Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 84

Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara

Devanagari script

यदृच्छालाभतुष्टस्य द्वन्द्वातीतस्य चैव हि / कुर्वतो मत्प्रसादार्थं कर्म संसारनाशनम्

Transliteration

yadṛcchālābhatuṣṭasya dvandvātītasya caiva hi / kurvato matprasādārthaṃ karma saṃsāranāśanam

Translation

जो अपने आप प्राप्त होने वाले लाभ से संतुष्ट है, द्वन्द्वों से परे है, और केवल मेरी कृपा के लिए कर्म करता है—उसका कर्म ही संसार-बन्धन का नाशक बन जाता है।

Word by Word

• यदृच्छालाभतुष्टस्य: of one content with chance-gain
• यदृच्छालाभतुष्टस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यदृच्छा + लाभ + तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (यदृच्छालाभेन तुष्टः)

• द्वन्द्वातीतस्य: of one beyond dualities
• द्वन्द्वातीतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वन्द्व + अतीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (द्वन्द्वम् अतीतः = beyond pairs of opposites)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ निपात (for/indeed)

• कुर्वतः: of one who does
• कुर्वतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (of one who is doing)

• मत्प्रसादार्थम्: for my grace/pleasure
• मत्प्रसादार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + प्रसाद + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मम प्रसादस्य अर्थम् = for the sake of my grace/pleasure)

• कर्म: action
• कर्म: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संसारनाशनम्: destroying saṃsāra
• संसारनाशनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (संसारस्य नाशनम्) ‘कर्म’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching Ishvara Gita

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Kurma
• Vishnu
• Ishvara Gita
• saṃsāra
• prasāda

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FAQs

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

By urging transcendence of dvandvas and ego-driven results, the verse points to steadiness in the Self beyond changing experiences; actions offered for the Lord’s grace no longer bind the doer to saṃsāra.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It highlights Karma-Yoga with vairagya: contentment with unplanned gains (yadṛcchā-lābha), equanimity beyond opposites (dvandvātīta), and dedicating all work to the Lord’s prasāda—an Ishvara-centered discipline aligned with the Kurma Purana’s Pashupata-oriented soteriology.

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

Though spoken by Lord Kurma (Vishnu), the teaching emphasizes Ishvara-prasāda as liberating—mirroring the Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where devotion and surrender to the one Supreme Lord (Ishvara) dissolves bondage.