Shloka 5
Sūrya’s Celestial Car: Ādityas, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Nāgas, and the Two-Month Cosmic Cycle
जमदग्निः कौशिकश्च मुनयो ब्रह्मवादिनः / स्तुवन्ति देवं विविधैश्छन्दोभिस्ते यथाक्रमम्
jamadagniḥ kauśikaśca munayo brahmavādinaḥ / stuvanti devaṃ vividhaiśchandobhiste yathākramam
జమదగ్ని, కౌశికుడు—బ్రహ్మవాదులైన మునులు—వివిధ వేద ఛందస్సులతో, యథాక్రమంగా, ప్రభువును స్తుతిస్తారు।
Purāṇic narrator (Vyāsa/Sūta-style narration) describing the sages’ stuti
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By calling the sages “brahmavādins” and depicting their ordered Vedic praise, the verse frames the Deity as the very Brahman they teach—approached through revelation (chandas) and realized as the supreme reality behind worship.
The verse highlights mantra–chandas based devotion: disciplined recitation and hymnody in proper sequence (yathākramam), which in the Kurma Purana functions as a supportive limb to inner concentration and Śiva–Viṣṇu integrated bhakti leading toward steadiness of mind.
Though not naming Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly, it presents a single “Deva” praised through Vedic chandas—consistent with the Kurma Purana’s tendency to treat the supreme Lord as one reality approached through multiple theistic forms, supporting a synthetic (non-sectarian) reading.