Shloka 74

Tīrtha-māhātmya and Rudra’s Samanvaya Teaching

Maṅkaṇaka Episode

Devanagari script

एवं विज्ञाय भवता भक्तियोगाश्रयेण तु / संपूज्यो वन्दनीयो ऽहं ततस्तं पश्य शाश्वतम्

Transliteration

evaṃ vijñāya bhavatā bhaktiyogāśrayeṇa tu / saṃpūjyo vandanīyo 'haṃ tatastaṃ paśya śāśvatam

Translation

เมื่อรู้ความจริงนี้โดยอาศัยภักติโยคะแล้ว จงบูชาข้าและนอบน้อมต่อข้า; แล้วจึงได้ประจักษ์องค์นิรันดร์นั้น

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• विज्ञाय: having understood
• विज्ञाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु) → विज्ञाय (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having known/understood’

• भवता: by you (sir)
• भवता: Karana (करण/Instrument-Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम

• भक्ति-योग-आश्रयेण: by taking refuge in bhakti-yoga
• भक्ति-योग-आश्रयेण: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘भक्तियोगस्य आश्रयः’ = by resorting to the yoga of devotion

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (concessive/contrast particle)

• सम्पूज्यः: worthy to be fully worshipped
• सम्पूज्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) → सम्पूज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘to be duly worshipped’

• वन्दनीयः: worthy of salutation
• वन्दनीयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्द् (धातु) → वन्दनीय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘to be saluted’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter; therefore
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रभव (ablatival adverb)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पश्य: see; behold
• पश्य: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) [पश्य-आदेश]
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शाश्वतम्: eternal
• शाश्वतम्: Karma (कर्म/Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘eternal’ (qualifies तम्)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing the devotee (in the Ishvara-Gita style teaching context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti (shringara)

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Vishnu
• Bhakti-yoga
• Shashvata (the Eternal)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It presents the Supreme as “śāśvata”—the Eternal Reality—realized not merely by theory but by devotion-based understanding culminating in direct “seeing” (paśya), i.e., experiential realization.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Bhakti-yoga is emphasized as the practical refuge: disciplined worship (saṃpūjā) and reverential salutation (vandana) function as yogic upāsanā that ripens into direct vision of the Eternal.

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

By framing liberation as devotion, worship, and realization of the “Eternal One,” the text supports the Kurma Purana’s synthetic approach where the supreme reality is approached through shared yogic-devotional disciplines rather than sectarian opposition.