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Shloka 126

Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

युगरूपो महारूपो महानागहनोडवध: । न्यायनिर्वपण: पाद: पण्डितो हृचलोपम:

Transliteration

yugarūpo mahārūpo mahānāgahanodavadhaḥ | nyāyanirvapaṇaḥ pādaḥ paṇḍito ’calopamaḥ ||

Translation

وایو دیو نے کہا—وہ خود یُگوں کی صورت ہے، عظیم اور جلیل ہیئت والا؛ زورآور گجاسُر کا قاتل؛ اَودھْی (موت سے ماورا)۔ وہ عدل کے مطابق عطا کرنے والا، پناہ لینے والوں کے لیے یقینی جائے پناہ، حقیقی دانا، اور پہاڑ کی مانند ثابت قدم ہے۔

Word by Word

युगरूपःhaving the form/nature of an age (yuga)

महारूपःof great form; mighty-formed

महानागहनःslayer of the great elephant-demon (Mahānāga-hana)

उदवधःdeathless; not subject to destruction

न्यायनिर्वपणःone who bestows/dispenses justice (rightful giving)

पादःrefuge; the one to be approached (lit. foot)

पण्डितःlearned; wise

अचलोपमःimmovable like a mountain

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Wind-god)

Gajāsura (implied by ‘mahānāga-hana’ in the provided gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises an ideal divine figure as the embodiment of cosmic order and ethical governance: immortal, just in giving, a dependable refuge for devotees, and unwavering in resolve—linking true greatness with dharma (justice, right generosity, and steadfast protection).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking in a laudatory mode, listing epithets that describe the exalted qualities and heroic deeds of the praised being—cosmic stature, demon-slaying power, immortality, righteous generosity, and mountain-like steadiness—typical of Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic and devotional passages.