Shloka 41

Karma-yoga Discipline for the Twice-born: Upanayana, Upavīta Conduct, Guru-veneration, and Alms-regimen

Devanagari script

पुंसा वर्त्मनिविष्टेन पूज्यो भर्ता तु सर्वदा / याति दातरि लोके ऽस्मिन् उपकाराद्धि गौरवम्

Transliteration

puṃsā vartmaniviṣṭena pūjyo bhartā tu sarvadā / yāti dātari loke 'smin upakārāddhi gauravam

Translation

ਸਦਾਚਾਰ ਦੇ ਮਾਰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਟਿਕੇ ਪੁਰਖ ਲਈ ਘਰ ਦਾ ਰਖਵਾਲਾ ਤੇ ਪਾਲਣਹਾਰ ਪਤੀ ਸਦਾ ਪੂਜਣਯੋਗ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਾਤੇ ਨੂੰ ਉਪਕਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਗੌਰਵ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ—ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਮਾਣ ਉੱਪਜਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• पुंसा: by a man
• पुंसा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃs (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वर्त्म-निविष्टेन: one established on the path (of duty)
• वर्त्म-निविष्टेन: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vartman (प्रातिपदिक) + ni-√viś (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (vartmani niviṣṭaḥ); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं पुंसा प्रति

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (प्रधानविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• भर्ता: husband/supporter
• भर्ता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle: but/indeed)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दातरि: in the giver (i.e., in a benefactor)
• दातरि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषणं लोके प्रति

• उपकारात्: from (his) help, due to benefaction
• उपकारात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/हेतौ (particle: indeed/for)

• गौरवम्: respect, honor
• गौरवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Traditional Purāṇic narrator (Vyāsa/śāstra-voice) teaching dharma within the Kurma Purana’s discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

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FAQs

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

This verse is primarily dharma-ethical rather than metaphysical: it teaches that honor in worldly life arises from right conduct and benefaction, preparing the mind for higher spiritual disciplines that culminate in Atman-realization elsewhere in the Purana.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No direct meditation technique is taught here; instead it emphasizes yama-like ethical foundations—right conduct, gratitude, and service—supporting the purity and steadiness required for later yoga (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline in the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching).

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

It does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; its contribution to the Kurma Purana’s synthesis is indirect—grounding spiritual life in dharma and social righteousness, which the text later integrates with devotion and yoga across Shaiva–Vaishnava frameworks.