Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अनिच्छतस्तव विभो जन्ममृत्युरनेकत: । द्वारं तु स्वर्गमोक्षाणामाक्षेप्ता त्वं ददासि च,प्रभो! यदि आप स्वयं ही कृपा करके जीवका उद्धार करना न चाहें तो उसके बारंबार जन्म और मृत्यु होते रहते हैं। आप ही स्वर्ग और मोक्षके द्वार हैं। आप ही उनकी प्राप्तिमें बाधा डालनेवाले हैं तथा आप ही ये दोनों वस्तुएँ प्रदान करते हैं

Transliteration

anicchatas tava vibho janma-mṛtyur anekataḥ | dvāraṁ tu svarga-mokṣāṇām ākṣeptā tvaṁ dadāsi ca, prabho ||

Translation

Vāyu berkata: “Wahai Tuhan Yang Maha Berkuasa! Apabila Engkau tidak berkehendak menurunkan rahmat, makhluk akan mengalami kelahiran dan kematian berulang kali dalam pelbagai cara. Engkau sendiri ialah pintu ke syurga dan mokṣa; Engkau boleh menghalang pencapaiannya, dan Engkau sahaja juga yang mengurniakannya, wahai Tuan.”

Word by Word

{'anicchataḥ''when (You) do not wish

unwillingly (on Your part)', 'tava''of you

your', 'vibho''O mighty one

O all-pervading Lord', 'janma-mṛtyuḥ''birth and death (the cycle of saṁsāra)', 'anekataḥ': 'in many ways

from many causes', 'dvāram''door

means of access', 'svarga''heaven

celestial attainment', 'mokṣāṇām''of liberations

of mokṣa (release)', 'ākṣeptā''one who hinders/blocks

obstructer', 'tvaṁ''you', 'dadāsi': 'you give

you grant', 'ca''and

also', 'prabho''O Lord

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Prabhu/Vibhu (the Lord addressed)

Svarga

Mokṣa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation and heavenly attainment ultimately depend on the Lord’s sanction: He is both the ‘door’ (means of access) and the one who may obstruct or grant the result. The verse stresses divine sovereignty alongside the reality of repeated birth and death when grace is not operative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is speaking in praise and theological clarification, addressing the supreme Lord and asserting that beings continue in saṁsāra without divine favor, while svarga and mokṣa are attained only through the Lord who controls both access and outcome.