Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

नमः सांख्याय योगाय केवलाय नमो ऽस्तु ते / धर्मज्ञानाधिगम्याय निष्कलाय नमो नमः

Transliteration

namaḥ sāṃkhyāya yogāya kevalāya namo 'stu te / dharmajñānādhigamyāya niṣkalāya namo namaḥ

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ในฐานะสางขยะและโยคะ ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้เป็นเอกะล้วน (เควละ) ขอนอบน้อมซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าแด่พระองค์ ผู้เข้าถึงได้ด้วยธรรมและญาณแท้ และผู้ไร้ส่วนแบ่ง (นิษฺกละ)

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (salutation particle)

• sāṃkhyāya: to Sāṃkhya (principle/teaching)
• sāṃkhyāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃkhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• yogāya: to Yoga
• yogāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• kevalāya: to the absolute/sole one
• kevalāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (enclitic)

• dharma-jñāna-adhigamyāya: to the one attainable through dharma and knowledge
• dharma-jñāna-adhigamyāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + adhigamya (अधि+गम् धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः; कृदन्त-विशेषण: अधिगम्य (gerundive/तव्यत्-अर्थ, ‘to be attained/known’)

• niṣkalāya: to the partless one
• niṣkalāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣkala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Devotee/narrator within the Kurma Purana’s devotional-philosophical discourse (stuti addressed to the Supreme Lord in the Upari-bhaga’s Iśvara-Gītā stream, often voiced in the presence/teaching of Lord Kūrma).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Sāṃkhya
• Yoga
• Dharma
• Jñāna
• Kevala (Absolute)
• Niṣkala (Partless Brahman)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It praises the Supreme as kevala (the One-alone, independent Reality) and niṣkala (partless/undivided), indicating a nirguṇa, non-dual ground that transcends all divisions while still being the goal of realization.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse points to Yoga together with Sāṃkhya: disciplined meditation (yoga) supported by discriminative insight into reality (sāṃkhya), with realization approached through dharma (right living/observance) and jñāna (spiritual knowledge).

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

By venerating the Supreme as the source and essence of both Sāṃkhya and Yoga and as niṣkala, the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s integrative theology where sectarian forms are harmonized in a single, attributeless Absolute.