Shloka 73

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

वामदेवश्न वामश्न प्राग्‌ दक्षिणश्र॒ वामन: । सिद्धयोगी महर्षिश्न सिद्धार्थ: सिद्धसाधक:

Transliteration

vāmadevaś ca vāmaś ca prāk dakṣiṇaś ca vāmanaḥ | siddhayogī maharṣiś ca siddhārthaḥ siddhasādhakaḥ || vajrahastaś ca viṣkambhī camūstambhana eva ca | vṛttāvṛttakaraḥ tālo madhur madhukalocanaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu nói: Ngài là Vāmadeva và cũng là Vāma; là Prāk và Dakṣiṇa, và là Vāmana. Ngài là bậc yogin đã viên thành, là đại hiền triết; là Siddhārtha—đấng làm cho điều cầu tìm được toại—và Siddhasādhaka—đấng hoàn tất các thành tựu. Ngài là Vajrahasta, tay cầm lôi chùy; là Viṣkambhī, đấng nâng đỡ cõi rộng; và Camūstambhana, đấng làm tê liệt quân thù. Ngài là Vṛttāvṛttakara, tinh thông lập phá trận thế mà trở về nguyên vẹn; là Tāla, tầng sâu làm nền; là Madhu, vị ngọt của mùa xuân; và Madhukalocana, đôi mắt màu mật ong.

Word by Word

• वामदेवः: Vāmadeva (name/epithet)
• वामदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वामः: pleasant; left (as an epithet)
• वामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राक्: eastward; in front; formerly
• प्राक्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक्
• Form: true

• दक्षिणः: right; southern; dexterous
• दक्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वामनः: Vāmana (the dwarf incarnation/epithet)
• वामनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धयोगी: a perfected yogin
• सिद्धयोगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धयोगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महर्षिः: great seer
• महर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धार्थः: one whose purpose is accomplished
• सिद्धार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धसाधकः: accomplisher of siddhis; perfected practitioner
• सिद्धसाधकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धसाधक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वज्रहस्तः: one having a thunderbolt in hand (Indra-like)
• वज्रहस्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रहस्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विष्कम्भी: supporting; expansive; one who props up
• विष्कम्भी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्कम्भिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चमूस्तम्भनः: one who paralyzes/halts an army
• चमूस्तम्भनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमूस्तम्भन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; just; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• वृत्तावृत्तकरः: maker of ‘vṛtta’ and ‘āvṛtta’ (battle formations/returns)
• वृत्तावृत्तकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तावृत्तकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तालः: Tāla; (also) base/support (as an epithet)
• तालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मधुः: Madhu; honey; spring (as an epithet)
• मधुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मधुकलोचनः: one whose eyes are like honey (honey-colored)
• मधुकलोचनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुकलोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Vāmana
• Vajra (thunderbolt)
• Indra (implied by the epithet Vajrahasta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a litany of divine names that frame the deity as simultaneously ascetic (perfected yogin, great seer), cosmic (identified with directions and foundational support), and protective in conflict (able to immobilize armies and master battle maneuvers). Ethically, it models reverent remembrance of virtues—steadfast support, disciplined accomplishment, and protection of order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu is speaking a hymn-like sequence of epithets, praising and identifying the deity through many functional names—linking spiritual attainment (siddhi, yoga) with worldly guardianship (battlefield skill, stopping hostile forces) and cosmic sovereignty (directions, foundational depth).