Shloka 40
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
योगी योज्यो महाबीजो महारेता महाबल: । सुवर्णरिता: सर्वज्ञ: सुबीजो बीजवाहन:
yogī yojyo mahābījo mahāretā mahābalaḥ | suvarṇaretāḥ sarvajñaḥ subījo bījavāhanaḥ ||
风神伐由说道：“他是真正的瑜伽行者，是当与之相系（作为心之所依）者；他是大种子——广大因源；具强盛的生发之力与大威力。他的种子金辉如火；他无所不知；他既是善种本身，又是持种者——在众生之中承载潜伏的习气印记（saṃskāra），使之成熟为各自的生命。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the supreme principle as the inner support of yoga and as the causal ‘seed’ behind creation and experience. Ethically, it frames spiritual discipline as aligning the mind with that highest source, while recognizing that beings carry latent karmic impressions (bīja/saṃskāra) that shape their conduct and destiny.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in a laudatory, doctrinal mode, listing exalted epithets of the supreme being. The focus is not on external action but on identifying divine attributes—power, purity, omniscience, and the role of sustaining and carrying the karmic ‘seeds’ within living beings.