Shloka 91

गण्डली मेरुधामा च देवाधिपतिरेव च । अथर्वशीर्ष: सामास्य ऋक्‍्सहस्रामितेक्षण:,५०२ गण्डली--पहाड़ोंकी गुफाओंमें छिपकर रहनेवाले, ५०३ मेरुधामा--मेरु- पर्वतको अपना निवासस्थान बनानेवाले, ५०४ देवाधिपति:--देवताओंके स्वामी, ५०५ अथर्वशीर्ष:--अथर्ववेद जिनका मस्तक है वे, ५०६ सामास्य:--सामवेद जिनका मुख है वे, ५०७ ऋक्सहस्रामितेक्षण:--सहस्रों ऋचाएँ जिनके नेत्र हैं

gaṇḍalī merudhāmā ca devādhipatir eva ca | atharvaśīrṣaḥ sāmāsya ṛk-sahasrāmitekṣaṇaḥ ||

వాయువు పలికెను—ఆయనే గండలీ, పర్వత గుహలలో నివసించువాడు; మేరుధామా, మేరుపర్వతమే నివాసస్థానముగలవాడు; నిజముగా దేవాధిపతి. అతర్వవేదము ఆయన శిరస్సు, సామవేదము ఆయన ముఖము, ఋగ్వేదంలోని సహస్ర ఋచలే ఆయన అపరిమిత నేత్రములు.

गण्डलीGandali (one who dwells hidden in mountain-caves)
गण्डली:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगण्डलिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेरुधामाhe whose abode is Meru
मेरुधामा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमेरुधामन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
देवाधिपतिःlord of the gods
देवाधिपतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेवाधिपति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अथर्वशीर्षःhe whose head is the Atharvaveda
अथर्वशीर्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअथर्वशीर्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सामास्यःhe whose mouth/face is the Sāmaveda
सामास्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसामास्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ऋक्सहस्रामितेक्षणःhe whose eyes are thousands of ṛks (Rigvedic verses)
ऋक्सहस्रामितेक्षणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋक्सहस्रामितेक्षण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
M
Meru (Mount Meru)
D
Devas (gods)
A
Atharvaveda
S
Sāmaveda
Ṛgveda (ṛc-hymns)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches a devotional and theological vision in which the supreme deity is identified with the Vedas themselves—head, mouth, and eyes—implying that sacred knowledge and divine sovereignty are inseparable, and that reverence for the Vedas is a form of reverence for the divine.

Vāyu is describing and praising a supreme divine figure through a chain of epithets (cave-dweller, resident of Meru, lord of the gods) and then through a cosmic-Vedic imagery where the deity’s body is mapped onto the three Vedas and the multitude of Ṛgvedic hymns.