Shloka 149
Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga
मयि भक्तिश्च विपुला भवतामस्तु सत्तमाः / ध्यातमात्रो हि सान्निध्यं दास्यामि मुनिसत्तमाः
mayi bhaktiśca vipulā bhavatāmastu sattamāḥ / dhyātamātro hi sānnidhyaṃ dāsyāmi munisattamāḥ
হে সত্তমগণ, তোমাদের মধ্যে আমার প্রতি বিপুল ভক্তি হোক। হে মুনিশ্রেষ্ঠগণ, কেবল স্মরণ ও ধ্যানমাত্রেই আমি তোমাদের আমার সান্নিধ্য দান করব।
Lord Kurma (Vishnu as the Kurma incarnation), teaching sages within the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as a responsive, grace-bestowing Ishvara: the Lord is not distant, but becomes experientially present through devotion and meditative remembrance, implying the Atman’s fulfillment in nearness to the Supreme.
The verse emphasizes dhyāna (steady contemplation) and smṛti-like remembrance: even “mere meditation” (dhyātamātra) is taught as sufficient to invoke sānnidhya (divine proximity), aligning with Purāṇic yoga where bhakti intensifies concentration and invites anugraha (grace).
Though Vishnu (as Kurma) speaks, the teaching matches the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the Lord’s sānnidhya through bhakti and dhyāna mirrors the shared Shaiva-Vaishnava yogic ideal that one Supreme grants grace to sincere seekers.