Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 13
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sahasrākṣo ’yutākṣo vā sarvato ’kṣimayo ’pi vā | cakṣuṣaḥ prabhavet tejo nāsty anto ’thāsya cakṣuṣām ||
Wika ni Vāyudeva: “Maaari siyang tawaging ‘Sahasrākṣa’ (may sanlibong mata), o ‘Ayutākṣa’ (may sampung libong mata), o maging ‘Sarvato’kṣimaya’ (yaong ang mga mata’y nasa lahat ng dako). Mula sa kaniyang mga mata ay patuloy na sumisilang ang ningning, at walang hangganan ang kaniyang mga mata. Kaya ang mga bansag na ito’y marapat na iukol sa kaniya.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that divine perception and power are limitless: the deity’s ‘eyes’ symbolize omniscience and omnipresence, and the radiance (tejas) issuing from them signifies inexhaustible spiritual potency. Hence multiple epithets that express boundless vision are appropriate.
Vāyudeva is explaining and justifying honorific names—‘Sahasrākṣa’, ‘Ayutākṣa’, and ‘Sarvato’kṣimaya’—by describing the deity as endlessly many-eyed and radiating brilliance from those eyes, thereby grounding the titles in the deity’s nature.