Shloka 81

Devanagari script

न भिन्द्यात् पूर्वसमयमभ्युपेतं कदाचन / परस्परं पशून् व्यालान् पक्षिणो नावबोधयेत्

Transliteration

na bhindyāt pūrvasamayamabhyupetaṃ kadācana / parasparaṃ paśūn vyālān pakṣiṇo nāvabodhayet

Translation

ముందుగా అంగీకరించిన ఒప్పందాన్ని ఎప్పుడూ భంగం చేయకూడదు. అలాగే పశువులు, క్రూరమృగాలు లేదా పక్షులను పరస్పరం మీదకు రెచ్చగొట్టకూడదు।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• भिन्द्यात्: should break / violate
• भिन्द्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पूर्व-समयम्: the earlier agreement/time
• पूर्व-समयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पूर्वः समयः)

• अभ्युपेतम्: accepted / agreed upon
• अभ्युपेतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-उप-इ (धातु) → अभ्युपेत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle), विशेषण (समयम्)

• कदाचन: ever / at any time
• कदाचन: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• परस्परम्: mutually / to each other
• परस्परम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय)
• Form: परस्परार्थक-अव्यय (reciprocal adverb)

• पशून्: animals
• पशून्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• व्यालान्: wild beasts / serpents
• व्यालान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पक्षिणः: birds
• पक्षिणः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (पक्षिणः = पक्षिणान् वैदिक/काव्य-प्रयोगे); कर्मपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• अवबोधयेत्: should inform / make known
• अवबोधयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) [अव- + णिच् causative: अवबोधय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग

Speaker

Traditional dharma-instruction voice (Purāṇic narrator conveying sadācāra norms; framed within the Kurma Purana’s didactic discourse).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

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FAQs

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

Indirectly: by grounding spiritual life in satya (truthfulness) and ahiṃsā (non-harming). In the Kurma Purana’s ethical framework, steadiness in vows and harmlessness purify the mind, making it fit for Self-knowledge rather than directly defining the Ātman.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

This verse highlights yama-like restraints: keeping one’s pledged word and avoiding हिंसा by not provoking conflict among living beings. Such moral discipline is treated as a prerequisite for higher practices in the Kurma Purana’s Yoga and devotion-centered teachings.

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

Not explicitly; it presents shared dharmic foundations—truthfulness and non-violence—that underlie both Shaiva (Pāśupata-oriented) and Vaishnava devotion in the Kurma Purana’s synthesis.