Shloka 62
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
त्रिदशस्त्रिकालधृक् कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचन: । बन्धनस्त्वसुरेन्द्राणां युधि शत्रुविनाशन:
tridaśas trikāladhṛk karmasarvabandhavimocanaḥ | bandhanas tv asurendrāṇāṁ yudhi śatruvināśanaḥ ||
風神ヴāユは言った。「彼は有身の生の三相—生起・存続・滅尽—を支える者、過去・現在・未来という三時を担う者、業によって結ばれたあらゆる束縛を断ち切る解放者である。だが阿修羅の王たちに対しては縛する者となり、戦場においては敵を滅ぼす者となる。かくして、正しき者を業の枷から解き放つ同じ神威が、驕れる者を抑え、ダルマを護るべき時には敵対の勢力を打ち倒す。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a moral paradox of divine power: the Lord is simultaneously the liberator from karmic bondage for those aligned with dharma and the restrainer of destructive forces. Freedom and restraint are not contradictions but two functions of the same cosmic governance.
Vāyu-deva is praising the supreme divine being through epithets, describing cosmic roles (upholding time and life-cycles) and ethical-historical roles (binding Asura-kings and destroying enemies in battle), emphasizing divine intervention when adharma becomes dominant.