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Shloka 64

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

सर्ववास: सर्वचारी दुर्वासा वासवो5मर: । हैमो हेमकरो<यज्ञ: सर्वधारी धरोत्तम:

sarvavāsaḥ sarvacārī durvāsā vāsavo 'maraḥ | haimo hemakaro 'yajñaḥ sarvadhārī dharottamaḥ ||

وایو دیو نے کہا— وہ ہر جگہ بسنے والا اور ہر جگہ پھرنے والا ہے؛ ‘دُروَاسا’—اتنا بے کنار و بے حد کہ کوئی لباس اسے پوری طرح ڈھانپ نہ سکے۔ وہ واسَو—اندَر کی سی سیادت—اور اَمَر—لازوال—ہے۔ وہ ہَیم—ہمالیہ کی برفانی ڈھیر کی مانند؛ ہیمَکَر—سونے کا پیدا کرنے والا؛ اَیَجْن—رسمی عمل سے ماورا؛ سَروَدھاری—سب کو تھامنے والا؛ اور دھروتّم—تمام کائنات کا برترین سہارا—ہے۔

सर्ववासाःone whose dwelling is everywhere / all-abiding
सर्ववासाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-वास (वास)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वचारीone who moves everywhere / all-pervading in movement
सर्वचारी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-चारी (चारिन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दुर्वासाःDurvāsā (name; lit. 'hard to clothe')
दुर्वासाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्-वासस् (वासस्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वासवःVāsava (Indra)
वासवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवासव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अमरःimmortal, imperishable
अमरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-मर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हैमःsnowy; of Himavat/Himalaya
हैमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहैम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हेमकरःproducer/maker of gold
हेमकरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहेम-कर (कर)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयज्ञःwithout sacrifice; non-ritual
अयज्ञः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-यज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वधारीsupporter of all; all-bearing
सर्वधारी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-धारिन् (धारिन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धरोत्तमःbest of bearers/supporters; supreme sustainer
धरोत्तमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर-उत्तम (उत्तम)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
I
Indra (Vāsava)
H
Himālaya (implied by haimaḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse strings together epithets to convey a theological vision: the Supreme is omnipresent (dwelling and moving everywhere), imperishable, the source of sovereign power, and the cosmic support that upholds all beings—ultimately transcending dependence on ritual action (ayajñaḥ).

Vāyu-deva is speaking in a hymn-like mode, enumerating names and attributes of the Supreme (or the praised deity) to describe His all-pervading nature, cosmic sovereignty, and sustaining power, using images such as the Himalaya and gold-production to suggest vastness and generativity.