Shloka 119
Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara
एवमुक्त्वा समालिङ्ग्य वासुदेवं पिनाकधृक् / अन्तर्हितो ऽभवत् तेषां सर्वेषामेव पश्यताम्
evamuktvā samāliṅgya vāsudevaṃ pinākadhṛk / antarhito 'bhavat teṣāṃ sarveṣāmeva paśyatām
ಇಂತೆ ಹೇಳಿ ಪಿನಾಕಧಾರಿ ಶಿವನು ವಾಸುದೇವನನ್ನು ಆಲಿಂಗಿಸಿದನು; ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆಯೇ ಅವನು ಅಂತರ್ಧಾನನಾದನು।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing the culmination of Śiva–Vāsudeva encounter in the Ishvara Gita context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By portraying Śiva embracing Vāsudeva and then vanishing, the verse points to the non-separateness of the Supreme—forms may appear distinct, yet the highest reality is one and can withdraw from sensory grasp.
The verse implies the yogic principle that the divine is not merely an object of sight: true realization requires inner discipline (dhyāna, samādhi) beyond external perception—consistent with the Ishvara Gita’s Pāśupata-oriented interiorization of worship.
Śiva’s embrace of Vāsudeva functions as a theological seal of unity: the Kurma Purana frames Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava devotion as convergent, with both deities expressing one supreme Lordship.