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Shloka 63

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

Anuśāsana-parva 17

सांख्यप्रसादो दुर्वासा: सर्वसाधुनिषेवित: । प्रस्कन्दनो विभागज्ञो5तुल्यो यज्ञविभागवित्‌

sāṅkhya-prasādo durvāsāḥ sarva-sādhu-niṣevitaḥ | praskandano vibhāga-jño 'tulyo yajña-vibhāga-vit ||

伐由说道:“杜尔瓦萨——因数论(Sāṅkhya)辨别我与非我之智而心生欢喜者——为一切圣贤所敬事;其威能足以使伟大者亦离其位;洞悉众生业行与其果报之公正分配;无与伦比;并精通祭祀中供品诸分的正当划分。”

सांख्यप्रसादःone whose serenity/clarity comes from Sāṅkhya (discriminative knowledge)
सांख्यप्रसादः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसांख्यप्रसाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दुर्वासाःDurvāsā (the sage)
दुर्वासाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्वासा
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वसाधुनिषेवितःserved/attended by all good men
सर्वसाधुनिषेवितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वसाधुनिषेवित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रस्कन्दनःone who causes displacement/overthrow (a subduer)
प्रस्कन्दनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रस्कन्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विभागज्ञःknower of proper divisions/allocations
विभागज्ञः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविभागज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अतुल्यःincomparable
अतुल्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतुल्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञविभागवित्knower of the divisions/portions in a sacrifice
यज्ञविभागवित्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञविभागविद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
D
Durvāsā
A
Atri
A
Anasūyā
R
Rudra

Educational Q&A

The verse praises an ideal spiritual authority: inner clarity born of discriminative wisdom (Sāṅkhya), moral discernment about the distribution of deeds and results, and precise knowledge of ritual propriety. Ethical power is portrayed as grounded in insight and right order—both in conduct (karma-phala) and in sacred duty (yajña).

Vāyu is describing the sage Durvāsā by listing his defining qualities—his serenity from Sāṅkhya insight, his reverence among the righteous, his formidable potency, and his expertise in both moral causality and sacrificial procedure—thereby establishing Durvāsā’s stature and authority within the episode.