Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 170

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

इति तेनेन्द्रकल्पेन भगवान्‌ सदसत्पति: । कृत्तिवासा: स्तुतः कृष्ण तण्डिना शुभबुद्धिना

Transliteration

iti tenendrakalpena bhagavān sadasatpatiḥ | kṛttivāsāḥ stutaḥ kṛṣṇa taṇḍinā śubhabuddhinā ||

Translation

于是，噢，奎师那！贤者檀荼（Taṇḍi）具吉祥之慧，光辉如因陀罗，便赞颂那位具福德的湿婆主——披象皮者，统御因与果、统御有与无之至上主宰。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इन्द्रकल्पेन: by the Indra-like (one)
• इन्द्रकल्पेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रकल्प
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्: being; the existent
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Neuter, Uninflected (compound member)

• असत्: non-being; the non-existent
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत्
• Form: Neuter, Uninflected (compound member)

• पति: lord; master
• पति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदसत्पति: lord of being and non-being (cause of all)
• सदसत्पति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदसत्पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृत्तिवासा: the one clad in a hide (Shiva)
• कृत्तिवासा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिवासस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तुतः: praised
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तुत
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तण्डिना: by (the sage) Taṇḍin
• तण्डिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शुभबुद्धिना: by the auspicious-minded (one)
• शुभबुद्धिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभबुद्धि
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Kṛṣṇa
• Taṇḍi (sage)
• Śiva (Bhagavān, Kṛttivāsāḥ, Sadasatpatiḥ)
• Indra (as a comparison)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Devotion is presented as most fruitful when joined with śubha-buddhi (wholesome discernment): Taṇḍi recognizes Śiva as sadasatpati, the Lord who transcends and governs all categories of existence and non-existence, and therefore offers reverent praise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva narrates to Kṛṣṇa that the Indra-like, clear-minded sage Taṇḍi offers a hymn of praise to Lord Śiva, described by epithets such as Kṛttivāsāḥ (wearer of the hide) and Sadasatpatiḥ (lord of being and non-being).