Shloka 26
Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle
सर्वे ध्रुवे निबद्धा वै ग्रहास्ते वातरश्मिभिः / भ्राम्यमाणा यथायोगं भ्रमन्त्यनुदिवाकरम्
sarve dhruve nibaddhā vai grahāste vātaraśmibhiḥ / bhrāmyamāṇā yathāyogaṃ bhramantyanudivākaram
सर्वे ग्रहास्ते ध्रुवे निबद्धा वै वातरश्मिभिः। यथायोगं भ्राम्यमाणाः, अनुदिवाकरं भ्रमन्ति नित्यशः॥
Suta (narrator) conveying the Purana’s cosmological teaching in the Kurma Purana narrative frame
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By portraying a fixed cosmic axis (Dhruva) and an orderly, rule-governed revolution of the grahas, the verse implies an underlying unifying principle that sustains and coordinates motion—an image often used in Purāṇic thought to hint at the unseen, steady ground of order behind changing phenomena.
No direct technique is prescribed, but the teaching supports dhyāna on cosmic order (ṛta/dharma): contemplating the regulated movement of the grahas can cultivate ekāgratā (one-pointedness) and reverence for the governing principle (Īśvara) that harmonizes the universe—an attitude aligned with Purāṇic bhakti-yoga and disciplined contemplation.
The verse is cosmological rather than sectarian; it presents a single, integrated cosmic governance. In the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, such universal order is attributable to the one Supreme Lord revered as both Hari and Hara in different devotional modes, without contradiction in the underlying reality.