Shloka 160
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
तथैव च मनुष्येषु ये मनुष्या: प्रधानत: । आस्तिका: श्रद्दधानाश्न बहुभिर्जन्मभि: स्तवै:
tathaiva ca manuṣyeṣu ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ | āstikāḥ śraddadhānāś ca bahubhir janmabhiḥ stavaiḥ ||
同じく人々の中でも、まず信を立て、篤い信心に満ち—多くの生にわたり捧げられた讃歌によって帰依が鍛えられた者たちは、量り知れぬ霊的威光を帯びて輝く。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady faith (āstikya) and sincere trust (śraddhā), reinforced by long-standing practice of praise and devotion across lifetimes, culminate in inner radiance and spiritual potency (tejas).
Vāyudeva is describing the type of human devotee who is foremost in belief and faith, and he characterizes their accumulated devotional merit—built through many births of hymn-praise—as the cause of their exceptional spiritual brilliance.