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Shloka 160

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

तथैव च मनुष्येषु ये मनुष्या: प्रधानत: । आस्तिका: श्रद्दधानाश्न बहुभिर्जन्मभि: स्तवै:

tathaiva ca manuṣyeṣu ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ | āstikāḥ śraddadhānāś ca bahubhir janmabhiḥ stavaiḥ ||

അതുപോലെ മനുഷ്യരിൽ പ്രധാനമായി ആസ്തികരും ശ്രദ്ധാവാന്മാരുമായും, അനേകം ജന്മങ്ങളിലെ സ്തവ-ഭക്തിയുടെ പ്രഭാവത്തിൽ दृഢരായവരും, അമിതമായ തേജസ്സാൽ സമ്പന്നരാകുന്നു.

तथाthus, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मनुष्येषुamong humans
मनुष्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मनुष्याःhumans, men
मनुष्याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रधानतःchiefly, primarily
प्रधानतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रधानतस्
आस्तिकाःbelievers (in the Veda/God)
आस्तिकाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआस्तिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
श्रद्दधानाःfaithful, trusting
श्रद्दधानाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रद्दधान
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
बहुभिःby many
बहुभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
जन्मभिःby births, through births
जन्मभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
स्तवैःby praises, hymns
स्तवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्तव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

Educational Q&A

Steady faith (āstikya) and sincere trust (śraddhā), reinforced by long-standing practice of praise and devotion across lifetimes, culminate in inner radiance and spiritual potency (tejas).

Vāyudeva is describing the type of human devotee who is foremost in belief and faith, and he characterizes their accumulated devotional merit—built through many births of hymn-praise—as the cause of their exceptional spiritual brilliance.