Shloka 65

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

लोहिताक्षो महाक्षश्न विजयाक्षो विशारद: । संग्रहो निग्रह: कर्ता सर्पचीरनिवासन:,२८६ लोठहिताक्ष:--रक्तनेत्र, २८७ महाक्ष:--बड़े नेत्रवाले, २८८ विजयाक्ष:-- विजयशील रथवाले, २८९ विशारद:--विद्वानू, २९० संग्रह:--संग्रह करनेवाले, २९१ निग्रह:--उद्दण्डोंको दण्ड देनेवाले, २९२ कर्ता-सबके उत्पादक, २९३ सर्पचीर- निवासन:--सर्पमय चीर धारण करनेवाले

Transliteration

lohitākṣo mahākṣaś ca vijayākṣo viśāradaḥ | saṅgraho nigrahaḥ kartā sarpacīranivāsanaḥ ||

Translation

วายุเทพตรัสว่า “พระองค์ทรงมีเนตรแดงและเนตรใหญ่; พระเนตรทรงชัยและทรงรอบรู้ชำนาญ พระองค์ทรงรวบรวมและค้ำจุน ทรงข่มและปราบปราม ทรงเป็นผู้กระทำ—เป็นบ่อเกิดแห่งการกระทำทั้งปวง—และทรงนุ่งห่มด้วยผืนผ้าหนังนาค”

Word by Word

लोहिताक्षःred-eyed

महाक्षःlarge-eyed

विजयाक्षःhaving victorious eyes / victory-marked (epithet)

विशारदःskilled, learned

संग्रहःcollector; one who gathers/controls

निग्रहःrestrainer; chastiser

कर्ताdoer; maker; creator

सर्पचीरनिवासनःwearing a garment of serpent-skins

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

A deity described by epithets (likely Śiva/Rudra by the serpent-skin motif)

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 compassionate sustainer (saṅgraha) and firm disciplinarian (nigraha), presenting ethical governance as a balance of protection, order, and wise discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is reciting a stuti-like description, listing honorific epithets that characterize the deity’s power, wisdom, and ascetic symbolism (serpent-skin attire), as part of a broader discourse on dharma and venerating the divine.