Shloka 84

Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara

Devanagari script

यदृच्छालाभतुष्टस्य द्वन्द्वातीतस्य चैव हि / कुर्वतो मत्प्रसादार्थं कर्म संसारनाशनम्

Transliteration

yadṛcchālābhatuṣṭasya dvandvātītasya caiva hi / kurvato matprasādārthaṃ karma saṃsāranāśanam

Translation

من كان قانعًا بما يأتيه عفوًا، متجاوزًا أزواج الأضداد، ويعمل فقط لنيل نعمتي—فإن عمله ذاك يصير مُهلكًا للسامسارا (دورة القيد الدنيوي).

Word by Word

• यदृच्छालाभतुष्टस्य: of one content with chance-gain
• यदृच्छालाभतुष्टस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यदृच्छा + लाभ + तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (यदृच्छालाभेन तुष्टः)

• द्वन्द्वातीतस्य: of one beyond dualities
• द्वन्द्वातीतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वन्द्व + अतीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (द्वन्द्वम् अतीतः = beyond pairs of opposites)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ निपात (for/indeed)

• कुर्वतः: of one who does
• कुर्वतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (of one who is doing)

• मत्प्रसादार्थम्: for my grace/pleasure
• मत्प्रसादार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + प्रसाद + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मम प्रसादस्य अर्थम् = for the sake of my grace/pleasure)

• कर्म: action
• कर्म: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संसारनाशनम्: destroying saṃsāra
• संसारनाशनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (संसारस्य नाशनम्) ‘कर्म’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching Ishvara Gita

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Kurma
• Vishnu
• Ishvara Gita
• saṃsāra
• prasāda

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By urging transcendence of dvandvas and ego-driven results, the verse points to steadiness in the Self beyond changing experiences; actions offered for the Lord’s grace no longer bind the doer to saṃsāra.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It highlights Karma-Yoga with vairagya: contentment with unplanned gains (yadṛcchā-lābha), equanimity beyond opposites (dvandvātīta), and dedicating all work to the Lord’s prasāda—an Ishvara-centered discipline aligned with the Kurma Purana’s Pashupata-oriented soteriology.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Though spoken by Lord Kurma (Vishnu), the teaching emphasizes Ishvara-prasāda as liberating—mirroring the Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where devotion and surrender to the one Supreme Lord (Ishvara) dissolves bondage.