Shloka 51
Dharma of Non-Injury, Non-Stealing, Purity, and Avoidance of Hypocrisy (Ācāra and Saṅkarya-Nivṛtti)
न शूद्राय मतिं दद्यात् कृशरं पायसं दधि / नोच्छिष्टं वा मधु घृतं न च कृष्णाजिनं हविः
na śūdrāya matiṃ dadyāt kṛśaraṃ pāyasaṃ dadhi / nocchiṣṭaṃ vā madhu ghṛtaṃ na ca kṛṣṇājinaṃ haviḥ
Jangan memberikan nasihat rahasia (mati) kepada seorang Śūdra; jangan pula memberinya kṛśara, pāyasa, atau dadhi (dadih). Jangan berikan sisa makanan, madu, dan ghee; dan jangan berikan kulit kijang hitam (kṛṣṇājina) maupun havis (persembahan yajña).
Sūta (narrating traditional dharma injunctions as taught in the Purāṇic discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it frames dharma through rules of adhikāra (eligibility) and ritual boundaries, which the Kurma Purana treats as preparatory discipline that stabilizes conduct before higher spiritual instruction.
No explicit yoga technique is taught here; the emphasis is on ethical-ritual restraint (niyama-like discipline) and guarding sacred instruction and sacrificial substances, which the tradition presents as supportive foundations for later yoga and devotion.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it belongs to the dharma section of the Purva-bhāga, which sets social-ritual norms that later culminate—especially in the Upari-bhāga’s Ishvara Gītā—in more universal spiritual synthesis.