Shloka 83

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

वृषण: शड्करो नित्यं वर्चस्वी धूमकेतन: । नीलस्तथाडूलुब्धश्न शोभनो निरवग्रह:

Transliteration

vṛṣaṇaḥ śaṅkaro nityaṃ varcasvī dhūmaketanaḥ | nīlas tathā ’lubdhaś ca śobhano niravagrahaḥ ||

Translation

ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ Vṛṣaṇa, ຄືຮູບທຳຂອງທັມມະທີ່ໂປຣຍຜົນແຫ່ງກຳດັ່ງຝົນ; ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ Śaṅkara, ຜູ້ໃຫ້ມົງຄຸນອັນດີງາມເປັນນິດ; ສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດ້ວຍຣັດສະມີຢູ່ເສມອ; ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ Dhūmaketana, ຜູ້ມີທຸງເປັນຄວັນ—ເປັນໄຟໂດຍສະພາບ; ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ Nīla, ຜິວຄ່ຳ; Alubdha, ພໍພຽງດ້ວຍຕົນເອງ ບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວຕໍ່ເສ່ນຫາໂລກ; Śobhana, ຜູ້ສະຫງ່າງາມ; ແລະ Niravagraha, ຜູ້ບໍ່ຖືກຂັດຂວາງ ໄຮ້ອຸປະສັກ»។

Word by Word

• वृषणः: the showerer/bestower (of boons; rain-like giver)
• वृषणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शङ्करः: the beneficent one; auspicious-maker
• शङ्करः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• वर्चस्वी: radiant; full of splendor
• वर्चस्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्चस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धूमकेतनः: he whose banner/sign is smoke; fire-like
• धूमकेतनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूमकेतन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीलः: dark-blue; dark-hued
• नीलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नील
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अलुब्धः: not greedy; unattached
• अलुब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलुब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शोभनः: beautiful; splendid
• शोभनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरवग्रहः: unobstructed; without hindrance
• निरवग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरवग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva (Wind-god)
• The praised deity (implied: Śrī Hari/Viṣṇu as per Gītā Press gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverence for the divine as the moral governor of the world: the Lord is portrayed as the giver of karmic results (dharma-rain), inherently auspicious, radiant, self-sufficient (free from greed), and ultimately unobstructed—suggesting that ethical order and spiritual refuge rest in a flawless, independent divine principle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking a stuti (hymn of praise), listing honorific names that describe the deity’s qualities—beneficence, radiance, fiery power, dark hue, freedom from temptation, beauty, and unimpeded sovereignty—thereby framing the deity as worthy of devotion and trust.