Shloka 65
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
अन्तश्चरसि भूतेषु गुहायां विश्वतो मुखः / त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कार आपो ज्योती रसो ऽमृतम्
antaścarasi bhūteṣu guhāyāṃ viśvato mukhaḥ / tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkāra āpo jyotī raso 'mṛtam
あなたは一切の衆生の内を巡り、心の洞窟に住して、あらゆる方角に面しておられる。あなたはヤジュニャ（祭祀）であり、またヴァシャットの呼声でもある。あなたは水であり、光であり、精髄であり、不死の甘露アムリタである。
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching as Ishvara in the Ishvara-Gita section
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as the Antaryāmin—moving within all beings, abiding in the heart-cave, and manifesting as the very principles that sustain life and realization (water, light, essence, immortality).
It supports inward contemplation (antar-dhyāna) on Ishvara in the heart (guhā), alongside the yogic reinterpretation of yajña—seeing mantra, offering, and fruit as the Lord, which aligns with Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner purification.
By defining the one Ishvara as both inner Self and the substance of Vedic worship, it mirrors the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the Supreme (addressed here as Kurma/Vishnu) is the same ultimate reality praised in Shaiva and Vaishnava frames.