Shloka 39

Commencement of the Upari-bhāga: The Sages Request Brahma-vidyā; Vyāsa Recalls the Badarikā Inquiry and Śiva–Viṣṇu Theophany

Devanagari script

इमे हि मुनयो देव तापसाः क्षीणकल्मषाः / अभ्यागता मां शरणं सम्यग्दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः

Transliteration

ime hi munayo deva tāpasāḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ / abhyāgatā māṃ śaraṇaṃ samyagdarśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า มุนีเหล่านี้เป็นตบะผู้สิ้นมลทินแล้ว; เขาทั้งหลายมาหาข้าเพื่อขอที่พึ่ง ด้วยความปรารถนาในสัมยัคทัรศนะ คือการเห็นความจริงโดยชอบ

Word by Word

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis/indeed

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; apposition to इमे

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तापसाः: ascetics
• तापसाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; apposition to मुनयः

• क्षीणकल्मषाः: free from sin/impurity
• क्षीणकल्मषाः: Karta (कर्ता) — qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘whose sins are destroyed’

• अभ्यागताः: have approached, have come
• अभ्यागताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आ-गम् (धातु) → अभ्यागत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; predicative ‘have come’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Gati/Prayojana (गति/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; used as goal ‘as refuge’

• सम्यक्-दर्शन-काङ्क्षिणः: desiring true vision
• सम्यक्-दर्शन-काङ्क्षिणः: Karta (कर्ता) — qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय) + दर्शन + काङ्क्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘desiring right vision’

Speaker

Indradyumna (addressing the Lord, i.e., Lord Kurma/Vishnu)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Indradyumna
• munis (sages)
• Deva (the Lord)

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FAQs

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

By stressing “samyag-darśana” (true vision), the verse points to liberating insight into the highest reality—attained through purification and taking refuge in the Lord—rather than mere ritual or speculation.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse foregrounds tapas (austerity) and kṣaya of kalmaṣa (removal of inner defilements) as prerequisites for right vision—core preparatory disciplines echoed in Kurma Purana’s Yoga teachings (including later Ishvara-Gita/Pāśupata-oriented instruction).

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

It emphasizes a single supreme refuge and the pursuit of right vision; in the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, such refuge and liberating insight are compatible with both Vaiṣṇava devotion and Śaiva yogic discipline, expressing a non-sectarian unity in aim.