Shloka 74

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

Devanagari script

सर्वकर्माणि संन्यस्य भिक्षाशी निष्परिग्रहः / प्राप्नोति मम सायुज्यं गुह्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

sarvakarmāṇi saṃnyasya bhikṣāśī niṣparigrahaḥ / prāpnoti mama sāyujyaṃ guhyametanmayoditam

Translation

一切の行為を捨て、托鉢により生き、執着なく無所有である者は、我とのサーユジュヤ（合一）を得る。これは我が説き明かした秘奥の教えである。

Word by Word

• sarva-karmāṇi: all actions
• sarva-karmāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; accusative plural; ‘all actions’

• saṃnyasya: having renounced
• saṃnyasya: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√nyas (न्यस् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having renounced’

• bhikṣā-śī: living on alms
• bhikṣā-śī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhikṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + √aś (अश् धातु) → śin/śī (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; nominative singular; ‘one who eats alms’

• niṣ-parigrahaḥ: without possessions
• niṣ-parigrahaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣ (उपसर्ग) + parigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; nominative singular; ‘without possessions’

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचनम्; genitive singular

• sāyujyam: union (with me)
• sāyujyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāyujya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular

• guhyam: secret
• guhyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; nominative/accusative singular; ‘secret’

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; nominative/accusative singular

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (कर्ता/agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया एकवचनम्; instrumental singular

• uditam: declared
• uditam: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√i (इ धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘spoken/declared’

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu as Ishvara, teaching the Ishvara Gita)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Ishvara
• Sannyasa
• Sāyujya

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It presents liberation as sāyujya—union with the Lord—attained through inner renunciation and non-possessiveness, implying that the realized self abides in intimate identity/communion with the Supreme reality taught in the Ishvara Gita.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes the renunciate discipline that supports Yoga: abandoning binding actions (karma-saṃnyāsa), living simply on alms, and cultivating aparigraha (non-grasping). These are practical foundations for Pashupata-oriented detachment and steady contemplation of Ishvara.

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

By framing moksha as union with Ishvara and teaching renunciation as the “secret,” it reflects the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology where the supreme Ishvara—spoken by Kurma-Vishnu—conveys a Shaiva-leaning ascetic ideal compatible with Pashupata Yoga.