Shloka 143
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
सदसद् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं पिता माता पितामह: । स्वर्गद्धारं प्रजाद्वारं मोक्षद्वारं त्रिविष्टपम्
sadasad vyaktam avyaktam pitā mātā pitāmahaḥ | svargadvāraṁ prajādvāraṁ mokṣadvāraṁ trivīṣṭapam ||
Vāyu bersabda: “Ia adalah ada dan tiada; yang termanifest dan yang tak termanifest. Ia adalah ayah, ibu, dan leluhur agung. Ia adalah gerbang surga, gerbang keturunan, dan gerbang pembebasan—bahkan Ia sendiri adalah Triviṣṭapa, yakni surga itu.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a single supreme principle as all-encompassing: it transcends dualities (being/non-being, manifest/unmanifest), underlies lineage and generation (father/mother/grandsire), and functions as the effective means toward the highest human aims—heavenly merit, progeny/continuity, and liberation.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a didactic context within the Anuśāsana Parva, offering a compact, exalted description of the ultimate reality (or highest object of reverence) by listing its cosmic, familial, and soteriological dimensions.