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Shloka 45

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

दीर्घश्व हरिकेशश्व सुतीर्थ: कृष्ण एव च | शृगालरूप: सिद्धार्थो मुण्ड: सर्वशुभड़कर:

dīrghaśva harikeśaś ca sutīrthaḥ kṛṣṇa eva ca | śṛgālarūpaḥ siddhārtho muṇḍaḥ sarvaśubhaṅkaraḥ ||

وایو دیو نے کہا—وہ دیرغشو، ہریکیش، سُتیرتھ اور کرشن—ان بہت سے القاب سے معروف ہے۔ وہ گیدڑ کی صورت بھی اختیار کرتا ہے؛ وہ سِدھارتھ ہے—جس کے سب مقاصد پورے ہیں؛ وہ مُنڈ ہے—منڈا سر رکھنے والا فقیرانہ روپ؛ اور وہ سَروَشُبھَنکر ہے—تمام جانداروں کے لیے خیر و برکت کرنے والا۔

दीर्घश्वtall/long-bodied
दीर्घश्व:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हरिकेशश्वone having tawny/greenish hair (Hari-keśa)
हरिकेशश्व:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहरिकेश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुतीर्थःexcellent sacred ford/pilgrimage-place; one who is a good tīrtha
सुतीर्थः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुतीर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृष्णःKṛṣṇa; the dark one
कृष्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शृगालरूपःhaving the form of a jackal
शृगालरूपः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशृगालरूप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सिद्धार्थःone whose aims are accomplished
सिद्धार्थः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसिद्धार्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मुण्डःshaven-headed
मुण्डः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमुण्ड
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वशुभङ्करःmaker of all auspiciousness; benefactor of all
सर्वशुभङ्करः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-शुभ-कर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva (Wind-god, speaker)
K
Kṛṣṇa (as an epithet/name)
H
Harikeśa (epithet)
S
Sutīrtha (epithet)
D
Dīrghaśva (epithet)
Ś
Śṛgāla-rūpa (jackal-form, guise)
S
Siddhārtha (epithet)
M
Muṇḍa (ascetic guise)
S
Sarvaśubhaṅkara (epithet)

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes the many names and forms through which the divine may be recognized—majestic, sacred, ascetic, and even seemingly humble or animal-like—while remaining fundamentally a universal benefactor who brings auspiciousness to all.

Vāyu-deva is describing the subject through a string of epithets, highlighting varied manifestations and attributes—sacredness (as a tīrtha), transcendence (Kṛṣṇa), accomplished power (Siddhārtha), ascetic guise (Muṇḍa), and beneficence (Sarvaśubhaṅkara).