Shloka 14
Īśvara-gītā: Brahman as All-Pervading—Kāla, Prakṛti–Puruṣa, Tattva-Evolution, and Mokṣa
तेन वेदयते सर्वं सुखं दुःखं च जन्मसु / स विज्ञानात्मकस्तस्य मनः स्यादुपकारकम्
tena vedayate sarvaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca janmasu / sa vijñānātmakastasya manaḥ syādupakārakam
അതിലൂടെ ജന്മജന്മാന്തരങ്ങളിൽ സുഖവും ദുഃഖവും ഉൾപ്പെടെ എല്ലാം അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു. അത് വിജ്ഞാനസ്വഭാവം; അതിനാൽ മനസ് അതിന് ഉപകാരക ഉപകരണമായി വരാം.
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing the sages/Indradyumna on the inner instrument and experience
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It implies the Self is the underlying witness for whom experience is presented; pleasure and pain are cognized through the mind as an instrument, not as the intrinsic nature of the Self.
The verse points to cultivating vijñāna (discriminative clarity) so the mind becomes upakāraka—an aid rather than an obstacle—supporting yogic restraint, self-inquiry, and steady contemplation.
By emphasizing vijñāna and yogic inner discipline as the shared puranic pathway to liberation, it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis: one truth taught through a unified yoga-centric doctrine.