Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 57

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

उग्रतेजा महातेजा जन्यो विजयकालवित्‌ | ज्योतिषामयनं सिद्धि: सर्वविग्रह एव च

Transliteration

ugratejā mahātejā janyo vijayakālavit | jyotiṣām ayanaṃ siddhiḥ sarvavigraha eva ca ||

Translation

风神婆由说道：“彼具猛厉之光，亦具广大之辉；为众生之生主，知胜利之适时。彼为诸光曜之行道与归依处，为成就（悉地）之体，实乃含摄一切形相者。”

Word by Word

• {'ugra-tejāḥ': 'one whose radiance is formidable

• awe-inspiring in power', 'mahā-tejāḥ': 'one endowed with great splendor/energy', 'janyaḥ': 'begetter

• source of birth/manifestation', 'vijaya-kāla-vit': 'knower of the (right) time/occasion for victory', 'jyotiṣām': 'of the luminaries

• of celestial lights (sun, moon, stars) / of astrologic lights', 'ayanam': 'path, course, abode, resort

• that into which one goes', 'siddhiḥ': 'accomplishment, perfection

• embodied success', 'sarva-vigrahaḥ': 'having all forms

• the totality of embodied forms', 'eva ca': 'and indeed

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• jyotiṣa (luminaries/celestial lights)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a theological-ethical portrait of the supreme power as the source of beings, the regulator of auspicious timing (especially for victory), and the cosmic ground in which all forms and all lights find their course—implying that success and order are aligned with a higher, all-pervading principle rather than mere human force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is speaking in praise, listing epithets that describe the deity being extolled: terrifying yet majestic radiance, creative sourcehood, mastery over the right moment for triumph, lordship over the luminaries’ course, embodiment of siddhi (attainment), and possession of all forms.