Shloka 89
Śrāddha-vidhi for Pitṛs: Invitations, Purity, Offerings, and Conduct
भोजयेद् वापि जीवन्तं यथाकामं तु भक्तितः / न जीवन्तमतिक्रम्य ददाति श्रूयते श्रुतिः
bhojayed vāpi jīvantaṃ yathākāmaṃ tu bhaktitaḥ / na jīvantamatikramya dadāti śrūyate śrutiḥ
ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നവനെ അവന്റെ ഇഷ്ടപ്രകാരം ഭക്തിയോടെ ഭക്ഷിപ്പിക്കണം; ശ്രുതി പറയുന്നു—ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നവനെ മറികടന്ന് മറ്റിടത്ത് ദാനം/അർപ്പണം ചെയ്യരുത്।
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing in a dharma-upadeśa context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames dharma as practical compassion—honoring the divine presence in embodied beings by serving the living first, which supports purity of mind (citta-śuddhi) conducive to Self-knowledge.
No direct yogic technique is taught; the verse emphasizes karma-yoga-like discipline—devotional service (bhakti) expressed through feeding and ethical giving, which the Kurma Purana treats as preparatory support for higher sādhana (including Pāśupata-oriented practice elsewhere).
It does so implicitly through shared dharma authority: the teaching appeals to Śruti as the supreme pramāṇa, a common ground in the Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where right action and devotion are upheld as universal duties.