Shloka 119

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

७२७ महाकेतु:--धर्मरूप महान्‌ ध्वजावाले

Transliteration

toraṇas tāraṇo vātaḥ paridhī patikhecaraḥ | saṃyogo vardhano vṛddho ativṛddho guṇādhikaḥ ||

Translation

ବାୟୁଦେବ କହିଲେ—“ସେ ମୋକ୍ଷଦ୍ୱାରସ୍ୱରୂପ ତୋରଣ; ପାର କରାଇଦେବା ତାରଣ; ସେ ନିଜେ ବାତ—ବାୟୁ; ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣ୍ଡର ପରିଧି; ଏବଂ ଆକାଶଚରମାନଙ୍କ ଅଧିପତି। ବୃଦ୍ଧିର କାରଣ ହେଉଥିବା ସଂଯୋଗ ସେଇ, ବର୍ଧନ ସେଇ; ଗୁଣରେ ପରିପକ୍ୱ ବୃଦ୍ଧ; ଅତିପ୍ରାଚୀନ ହେତୁ ଅତିବୃଦ୍ଧ; ଏବଂ ଜ୍ଞାନ-ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ୟ ଆଦି ଗୁଣରେ ସର୍ବାଧିକ।”

Word by Word

• तोरणः: gateway/arch; (as epithet) the door to liberation
• तोरणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोरण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तारणः: savior; one who ferries across
• तारणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वातः: wind; air
• वातः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिधिः: circumference; enclosing boundary
• परिधिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पतिखेचरः: lord of sky-goers (birds/celestials)
• पतिखेचरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति-खेचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संयोगः: union; conjunction
• संयोगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्धनः: increaser; promoter of growth
• वर्धनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्धन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृद्धः: grown; great; aged
• वृद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतिवृद्धः: exceedingly old/very great
• अतिवृद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुणाधिकः: superior in qualities; possessing more virtues
• गुणाधिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण-अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Wind (Vāta)
• Khecara (sky-goers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the Supreme as both cosmic principle and moral refuge: He is the ‘gate’ to liberation and the ‘deliverer’ who carries beings across saṃsāra, while also being the sustaining force behind growth, order, and excellence in virtues.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva continues a litany of divine names/epithets, describing the deity through metaphors of wind, cosmic boundary, lordship over sky-moving beings, and as the cause of increase and the most ancient, supreme in qualities.