Shloka 62

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

त्रिदशस्त्रिकालधृक्‌ कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचन: । बन्धनस्त्वसुरेन्द्राणां युधि शत्रुविनाशन:

Transliteration

tridaśas trikāladhṛk karmasarvabandhavimocanaḥ | bandhanas tv asurendrāṇāṁ yudhi śatruvināśanaḥ ||

Translation

వాయుదేవుడు పలికెను— ఆయన జన్మ, స్థితి, లయ అనే జీవస్థితుల త్రయాన్ని పోషించువాడు; భూత, వర్తమాన, భవిష్యత్ అనే త్రికాలాన్ని ధరించువాడు; కర్మమూలమైన సమస్త బంధనాలను ఛేదించి విమోచించువాడు. అయితే అసురేంద్రులకు ఆయన బంధనమై, యుద్ధంలో శత్రువులను సంహరించువాడు.

Word by Word

• त्रिदशः: the one called ‘Tridasha’ (lord of the thirty gods / divine one)
• त्रिदशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिकालधृक्: bearer/sustainer of the three times (past, present, future)
• त्रिकालधृक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिकालधृक् (धृक् < धृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचनः: releaser from all bonds of karma
• कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बन्धनः: binder; one who binds
• बन्धनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/and (emphatic contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• असुरेन्द्राणाम्: of the lords of the Asuras
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शत्रुविनाशनः: destroyer of enemies
• शत्रुविनाशनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुविनाशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyu-deva)
• Asura-lords (asurendrāḥ)
• enemies (śatravaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a moral paradox of divine power: the Lord is simultaneously the liberator from karmic bondage for those aligned with dharma and the restrainer of destructive forces. Freedom and restraint are not contradictions but two functions of the same cosmic governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is praising the supreme divine being through epithets, describing cosmic roles (upholding time and life-cycles) and ethical-historical roles (binding Asura-kings and destroying enemies in battle), emphasizing divine intervention when adharma becomes dominant.