Shloka 19
Īśvara-gītā: Bhakti as the Supreme Means; the Three Śaktis; Non-compelled Lordship
ममैव च परा शक्तिर्या सा विद्येति गीयते / नाशयामि तया मायां योगिनां हृदि संस्थितः
mamaiva ca parā śaktiryā sā vidyeti gīyate / nāśayāmi tayā māyāṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ
मेरी ही वह परम शक्ति ‘विद्या’ कहलाती है। उसी शक्ति से, योगियों के हृदय में स्थित होकर, मैं उनकी माया का नाश करता हूँ।
Lord Kurma (Vishnu as Ishvara, teaching the Ishvara Gita)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents Ishvara as inwardly present—“dwelling in the heart”—and as the agent of liberation, removing māyā through His own supreme power called Vidyā.
The verse emphasizes antaryāmin-bhāva (meditation on the Lord within the heart) and yogic interiorization, where realization arises through Vidyā—grace-infused knowledge that dissolves delusion.
By using Ishvara-language and a śakti-based framework common to Śaiva yoga while spoken by Vishnu as Kurma, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: one Lord (Ishvara) grants Vidyā that destroys māyā.