Shloka 51
Commencement of the Upari-bhāga: The Sages Request Brahma-vidyā; Vyāsa Recalls the Badarikā Inquiry and Śiva–Viṣṇu Theophany
यदन्तरा सर्वमेतद् यतो ऽभिन्नमिदं जगत् / स वासुदेवमासीनं तमीशं ददृशुः किल
yadantarā sarvametad yato 'bhinnamidaṃ jagat / sa vāsudevamāsīnaṃ tamīśaṃ dadṛśuḥ kila
Dia, di dalam-Nya segala sesuatu ini berada dan dari-Nya jagat ini tidak terpisah; mereka sungguh menyaksikan Vasudeva yang duduk, Dialah Īśa, Sang Tuhan itu sendiri.
Narrator within the Ishvara Gita frame (sages’/Vyasa-style narration describing the vision of the Supreme as Vasudeva-Īśa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as the inner support of all (“within whom all this exists”) and as non-different from the cosmos (“the world is not separate from Him”), expressing a non-dual (abheda) vision of Īśvara/Ātman.
The image of “Vasudeva seated (āsīna)” points to contemplative absorption: through dhyāna and inner vision, the seeker ‘beholds’ the Lord as the immanent Self pervading all—an Ishvara-centered yoga consistent with the Kurma Purana’s Pashupata-leaning theism and Vedantic insight.
By calling the seen deity both “Vasudeva” (Vaishnava name) and “Īśa” (a Shaiva title), it signals the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: the one Supreme is addressed through both Shiva and Vishnu vocabularies without division.