Shloka 21
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
आप ही स्वर्ग और मोक्ष हैं। आप ही काम और क्रोध हैं तथा आप ही सत्त्व, रज, तम, अधोलोक और ऊर्ध्वलोक हैं
āpa hī svarga aura mokṣa haiṃ | āpa hī kāma aura krodha haiṃ tathā āpa hī sattva, rajas, tamas, adholoka aura ūrdhvaloka haiṃ |
ヴァーユ神は宣言した。「汝ただ一者のみが天界であり解脱である。汝ただ一者のみが欲と怒りとして現れ、また汝ただ一者のみが三つのグナ—サットヴァ、ラジャス、タマス—であり、下界と上界でもある。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
All opposites—heaven and liberation, desire and anger, higher and lower worlds, and even the three guṇas—are presented as manifestations of the one supreme reality. Ethically, it urges seeing passions like kāma and krodha as forces to be understood and mastered within a larger spiritual framework, not as independent powers.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in praise and theological identification, attributing cosmic functions and psychological forces to the addressed supreme principle. The verse functions as a doctrinal affirmation within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and spiritual understanding.