Shloka 116

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

नाम्नां कंचित्‌ समुद्देशं वक्ष्याम्यव्यक्तयोनिन: । जब उनकी जज्ञा प्राप्त हुई है

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | nāmnāṁ kañcit samuddeśaṁ vakṣyāmy avyaktayoninaḥ | hiraṇyabāhuś ca guhāpālaḥ praveśinām | prakṛṣṭārimahāharṣo jitakāmo jitendriyaḥ |

Translation

Ваю-дева сказал: «Я возвещу краткий выбор имён великого Владыки Шивы, чьё начало — Непроявленное, кто без начала и конца и кто есть причинное основание мира. (Он) Хираньябаху — с руками, сияющими как золото; Гухапала — хранитель пещеры для входящих внутрь; сокрушитель грозных внутренних врагов; воплощение высшего блаженства; победитель желания; и владыка чувств.»

Word by Word

• नाम्नाम्: of names
• नाम्नाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• कञ्चित्: some, a certain
• कञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुद्देशम्: enumeration, brief listing
• समुद्देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall speak/tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular

• अव्यक्तयोनिनः: of him whose source/origin is the Unmanifest
• अव्यक्तयोनिनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्तयोनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हिरण्यबाहुः: Hiraṇyabāhu (golden-armed)
• हिरण्यबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गुहापालः: Guhāpāla (guardian of the cave)
• गुहापालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहापाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रवेशिनाम्: of those who enter
• प्रवेशिनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवेशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रकृष्टारिः: Prakṛṣṭāri (one who subdues eminent foes)
• प्रकृष्टारिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृष्टारि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाहर्षः: Mahāharṣa (great bliss/joy)
• महाहर्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितकामः: one who has conquered desire
• जितकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Śiva (Mahādeva/Rudra implied by the epithets)
• Avyakta (the Unmanifest, as a metaphysical principle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames devotion as inseparable from ethical discipline: Śiva is praised not only as cosmic cause (avyakta-yoni) but also as the exemplar of inner victory—conquering desire and mastering the senses—implying that true worship aligns with self-control and inward purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva begins a concise enumeration of Śiva’s names/epithets. The listed names highlight both metaphysical stature (rooted in the Unmanifest) and yogic-protective functions (guardian of the ‘cave’ for inward-entering seekers), while emphasizing triumph over inner enemies like desire.