Shloka 89

Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations

Devanagari script

एवमीश्वरसमर्पितान्तरो यो ऽनुतिष्ठति विधिं विधानवित् / मोहजालमपहाय सो ऽमृतो याति तत् पदमनामयं शिवम्

Transliteration

evamīśvarasamarpitāntaro yo 'nutiṣṭhati vidhiṃ vidhānavit / mohajālamapahāya so 'mṛto yāti tat padamanāmayaṃ śivam

Translation

ผู้ใดถวายจิตภายในแด่อีศวร และรู้ข้อบัญญัติแล้วปฏิบัติตามวินัยที่กำหนด ผู้นั้นสลัดพ้นตาข่ายแห่งโมหะ บรรลุความอมตะ และเข้าถึงสภาวะศิวะอันผ่องใส ปราศจากโรคและทุกข์

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• ईश्वर-समर्पित-अन्तरः: one whose inner self is offered to God
• ईश्वर-समर्पित-अन्तरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īśvara + samarpita + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (ईश्वरे समर्पितम् अन्तरं यस्य)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अनुतिष्ठति: practices/observes
• अनुतिष्ठति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विधिम्: the rule/rite
• विधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• विधानवित्: knower of the procedure
• विधानवित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna + vid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (विधानं वेत्ति इति)

• मोह-जालम्: the net of delusion
• मोह-जालम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha + jāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मोहस्य जालम्)

• अपहाय: having cast off
• अपहाय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-hā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having abandoned/removed’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अमृतः: immortal
• अमृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अनामयम्: free from affliction
• अनामयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anāmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• शिवम्: auspicious (Śiva)
• शिवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing on the liberating discipline aligned with Śiva-tattva

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Ishvara
• Shiva

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It implies that immortality is realized when delusion (moha) is removed through inner surrender to Īśvara; the goal is the “padam” that is anāmaya (free from affliction) and śiva (supremely auspicious), indicating the Self’s deathless reality when ignorance is dispelled.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes īśvara-samarpana (offering the inner life and actions to the Lord) together with disciplined observance of vidhi under correct method (vidhāna). This aligns with the Kurma Purana’s Pāśupata-leaning stress on regulated sādhana, purification of mind, and cutting through moha as the direct condition for liberation.

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

With Vishnu (as Lord Kūrma) teaching attainment of “śivam padam,” the text frames Śiva not merely as a sectarian deity but as the auspicious supreme state—showing a non-contradictory Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis where surrender to Īśvara culminates in Śiva-tattva (the auspicious absolute).