Shloka 41

Karma-yoga Discipline for the Twice-born: Upanayana, Upavīta Conduct, Guru-veneration, and Alms-regimen

Devanagari script

पुंसा वर्त्मनिविष्टेन पूज्यो भर्ता तु सर्वदा / याति दातरि लोके ऽस्मिन् उपकाराद्धि गौरवम्

Transliteration

puṃsā vartmaniviṣṭena pūjyo bhartā tu sarvadā / yāti dātari loke 'smin upakārāddhi gauravam

Translation

Pour l’homme établi sur la voie juste de la conduite, l’époux — protecteur et soutien du foyer — doit être honoré en tout temps. En ce monde, l’estime s’obtient par la bienfaisance ; en vérité, l’honneur naît de l’aide que l’on donne.

Word by Word

• पुंसा: by a man
• पुंसा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃs (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वर्त्म-निविष्टेन: one established on the path (of duty)
• वर्त्म-निविष्टेन: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vartman (प्रातिपदिक) + ni-√viś (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (vartmani niviṣṭaḥ); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं पुंसा प्रति

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (प्रधानविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• भर्ता: husband/supporter
• भर्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle: but/indeed)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दातरि: in the giver (i.e., in a benefactor)
• दातरि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषणं लोके प्रति

• उपकारात्: from (his) help, due to benefaction
• उपकारात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/हेतौ (particle: indeed/for)

• गौरवम्: respect, honor
• गौरवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Traditional Purāṇic narrator (Vyāsa/śāstra-voice) teaching dharma within the Kurma Purana’s discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

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FAQs

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

This verse is primarily dharma-ethical rather than metaphysical: it teaches that honor in worldly life arises from right conduct and benefaction, preparing the mind for higher spiritual disciplines that culminate in Atman-realization elsewhere in the Purana.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No direct meditation technique is taught here; instead it emphasizes yama-like ethical foundations—right conduct, gratitude, and service—supporting the purity and steadiness required for later yoga (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline in the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching).

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

It does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; its contribution to the Kurma Purana’s synthesis is indirect—grounding spiritual life in dharma and social righteousness, which the text later integrates with devotion and yoga across Shaiva–Vaishnava frameworks.