Shloka 130

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

मन्थानो बहुलो वायु: सकल: सर्वलोचन: । तलस्ताल: करस्थाली ऊर्ध्वसंहननो महान्‌

Transliteration

manthāno bahulo vāyuḥ sakalaḥ sarvalocanaḥ | talastālaḥ karasthālī ūrdhvasaṃhanano mahān ||

Translation

వాయుదేవుడు పలికెను—ఆయన మథనశక్తిగల మహాప్రచండ వాయుస్వరూపుడు; జగత్తును మథించగల సమర్థుడు; సమస్త శక్తులతో సంపూర్ణుడు, సర్వదృష్టి. తన కరతలంతోనే తాళం వేస్తాడు, తన చేతులనే పాత్రగా చేసుకొని భుజిస్తాడు; ఉద్ధృతంగా బలమైన సఘన దేహధారి; నిజంగా మహానుభావుడు.

Word by Word

• मन्थानः: churner; one who churns (metaph. powerful agitator)
• मन्थानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्थान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बहुलः: abundant; mighty; intense
• बहुलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सकलः: entire; complete
• सकलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वलोचनः: all-seeing (having eyes everywhere)
• सर्वलोचनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-लोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तलस्तालः: with palm and clapping (i.e., clapping with the palms)
• तलस्तालः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तल-स्ताल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• करस्थाली: having the hand as a bowl/plate (using the hand as a vessel)
• करस्थाली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर-स्थाली
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऊर्ध्वसंहननः: with firm/compact upper build; strongly knit-bodied
• ऊर्ध्वसंहननः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व-संहनन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great; mighty
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyu-deva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises a being (or ideal) marked by immense power coupled with self-sufficiency and discipline: all-seeing awareness, strength, and the ascetic simplicity of needing little (even using one’s own hands as a vessel). It suggests that true greatness includes both capability and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking and describing a formidable figure through a string of epithets—depicting cosmic force (wind that churns), omniscience (all-seeing), and ascetic habits (hand as bowl), along with a strong, upright physique—thereby characterizing the subject’s nature and stature.