Shloka 5

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

उत्पत्तौ च विनाशे च कारण य॑ विदुर्बुधा: । देवासुरमुनीनां च परं यस्मान्न विद्यते

Transliteration

utpattau ca vināśe ca kāraṇaṁ yad vidur budhāḥ | devāsura-munīnāṁ ca paraṁ yasmān na vidyate ||

Translation

Ваю сказал: «Того, кого мудрые знают причиной и возникновения, и разрушения мира, и выше кого не находится никого даже среди богов, асуров и риши, — к тому высшему Владыке (Махадеве) я прибегаю».

Word by Word

• उत्पत्तौ: in (the matter of) creation
• उत्पत्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• विनाशे: in destruction
• विनाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• कारणम्: cause
• कारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विदुः: know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• बुधाः: the wise (men)
• बुधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देव: of gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• असुर: of asuras
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• परम्: a superior (one)
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यस्मात्: than whom / from whom
• यस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Vāyu)
• Mahādeva (Śiva) (implied as the supreme cause)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Munis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest reality—identified here with Mahādeva—is the ultimate cause of both creation and dissolution, surpassing all beings (even gods, asuras, and sages), and is therefore worthy of taking refuge in.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is offering a hymn of praise, declaring Mahādeva’s supremacy and cosmic causality, framing the devotion as an act of surrender to the highest Lord.