Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 17 Shloka 92 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 92

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

यजुः:पादभुजो गुहा:ः प्रकाशो जड्रमस्तथा । अमोघार्थ: प्रसादश्ष अभिगम्य: सुदर्शन:

Transliteration

yajuḥ-pāda-bhujo guhyaḥ prakāśo jaṅgamas tathā | amoghārthaḥ prasādaś ca abhigamyaḥ sudarśanaḥ ||

Translation

वायुरुवाच—यजुःपादभुजः सः, गुह्यः, प्रकाशः, जङ्गमस्तथा। अमोघार्थः, प्रसादः, अभिगम्यः, सुदर्शनश्च॥

Word by Word

यजुःपादभुजःwhose feet and arms are the Yajus (Yajurveda)

गुह्यःsecret, mysterious

प्रकाशःmanifestation; light; the one who reveals (himself)

जङ्गमःmoving, mobile

तथाand also; likewise

अमोघार्थःof unfailing purpose; whose aim is never fruitless

प्रसादःgrace; favor; benevolence

अभिगम्यःapproachable; attainable

सुदर्शनःof beautiful appearance; good to behold

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Yajurveda

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 praises the Divine as both transcendent and accessible: hidden in essence yet self-revealing through grace, unfailing in fulfilling rightful aims, and approachable to sincere seekers—linking Vedic order (Yajurveda) with ethical devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is reciting a sequence of epithets (nāma-style praise), describing the Lord’s qualities—Vedic embodiment, secrecy and revelation, compassionate readiness to be pleased, and easy approachability—within a devotional-theological passage of the Anuśāsana Parva.