free (mighty in splendor)
• मुक्ततेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ततेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: prosperous, glorious
• श्रीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीवर्धनी: increaser of prosperity (prosperity-enhancing power)
• श्रीवर्धनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीवर्धनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जगत्: the world; the universe
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Brahman
• bhakta (devotees)
• jagat (the world/cosmos)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents the deity being praised as the supreme spiritual reality (Brahman) and the ultimate destination for devotees, emphasizing that true refuge and liberation are found in the highest principle, which also governs ethical discipline (vows) and bestows prosperity and protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is delivering a hymn-like eulogy, listing epithets that describe the praised Lord’s cosmic status (as Brahman and the world), salvific role (highest goal for devotees), and active power (radiance that overcomes enemies and prosperity that increases devotees’ welfare).