Shloka 28
Īśvara-gītā: Bhakti as the Supreme Means; the Three Śaktis; Non-compelled Lordship
नाहं प्रेरयिता विप्राः परमं योगमाश्रितः / प्रेरयामि जगत्कृत्स्नमेतद्यो वेद सो ऽमृतः
nāhaṃ prerayitā viprāḥ paramaṃ yogamāśritaḥ / prerayāmi jagatkṛtsnametadyo veda so 'mṛtaḥ
ឱ ព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍ឥសីទាំងឡាយ! យើងស្ថិតក្នុងយោគៈដ៏ខ្ពស់បំផុត មិនមែនជាអ្នកត្រូវបានបង្ខំឲ្យធ្វើឡើយ; ផ្ទុយទៅវិញ យើងជាអ្នកជំរុញសកលលោកទាំងមូលនេះ។ អ្នកណាដឹងសេចក្តីនេះពិតប្រាកដ នោះក្លាយជាអម្រឹត (អមតៈ)។
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as transcendent and yogically established, not a conditioned doer, yet functioning as the inner impeller of the cosmos; realizing this Lord-principle leads to immortality (amṛtatva).
The verse emphasizes parama-yoga—abidance in the highest contemplative state where agency is purified; from that standpoint the Lord is known as the inner director (antaryāmin), a key contemplative insight aligned with the Kurma Purana’s Yoga-shastra orientation.
By stressing one Supreme reality that transcends ordinary doership yet governs all, it supports the Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the same highest Lord is taught across Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms as the inner ruler and source of liberation.