Shloka 21
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
आप ही स्वर्ग और मोक्ष हैं। आप ही काम और क्रोध हैं तथा आप ही सत्त्व, रज, तम, अधोलोक और ऊर्ध्वलोक हैं
āpa hī svarga aura mokṣa haiṃ | āpa hī kāma aura krodha haiṃ tathā āpa hī sattva, rajas, tamas, adholoka aura ūrdhvaloka haiṃ |
Ipinahayag ni Vāyu-deva: “Ikaw lamang ang langit at ang mokṣa. Ikaw lamang ang lumilitaw bilang pagnanasa at galit; at Ikaw lamang ang tatlong guṇa—sattva, rajas, tamas—gayundin ang mababang mga daigdig at ang matataas na daigdig.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
All opposites—heaven and liberation, desire and anger, higher and lower worlds, and even the three guṇas—are presented as manifestations of the one supreme reality. Ethically, it urges seeing passions like kāma and krodha as forces to be understood and mastered within a larger spiritual framework, not as independent powers.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in praise and theological identification, attributing cosmic functions and psychological forces to the addressed supreme principle. The verse functions as a doctrinal affirmation within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and spiritual understanding.