Shloka 111
Invocation, Purāṇa Lakṣaṇas, Kurma at the Samudra-manthana, and Indradyumna’s Liberation Teaching
Iśvara-Gītā Prelude
महान्तं तेजसो राशिमगम्यं ब्रह्मविद्विषाम् / चतुर्मुखमुदाराङ्गमर्चिभिरुपशोभितम्
mahāntaṃ tejaso rāśimagamyaṃ brahmavidviṣām / caturmukhamudārāṅgamarcibhirupaśobhitam
ते महान्तं तेजसो राशिम् अपश्यन्—ब्रह्मविद्विषाम् अगम्यम्—तस्मिन्नन्तः चतुर्मुखोऽपि उदाराङ्गः सुमूर्तिः, अर्चिभिरुपशोभितः।
Suta (narrator) describing the vision in the cosmogonic context
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as an immense, inaccessible radiance (tejas) identified with Brahman—reachable only through reverence and alignment with Brahman, not through hostility to it.
While not naming a technique, the verse implies an inner discipline: approach to Brahman requires purity of intent and contemplative receptivity to the “radiance” of the Absolute—an orientation consistent with Kurma Purana’s yoga-śāstra emphasis on fitness (adhikāra) for realization.
Indirectly, it frames divinity as a single Brahmanic radiance from which cosmic functions (like Brahmā’s manifestation) proceed—supporting the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian, integrative vision where sectarian hostility is a barrier to truth.