Shloka 75
ईशान ईश्वर: कालो निशाचारी पिनाकवान् | निमित्तस्थो निमित्तं च नन्दिर्नन्दिकरो हरि:
īśāna īśvaraḥ kālo niśācārī pinākavān | nimittastho nimittaṃ ca nandir nandikaro hariḥ ||
Wika ni Vāyu: Siya si Īśāna, ang kataas-taasang Panginoon; siya si Kāla, ang Panahon mismo; siya’y gumagalaw sa gabi; taglay niya ang busog na Pināka. Siya ang nananahan bilang sanhi na nagpapakilos, at siya rin ang sanhi mismo; siya si Nandi at ang nagbibigay-galak—si Hari, ang nag-aalis ng kasalanan.
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Educational Q&A
The verse presents the deity (primarily Śiva through names like Īśāna and Pināka-bearer) as both transcendent Lord and immanent cosmic principle—especially Time and causality—implying that ethical life (dharma) is grounded in recognizing a single divine agency behind change, dissolution, and auspiciousness.
Vāyu is describing the deity through a litany of powerful epithets—Lord, Time, night-wanderer, bearer of Pināka, the very cause and the one present as cause, Nandi and giver of joy—intensifying praise and establishing the deity’s all-encompassing sovereignty.