Shloka 109
Devanagari script
कैलासगिरिवासी च हिमवदूगिरिसंश्रय: । कूलहारी कूलकर्ता बहुविद्यो बहुप्रद:
Transliteration
kailāsagirivāsī ca himavadgiri-saṁśrayaḥ | kūlahārī kūlakartā bahuvidyo bahupradaḥ ||
Translation
वायुरुवाच— कैलासगिरिवासी च हिमवद्गिरिसंश्रयः। कूलहारी कूलकर्ता बहुविद्यो बहुप्रदः॥
Word by Word
कैलासगिरिवासीdwelling on Mount Kailāsa
कैलासगिरिवासी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकैलास-गिरि-वासिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
हिमवद्गिरिसंश्रयःhaving refuge in the Himavat mountain
हिमवद्गिरिसंश्रयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहिमवत्-गिरि-संश्रय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कूलहारीbank-removing; eroding river-banks
कूलहारी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकूल-हारिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कूलकर्ताbank-maker; maker of shores/embankments
कूलकर्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकूल-कर्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बहुविद्यःpossessing much knowledge; learned in many arts
बहुविद्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु-विद्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बहुप्रदःgiving much; very generous
बहुप्रदः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु-प्रद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)क
कैलासगिरि (Mount Kailāsa)ह
हिमवद्गिरि / हिमालय (Himālaya mountains)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse praises a figure through paradoxical natural imagery—able to destroy and to create (eroding banks yet also forming them)—and links true greatness with both wide learning (bahuvidya) and abundant generosity (bahuprada).
Vāyu-deva is describing and extolling a powerful being associated with sacred mountains (Kailāsa and the Himālaya), highlighting their might in shaping landscapes and their virtues of knowledge and giving.