Shloka 100
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
उग्रो वंशकरो वंशों वंशनादो हाुनिन्दित: । सर्वाड्ररूपो मायावी सुहदो हुनिलोडनल:
vāyudeva uvāca | ugro vaṁśakaro vaṁśo vaṁśanādo 'ninditaḥ | sarvāṅgarūpo māyāvī suhṛd anilo 'nalaḥ ||
ວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: “ພຣະອົງແມ່ນຜູ້ດຸຮ້າຍ—ໃນຍາມພຣະລະຍະພຣະອົງຮັບຮູບອັນນ່າຢ້ານ; ເປັນຜູ້ກໍ່ຕັ້ງວົງສາ ແລະເປັນວົງສານັ້ນເອງ; ເປັນສຽງຂຸ່ຍທີ່ກ້ອງກັງ (ໃນຮູບຂອງກຣິຊນະ); ບໍ່ມີມົນທິນ ບໍ່ຄວນຖືກຕໍານິ; ສົມບູນທຸກອະວະຍະ; ອັດສະຈັນໃນອໍານາດທິບ; ເປັນມິດຂອງສັດທັງປວງດ້ວຍເມດຕາກະລຸນາບໍ່ມີເຫດ; ແລະດໍາລົງຢູ່ເປັນທັງລົມ ແລະໄຟ.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a many-sided vision of the Divine: simultaneously awe-inspiring (ugra) and compassionate (suhṛt), transcendent of blame (anindita) yet immanent in the elements (anila, anala). Ethically, it encourages reverence joined with trust—fear of wrongdoing before cosmic power, and confidence in divine benevolence.
Vāyudeva is reciting a litany of epithets—names describing the Lord’s qualities. The sequence moves from cosmic might (pralaya-form) to lineage and flute-associated identity (hinting at Kṛṣṇa), and finally to elemental pervasion as wind and fire.