Shloka 30

Madhu–Kaiṭabha, Nārāyaṇa’s Yoga-Nidrā, Rudra’s Manifestation, and the Aṣṭamūrti–Trimūrti Teaching

Devanagari script

एवंप्रकारो भगवान् देवदेवो महेश्वरः / प्रजाधर्मं च काम च त्यक्त्वा वैराग्यमाश्रितः

Transliteration

evaṃprakāro bhagavān devadevo maheśvaraḥ / prajādharmaṃ ca kāma ca tyaktvā vairāgyamāśritaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้แล พระผู้เป็นเจ้า มเหศวร เทพเหนือเทพทั้งปวง—ทรงละทั้งธรรมแห่งการปกครองหมู่ประชาและกาม แล้วทรงสถิตในไวราคยะ.

Word by Word

• एवंप्रकारः: of such a kind
• एवंप्रकारः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं+प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अव्यय ‘एवं’ + ‘प्रकार’)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessed of fortune)

• देवदेवः: God of gods
• देवदेवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव+देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘देवानां देवः’)

• महेश्वरः: the great Lord
• महेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा+ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘महान् ईश्वरः’)

• प्रजाधर्मम्: duty toward creatures/subjects
• प्रजाधर्मम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा+धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘प्रजानां धर्मः’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• कामम्: desire
• कामम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive); ‘having abandoned’

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion
• वैराग्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आश्रितः: has resorted to/has taken refuge in
• आश्रितः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+श्रि (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः—‘(he) has resorted to’

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna (Ishvara Gita context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Maheshvara (Shiva)

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

By presenting Maheshvara as established in vairagya beyond duty-and-desire, the verse points to the Atman/Ishvara as transcending worldly roles and cravings—steady in inner freedom rather than external achievement.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The emphasis is on vairagya (dispassion) as a core limb of yogic discipline: relinquishing attachment to social power (prajā-dharma in the sense of worldly governance) and to kāma, thereby stabilizing the mind for Pashupata-oriented contemplation of the Lord.

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

Within the Ishvara Gita setting where Lord Kurma teaches, Shiva (Maheshvara) is upheld as the supreme exemplar of renunciation—supporting the Kurma Purana’s harmonizing stance that Vaishnava narration can authoritatively praise Shaiva realization without contradiction.