Shloka 98
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
कपिल: कपिश: शुक्ल आयुभश्चिव परोडपर: । गन्धर्वो हादितिस्ताक्ष्य: सुविज्ञेयः सुशारद:
vāyudeva uvāca | kapilaḥ kapiśaḥ śukla āyubhaś caiva parodaparaḥ | gandharvo hāditis tākṣyaḥ suvijñeyaḥ suśāradaḥ ||
Wika ni Vāyudeva: “Mauunawaan Siya sa maraming anyo at mukha—kapila (kulay kayumangging ginto), kapiśa (dilaw-kayumanggi), śukla (puti), bilang mismong buhay (āyuḥ), bilang ang sinauna at ang sumunod (para at apara), bilang isang Gandharva, bilang Aditi, at bilang Tākṣya (Garuḍa). Siya’y dapat makilala nang malinaw at madali, at taglay ang pinong pananalita at matalas na pag-unawa.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a theological-ethical idea: the divine (or the object of contemplation being described) can be recognized through multiple forms, colors, and cosmic roles—life itself, temporal polarity (ancient/later), and well-known divine beings. True understanding is marked by clarity (suvijñeya) and mature, disciplined speech (suśārada), implying that knowledge should be both discernible and expressed responsibly.
Vāyudeva is speaking and enumerates a series of recognizable manifestations or identifications—color-forms (kapila, kapiśa, śukla), principles (āyuḥ, para/apara), and divine figures (Gandharva, Aditi, Tākṣya/Garuḍa)—to indicate how the described reality can be known and characterized.