Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 17 Shloka 130 - Mahabharata | Malayalam | Vedapath

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Shloka 130

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

मन्थानो बहुलो वायु: सकल: सर्वलोचन: । तलस्ताल: करस्थाली ऊर्ध्वसंहननो महान्‌

Transliteration

manthāno bahulo vāyuḥ sakalaḥ sarvalocanaḥ | talastālaḥ karasthālī ūrdhvasaṃhanano mahān ||

Translation

വായുദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവൻ മഥനം ചെയ്യുന്ന പ്രചണ്ഡ വായുസ്വരൂപൻ; ലോകത്തെ തന്നെ മഥിക്കാൻ ശേഷിയുള്ളവൻ; സർവശക്തികളാൽ സമ്പൂർണ്ണൻ, സർവദർശി. അവൻ സ്വന്തം കരതലത്തിൽ തന്നെ താളം കൊടുക്കുന്നു, കൈകളെ തന്നെ പാത്രമാക്കി ഭോജനം ചെയ്യുന്നു; ഉയർന്ന, ദൃഢവും സംഹതവുമായ ദേഹധാരി; സത്യമായും മഹാൻ.

Word by Word

मन्थानःchurner; one who churns (metaph. powerful agitator)

बहुलःabundant; mighty; intense

वायुःwind

सकलःentire; complete

सर्वलोचनःall-seeing (having eyes everywhere)

तलस्तालःwith palm and clapping (i.e., clapping with the palms)

करस्थालीhaving the hand as a bowl/plate (using the hand as a vessel)

ऊर्ध्वसंहननःwith firm/compact upper build; strongly knit-bodied

महान्great; mighty

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyu-deva)

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 praises a being (or ideal) marked by immense power coupled with self-sufficiency and discipline: all-seeing awareness, strength, and the ascetic simplicity of needing little (even using one’s own hands as a vessel). It suggests that true greatness includes both capability and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking and describing a formidable figure through a string of epithets—depicting cosmic force (wind that churns), omniscience (all-seeing), and ascetic habits (hand as bowl), along with a strong, upright physique—thereby characterizing the subject’s nature and stature.