Shloka 4
Sūrya’s Celestial Car: Ādityas, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Nāgas, and the Two-Month Cosmic Cycle
पुलस्त्यः पुलहश्चात्रिर्वसिष्ठश्चाङ्गिरा भृगुः / भरद्वाजो गौतमश्च कश्यपः क्रतुरेव च
pulastyaḥ pulahaścātrirvasiṣṭhaścāṅgirā bhṛguḥ / bharadvājo gautamaśca kaśyapaḥ kratureva ca
പുലസ്ത്യൻ, പുലഹൻ, അത്രി, വസിഷ്ഠൻ, അങ്കിരസ്, ഭൃഗു, ഭരദ്വാജൻ, ഗൗതമൻ, കശ്യപൻ, ക്രതു—ഈ മഹർഷിമാർ ഇവിടെ ക്രമമായി എണ്ണിപ്പറയപ്പെടുന്നു।
Narrator (Purāṇic voice, traditionally Sūta/compiled narration in the Kurma Purana)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it supports the Purāṇic framework by naming primordial seers through whom knowledge of Brahman/Īśvara and dharma is transmitted.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; it situates the spiritual tradition by listing rishis associated with Vedic revelation, later linked in the Kurma Purana to dharma, devotion, and yogic discipline.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; indirectly, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative tradition where authoritative rishis preserve teachings that later include Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis and Īśvara-centered yoga.