Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 17 Shloka 64 - Mahabharata | Oriya | Vedapath

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Shloka 64

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

सर्ववास: सर्वचारी दुर्वासा वासवो5मर: । हैमो हेमकरो<यज्ञ: सर्वधारी धरोत्तम:

Transliteration

sarvavāsaḥ sarvacārī durvāsā vāsavo 'maraḥ | haimo hemakaro 'yajñaḥ sarvadhārī dharottamaḥ ||

Translation

ବାୟୁଦେବ କହିଲେ— ସେ ସର୍ବତ୍ରବାସୀ ଓ ସର୍ବତ୍ରଚାରୀ; ‘ଦୁର୍ବାସା’—ଏତେ ଅସୀମ ଓ ଅପାର ଯେ କୌଣସି ବସ୍ତ୍ର ତାଙ୍କୁ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଆବୃତ କରିପାରେ ନାହିଁ। ସେ ବାସବ—ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରସ୍ୱରୂପ ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ୟ—ଏବଂ ଅମର—ଅବିନାଶୀ। ସେ ହୈମ—ହିମାଳୟର ହିମରାଶି ସମ; ହେମକର—ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଉତ୍ପାଦକ; ଅୟଜ୍ଞ—କର୍ମକାଣ୍ଡରୁ ଅତୀତ; ସର୍ବଧାରୀ—ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଧାରଣ କରୁଥିବା; ଏବଂ ଧରୋତ୍ତମ—ସମଗ୍ର ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣ୍ଡର ପରମ ଧାରକ।

Word by Word

सर्ववासाःone whose dwelling is everywhere / all-abiding

सर्वचारीone who moves everywhere / all-pervading in movement

दुर्वासाःDurvāsā (name; lit. 'hard to clothe')

वासवःVāsava (Indra)

अमरःimmortal, imperishable

हैमःsnowy; of Himavat/Himalaya

हेमकरःproducer/maker of gold

अयज्ञःwithout sacrifice; non-ritual

सर्वधारीsupporter of all; all-bearing

धरोत्तमःbest of bearers/supporters; supreme sustainer

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Indra (Vāsava)

Himālaya (implied by haimaḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse strings together epithets to convey a theological vision: the Supreme is omnipresent (dwelling and moving everywhere), imperishable, the source of sovereign power, and the cosmic support that upholds all beings—ultimately transcending dependence on ritual action (ayajñaḥ).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking in a hymn-like mode, enumerating names and attributes of the Supreme (or the praised deity) to describe His all-pervading nature, cosmic sovereignty, and sustaining power, using images such as the Himalaya and gold-production to suggest vastness and generativity.