Shloka 85
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
कृष्णवर्ण: सुवर्णश्व इन्द्रियं सर्वदेहिनाम् । महापादो महाहस्तो महाकायो महायशा:
kṛṣṇavarṇaḥ suvarṇaśva indriyaṁ sarvadehinām | mahāpādo mahāhasto mahākāyo mahāyaśāḥ ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Siya’y maitim ang kulay, may mga kabayong ginto; Siya ang mismong kakayahan ng pandama at pagdama sa lahat ng may katawan. Malawak ang hakbang at makapangyarihan ang kamay, napakalaki ang anyo at dakila ang pangalan.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the deity (under Viṣṇu-like epithets) as both transcendent and immanent: not only mighty and cosmic in form, but also present within all beings as the very power of the senses. Ethically, it supports reverence for the divine as the inner regulator of embodied life, encouraging humility and disciplined conduct.
Vāyu is speaking in praise, listing identifying marks and greatness of the divine figure—dark-hued, associated with golden steeds, vast-striding (Trivikrama-like), mighty-armed, cosmic-bodied, and renowned—framing the subject as worthy of worship and contemplation.