Shloka 72
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
भिक्षश्व भिक्षुरूपश्न विपणो मृदुरव्यय: । महासेनो विशाखश्न षष्टिभागो गवां पति:
bhikṣuś ca bhikṣurūpaś ca vipaṇaḥ mṛdur avyayaḥ | mahāseno viśākhaś ca ṣaṣṭibhāgo gavāṃ patiḥ ||
Vāyu-deva berkata: “Ia adalah sang pengemis suci (bhikṣu) dan juga yang mengenakan rupa bhikṣu; melampaui segala niaga dan tawar-menawar, berhati lembut, dan tak binasa. Ia Mahāsena dan Viśākha; Ia ‘bagian ke-enam puluh’—tahun yang terbagi enam puluh; dan Ia penguasa ‘sapi-sapi’, yakni tuan atas indria.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse strings together divine epithets to show a single supreme principle that can appear as a renunciant, remain untouched by worldly transactions, embody gentleness and imperishability, command divine forces, govern time, and—ethically most pointed—rule the senses. The practical thrust is inner mastery and non-attachment.
Vāyu-deva is reciting a litany of names/attributes (nāma-saṅkīrtana style) identifying the deity being praised as manifesting multiple roles: ascetic guise, transcendence of commerce, divine generalship (Mahāsena/Skanda), association with Viśākha, embodiment of calendrical time (ṣaṣṭibhāga), and sovereignty over the senses (gavāṃ patiḥ).