Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 18 Shloka 137 - Mahabharata | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shloka 137

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

Devanagari script

कर्णिकारमहास्रग्वी नीलमौलि: पिनाकधृत्‌ । उमापतिरुमाकान्तो जाह्नवीधृदुमाधव:

Transliteration

karṇikāra-mahāsragvī nīla-mauliḥ pināka-dhṛt | umāpatir umākānto jāhnavī-dhṛd umādhavaḥ ||

Translation

அவர் கர்ணிகார மலர்களின் பெருமாலையை அணிந்தவன்; நீலமணி சிகாமணியால் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட தலையுடையவன்; பினாக வில்லைக் கையில் தாங்கியவன். உமையின் கணவன், உமையின் பிரியன்; ஜாஹ்னவி (கங்கை)யை சிரத்தில் தாங்கியவன்; உமாதவன்.

Word by Word

कर्णिकारमहास्रग्वीhe who wears a great garland of karnikāra flowers

नीलमौलिःblue-crested; having a blue diadem/topknot

पिनाकधृत्bearer of the Pināka (bow)

उमापतिःlord/husband of Umā

उमाकान्तःbeloved of Umā

जाह्नवीधृत्bearer of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

उमाधवःhusband of Umā

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Śiva (implied by epithets)

Umā (Pārvatī)

Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

Pināka (bow)

Karṇikāra (flower/garland)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models devotional recollection through a chain of epithets: by remembering the deity’s attributes—beauty (garland), sovereignty (crown), power (Pināka), and sanctity/ascetic mastery (bearing Gaṅgā)—one cultivates reverence and steadiness of mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is speaking a stuti-like passage, identifying Śiva through characteristic titles and symbols. Rather than advancing plot, the verse functions as a devotional description that situates Śiva’s identity and greatness within the discourse of Anuśāsana Parva.