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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 126

Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

युगरूपो महारूपो महानागहनोडवध: । न्यायनिर्वपण: पाद: पण्डितो हृचलोपम:

Transliteration

yugarūpo mahārūpo mahānāgahanodavadhaḥ | nyāyanirvapaṇaḥ pādaḥ paṇḍito ’calopamaḥ ||

Translation

ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະອົງແມ່ນຮູບສະພາບແຫ່ງຍຸກທັງຫຼາຍ, ມີຮູບລັກອັນໃຫຍ່ໂຕ ແລະສົງ່າງາມ; ເປັນຜູ້ປະຫານອະສຸຣະຊ້າງອັນມະຫິມາ (ກະຈາສຸຣະ); ອະມະຕະ ບໍ່ຮູ້ຈັກຄວາມຕາຍ; ເປັນຜູ້ແຈກທານຕາມຄວາມຍຸດຕິທຳ; ເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງອັນແນ່ນອນແກ່ຜູ້ຂໍພຶ່ງ; ເປັນຜູ້ຮູ້ທັນ; ແລະໝັ້ນຄົງດັ່ງພູເຂົາ»។

Word by Word

युगरूपःhaving the form/nature of an age (yuga)

महारूपःof great form; mighty-formed

महानागहनःslayer of the great elephant-demon (Mahānāga-hana)

उदवधःdeathless; not subject to destruction

न्यायनिर्वपणःone who bestows/dispenses justice (rightful giving)

पादःrefuge; the one to be approached (lit. foot)

पण्डितःlearned; wise

अचलोपमःimmovable like a mountain

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Wind-god)

Gajāsura (implied by ‘mahānāga-hana’ in the provided gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises an ideal divine figure as the embodiment of cosmic order and ethical governance: immortal, just in giving, a dependable refuge for devotees, and unwavering in resolve—linking true greatness with dharma (justice, right generosity, and steadfast protection).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking in a laudatory mode, listing epithets that describe the exalted qualities and heroic deeds of the praised being—cosmic stature, demon-slaying power, immortality, righteous generosity, and mountain-like steadiness—typical of Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic and devotional passages.