Shloka 14

Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle

Devanagari script

शुक्राश्च ककुभश्चैव गावो विश्वभृतस्तथा / शुक्रास्ता नामतः सर्वास्त्रिविधा घर्मसर्जनाः

Transliteration

śukrāśca kakubhaścaiva gāvo viśvabhṛtastathā / śukrāstā nāmataḥ sarvāstrividhā gharmasarjanāḥ

Translation

శుక్రా, కకుభా, అలాగే ‘విశ్వభృత్’ అనే గోవులు—పేరుతో ఇవన్నీ ‘శుక్రాః’ అని పిలువబడతాయి. ఇవి మూడు విధాలుగా ఉండి ఘర్మం అంటే ఉష్ణతను వెలువరించేవి.

Word by Word

• śukrāḥ: the Śukras (a class/name)
• śukrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/particle)

• kakubhaḥ: the Kakubhas (a class/name)
• kakubhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kakubh (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/particle)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)

• gāvaḥ: cows
• gāvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural)

• viśvabhṛtaḥ: world-bearers
• viśvabhṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva-bhṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: viśvasya bhṛtaḥ (bearers of the world)

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• śukrāḥ: the Śukras
• śukrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural)

• tāḥ: those (f.)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural); sarvanāma (pronoun)

• nāmataḥ: by name
• nāmataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāmatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb): ‘by name/as named’

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural); viśeṣaṇa (adjective)

• trividhāḥ: threefold
• trividhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural); tatpuruṣa: trayaḥ vidhāḥ (three kinds)

• gharmasarjanāḥ: heat-producing
• gharmasarjanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gharma-sarjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural); tatpuruṣa: gharmasya sarjanāḥ (producing heat)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic cosmological taxonomy as taught in the dialogue tradition

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Śukrā
• Kakubhā
• Viśvabhṛt
• Gāvaḥ (cows)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

Indirectly: it portrays a structured cosmos where named classes and functions (like emitting heat) operate within an ordered creation, implying that the higher governing principle (Ātman/Iśvara) stands as the underlying regulator beyond these differentiated categories.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No direct practice is prescribed in this verse; its value is contemplative—used in Purāṇic and yogic reflection (dhyāna) to perceive cosmic order (ṛta) and the functional interdependence of beings, which supports dispassion (vairāgya) and steadiness of mind.

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

It does so implicitly through shared Purāṇic cosmology: the same ordered creation and its powers (like gharman) are presented as part of one sacred reality, consistent with the Kurma Purana’s tendency to harmonize Shaiva and Vaishnava frameworks rather than oppose them.