Shloka 30

Īśvara-gītā: Vibhūtis of the Supreme Lord and the Paśu–Paśupati Doctrine of Bondage and Release

Devanagari script

एतेषामेव पाशानां माया कारणमुच्यते / मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता सा शक्तिर्मयि तिष्ठति

Transliteration

eteṣāmeva pāśānāṃ māyā kāraṇamucyate / mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā sā śaktirmayi tiṣṭhati

Translation

ഈ പാശങ്ങളുടെ കാരണമെന്നു ‘മായ’ പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. ആ അവ്യക്ത മൂലപ്രകൃതി എന്റെ ശക്തിയാണ്; അത് എന്നിൽ തന്നെയുണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पाशानाम्: of the bonds
• पाशानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• माया: māyā (deluding power)
• माया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• कारणम्: cause
• कारणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• उच्यते: is said/is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• मूल-प्रकृतिः: root-nature (primordial nature)
• मूल-प्रकृतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘root’ प्रकृतिः)

• अव्यक्ता: unmanifest
• अव्यक्ता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सा: that (she)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• शक्तिः: power/energy
• शक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• तिष्ठति: abides/stands
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) teaching the nature of bondage and Māyā within a Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Māyā
• Pāśa
• Mūla-Prakṛti
• Śakti
• Lord Kūrma (Vishnu)

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FAQs

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

It presents the Supreme (here, Lord Kūrma) as the ground in which Śakti/Māyā abides—bondage arises from Māyā, while the Lord remains the sustaining reality beyond the bonds.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse supports a Pāśupata-Yoga style discernment: identify pāśa (bondage) as māyā-born, contemplate prakṛti as the Lord’s śakti, and cultivate viveka (discrimination) to turn the mind from the unmanifest cause toward the Lord who transcends it.

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

By using shared Śaiva categories like pāśa and śakti while speaking as Vishnu (Kūrma), it signals a non-sectarian, non-dual theological frame: the one Lord teaches with a vocabulary honored in both Shaiva and Vaishnava traditions.