Shloka 26
Īśvara-gītā (Adhyāya 2) — Ātma-svarūpa, Māyā, and the Unity of Sāṅkhya–Yoga
ज्ञानस्वूपमेवाहुर्जगदेतद् विचक्षणाः / अर्थस्वरूपमेवाज्ञाः पश्यन्त्यन्ये कुदृष्टयः
jñānasvūpamevāhurjagadetad vicakṣaṇāḥ / arthasvarūpamevājñāḥ paśyantyanye kudṛṣṭayaḥ
Die Einsichtigen erklären: Dieses Weltall ist seinem Wesen nach Bewusstsein-Erkenntnis (jñāna). Doch die Unwissenden, mit verkehrtem Blick, sehen es nur als bloße Gegenständlichkeit, als Dinghaftes (artha).
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It implies that reality is fundamentally consciousness: the wise recognize the world as jñāna-svarūpa, aligning perception with the Self, while ignorance reduces experience to mere objecthood.
The verse points to jñāna-yoga/ātma-vicāra as the core discipline: refining dṛṣṭi (vision) through discrimination (viveka) so the practitioner ceases to reify the world as only artha and recognizes consciousness as primary—an orientation consistent with Pāśupata-style inner transformation taught in the Kurma Purana.
By emphasizing a single consciousness as the ground of the world, it supports the Kurma Purana’s synthetic stance: the supreme reality praised as Īśvara can be approached through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms without contradiction.