Shloka 126
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
युगरूपो महारूपो महानागहनोडवध: । न्यायनिर्वपण: पाद: पण्डितो हृचलोपम:
yugarūpo mahārūpo mahānāgahanodavadhaḥ | nyāyanirvapaṇaḥ pādaḥ paṇḍito ’calopamaḥ ||
風神ヴāユは言った。「彼は諸ユガ（時代）のまさにその姿、広大にして荘厳なる相を具え、巨象の魔アスラ・ガジャースラを討ち滅ぼす者。死を超えた不死の存在であり、正義にかなう施しを分かち与え、帰依を求める者の確かな庇護所となる。まことに賢く、山のごとく揺るがぬ。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises an ideal divine figure as the embodiment of cosmic order and ethical governance: immortal, just in giving, a dependable refuge for devotees, and unwavering in resolve—linking true greatness with dharma (justice, right generosity, and steadfast protection).
Vāyu-deva is speaking in a laudatory mode, listing epithets that describe the exalted qualities and heroic deeds of the praised being—cosmic stature, demon-slaying power, immortality, righteous generosity, and mountain-like steadiness—typical of Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic and devotional passages.