Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 79

Brahmā’s Lotus-Birth, the Sealing of the Cosmic Womb, and the Epiphany of Parameśvara

Hari–Hara Samanvaya

Devanagari script

तृष्टो ऽस्मि सर्वथाहन्ते भक्त्या तव जगन्मय / वरं वृणीष्वं नह्यावां विभिन्नौ परमार्थतः

Transliteration

tṛṣṭo 'smi sarvathāhante bhaktyā tava jaganmaya / varaṃ vṛṇīṣvaṃ nahyāvāṃ vibhinnau paramārthataḥ

Translation

ഹേ ജഗന്മയാ! നിന്റെ ഭക്തിയാൽ ഞാൻ സർവ്വഥാ തൃപ്തനാണ്. വരം ചോദിക്ക; പരമാർത്ഥത്തിൽ നമ്മൾ ഇരുവരും വ്യത്യസ്തരല്ല.

Word by Word

• तृष्टः: satisfied/pleased
• तृष्टः: Karta-dharmī (कर्तृ-धर्मी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √तृष्/तृप्-भावे ‘सन्तुष्ट’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अस्मि इत्यनेन सह विधेयविशेषणम्

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• सर्वथा: in every way/entirely
• सर्वथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

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

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• जगन्मय: O one pervading/constituted of the universe
• जगन्मय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-मय (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘jaganmaya’ = ‘made of the universe’

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (usage), द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वृणीष्व: choose (you)
• वृणीष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; वृणीते)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal)

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, द्विवचन (Dual)

• विभिन्नौ: different/separate
• विभिन्नौ: Karta-dharmī (कर्तृ-धर्मी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + भिद् (धातु) → विभिन्न (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘separated/different’

• परमार्थतः: in the ultimate sense
• परमार्थतः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) formed with तस्; ‘in ultimate truth’

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu as the Kurma incarnation) speaking to the devotee (Indradyumna in the Kurma Purana’s dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Vishnu
• Ishvara Gita
• Atman
• Bhakti

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

It states that, in paramārtha (ultimate reality), the devotee and the Lord are not truly separate—pointing to the Atman’s non-difference from Ishvara when ignorance is removed.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse highlights bhakti as a direct means of purification and realization; in the Ishvara Gita context, devotion functions as a yogic discipline that culminates in knowledge of non-separation (abheda-bodha).

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

By emphasizing ultimate non-difference between the individual and the Lord, it supports the Kurma Purana’s broader non-dual framework in which sectarian distinctions (including Shiva–Vishnu difference) are secondary to the one supreme reality.