Shloka 74

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

वाचस्पत्यो वाजसनो नित्यमाश्रमपूजित: । ब्रद्मचारी लोकचारी सर्वचारी विचारवित्‌

Transliteration

vācaspātyo vājasano nityam āśramapūjitaḥ | brahmacārī lokacārī sarvacārī vicāravit ||

Translation

ବାୟୁ କହିଲେ—ସେ ବାଚସ୍ପତ୍ୟ ଓ ବାଜସନ; ଆଶ୍ରମମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ସଦା ପୂଜିତ। ସେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଚାରୀ—ବ୍ରହ୍ମନିଷ୍ଠ; ସେ ଲୋକଚାରୀ—ସମସ୍ତ ଲୋକରେ ବିଚରଣକାରୀ; ସେ ସର୍ବଚାରୀ—ସର୍ବତ୍ର ଗମନକାରୀ; ଏବଂ ସେ ବିଚାରବିତ୍—ବିବେକଜ୍ଞ।

Word by Word

• वाचस्पत्यः: Vācaspati’s descendant / one connected with Vācaspati (a learned priest)
• वाचस्पत्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाचस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाजसनः: Vājāsana (name/epithet; connected with the Vājasaneyins)
• वाजसनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजसन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• आश्रमपूजितः: honoured/worshipped by hermitages (āśramas)
• आश्रमपूजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रम-पूजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचारी: celibate student; one devoted to brahman
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकचारी: moving among the worlds/people
• लोकचारी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वचारी: going everywhere; all-roaming
• सर्वचारी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विचारवित्: knower of deliberation/discernment
• विचारवित्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचारविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Vācaspati
• Vājasana
• Āśramas (hermitages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises an ideal religious exemplar: one who is disciplined (brahmacārī), universally respected (āśramapūjitaḥ), widely experienced (loka/sarvacārī), and guided by thoughtful discernment (vicāravit). Ethical authority is grounded in self-restraint, learning, and reflective judgment rather than mere status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is describing a revered figure by listing honorific epithets—linking him to sacred speech and Vedic tradition (Vācaspati, Vājasana), noting his continual veneration in hermitages, and emphasizing his roaming, all-access presence and capacity for wise deliberation.