Shloka 77
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
ब्रह्मविष्णुविवादः स्यादन्तर्देहप्रवेशनम् / पद्मोद्भवत्वं देवस्य मोहस्तस्य च धीमतः
brahmaviṣṇuvivādaḥ syādantardehapraveśanam / padmodbhavatvaṃ devasya mohastasya ca dhīmataḥ
ബ്രഹ്മാവും വിഷ്ണുവും തമ്മിൽ വിവാദം ഉദിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് അന്തർദേഹപ്രവേശത്തിന്റെ പ്രസംഗം സംഭവിച്ചു. ദേവന്റെ പദ്മോദ്ഭവത്വവും, ആ ധീമാനെ ബാധിച്ച മോഹവും കൂടി വർണ്ണിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Sūta (narrator) describing the Purāṇic episode to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
By highlighting “moha” even in exalted beings, the verse implies that the Supreme Self is beyond disputation and beyond delusion; conflicts of status and origin belong to the realm of māyā, not to the Atman.
No specific technique is prescribed in this line; indirectly, it points to the Yogic need for inner discernment (viveka) to overcome moha—the same inner clarity emphasized throughout Kurma Purana’s dharma-yoga orientation.
Though Śiva is not named here, the motif of delusion and dispute among creator-deities prepares the Purāṇic synthesis where a higher, non-dual Lord (often articulated through Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava harmony in the Kurma Purana) resolves sectarian rivalry and re-centers devotion and knowledge.