Shloka 141
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
व्यास: सर्ग: सुसंक्षेपो विस्तर: पर्ययो नरः । ऋतु: संवत्सरो मास: पक्ष: संख्यासमापन:
vyāsaḥ sargaḥ susaṃkṣepo vistaraḥ paryayo naraḥ | ṛtuḥ saṃvatsaro māsaḥ pakṣaḥ saṅkhyāsamāpanaḥ ||
ヴァーユは言った。「彼はヴィヤーサであり、宇宙の『サルガ』（sarga、流出・化生）である。創造の簡約の姿であると同時に、展開された広大な姿でもある。彼は遍在する『ナラ』であり、ヴァイシュヴァーナラのごとき者である。彼は季節であり、年であり、月であり、半月であり、そして『数の終結』そのもの—時の数えを閉じる暦の結節点である。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the divine as immanent in both sacred authorship (Vyāsa) and the structure of the cosmos—especially the ordered cycles of time. It teaches that dharma is grounded in recognizing a single sustaining principle behind creation, its concise/expanded forms, and the calendrical rhythms that regulate human life and ritual.
Vāyu is praising/defining the supreme principle through a litany of identifications: the deity is called Vyāsa and also equated with creation and with temporal units (season, year, month, fortnight) and their completing junctions. The passage functions as a theological enumeration (stuti) linking cosmic order and sacred tradition.