Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 29

Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations

Devanagari script

उत्सादनं वै गात्राणां स्नापनोच्छिष्टभोजने / न कुर्याद् गुरुपुत्रस्य पादयोः शौचमेव च

Transliteration

utsādanaṃ vai gātrāṇāṃ snāpanocchiṣṭabhojane / na kuryād guruputrasya pādayoḥ śaucameva ca

Translation

師の子に対しては、身体を揉みほぐすこと、沐浴させること、食べ残しを口にすること、さらには足を洗うことさえ行ってはならない。そのような奉仕は師その人にこそ相応しい。

Word by Word

• उत्सादनम्: rubbing/massaging
• उत्सादनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सादन (प्रातिपदिक; √सद्/√साद् (धातु) णिच्/ण्यत्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; क्रियानाम (act-noun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (indeed)

• गात्राणाम्: of the limbs/body
• गात्राणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• स्नापन-उच्छिष्ट-भोजने: in bathing and in eating leftovers
• स्नापन-उच्छिष्ट-भोजने: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नापन (प्रातिपदिक) + उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (स्नापनं च उच्छिष्टभोजनं च)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक (not)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गुरु-पुत्रस्य: of the teacher’s son
• गुरु-पुत्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गुरोः पुत्रः)

• पादयोः: of/on the feet
• पादयोः: सम्बन्ध/अधिकरण (Gen/Loc)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Locative), द्विवचन

• शौचम्: cleaning/purification
• शौचम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक (only/indeed)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक (and)

Speaker

A narrator/teacher-voice presenting dharma-instructions (Kurma Purana’s dharma discourse tradition)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Guru

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It does not teach Atman directly; it frames dharma as disciplined conduct (ācāra) that purifies the practitioner, a prerequisite for higher knowledge and yoga emphasized elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific meditation is described; the verse supports yogic life through restraint and proper social-dharma boundaries—ethical discipline that stabilizes the mind for later sādhanā.

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

It does not explicitly mention Shiva–Vishnu unity; it belongs to the Purana’s dharma layer, which complements the text’s later syntheses by grounding spiritual pursuit in correct conduct.