Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 18 Shloka 151 - Mahabharata | Russian | Vedapath

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Shloka 151

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

अभिराम: सुरगणो विराम: सर्वसाधन: । ललाटाक्षो विश्वदेवो हरिणो ब्रह्म॒वर्चस:

Transliteration

abhirāmaḥ suragaṇo virāmaḥ sarvasādhanaḥ | lalāṭākṣo viśvadevo hariṇo brahmavarcasaḥ ||

Translation

Ваюдева сказал: «Он — Абхирама, дарующий радость; Сурагана, воплощённый как сонм богов; Вирама, приводящий всякую деятельность к покою; Сарвасадхана, достижимый всеми путями духовной практики. Он — Лалатаакша, носящий третий глаз на челе; Вишвадева, божественное присутствие, пронизывающее всю вселенную; Харина, являющийся в образе оленя; и Брахмаварчаса, сияющий блеском священного знания».

Word by Word

अभिरामःdelightful, pleasing

सुरगणःthe host of gods

विरामःcessation, rest; the one who is withdrawn

सर्वसाधनःaccomplished by all means; possessing all means

ललाटाक्षःthe one with an eye on the forehead (three-eyed)

विश्वदेवःthe all-god; universal deity

हरिणःdeer; the deer-formed one

ब्रह्मवर्चसःendowed with brahmanic radiance/holy splendor

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Suragaṇa (host of gods)

Lalāṭākṣa (the third-eyed deity, i.e., Śiva by epithet)

Viśvadeva (as an epithet)

Hariṇa (deer-form, as an epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverent recognition of the Divine through many names and attributes: the same supreme reality can be approached as joy-giving, all-pervading, the goal of every discipline, and as the awe-inspiring third-eyed lord—encouraging inclusive devotion and steadiness in dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is reciting a sequence of divine epithets as part of a praise-context, enumerating names that describe the deity’s cosmic nature, ascetic accessibility, and iconic features (like the third eye), thereby intensifying the devotional and ethical atmosphere of the discourse.