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Shloka 59

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

नक्षत्रविग्रहमतिर्गुणबुद्धिर्लयो 5गम: । प्रजापतिर्विश्वबाहुर्विभाग: सर्वगो5मुख:

Transliteration

nakṣatravigrahamatir guṇabuddhir layo 'gamaḥ | prajāpatir viśvabāhur vibhāgaḥ sarvago 'mukhaḥ ||

Translation

ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະອົງເປັນຜູ້ຮູ້ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ ແລະຮູບຮ່າງຈັດວາງຂອງດາວ, ດາວເຄາະ, ແລະດວງແສງທັງຫຼາຍ; ເປັນຜູ້ທີ່ປັນຍາຂອງພຣະອົງເຂົ້າໃຈຄຸນະ (guṇa); ເປັນພື້ນຖານທີ່ທຸກສິ່ງລະລາຍລົງໃນຍາມມະຫາປະລະຍະ; ແຕ່ກໍຍັງເປັນຜູ້ຢາກຮູ້ບໍ່ຖືກ. ພຣະອົງແມ່ນປຣະຈາປະຕິ—ເຈົ້າແຫ່ງສັດທັງປວງ; ຜູ້ທີ່ແຂນຂອງພຣະອົງແຜ່ໄປທົ່ວ; ຫຼັກການແຫ່ງການແບ່ງແຍກແລະລະບຽບ; ຜູ້ສະຖິດທົ່ວທຸກແຫ່ງ; ແລະຜູ້ບໍ່ມີໃບໜ້າ—ເກີນກວ່າຮູບຈຳກັດທັງປວງ»។

Word by Word

नक्षत्रविग्रहमति:one whose intellect concerns the motions/positions of stars and planets

गुणबुद्धि:one whose understanding is of qualities (guṇas)

लयःdissolution; the place/state of dissolution

अगमःincomprehensible; not attainable/knowable

प्रजापतिःlord of creatures; Prajāpati

विश्वबाहुःhe whose arms are everywhere / universal-armed

विभागःdivision; distributor; differentiation

सर्वगःall-pervading; going everywhere

अमुखःfaceless; without a mouth/face

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Wind-god)

Prajāpati

nakṣatra (stars/constellations)

graha (planets)

tārā (luminaries)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse strings together epithets to convey that the Supreme (addressed here as Prajāpati) governs cosmic order (celestial motions and the guṇas), is the final ground of dissolution (laya), yet remains ultimately beyond full human comprehension (agama).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking a hymn-like description, listing divine names/qualities to identify and praise the deity’s cosmic sovereignty, omnipresence, and transcendence beyond limited form.