Shloka 195

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

ऐश्वर्य सकल॑ यस्मादनुत्पादितमव्ययम्‌ | अबीजाद्‌ बीजसम्भूतं वरं तस्माद्‌ वृणीमहे

Transliteration

aiśvaryaṃ sakalaṃ yasmād anutpāditam avyayam | abījād bījasambhūtaṃ varaṃ tasmād vṛṇīmahe ||

Translation

釈迦羅（インドラ）は言った。「あらゆる王権と威徳は彼より起こる——作られず、朽ちず、尽きることもない。種なき根源より、種より生ずる一切が現れる。ゆえに我らは、その大主（マハーデーヴァ）にこそ恩寵を乞い願う。」

Word by Word

• ऐश्वर्यम्: sovereignty, lordly power
• ऐश्वर्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सकलम्: entire, all
• सकलम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यस्मात्: from whom/which
• यस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अनुत्पादितम्: not produced, uncreated
• अनुत्पादितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्पादित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अव्ययम्: imperishable, undecaying
• अव्ययम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अबीजात्: from the seedless (source)
• अबीजात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबीज
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• बीजसम्भूतम्: arisen from seed; having seed-origin
• बीजसम्भूतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बीज-सम्भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मात्: from him/therefore (from that one)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• वृणीमहे: we choose, we seek (as a boon)
• वृणीमहे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणीते)
• Form: Present, First, Plural, Atmanepada

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Mahādeva (Śiva) (implied as the seedless source of all causes)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All worldly and cosmic power is portrayed as deriving from an uncreated, imperishable source (Mahādeva). Recognizing this, one should approach power with humility and devotion, seeking rightful boons through reverence rather than claiming autonomy or pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra), speaking in praise, identifies Mahādeva as the causeless origin from whom all caused things arise, and on that basis declares that they will ask him for a boon—framing the request as grounded in recognition of Mahādeva’s supreme status.