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Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 10

Dharma of Non-Injury, Non-Stealing, Purity, and Avoidance of Hypocrisy (Ācāra and Saṅkarya-Nivṛtti)

Devanagari script

तिलमुद्गयवादीनां मुष्टिर्ग्राह्या पथि स्थितैः / क्षुधार्तैर्नान्यथा विप्रा धर्मविद्भिरिति स्थितिः

Transliteration

tilamudgayavādīnāṃ muṣṭirgrāhyā pathi sthitaiḥ / kṣudhārtairnānyathā viprā dharmavidbhiriti sthitiḥ

Translation

Wenn Reisende, vom Hunger auf dem Weg gequält, etwas nehmen müssen, dürfen sie nur eine Handvoll Sesam, Mungbohnen, Gerste und dergleichen nehmen—nicht mehr. So lautet die festgesetzte Regel, o Brāhmaṇas, wie sie die Kenner des Dharma wissen.

Word by Word
तिलमुद्गयवादीनाम्of sesame, mung, barley, etc.
तिलमुद्गयवादीनाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतिल + मुद्ग + यव + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमाहार-द्वन्द्व (तिल-मुद्ग-यव-आदि), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समूहवाचक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन
मुष्टिःa handful
मुष्टिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ग्राह्याshould be taken
ग्राह्या:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootग्रह् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (यत्/तव्यत्-अर्थे ‘to be taken’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to मुष्टिः)
पथिon the road
पथि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
स्थितैःby those who are staying/being on (the road)
स्थितैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थित (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था क्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन; विशेषण (to implied ‘by those’)
क्षुधार्तैःby the hunger-stricken
क्षुधार्तैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुधा + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (क्षुधया आर्त), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to स्थितैः)
नnot
न:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
विप्राःO Brahmins
विप्राः:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense)
धर्मविद्भिःby knowers of dharma
धर्मविद्भिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मं वेत्ति), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)
स्थितिःthe rule; established practice
स्थितिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta (narrating the dharma-teaching as preserved by the sages)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇa
D
Dharma

FAQs

Indirectly: it teaches restraint (niyama) and non-greed, disciplines that purify the mind and make it fit for realizing the Self, though the verse itself is a practical dharma rule.

It reflects aparigraha (non-hoarding) and moderation—ethical foundations aligned with yogic yamas/niyamas, preparing the practitioner for higher contemplative practice emphasized more explicitly in the Kurma Purana’s later teachings.

It does not directly discuss Shiva–Vishnu unity; it focuses on universal dharma. In the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, such dharma-restraint supports the same spiritual goal upheld across Shaiva and Vaishnava frames.

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