Shloka 3

Varnāśrama-Krama, Vairāgya as the Ground of Saṃnyāsa, and Brahmārpaṇa Karma-yoga

Devanagari script

उत्पन्नज्ञानविज्ञानो वैराग्यं परमं गतः / प्रव्रजेद् ब्रह्मचर्यात् तु यदिच्छेत् परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

utpannajñānavijñāno vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ / pravrajed brahmacaryāt tu yadicchet paramāṃ gatim

Translation

เมื่อความรู้แท้และปัญญาที่ประจักษ์เกิดขึ้น และบรรลุไวรากยะอันสูงสุดแล้ว ผู้ใดปรารถนาคติสูงสุด (โมกษะ) พึงออกบวช (ปรวรชยา) ตั้งแต่พรหมจรรย์

Word by Word

• उत्पन्न-ज्ञान-विज्ञानः: one whose knowledge and discernment have arisen
• उत्पन्न-ज्ञान-विज्ञानः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्पन्न (उत्+पद् धातु, क्त कृदन्त) + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—उत्पन्नं ज्ञानं च विज्ञानं च यस्य (बहुधा षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः; व्यवहारतः ‘उत्पन्न-ज्ञान-विज्ञान’ इति समाहार)

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

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वैराग्यम् इति विशेषण

• गतः: has attained
• गतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• प्रव्रजेत्: should renounce/go forth
• प्रव्रजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्रह्मचर्यात्: from brahmacarya (student stage)
• ब्रह्मचर्यात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• इच्छेत्: should desire
• इच्छेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गतिम् इति विशेषण

• गतिम्: goal/state
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing on dharma and renunciation

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Brahmacarya
• Vairagya
• Jnana
• Vijnana
• Paramā gati (Moksha)

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FAQs

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

By insisting on jñāna and vijñāna (knowledge plus realized insight) as prerequisites for the “highest goal,” the verse implies liberation is attained through direct discernment of the Self beyond transient worldly attachments.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It emphasizes a jñāna-oriented discipline supported by brahmacarya (sense-restraint, celibate conduct, study) culminating in renunciation (pravrajyā/saṃnyāsa) when dispassion becomes firm—an inner Yoga of detachment and discernment aligned with Kurma Purana’s soteriology.

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

Though not naming Shiva directly, the teaching reflects the Purana’s synthesis: liberation is approached through shared yogic virtues—knowledge, dispassion, and renunciation—central to both Vaiṣṇava (Nārāyaṇa/Kūrma) and Śaiva (Pāśupata) frameworks.