Shloka 72
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
शुभाशुभान्वितान् भावान् विसृजन् संक्षिपन्नपि । आस्ते देव्या सदाचिन्त्यो य॑ प्रार्थयसि शत्रुहन्
śubhāśubhānvitān bhāvān visṛjan saṅkṣipann api | āste devyā sadācintyo yaṃ prārthayasi śatruhan ||
ວາສຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຜູ້ສັງຫານສັດຕູ, ພຣະອົງຜູ້ທີ່ທ່ານອະທິຖານຫາ—ຜູ້ອັນຫາທີ່ຄາດຄິດບໍ່ໄດ້—ປະທັບຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້ຄຽງຄູ່ກັບເທວີ ແລະຍັງສ້າງຄຸນທຳອັນດີຢູ່ເລື້ອຍໆ ພ້ອມທັງຂົ່ມ ຫຼືລະລາຍອາລົມຊົ່ວ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ສັງກະຣະ—ຄັງແຫ່ງລັດສະຫມີ ແລະຕະປະສະຍາ—ແມ່ນແຫຼ່ງແຫ່ງຄວາມສະຫງົບພາຍໃນ ແລະເປັນຜູ້ທຳລາຍຕັນຫາ».
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Śiva (Śaṅkara) as the regulator of inner life: he generates and supports auspicious qualities (like calm and restraint) while withdrawing or destroying inauspicious impulses (like desire and agitation). Ethically, it emphasizes cultivating wholesome dispositions and restraining harmful ones through devotion and inner discipline.
Vāsudeva addresses a warrior (“slayer of foes”) and identifies the deity being prayed to: the ever-inconceivable Lord Śaṅkara, who abides with the Goddess. He is described as actively shaping the moral-psychological landscape—creating auspicious states and dissolving inauspicious ones—highlighting Śiva’s presence and power.