Shloka 65

Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas

Devanagari script

अन्तश्चरसि भूतेषु गुहायां विश्वतो मुखः / त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कार आपो ज्योती रसो ऽमृतम्

Transliteration

antaścarasi bhūteṣu guhāyāṃ viśvato mukhaḥ / tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkāra āpo jyotī raso 'mṛtam

Translation

నీవు సమస్త భూతములలో అంతరంగా సంచరిస్తూ హృదయగుహలో నివసించి, సర్వతోముఖుడవు. నీవే యజ్ఞము, నీవే వషట్కారము; నీవే జలము, నీవే జ్యోతి, నీవే రసము, నీవే అమృతము.

Word by Word

• antaḥ: within
• antaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय) meaning ‘within’

• carasi: you move/dwell
• carasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhūteṣu: in beings
• bhūteṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Plural (बहुवचन)

• guhāyām: in the cave (of the heart)
• guhāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• viśvataḥ: on all sides
• viśvataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; manner/extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśvataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय), ‘on all sides/everywhere’ (तसिल् -तः)

• mukhaḥ: faced/with faces
• mukhaḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम; predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective to ‘tvam’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: 2nd person pronoun, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• yajñaḥ: sacrifice
• yajñaḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम; predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate nominative

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: 2nd person pronoun, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• vaṣaṭ-kāraḥ: the vaṣaṭ-call
• vaṣaṭ-kāraḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम; predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṣaṭ (अव्यय/निपात) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘the utterance/formula “vaṣaṭ”’

• āpaḥ: waters
• āpaḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम; predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ap (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); predicate nominative (plural)

• jyotiḥ: light
• jyotiḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम; predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate nominative

• rasaḥ: essence/flavor
• rasaḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम; predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate nominative

• amṛtam: immortality/nectar
• amṛtam: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम; predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate nominative

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching as Ishvara in the Ishvara-Gita section

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Ishvara
• Atman
• Yajna
• Vashatkara
• Amrita
• Apo (Waters)
• Jyoti (Light)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It presents the Supreme as the Antaryāmin—moving within all beings, abiding in the heart-cave, and manifesting as the very principles that sustain life and realization (water, light, essence, immortality).

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It supports inward contemplation (antar-dhyāna) on Ishvara in the heart (guhā), alongside the yogic reinterpretation of yajña—seeing mantra, offering, and fruit as the Lord, which aligns with Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner purification.

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

By defining the one Ishvara as both inner Self and the substance of Vedic worship, it mirrors the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the Supreme (addressed here as Kurma/Vishnu) is the same ultimate reality praised in Shaiva and Vaishnava frames.