Shloka 119

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

७२७ महाकेतु:--धर्मरूप महान्‌ ध्वजावाले

Transliteration

toraṇas tāraṇo vātaḥ paridhī patikhecaraḥ | saṃyogo vardhano vṛddho ativṛddho guṇādhikaḥ ||

Translation

വായുദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“അവൻ മോക്ഷദ്വാരസ്വരൂപമായ തോരണൻ; കടത്തിവിടുന്ന താരണൻ; അവൻ തന്നേ വാതം—വായു; ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡത്തിന്റെ പരിധി; ആകാശചരന്മാരുടെ അധിപതി. വർദ്ധിയുടെ കാരണമാകുന്ന സംയോഗവും അവൻ, വർദ്ധനയും അവൻ; ഗുണങ്ങളിൽ പരിപക്വനായ വൃദ്ധൻ; അതിപ്രാചീനനായതിനാൽ അതിവൃദ്ധൻ; ജ്ഞാനം-ഐശ്വര്യം മുതലായ ഗുണങ്ങളിൽ സರ್ವാധികൻ.”

Word by Word

• तोरणः: gateway/arch; (as epithet) the door to liberation
• तोरणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोरण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तारणः: savior; one who ferries across
• तारणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वातः: wind; air
• वातः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिधिः: circumference; enclosing boundary
• परिधिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पतिखेचरः: lord of sky-goers (birds/celestials)
• पतिखेचरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति-खेचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संयोगः: union; conjunction
• संयोगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्धनः: increaser; promoter of growth
• वर्धनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्धन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृद्धः: grown; great; aged
• वृद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतिवृद्धः: exceedingly old/very great
• अतिवृद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुणाधिकः: superior in qualities; possessing more virtues
• गुणाधिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण-अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Wind (Vāta)
• Khecara (sky-goers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the Supreme as both cosmic principle and moral refuge: He is the ‘gate’ to liberation and the ‘deliverer’ who carries beings across saṃsāra, while also being the sustaining force behind growth, order, and excellence in virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva continues a litany of divine names/epithets, describing the deity through metaphors of wind, cosmic boundary, lordship over sky-moving beings, and as the cause of increase and the most ancient, supreme in qualities.