Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 105

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

Devanagari script

गमनं चैव कृष्णस्य पार्थस्यापि च दर्शनम् / कृष्णद्वैपायनस्योक्ता युगधर्माः सनातनाः

Transliteration

gamanaṃ caiva kṛṣṇasya pārthasyāpi ca darśanam / kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasyoktā yugadharmāḥ sanātanāḥ

Translation

ဤသို့ ကృష్ణ၏ ထွက်ခွာခြင်းနှင့် ပါရ္ထ (အర్జုန) ကို နောက်ဆုံးမြင်တွေ့ခြင်းကို ဖော်ပြခဲ့ပြီး၊ ကൃഷ്ണဒွૈပာယန (ဗျာသ) သင်ကြားသော ယုဂဓမ္မ အနန္တတရားများကိုလည်း ဆိုထားသည်။

Word by Word

• गमनम्: going, departure
• गमनम्: Karma (कर्म/that which is mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पार्थस्य: of Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ-अव्यय (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दर्शनम्: seeing; audience (darśana)
• दर्शनम्: Karma (कर्म/that which is mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• कृष्ण-द्वैपायनस्य: of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• कृष्ण-द्वैपायनस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वैपायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृष्णश्चासौ द्वैपायनः)

• उक्ताः: were stated
• उक्ताः: Karma (कर्म/Predicative of subject in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त; √वच् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (युगधर्माः) उक्ताः = 'have been stated'

• युगधर्माः: duties/laws of the ages
• युगधर्माः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (युगस्य धर्माः)

• सनातनाः: eternal
• सनातनाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (युगधर्माः)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) summarizing the teaching-tradition of Vyāsa within the Kurma Purana discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

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FAQs

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

By stressing “sanātana” yuga-dharma taught through Vyāsa, the verse implies a perennial spiritual law grounded in the timeless Self, even as outer events (Kṛṣṇa’s departure, Arjuna’s vision) change.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse points to yuga-dharma rather than a single technique: in the Kurma Purana’s framework this includes age-appropriate sādhana—devotion, discipline, and Shaiva-Vaishnava aligned worship—supporting inner steadiness amid historical transition.

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

It presents dharma as a single eternal teaching-stream transmitted by Vyāsa and illustrated through Vaiṣṇava figures (Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna), consistent with the Kurma Purana’s synthesis where sectarian forms serve one sanātana truth.