Shloka 14
Iśvara on Māyā, the Unmanifest, and the Viśvarūpa of the One Supreme
यस्मात् परं नापरमस्ति किञ्चित् यज्ज्योतिषां ज्योतिरेकं दिविस्थम् / तदेवात्मानं मन्यमानो ऽथ विद्वान् आत्मानन्दी भवति ब्रह्मभूतः
yasmāt paraṃ nāparamasti kiñcit yajjyotiṣāṃ jyotirekaṃ divistham / tadevātmānaṃ manyamāno 'tha vidvān ātmānandī bhavati brahmabhūtaḥ
ಯಾವುದಕ್ಕಿಂತಲೂ ಮೇಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಅದರಿಂದ ಭಿನ್ನವೂ ಏನಿಲ್ಲ—ಅದು ಜ್ಯೋತಿಗಳ ಜ್ಯೋತಿ, ಪರಮ ಧಾಮದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿರುವ ಏಕಪ್ರಕಾಶ. ಅದನ್ನೇ ತನ್ನ ಆತ್ಮವೆಂದು ತಿಳಿದ ಜ್ಞಾನಿ ಆತ್ಮಾನಂದದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಭೂತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It declares the Supreme as the unsurpassed “Light of lights” and teaches that realizing this Supreme Reality as one’s own Atman results in brahma-bhāva—abidance in Brahman.
The verse points to jñāna-yoga: contemplative discernment and steady meditation culminating in Atman-identification with the Supreme Light, yielding ātmānanda (Self-bliss) and Brahman-abidance—an inner core also compatible with Pāśupata-oriented discipline in the Kurma Purana.
Rather than emphasizing sectarian difference, it centers on the one Supreme Reality (Brahman/Atman) as the ultimate “Light,” a non-dual framing that supports the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where the highest truth transcends names and forms.