Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 7

Dharma of Non-Injury, Non-Stealing, Purity, and Avoidance of Hypocrisy (Ācāra and Saṅkarya-Nivṛtti)

Devanagari script

पुष्पे शाक्रोदके काष्ठे तथा मूले फले तृणे / अदत्तादानमस्तेयं मनुः प्राह प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

puṣpe śākrodake kāṣṭhe tathā mūle phale tṛṇe / adattādānamasteyaṃ manuḥ prāha prajāpatiḥ

Translation

ກ່ຽວກັບດອກໄມ້, ຜັກ, ນ້ຳ, ໄມ້, ຕະຫຼອດຈົນເຖິງຮາກ, ໝາກ, ແລະຫຍ້າ—ມະນຸ ຜູ້ເປັນປຣະຊາປະຕິ ໄດ້ປະກາດວ່າ ການເອົາສິ່ງທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບໃຫ້ ແມ່ນການລັກ. “ອະເສຕະຍະ” ຄືວິໄນແຫ່ງການບໍ່ລັກ ໂດຍງົດເວັ້ນການເອົາທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ອະນຸຍາດ.

Word by Word

• पुष्पे: in/with regard to a flower
• पुष्पे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शाक्र-उदके: in sacred water (Indra’s water)
• शाक्र-उदके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक्र + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (शाक्रम् उदकम् = ‘(Indra’s) sacred water’)

• काष्ठे: in/with regard to wood
• काष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/तुल्यतार्थ ‘likewise’)

• मूले: in/with regard to a root
• मूले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• फले: in/with regard to fruit
• फले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तृणे: in/with regard to grass
• तृणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अदत्त-आदानम्: taking what is not given
• अदत्त-आदानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदत्त + आदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्/निषेध-पूर्वपद-तत्पुरुष (अदत्तस्य आदानम् = ‘taking what is not given’)

• अस्तेयम्: non-theft; not theft
• अस्तेयम्: Pratijñā-pada (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आह्/अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati (lord of creatures)
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रजानां पतिः)

Speaker

Narrator/Sage transmitting Manu’s dharma teaching (Manu as authoritative source)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Prajapati

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FAQs

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

It does not describe the Atman directly; it establishes dharmic restraint (asteya) as a purifying discipline that supports clarity of mind, which later enables higher knowledge of Self in the Kurma Purana’s yoga-and-jñāna framework.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse highlights asteya (non-stealing), a foundational ethical restraint akin to a yama in yoga-discipline; such moral purification is treated as a prerequisite for steadiness in meditation and for the Kurma Purana’s broader Pashupata-oriented sādhanā.

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

It does not name Shiva or Vishnu, but it reflects the Purana’s integrative approach: universal dharma (like asteya) is upheld as common ground supporting both Shaiva (Pashupata) and Vaishnava paths toward liberation.