Shloka 44
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
या सा नारायणतनुः प्रद्युम्नाख्या मुनीश्वराः / तया संमोहयेद् विश्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
yā sā nārāyaṇatanuḥ pradyumnākhyā munīśvarāḥ / tayā saṃmohayed viśvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
हे मुनीश्वरो, नारायण की जो तनु ‘प्रद्युम्न’ नाम से कही गई है—उसी शक्ति से वह समस्त विश्व को, देव-दानव और मनुष्यों सहित, मोहित कर देता है।
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) addressing the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It implies that the Supreme (Nārāyaṇa) manifests powers that can veil true knowledge; realizing the Self requires discerning the Lord beyond His deluding potency (moha/māyā).
The verse points to the need for viveka (discriminative insight) and steady contemplation to cross moha—principles aligned with the Kurma Purana’s yoga-oriented teaching: restraint of the mind, devotion to the Lord, and knowledge that pierces māyā.
By presenting the Lord’s cosmic power of delusion as a universal principle, it supports the Purana’s synthetic stance: the one Supreme Lord—named as Nārāyaṇa here and praised as Īśvara elsewhere—governs the same world-process that Shaiva and Vaishnava traditions describe.