Shloka 69
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
सर्ववासी श्रियावासी उपदेशकरो5डकर: । मुनिरात्मनिरालोक: सम्भग्नश्न सहस्रद:
vāyudeva uvāca | sarvavāsī śriyāvāsī upadeśakaro 'kāraḥ | munir ātmanirālokaḥ sambhagnaḥ sahasradāḥ ||
Vāyu-deva disse: “Ele habita em todos os seres como o Ātman, e permanece com Śrī (Lakṣmī), na forma de Viṣṇu. É o doador de instrução—ensinando a verdade aos buscadores e concedendo conselho salvador. Livre do ego do ‘eu faço’, é um muni contemplativo, que discerne interiormente separado dos condicionamentos como o corpo. Devidamente servido e honrado, é também aquele que dá milhares em caridade.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse extols the highest guide—divine or saintly—as one who is universally present, teaches liberating truth, remains free from egoistic doership, practices inward discernment, and embodies generosity. Ethical excellence is shown as humility plus service to others through instruction and charity.
Vāyudeva is describing and praising an exalted being (implicitly Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa-like) through a chain of epithets. The focus is not on action but on qualities—indwelling presence, association with Śrī, capacity to instruct and uplift, egolessness, contemplative insight, being rightly honored, and great giving.