Shloka 115

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

धृतिमान्‌ मतिमान्‌ दक्ष: सत्कृतश्च युगाधिप: । गोपालियगगोपतिग्रामो गोचर्मवसनो हरि:

Transliteration

dhṛtimān matimān dakṣaḥ satkṛtaś ca yugādhipaḥ | gopālī gopatigrāmo gocarmavasano hariḥ ||

Translation

ဝါယုဒေဝါ မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «သူသည် သည်းခံတည်ကြည်သူ၊ ဉာဏ်ပညာရှိသူ၊ လိမ္မာကျွမ်းကျင်သူ၊ အားလုံးက ဂုဏ်ပြုလေးစားသူ—ယုဂ၏ အရှင်ဖြစ်၏။ သူသည် အင်္ဒြိယများ၏ ထိန်းသိမ်းသူ၊ နွားတို့၏ အရှင်နှင့် လူစုလူဝေးတို့၏ အရှင်; နွားအရေဖြင့် အဝတ်တော်ကို ဝတ်ဆင်၍ ဟရီ (Hari) ဖြစ်သည်—ဘုရားကို ချစ်မြတ်နိုးသူတို့၏ ဒုက္ခကို ဖယ်ရှားပေးသူ»။

Word by Word

• धृतिमान्: steadfast, possessing fortitude
• धृतिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृति + मतुप् (धृतिमत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मतिमान्: intelligent, possessing understanding
• मतिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मति + मतुप् (मतिमत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दक्षः: skilful, capable
• दक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्कृतः: honoured, well-received
• सत्कृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् + कृत (कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• युगाधिपः: lord of the age (yuga)
• युगाधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + अधिप (अधिप)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गोपालिः: protector of cows; cowherd (protector)
• गोपालिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + पालि (पालि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गोपतिः: lord of cows; lord/protector
• गोपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + पति (पति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ग्रामः: multitude, group (also: village)
• ग्रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गोचर्मवसनः: wearing a cowhide garment
• गोचर्मवसनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोचर्म + वसन (वसन)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu); the remover (of distress)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva
• Hari
• go (cow)
• gocarma (cowhide)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches an ethical ideal of divinity expressed through virtues: steadiness (dhṛti), intelligence (mati), competence (dakṣatā), and being worthy of honor (satkṛti). It also links true lordship with protection—of senses (self-mastery) and of dependents (cattle/communities)—and portrays the deity as one who alleviates devotees’ suffering (Hari).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking in praise, listing epithets and attributes of the revered deity (Hari). The speech functions like a stotra-style identification: describing the divine figure through moral qualities, protective roles, and distinctive ascetic/ritual imagery (wearing cowhide).