Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 71

Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara

Devanagari script

वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः / बहवो ऽनेन योगेन पूता मद्भावमागताः

Transliteration

vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ / bahavo 'nena yogena pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ

Translation

రాగం, భయం, క్రోధం లేనివారై, నాలో తల్లీనమై, నన్నే శరణు పొందినవారై—అనేకులు ఈ యోగం ద్వారానే పవిత్రులై నా భావాన్ని (నా స్వరూపస్థితిని) పొందారు.

Word by Word

• vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhāḥ: free from attachment, fear, and anger
• vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīta (वि-√इ; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + rāga (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; nominative plural; ‘free from attachment, fear, anger’

• man-mayāḥ: absorbed in me
• man-mayāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; nominative plural; ‘consisting of me/absorbed in me’

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular

• upāśritāḥ: having taken refuge (in)
• upāśritāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√śri (श्रि धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘having taken refuge’

• bahavaḥ: many
• bahavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; nominative plural

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक तृतीया एकवचनम्; instrumental singular

• yogena: by yoga/discipline
• yogena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; instrumental singular

• pūtāḥ: purified
• pūtāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pū (पू धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘purified’

• mad-bhāvam: my state/being
• mad-bhāvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular; ‘my state/being’

• āgatāḥ: have attained
• āgatāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘having come/attained’

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching the Ishvara Gita

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Vishnu
• Ishvara (Supreme Lord)
• Yoga

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FAQs

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

It presents liberation as attaining “mad-bhāva”—a God-realized state where the practitioner’s consciousness becomes absorbed in the Supreme, purified of passion, fear, and anger, indicating identity-in-quality with the Lord through realization.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes a refuge-based Yoga: inner renunciation (dropping rāga, bhaya, krodha), steady God-remembrance (manmayatā), and surrendered dependence on the Lord (upāśraya), culminating in purification and liberation.

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

Within the Ishvara Gita’s synthesis, “mad-bhāva” points to the one Supreme Ishvara realized through Yoga; the tradition reads this as harmonizing Shaiva and Vaishnava paths by centering on a single Lordhood attained through purification and devotion.