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

Thần Vāyu nói: “Ngài có bản tính vươn lên siêu việt; là Paśupati, Chúa tể muôn loài; nhanh như gió và mau như ý nghĩ. Thân Ngài được xức gỗ đàn hương; Ngài là chót tinh túy của cuống sen; và là Nara—bậc mang hình người—đã đem Surabhī xuống.”

Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वगात्मा: one whose self/nature goes upward; upward-moving-souled
• ऊर्ध्वगात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्वग-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पशुपतिः: lord of creatures (Pashupati)
• पशुपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वातरंहाः: wind-swift; moving with the speed of wind
• वातरंहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातरंहस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनोजवः: mind-swift; as fast as thought
• मनोजवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोजव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चन्दनी: sandal-scented / anointed with sandal
• चन्दनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्दनी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पद्मनालाग्रः: having the tip of a lotus-stalk (as his mark/feature)
• पद्मनालाग्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म-नाल-अग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुरभ्युत्तरणः: one who brings down Surabhi / causes Surabhi to descend
• सुरभ्युत्तरणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरभि-उत्तरण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: man; person
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Paśupati
• Surabhī
• candana (sandalwood)
• padma (lotus)
• padma-nāla (lotus-stalk)

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.