Shloka 35

Svāyambhuva Lineage to Dakṣa; Pṛthu’s Devotion; Pāśupata Saṃnyāsa; Dakṣa–Satī Episode

Devanagari script

अहो मे सुमहद्भाग्यं तपांसि सफलानि मे / किं करिष्यामि शिष्यो ऽहं तव मां पालयानघ

Transliteration

aho me sumahadbhāgyaṃ tapāṃsi saphalāni me / kiṃ kariṣyāmi śiṣyo 'haṃ tava māṃ pālayānagha

Translation

അഹോ! എനിക്ക് മഹാഭാഗ്യം—എന്റെ തപസ്സുകൾ ഫലിച്ചു. ഇനി ഞാൻ എന്തു ചെയ്യും? ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളുടെ ശിഷ്യൻ; ഹേ പാപരഹിതനേ, എന്നെ കാത്തരുളുക।

Word by Word

• अहो: ah! indeed
• अहो: Sambodhana/Exclamation (सम्बोधन/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विस्मयादिबोधक-निपात)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘my’

• सु-महत्-भाग्यम्: very great fortune
• सु-महत्-भाग्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘very great fortune’

• तपांसि: austerities
• तपांसि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; subject of implied ‘are’

• सफलानि: fruitful
• सफलानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agrees with तपांसि

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘my’

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (प्रश्नार्थक)

• करिष्यामि: shall I do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिष्यः: disciple
• शिष्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate noun

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; explicit subject

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of ‘protect’

• पालय: protect
• पालय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; vocative address

Speaker

A devotee-disciple addressing the divine teacher (contextually Lord Kurma/Vishnu as guru within the Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Kurma (Vishnu)
• Guru
• Disciple

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

Indirectly, it frames realization as grace-responsive: the speaker’s tapas “bears fruit” when met by the sinless divine guru’s protection, implying the Atman/Ishvara is approached through surrender rather than egoic effort alone.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Tapas (austerity) is foregrounded as a yogic discipline, but the verse emphasizes its culmination in śaraṇāgati (surrender) to the guru-Ishvara, aligning practice with devotion and guidance rather than mere self-powered asceticism.

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

By addressing the supreme teacher as “anagha” and seeking protection as a disciple, the verse fits the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian idiom where the highest Lord—whether spoken of as Vishnu (Kurma) or in Shaiva terms—functions as the one refuge and guru.