Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 17 Shloka 130 - Mahabharata | Urdu | Vedapath

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Shloka 130

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

मन्थानो बहुलो वायु: सकल: सर्वलोचन: । तलस्ताल: करस्थाली ऊर्ध्वसंहननो महान्‌

Transliteration

manthāno bahulo vāyuḥ sakalaḥ sarvalocanaḥ | talastālaḥ karasthālī ūrdhvasaṃhanano mahān ||

Translation

وایو دیو نے کہا—وہ مَنتھان کرنے والی نہایت شدید ہوا کی صورت ہے، جو جگت کو مَتھ ڈالنے پر قادر؛ ہر قوت میں کامل، سب کچھ دیکھنے والا۔ وہ اپنی ہی ہتھیلی پر تال دیتا ہے، اپنے ہاتھوں ہی کو برتن بنا کر کھاتا ہے؛ بلند، مضبوط اور گٹھا ہوا پیکر رکھنے والا؛ اور بے شک عظیم ہے۔

Word by Word

मन्थानःchurner; one who churns (metaph. powerful agitator)

बहुलःabundant; mighty; intense

वायुःwind

सकलःentire; complete

सर्वलोचनःall-seeing (having eyes everywhere)

तलस्तालःwith palm and clapping (i.e., clapping with the palms)

करस्थालीhaving the hand as a bowl/plate (using the hand as a vessel)

ऊर्ध्वसंहननःwith firm/compact upper build; strongly knit-bodied

महान्great; mighty

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyu-deva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises a being (or ideal) marked by immense power coupled with self-sufficiency and discipline: all-seeing awareness, strength, and the ascetic simplicity of needing little (even using one’s own hands as a vessel). It suggests that true greatness includes both capability and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking and describing a formidable figure through a string of epithets—depicting cosmic force (wind that churns), omniscience (all-seeing), and ascetic habits (hand as bowl), along with a strong, upright physique—thereby characterizing the subject’s nature and stature.