Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27

Ikṣvāku-vaṃśa (Genealogy) culminating in Rāma; Setu-liṅga Māhātmya; Continuation through Kuśa and Lava

Devanagari script

तस्याथ पत्नी सुभगा कैकेयी चारुभाषिणी / निवारयामास पतिं प्राह संभ्रान्तमानसा

Transliteration

tasyātha patnī subhagā kaikeyī cārubhāṣiṇī / nivārayāmāsa patiṃ prāha saṃbhrāntamānasā

Translation

ໃນເວລານັ້ນ ພຣະມະເຫສີຂອງພຣະອົງ ຄາຍເກຍີ ຜູ້ມີສິຣິມົງຄຸນ ແລະເວົ້າຈາອ່ອນຫວານ ໄດ້ຫ້າມພຣະສະຫວາມີ ແລະດ້ວຍໃຈທີ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ ກ່າວກັບພຣະອົງ।

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/of him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थ (then/now)

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• subhagā: fortunate/beautiful
• subhagā: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: subhagā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying patnī)

• kaikeyī: Kaikeyi
• kaikeyī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaikeyī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; apposition to patnī

• cārubhāṣiṇī: sweet-speaking
• cārubhāṣiṇī: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (cāru-bhāṣiṇī = sweet-speaking); विशेषण (qualifying kaikeyī/patnī)

• nivārayāmāsa: restrained/prevented
• nivārayāmāsa: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (Causative) + लिट्/परिप्रास (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prāha: said/spoke
• prāha: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• saṃbhrāntamānasā: with a perturbed mind
• saṃbhrāntamānasā: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃbhrānta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + mānasā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (saṃbhrānta-mānasā = having an agitated mind); विशेषण (qualifying kaikeyī)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, traditionally Sūta/compilers’ narrative voice within the Kurma Purana framework)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Kaikeyī

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FAQs

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

This verse is narrative and does not directly define Ātman; it foregrounds mental agitation (saṁbhrānta-mānasā), indirectly contrasting with the steadiness of mind praised elsewhere in the Kurma Purana’s yoga-oriented teachings.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No explicit practice is taught here, but the act of restraint (nivārayāmāsa) aligns with preparatory yogic virtues like dama (self-restraint) and śama (mental calm), which support later instructions associated with Kurma Purana yoga discourse.

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

It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it functions as storyline movement. The Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis appears more directly in its theological and yoga sections rather than in this domestic narrative line.