Shloka 62

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

Devanagari script

त्रिदशस्त्रिकालधृक्‌ कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचन: । बन्धनस्त्वसुरेन्द्राणां युधि शत्रुविनाशन:

Transliteration

tridaśas trikāladhṛk karmasarvabandhavimocanaḥ | bandhanas tv asurendrāṇāṁ yudhi śatruvināśanaḥ ||

Translation

风神伐由说道：“祂维系有身之生的三种状态——生、住、灭；承载三世之时——过去、现在、未来；又是斩断业力所生一切系缚的解脱者。然而对阿修罗诸王，祂却成为缚束者；在战场上，祂是灭敌者。同一神力，既能使正直者脱离业缚，也能制伏狂傲之徒，并在护持达摩之时摧折敌对势力。”

Word by Word

• त्रिदशः: the one called ‘Tridasha’ (lord of the thirty gods / divine one)
• त्रिदशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिकालधृक्: bearer/sustainer of the three times (past, present, future)
• त्रिकालधृक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिकालधृक् (धृक् < धृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचनः: releaser from all bonds of karma
• कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मसर्वबन्धविमोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बन्धनः: binder; one who binds
• बन्धनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/and (emphatic contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• असुरेन्द्राणाम्: of the lords of the Asuras
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शत्रुविनाशनः: destroyer of enemies
• शत्रुविनाशनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुविनाशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyu-deva)
• Asura-lords (asurendrāḥ)
• enemies (śatravaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a moral paradox of divine power: the Lord is simultaneously the liberator from karmic bondage for those aligned with dharma and the restrainer of destructive forces. Freedom and restraint are not contradictions but two functions of the same cosmic governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is praising the supreme divine being through epithets, describing cosmic roles (upholding time and life-cycles) and ethical-historical roles (binding Asura-kings and destroying enemies in battle), emphasizing divine intervention when adharma becomes dominant.