Shloka 77

Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मविष्णुविवादः स्यादन्तर्देहप्रवेशनम् / पद्मोद्भवत्वं देवस्य मोहस्तस्य च धीमतः

Transliteration

brahmaviṣṇuvivādaḥ syādantardehapraveśanam / padmodbhavatvaṃ devasya mohastasya ca dhīmataḥ

Translation

ब्रह्मा व विष्णू यांच्यात वाद उत्पन्न झाला; मग अंतर्देहप्रवेशाचा प्रसंग घडला. देवाचे पद्मोद्भवत्व आणि त्या धीमानावर आलेला मोहही कथिला आहे.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्म-विष्णु-विवादः: the dispute between Brahmā and Viṣṇu
• ब्रह्म-विष्णु-विवादः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + विवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः विष्णोः च विवादः)

• स्यात्: would be/is (to be)
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातुः: अस् (to be)

• अन्तः-देह-प्रवेशनम्: entering into the body (within)
• अन्तः-देह-प्रवेशनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + देह (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (देहस्य अन्तः प्रवेशः)

• पद्म-उद्भवत्वम्: the state of being lotus-born
• पद्म-उद्भवत्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (पद्मात् उद्भवः—तस्य भावः)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मोहः: delusion
• मोहः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• धीमतः: of the wise one
• धीमतः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) describing the Purāṇic episode to the sages

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Vishnu
• Padma (Lotus)

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FAQs

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

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.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

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.

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

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.