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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

वायुदेव बोले— वह लोहिताक्ष—रक्तनेत्र—और महाक्ष—विशाल नेत्रोंवाला—है; विजयाक्ष—विजयी दृष्टिवाला—और विशारद—प्रवीण—है। वह संग्रह करनेवाला, निग्रह करनेवाला, कर्ता—सबका उत्पादक—है; और सर्पचर्म के चीर को धारण करनेवाला है।

Word by Word

लोहिताक्षःred-eyed

महाक्षःlarge-eyed

विजयाक्षःhaving victorious eyes / victory-marked (epithet)

विशारदःskilled, learned

संग्रहःcollector; one who gathers/controls

निग्रहःrestrainer; chastiser

कर्ताdoer; maker; creator

सर्पचीरनिवासनःwearing a garment of serpent-skins

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

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

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 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.