Shloka 7

Devanagari script

न चैवोत्सहते स्थातु कश्रिदग्रे महात्मन: । न हि भूतं सम॑ तेन त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते,उन महात्मा शंकरके सामने कोई भी खड़ा होनेका साहस नहीं कर सकता। तीनों लोकोंमें कोई भी प्राणी उनकी समता करनेवाला नहीं है

Transliteration

na caivotsahate sthātuṁ kaścid agre mahātmanaḥ | na hi bhūtaṁ samaṁ tena triṣu lokeṣu vidyate ||

Translation

न चैवोत्सहते स्थातु कश्चिदग्रे महात्मनः। न हि भूतं समं तेन त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते॥

Word by Word

नnot

चand

एवindeed/just

उत्सहतेdares/has the courage

स्थातुम्to stand

कश्चित्anyone/someone

अग्रेin front (of)

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

नnot

हिindeed/for

भूतम्a being/creature

समम्equal

तेनto/with him (i.e., equal to him)

त्रिषुin the three

लोकेषुworlds

विद्यतेexists/is found

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Mahātmā (the great-souled one)

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Three worlds (trailokya)

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 humility: true greatness—here identified with Śaṅkara—stands beyond ordinary comparison, and recognizing such unsurpassed excellence is itself an ethical stance against pride and rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is speaking in praise, declaring that no being can face or equal the great-souled Śaṅkara; it functions as a stuti that establishes Śiva’s unrivaled status across the three worlds.