Shloka 154
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
नन्दते कुप्यते चापि तथा हुंकारयत्यपि । चक्री शूली गदापाणिर्मुसली खड्गपट्टिशी,वे कभी आनन्दित रहकर आनन्द देते, कभी कुपित होकर कोप प्रकट करते और कभी हुंकार करते हैं, अपने हाथोंमें चक्र, शूल, गदा, मुसल, खड्ग और पट्टिश धारण करते हैं
nandate kupyate cāpi tathā huṅkārayaty api | cakrī śūlī gadāpāṇir musalī khaḍgapaṭṭiśī ||
Vāsudeva berkata: “Kadang-kadang dia bersukacita dan menggembirakan yang lain; kadang-kadang, apabila murka, dia menzahirkan amarah; dan kadang-kadang dia menghamburkan raungan yang menggerunkan. Dia pembawa cakra, tombak dan gada; dia juga menggenggam alu, pedang dan kapak perang.”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a protector-figure whose emotional expressions (joy, anger, fierce resolve) accompany the capacity to uphold order through strength. Ethically, it suggests that power and weaponry are not merely for aggression but can serve dharma—protecting others, restraining wrongdoing, and restoring balance when gentler means fail.
Vāsudeva describes a formidable being by listing characteristic reactions (delight, wrath, war-cry) and by enumerating the weapons he bears—discus, spear, mace, pestle, sword, and battle-axe—thereby emphasizing martial potency and readiness to act.