Shloka 78
Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga
न जायते न म्रियते वर्धते न च विश्वसृक् / मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता गीयते वैदिकैरजः
na jāyate na mriyate vardhate na ca viśvasṛk / mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā gīyate vaidikairajaḥ
Ia tidak lahir, tidak mati, tidak bertambah, dan bukan pula pencipta alam semesta. Para resi Veda menyanyikannya sebagai Aja—Mūla-Prakṛti, Hakikat Asal yang tidak termanifest.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By negation it distinguishes the deathless principle from all change: it is not subject to birth, death, or growth, and is not a doer-creator; thus the Self/Ishvara is beyond mutable causation, while the ‘unmanifest root-nature’ is described as a separate, beginningless principle spoken of in Vedic terms.
The verse supports a discriminative Yogic contemplation (viveka): meditate on the difference between the unborn, changeless witness and the unmanifest Prakriti that becomes the field of experience—an Ishvara Gita style instruction aligned with Sāṅkhya-Yoga used in Pāśupata-oriented practice.
It presents a shared philosophical ground used by both Shaiva and Vaishnava streams: the unborn, changeless reality is taught through Vedic categories (aja, avyakta), enabling a synthetic reading where Kurma’s teaching harmonizes with Shaiva-Sāṅkhya-Yoga metaphysics rather than sectarian opposition.