Shloka 44

Yati-Āśrama: Bhikṣā-vidhi, Īśvara-dhyāna, and Prāyaścitta

Mahādeva as Non-dual Brahman

Devanagari script

तस्माद् यतेत नियतं यतिः संयतमानसः / ज्ञानयोगरतः शान्तो महादेवपरायणः

Transliteration

tasmād yateta niyataṃ yatiḥ saṃyatamānasaḥ / jñānayogarataḥ śānto mahādevaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

ฉะนั้นบรรพชิตพึงเพียรอยู่เสมอด้วยความตั้งมั่นอันมีวินัย—สำรวมจิต—ดำรงในญาณโยคะ สงบ และมีมหาเทวะเป็นที่พึ่งสูงสุด।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case, Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यतेत: should strive
• यतेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यत् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नियतम्: regularly/steadily
• नियतम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative), नपुंसक एकवचन द्वितीया-रूप; अव्ययीभाव (functionally adverbial)

• यतिः: an ascetic
• यतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संयतमानसः: one whose mind is restrained
• संयतमानसः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत (वि√यम्/√यत्, क्त-प्रत्यय) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मनः संयतम् यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ज्ञानयोगरतः: devoted to the yoga of knowledge
• ज्ञानयोगरतः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (√रम्, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ज्ञानयोगे रतः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• शान्तः: peaceful
• शान्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (√शम्, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• महादेवपरायणः: having Mahādeva as the supreme refuge
• महादेवपरायणः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महादेवे परायणः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) instructing the sages (Iśvara-gītā style teaching)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva
• Jñāna-yoga
• Yati

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

By prescribing jñāna-yoga together with inner tranquility and disciplined mind-restraint, the verse implies that realization is inward: the Self is known through steady knowledge-practice, not through external ritual alone, and devotion to Mahādeva stabilizes that realization.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It emphasizes saṃyama (mental restraint), niyama-like disciplined striving, and absorption in jñāna-yoga—cultivating peace (śānti) and unwavering orientation to the chosen Lord (Mahādeva) as the practical support for contemplative realization.

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

With Kūrma (Viṣṇu) recommending complete refuge in Mahādeva, the Purāṇa presents a harmonized theology: devotion to Śiva is affirmed within a Vaiṣṇava voice, reflecting the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.