Shloka 147

Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion

Devanagari script

तस्मै व्यासाय गुरवे सर्वज्ञाय महर्षये / पाराशर्याय शान्ताय नमो नारायणात्मने

Transliteration

tasmai vyāsāya gurave sarvajñāya maharṣaye / pārāśaryāya śāntāya namo nārāyaṇātmane

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระวยาสะ ผู้เป็นครูและมหาฤๅษีผู้รอบรู้ บุตรแห่งปราศระ ผู้สงบเย็น ผู้มีอาตมันเป็นพระนารายณ์

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• व्यासाय: to Vyāsa
• व्यासाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गुरवे: to the teacher
• गुरवे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वज्ञाय: to the all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सर्वः ज्ञः); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• महर्षये: to the great sage
• महर्षये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (महान् ऋषिः); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पाराशर्याय: to Pārāśarya (son of Parāśara)
• पाराशर्याय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाराशर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गोत्र/पितृ-व्युत्पन्न (patronymic)

• शान्ताय: to the peaceful one
• शान्ताय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक; √शम् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (peaceful)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection used with dative)

• नारायणात्मने: to him whose self is Nārāyaṇa / to the Nārāyaṇa-souled
• नारायणात्मने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: नारायणस्य आत्मा); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) or the text’s mangalācaraṇa voice invoking Vyāsa

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Parāśara
• Nārāyaṇa

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

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

By calling Vyāsa “nārāyaṇātmā,” it presents the realized sage as one whose inner Self is Nārāyaṇa—implying that true knowledge culminates in identity/abidance in the Supreme Self rather than mere scholarship.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific technique is listed, but the epithet “śānta” (tranquil) signals the yogic fruit of inner pacification—an essential prerequisite for higher contemplation taught throughout the Kurma Purana’s dharma and yoga sections.

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

Though explicitly honoring Nārāyaṇa, it fits the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology: the guru is revered as embodying the Supreme (here Nārāyaṇa), a pattern the text also applies in its broader non-sectarian framing of Īśvara across Shaiva-Vaishnava discourse.