Shloka 9
Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka
Book 14, Chapter 43
ओषधीनां पति: सोमो विष्णुर्बलवतां वर: । त्वष्टाधिराजो रूपाणां पशूनामीश्वर: शिव:,ओषधियोंके स्वामी सोम हैं तथा बलवानोंमें श्रेष्ठ विष्णु हैं। रूपोंके अधिपति सूर्य और पशुओंके ईश्वर भगवान् शिव हैं
oṣadhīnāṃ patiḥ somo viṣṇur balavatāṃ varaḥ | tvaṣṭādhirājo rūpāṇāṃ paśūnām īśvaraḥ śivaḥ ||
Vāyu nói: “Soma là chúa của các dược thảo; Viṣṇu là bậc tối thượng trong hàng những kẻ hùng mạnh. Tvaṣṭṛ là đấng chủ tể của mọi hình tướng, và Śiva là Chúa của muôn loài thú.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the world is sustained by an ordered distribution of powers: specific deities preside over specific domains (healing herbs, strength, forms, animals). Recognizing this order encourages reverence and disciplined conduct aligned with dharma.
Vāyu is speaking and enumerates the presiding lords of different cosmic categories—Soma over herbs, Viṣṇu over the mighty, Tvaṣṭṛ over forms, and Śiva over animals—framing a theological mapping of the universe’s governance.