Shloka 19
Īśvara-gītā: Bhakti as the Supreme Means; the Three Śaktis; Non-compelled Lordship
ममैव च परा शक्तिर्या सा विद्येति गीयते / नाशयामि तया मायां योगिनां हृदि संस्थितः
mamaiva ca parā śaktiryā sā vidyeti gīyate / nāśayāmi tayā māyāṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ
എന്റെ തന്നെ പരാശക്തി ‘വിദ്യ’ എന്നു പാടപ്പെടുന്നു. യോഗികളുടെ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ അധിഷ്ഠിതനായി, അതേ ശക്തിയാൽ ഞാൻ മായയെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu as Ishvara, teaching the Ishvara Gita)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents Ishvara as inwardly present—“dwelling in the heart”—and as the agent of liberation, removing māyā through His own supreme power called Vidyā.
The verse emphasizes antaryāmin-bhāva (meditation on the Lord within the heart) and yogic interiorization, where realization arises through Vidyā—grace-infused knowledge that dissolves delusion.
By using Ishvara-language and a śakti-based framework common to Śaiva yoga while spoken by Vishnu as Kurma, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: one Lord (Ishvara) grants Vidyā that destroys māyā.