Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 108
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
सर्वाशयो दर्भचारी सर्वेषां प्राणिनां पति: । देवदेव: सुखासक्त: सदसत्सर्वरत्नवित्
sarvāśayo darbha-cārī sarveṣāṁ prāṇināṁ patiḥ | deva-devaḥ sukhāsaktaḥ sad-asat-sarva-ratna-vit ||
Wika ni Vāyu-deva: “Siya ang kanlungan ng lahat; ang tumatanggap ng handog na inilalagay sa banal na damong darbha; ang panginoon ng lahat ng nilalang; ang Diyos ng mga diyos; laging nakalubog sa sariling kaligayahang likas; ang nakaaalam ng pag-iral at di-pag-iral; at ang kumikilala sa bawat mahalagang hiyas.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the Supreme as the universal refuge and lord, simultaneously present in ritual worship (receiving offerings) and transcendent in nature (abiding in bliss), with complete knowledge of reality and unreality (sat/asat) and of all precious excellences.
Vāyu is speaking a eulogy-like description, listing honorific epithets that define the deity’s sovereignty, ritual accessibility, and metaphysical supremacy—typical of Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic passages on dharma and worship.