Shloka 37

Devanagari script

किमर्थं पुण्डरीकाक्ष मुनीन्द्रा ब्रह्मवादिनः / इमं समागता देशं किं वा कार्यं मयाच्युत

Transliteration

kimarthaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa munīndrā brahmavādinaḥ / imaṃ samāgatā deśaṃ kiṃ vā kāryaṃ mayācyuta

Translation

Wahai Yang Bermata Teratai, mengapakah para resi agung—para pengajar Brahman—datang ke tempat ini? Dan wahai Acyuta, tugas apakah yang harus aku laksanakan?

Word by Word

• किमर्थम्: for what purpose? why?
• किमर्थम्: Hetu/Prayojana (हेतु/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नाव्यय (interrogative adverb): ‘for what purpose?’

• पुण्डरीकाक्ष: O lotus-eyed one
• पुण्डरीकाक्ष: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; epithet ‘lotus-eyed’

• मुनीन्द्राः: chief sages
• मुनीन्द्राः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मवादिनः: expounders of Brahman/Veda
• ब्रह्मवादिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; apposition to मुनीन्द्राः

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (कर्म) — object of motion
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally with देशम्

• समागताः: have come, arrived
• समागताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; used predicatively ‘have come’

• देशम्: place, region
• देशम्: Karma (कर्म) — goal/place as object with motion
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (कर्म) — predicate/object in question
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; interrogative ‘what?’

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (particle of alternative)

• कार्यम्: task, purpose, business
• कार्यम्: Karma (कर्म) — thing to be done
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘task/need’

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: Karana/Agent-in-instrumental (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अच्युत: O Acyuta (infallible one)
• अच्युत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

King Indradyumna (addressing Lord Vishnu as Puṇḍarīkākṣa/Acyuta)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Vishnu)
• Acyuta (Vishnu)
• Munīndras (great sages)
• Brahmavādins

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

Indirectly: by calling the sages “brahmavādins,” the verse frames the encounter as oriented toward Brahman/Atman knowledge, with Vishnu addressed as the divine focus of that inquiry.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No technique is taught in this line; it sets the narrative preface for instruction—an attitude of śraddhā and readiness for dharma and yogic teaching that later culminates in Kurma Purana’s yoga and Ishvara-centered disciplines.

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

It does not explicitly mention Shiva, but its Brahman-centered framing aligns with the Kurma Purana’s broader non-sectarian synthesis, where supreme reality is taught through Vishnu/Kurma while harmonizing Shaiva and Vaishnava viewpoints.