Shloka 49
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
कालयोगी महानाद: सर्वकामश्नतुष्पथ: । निशाचर: प्रेतचारी भूतचारी महेश्वर:
kālayogī mahānādaḥ sarvakāmaśnatuṣpathaḥ | niśācaraḥ pretacārī bhūtacārī maheśvaraḥ ||
ພະວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະອົງແມ່ນຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າແຫ່ງວິນັຍຂອງເວລາ, ຜູ້ມີສຽງອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່. ພຣະອົງເປັນຜູ້ກິນກົດກືນຄວາມປາຖະໜາທັງປວງ, ແລະເປັນຜູ້ທີ່ເສັ້ນທາງຂອງພຣະອົງຍາກຈະໃຫ້ພໍໃຈ. ພຣະອົງເຄື່ອນໄຫວໃນກາງຄືນ, ທ່ອງໄປທ່າມກາງຜູ້ລ່ວງລັບ, ແລະເຄື່ອນໄຫວທ່າມກາງວິນຍານ—ພຣະອົງແມ່ນມະເຫສະວະຣະ, ຈອມເຈົ້າອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse exalts Maheśvara as a cosmic power beyond ordinary human measures: Time-bound yet Time-governing, insatiable in consuming all desires, and sovereign over liminal realms (night, spirits, the dead). Ethically, it points to the limits of desire and the supremacy of a higher order that transcends fearsome appearances.
Vāyudeva is describing Maheśvara through a chain of epithets, emphasizing his awe-inspiring, otherworldly sovereignty—especially his association with Time and with beings of the night and spirit-world—within a devotional or laudatory context.