Shloka 136
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
ऊर्ध्वगात्मा पशुपतिर्वातरंहा मनोजव: । चन्दनी पद्मनालाग्र: सुरभ्युत्तरणो नर:
ūrdhvagātmā paśupatiḥ vātaraṃhā manojavaḥ | candanī padmanālāgraḥ surabhyuttaraṇo naraḥ ||
Sinabi ni Vāyu-deva: “Siya’y may likas na pag-akyat at paglagpas; siya ang Paśupati, Panginoon ng mga nilalang; kasingbilis ng hangin at kasingbilis ng isip. Ang kanyang mga sangkap ay pinahiran ng sandal; siya ang pinakadulo (pinakadiwa) ng tangkay ng lotus; at siya ang Nara—ang nasa anyong tao—na nagbaba kay Surabhī.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a stuti (praise) through epithets: the divine is portrayed as transcending worldly limitations (ūrdhvagātmā), sovereign over beings (paśupati), and possessing immeasurable power and speed (vātarāṃhā, manojava). Ethically, it reinforces reverence toward the supreme and the idea that true lordship is linked with protection and mastery over the forces that govern life.
Vāyu-deva is speaking and describing a revered divine figure through a chain of honorific attributes and mythic identifiers—highlighting transcendence, sovereignty, auspicious appearance (sandal-anointed), symbolic cosmic imagery (lotus-stalk tip), and a remembered deed involving Surabhī.