Shloka 35

Svāyambhuva Lineage to Dakṣa; Pṛthu’s Devotion; Pāśupata Saṃnyāsa; Dakṣa–Satī Episode

Devanagari script

अहो मे सुमहद्भाग्यं तपांसि सफलानि मे / किं करिष्यामि शिष्यो ऽहं तव मां पालयानघ

Transliteration

aho me sumahadbhāgyaṃ tapāṃsi saphalāni me / kiṃ kariṣyāmi śiṣyo 'haṃ tava māṃ pālayānagha

Translation

آہ! میرا بڑا بھاگ ہے—میری تپسیا پھل دے گئی۔ اب میں کیا کروں؟ میں آپ کا شِشْیَ ہوں؛ اے بےگناہ، میری حفاظت فرمائیے۔

Word by Word

• अहो: ah! indeed
• अहो: Sambodhana/Exclamation (सम्बोधन/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विस्मयादिबोधक-निपात)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘my’

• सु-महत्-भाग्यम्: very great fortune
• सु-महत्-भाग्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘very great fortune’

• तपांसि: austerities
• तपांसि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; subject of implied ‘are’

• सफलानि: fruitful
• सफलानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agrees with तपांसि

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘my’

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (प्रश्नार्थक)

• करिष्यामि: shall I do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिष्यः: disciple
• शिष्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate noun

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; explicit subject

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of ‘protect’

• पालय: protect
• पालय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; vocative address

Speaker

A devotee-disciple addressing the divine teacher (contextually Lord Kurma/Vishnu as guru within the Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Kurma (Vishnu)
• Guru
• Disciple

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

Indirectly, it frames realization as grace-responsive: the speaker’s tapas “bears fruit” when met by the sinless divine guru’s protection, implying the Atman/Ishvara is approached through surrender rather than egoic effort alone.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

Tapas (austerity) is foregrounded as a yogic discipline, but the verse emphasizes its culmination in śaraṇāgati (surrender) to the guru-Ishvara, aligning practice with devotion and guidance rather than mere self-powered asceticism.

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

By addressing the supreme teacher as “anagha” and seeking protection as a disciple, the verse fits the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian idiom where the highest Lord—whether spoken of as Vishnu (Kurma) or in Shaiva terms—functions as the one refuge and guru.