Shloka 62
Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations
कर्णश्रवे ऽनिले रात्रौ दिवा पांशुसमूहने / विद्युत्स्तनितवर्षेषु महोल्कानां च संप्लवे / आकालिकमनध्यायमेतेष्वाह प्रजापतिः
karṇaśrave 'nile rātrau divā pāṃśusamūhane / vidyutstanitavarṣeṣu maholkānāṃ ca saṃplave / ākālikamanadhyāyameteṣvāha prajāpatiḥ
રાત્રે કાનમાં ગર્જના થાય એવો પવન ફૂંકાય, દિવસે ધૂળનો મોટો ગોઠવણ ઊઠે; વીજળી, ગર્જના અને વરસાદ થાય; તથા મહા ઉલ્કાઓનો ઉપદ્રવ થાય—આ પ્રસંગોમાં પ્રજાપતિએ તત્કાળ (આકાલિક) અનધ્યાય કહ્યો છે।
Narrator/Sage teaching dharma (Pauranic discourse attributed to traditional authorities such as Prajāpati)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharma-practical rather than metaphysical: it protects the sanctity and discipline of Vedic sound by prescribing anadhyāya during disruptive natural phenomena, which indirectly supports inner steadiness required for realizing the Self.
No direct yoga technique is taught; the practice implied is restraint (niyama) and reverence for sacred recitation—pausing study during storms, dust-storms, and celestial portents to maintain ritual purity and focused attention.
It does not explicitly discuss Shiva–Vishnu unity; it reflects the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis by grounding spiritual life in shared dharmic discipline, which later supports the Shaiva-Vaishnava yogic and devotional teachings found elsewhere in the text.