Shloka 63

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

अपुनर्भवकामानां वैराग्ये वर्ततां च या । प्रकृतीनां लयानां च सा गतिस्त्वं सनातन

Transliteration

apunarbha­vakāmānāṁ vairāgye vartatāṁ ca yā | prakṛtīnāṁ layānāṁ ca sā gatis tvaṁ sanātana, sanātana parameśvara ||

Translation

Vāyu berkata: “Wahai Yang Kekal, wahai Tuhan Tertinggi Yang Kekal—Engkaulah tujuan akhir yang dicapai oleh mereka yang merindukan kebebasan dari kelahiran kembali dan menapaki jalan vairāgya; dan Engkaulah pula tujuan mereka yang melebur kembali ke dalam Prakṛti. Dalam setiap bentuk pelepasan dan peleburan, Engkaulah yang dicapai.”

Word by Word

• अपुनर्भवकामानाम्: of those desiring non-return (final liberation)
• अपुनर्भवकामानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपुनर्भवकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वैराग्ये: in dispassion
• वैराग्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वर्तताम्: who abide / who are engaged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada, Imperative (injunctive-like usage)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• या: which (that)
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकृतीनाम्: of the prakṛtis / of nature-principles
• प्रकृतीनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• लयानाम्: of dissolutions / absorptions
• लयानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सा: that (same)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: goal / course / final state
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• सनातन: O eternal one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सनातन: O eternal one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• परमेश्वर: O supreme lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• Sanātana Parameśvara (the Eternal Supreme Lord)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All ultimate spiritual outcomes—whether described as liberation from rebirth through dispassion or as dissolution into primordial Nature—culminate in the Supreme Lord as the final refuge and goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses the Supreme Lord in praise, identifying Him as the destination of seekers of mokṣa and as the end-point even of cosmic or metaphysical dissolution, thereby affirming the Lord’s supremacy over all paths and states.