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Shloka 66

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

मुख्यो<मुख्यश्न देहश्व॒ काहलि: सर्वकामद: । सर्वकालप्रसादश्न॒ सुबलो बलरूपधृक्‌

mukhyo ’mukhyaś ca dehaś ca kāhaliḥ sarvakāmadāḥ | sarvakālaprasādaś ca subalo balarūpadhṛk ||

พระวายุเทพตรัสว่า “พระองค์ทรงเป็นผู้ประเสริฐยิ่ง และไม่มีผู้ใดสูงกว่าพระองค์; พระองค์เองคือสภาวะแห่งกาย. พระองค์คือกาหลิ ผู้ประทานผลอันพึงปรารถนาทั้งปวง. ทรงเปี่ยมพระกรุณาในกาลทั้งหลาย ทรงมีกำลังยิ่ง เป็นที่รองรับและการปรากฏแห่งพละและรูป.”

मुख्यःchief, foremost
मुख्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमुख्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अमुख्यःhaving none superior; unsurpassed
अमुख्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअमुख्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देहःbody; embodied form
देहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
काहलिःKāhali (name/epithet; lit. connected with the kāhala instrument)
काहलिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाहलि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वकामदःgiver of all desires/boons
सर्वकामदः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वकामद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वकालप्रसादःeverlasting grace/favor; grace at all times
सर्वकालप्रसादः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वकालप्रसाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुबलःvery strong; endowed with good strength
सुबलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बलरूपधृक्bearing strength and form
बलरूपधृक्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबलरूपधृक्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
K
Kāhali (musical instrument/epithet)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches a devotional and ethical orientation: the highest reality is portrayed as unsurpassed, embodied in all forms, and as the constant bestower of grace and fulfillment. The implied ethic is reliance on divine favor and recognition of a supreme source behind strength, form, and all attainments.

Vāyu-deva is speaking a hymn-like description, listing epithets that praise the deity’s supremacy, beneficence, and sustaining power. The verse functions as part of a stuti, building a portrait of the divine through successive attributes.