Shloka 65
Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara
संस्थाप्य मयि चात्मानं निर्मले परमे पदे / प्लावयित्वात्मनो देहं तेनैव ज्ञानवारिणा
saṃsthāpya mayi cātmānaṃ nirmale parame pade / plāvayitvātmano dehaṃ tenaiva jñānavāriṇā
ເມື່ອຕັ້ງອາດຕະໄວ້ໃນຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ—ໃນສະຖານະອັນບໍລິສຸດໄຮ້ມົນ ແລະສູງສຸດ—ຄວນໃຫ້ນ້ຳແຫ່ງປັນຍານັ້ນເອງ ຊຳລະລ້າງສະພາບກາຍຂອງຕົນໃຫ້ບໍລິສຸດ।
Lord Kurma (Vishnu), teaching within the Ishvara Gita discourse
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It frames liberation as the firm establishment of the Self in the Lord—identified as the stainless “supreme state/abode”—implying that the Atman’s true nature is realized by abiding in that highest purity beyond bodily limitation.
The verse points to contemplative absorption (establishing the Self in the Supreme) followed by inner purification: the embodied condition is “washed” by jñāna, i.e., sustained discriminative insight that dissolves ignorance—consistent with the Ishvara Gita’s jñāna-oriented, Pashupata-inflected soteriology.
By presenting the Supreme as a stainless paramapada in which the Self is established “in Me,” it supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the same highest reality taught in Shaiva (Pashupata) terms is voiced here by Vishnu as Kurma, emphasizing unity in the Supreme goal.