Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 140
रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti
चराचरात्मा सूक्ष्मात्मा अमृतो गोवृषेश्चर: । साध्यर्षिवसुरादित्यो विवस्वान् सवितामृत:
carācarātmā sūkṣmātmā amṛto govṛṣeś caraḥ | sādhyarṣivasurādityo vivasvān savitāmṛtaḥ ||
Wika ni Vāyu: Siya ang panloob na Sarili ng lahat ng gumagalaw at di-gumagalaw na nilalang; ang kanyang diwa ay sukdulang maselan. Siya’y walang-kamatayan, at ang panginoong nagtataguyod sa dharma ng “baka at toro”—ang kaayusang sumusuporta sa katuwiran. Siya ang gabay ng mga Sādhya at ng mga rishi; kabilang siya sa mga Vasu at mga Āditya; siya si Vivasvān, Savitṛ—ang maningning na Araw, likas na walang-kamatayan, na lumilikha at nagbibigay-sigla sa daigdig.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the divine is the indwelling Self of all beings, subtle and immortal, and also the cosmic sustainer identified with solar divinity (Vivasvān/Savitṛ). Ethical order (dharma) is portrayed as something the divine protects and governs, symbolized by ‘cow and bull’—prosperity, nourishment, and righteousness.
Vāyu is reciting a sequence of exalted names and attributes—an encomium that identifies the praised deity as all-pervading, deathless, and manifest in revered divine classes and especially in the Sun. The passage functions as a devotional and doctrinal identification of the supreme principle through epithets.