Shloka 9
The True Liṅga as Formless Brahman — Self-Luminous Īśa and the Yoga of Liberation
साक्षादेव प्रपश्यन्ति स्वात्मानं परमेश्वरम् / नित्यानन्दं निर्विकल्पं सत्यरूपमिति स्थितिः
sākṣādeva prapaśyanti svātmānaṃ parameśvaram / nityānandaṃ nirvikalpaṃ satyarūpamiti sthitiḥ
Direkta nilang namamasdan ang Kataas-taasang Panginoon bilang sarili nilang Sarili—walang hanggang kaligayahan, lampas sa lahat ng pagbuo ng isip, at may anyo ng Katotohanan; ito ang natatag na kalagayan.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It states that the realized person directly perceives the Supreme Lord as one’s own Self—eternal bliss itself, beyond conceptual divisions (nirvikalpa), and identical with Truth.
The verse points to the culmination of Yoga: direct perception (sākṣātkāra) of the Self/Ishvara, implying deep meditative absorption leading to a steady nirvikalpa abiding, consistent with the Ishvara Gita’s yogic discipline.
By describing Parameshvara as the Self realized in non-dual awareness, it supports the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: the Supreme (whether approached as Shiva or Vishnu) is ultimately one reality directly known as Atman.