Shloka 119

Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga

Devanagari script

अज्ञानाद् यदि वा ज्ञानाद् यत्किञ्चित्कुरुते नरः / तत्सर्वं भगवानेन कुरुते योगमायया

Transliteration

ajñānād yadi vā jñānād yatkiñcitkurute naraḥ / tatsarvaṃ bhagavānena kurute yogamāyayā

Translation

سواءٌ فعلَ الإنسانُ عن جهلٍ أو عن علمٍ، فمهما يصنع—فإنّ ذلك كلَّه يُنجِزُهُ البهَغَفانُ نفسُهُ بقدرةِ يوغا-مايا.

Word by Word

• ajñānāt: from ignorance
• ajñānāt: Hetu/Cause (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter; Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha/Clause marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conditional particle (शर्त)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, disjunctive particle (विकल्प)

• jñānāt: from knowledge
• jñānāt: Hetu/Cause (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter; Ablative (5th), Singular

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; with kiñcit forms ‘whatever’

• kiñcit: anything
• kiñcit: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Indefinite pronoun; Neuter, Accusative Singular; used adverbially/nominally ‘anything’

• kurute: does
• kurute: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (present), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada

• naraḥ: a man; a person
• naraḥ: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine; Nominative (1st), Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; correlates with ‘yat’

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter; Accusative, Singular; agrees with tat (tatsarvam = all that)

• bhagavatā: by the Lord
• bhagavatā: Karaṇa/Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• ena: by him/this
• ena: Karaṇa/Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Instrumental (3rd), Singular; enclitic; with bhagavatā = ‘by this Lord’

• kurute: does; brings about
• kurute: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra, 3rd person, Singular; Ātmanepada

• yoga-māyayā: by (his) Yogamāyā
• yoga-māyayā: Karaṇa/Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग); Instrumental (3rd), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘yogasya māyā’ / ‘yogamāyā’ (divine yogic illusion/power)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavan
• Yoga-maya

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It teaches that the ultimate agency behind all actions is Bhagavān alone; individual doership is secondary and conditioned, while the Supreme Self remains the inner ruler who enables action through Yoga-māyā.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse points to Yoga as discernment of true agency: meditation and self-inquiry reduce egoic doership, aligning the practitioner with Ishvara-bhāva (God-centered awareness) central to Kurma Purana’s Yoga-shāstra orientation.

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

By grounding all agency in one Bhagavān acting through Yoga-māyā, it supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the Supreme (spoken as Vishnu/Kurma) is also the same highest Lord revered in Shaiva frameworks.