Shloka 69

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

सर्ववासी श्रियावासी उपदेशकरो5डकर: । मुनिरात्मनिरालोक: सम्भग्नश्न सहस्रद:

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | sarvavāsī śriyāvāsī upadeśakaro 'kāraḥ | munir ātmanirālokaḥ sambhagnaḥ sahasradāḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva nói: “Ngài ngự trong mọi loài như tự ngã; và Ngài ngự cùng Śrī (Lakṣmī), trong dáng vẻ Viṣṇu. Ngài là Đấng ban giáo huấn—dạy kẻ cầu đạo chân lý, và trao lời chỉ dẫn cứu độ. Không chấp ngã về ‘ta là người làm’, Ngài trầm tư như bậc hiền triết, soi xét nội tâm, tách khỏi mọi phụ thuộc như thân xác. Được phụng sự và tôn kính đúng pháp, Ngài còn là Đấng bố thí đến hàng nghìn.”

Word by Word

• सर्ववासी: dwelling in all (beings); all-pervading resident
• सर्ववासी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-वासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रियावासी: dwelling with Śrī (Lakṣmī); Śrīvāsa
• श्रियावासी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्री-वासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपदेशकरः: giver of instruction; teacher
• उपदेशकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेश-कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अकरः: non-doer; without sense of agency
• अकरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: sage; contemplative
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मनिरालोकः: one whose vision is inward on the Self; self-contemplating
• आत्मनिरालोकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्म-निरालोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्भग्नः: well-served; duly worshipped/attended
• सम्भग्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-भज् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहस्रदः: giver of thousands; bestower of abundant gifts
• सहस्रदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Viṣṇu (implied by śriyāvāsī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse extols the highest guide—divine or saintly—as one who is universally present, teaches liberating truth, remains free from egoistic doership, practices inward discernment, and embodies generosity. Ethical excellence is shown as humility plus service to others through instruction and charity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is describing and praising an exalted being (implicitly Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa-like) through a chain of epithets. The focus is not on action but on qualities—indwelling presence, association with Śrī, capacity to instruct and uplift, egolessness, contemplative insight, being rightly honored, and great giving.