Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 18 Shloka 136 - Mahabharata | Urdu | Vedapath

Vyasa

←Previous Verse

Next Verse→

Shloka 136

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

ऊर्ध्वगात्मा पशुपतिर्वातरंहा मनोजव: । चन्दनी पद्मनालाग्र: सुरभ्युत्तरणो नर:

Transliteration

ūrdhvagātmā paśupatiḥ vātaraṃhā manojavaḥ | candanī padmanālāgraḥ surabhyuttaraṇo naraḥ ||

Translation

وہ اُردھْوگ آتما-سْوَروپ والا، تمام جانداروں کا پتی ہے؛ ہوا کی مانند تیز رفتار اور من کی مانند برق رفتار۔ اس کے اعضا پر چندن کا لیپ ہے؛ وہ کنول کی ڈنڈی کے سرے کی طرح جوہرِ محض ہے؛ اور نر-روپ میں سُرَبھِی کو نیچے اتار لانے والا بھی وہی ہے۔

Word by Word

ऊर्ध्वगात्माone whose self/nature goes upward; upward-moving-souled

पशुपतिःlord of creatures (Pashupati)

वातरंहाःwind-swift; moving with the speed of wind

मनोजवःmind-swift; as fast as thought

चन्दनीsandal-scented / anointed with sandal

पद्मनालाग्रःhaving the tip of a lotus-stalk (as his mark/feature)

सुरभ्युत्तरणःone who brings down Surabhi / causes Surabhi to descend

नरःman; person

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Paśupati

Surabhī

candana (sandalwood)

padma (lotus)

padma-nāla (lotus-stalk)

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 functions as a stuti (praise) through epithets: the divine is portrayed as transcending worldly limitations (ūrdhvagātmā), sovereign over beings (paśupati), and possessing immeasurable power and speed (vātarāṃhā, manojava). Ethically, it reinforces reverence toward the supreme and the idea that true lordship is linked with protection and mastery over the forces that govern life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking and describing a revered divine figure through a chain of honorific attributes and mythic identifiers—highlighting transcendence, sovereignty, auspicious appearance (sandal-anointed), symbolic cosmic imagery (lotus-stalk tip), and a remembered deed involving Surabhī.