Shloka 19

Īśvara-gītā: Bhakti as the Supreme Means; the Three Śaktis; Non-compelled Lordship

Devanagari script

ममैव च परा शक्तिर्या सा विद्येति गीयते / नाशयामि तया मायां योगिनां हृदि संस्थितः

Transliteration

mamaiva ca parā śaktiryā sā vidyeti gīyate / nāśayāmi tayā māyāṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ

Translation

ศักติอันสูงสุดของเรานั้นได้รับสรรเสริญว่า ‘วิทยา’ ด้วยศักตินั้นเอง เราสถิตในดวงใจของโยคีทั้งหลาย และทำลายมายาให้สิ้นไป

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• परा: supreme
• परा: Karta/Predicate qualifier (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण शक्तिः प्रति

• शक्तिः: power
• शक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• या: which
• या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun) शक्तिः प्रति

• सा: that
• सा: Karta/Predicate (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशक (correlative)

• विद्या: knowledge
• विद्या: Karta/Predicate (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम-रूपेण विधेय

• इति: thus/as
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• गीयते: is sung/called
• गीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नाशयामि: I destroy/remove
• नाशयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्/नाशय् (धातु; causative of √नश्)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• तया: by that (power)
• तया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case, instrumental), एकवचन; करण

• मायाम्: māyā/illusion
• मायाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• योगिनाम्: of yogins
• योगिनाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्/हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• संस्थितः: abiding/established
• संस्थितः: Karta/Predicate qualifier (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण अहम् (अध्याहृत) प्रति

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu as Ishvara, teaching the Ishvara Gita)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Vishnu
• Ishvara
• Vidyā
• Māyā
• Yogins

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It presents Ishvara as inwardly present—“dwelling in the heart”—and as the agent of liberation, removing māyā through His own supreme power called Vidyā.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes antaryāmin-bhāva (meditation on the Lord within the heart) and yogic interiorization, where realization arises through Vidyā—grace-infused knowledge that dissolves delusion.

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

By using Ishvara-language and a śakti-based framework common to Śaiva yoga while spoken by Vishnu as Kurma, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: one Lord (Ishvara) grants Vidyā that destroys māyā.