Shloka 73
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
स्वाहा वौषट ब्राह्मणा: सौरभेयी धर्म चाग्रयं कालचक्रं बल॑ च | यशो दमो बुद्धिमतां स्थितिश्न शुभाशुभं ये मुनयश्न सप्त
vāyudeva uvāca | svāhā vauṣaṭ brāhmaṇāḥ saurabheyī dharmaś cāgryaṃ kālacakraṃ balaṃ ca | yaśo damo buddhimatāṃ sthitiś ca śubhāśubhaṃ ye munayaś ca sapta ||
Vāyu bersabda: “Dalam tatanan yajña terdapat ucapan ‘svāhā’ dan ‘vauṣaṭ’; para Brāhmaṇa; sapi Saurabheyī; Dharma yang tertinggi; roda Kala (Waktu); dan kekuatan. Demikian pula kemasyhuran, pengendalian diri, keteguhan para bijak, seluruh buah karma yang baik maupun buruk, serta Tujuh Ṛṣi. Ketahuilah semuanya ini—beserta prinsip-prinsip ilahi dan kosmis yang telah disebutkan sebelumnya—berasal dari Mahādeva.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links ritual speech (svāhā, vauṣaṭ), social-religious authority (Brāhmaṇas), and ethical qualities (dharma, self-restraint, wise steadiness) with cosmic principles (Time’s wheel, karmic auspicious/inauspicious results), presenting them as parts of a single sacred order ultimately grounded in Mahādeva.
Vāyudeva continues a long enumeration of divine, ritual, and moral categories, concluding that these principles and beings should be understood as originating from Mahādeva, reinforcing a Śaiva-centered cosmology within the Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic discourse.