Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode
यस्मादभिन्नं सकलं भिद्यते यो ऽखिलादपि / स वासुदेवो देवानां मातुर्देहं समाविशत्
yasmādabhinnaṃ sakalaṃ bhidyate yo 'khilādapi / sa vāsudevo devānāṃ māturdehaṃ samāviśat
جس سے یہ غیر منقسم کُل کائنات مختلف صورتوں میں ظاہر ہوتی ہے، اور جو سب سے ماورا ہو کر بھی سب میں سرایت کیے ہوئے ہے— وہی واسودیو دیوتاؤں کی ماں کے جسم میں داخل ہوا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in the Kurma Purana’s Purva-bhaga context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as both non-dual (undivided in itself) and the ground from which all perceived divisions arise, while remaining beyond the totality of manifest existence.
The verse supports a contemplative discipline of seeing unity behind multiplicity—an inward yogic discernment (viveka) where the practitioner recognizes the One Lord as both transcendent and pervading all appearances.
By describing Vāsudeva in non-dual terms (beyond all yet present within all), it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s synthesis where sectarian names point to a single supreme reality approached through complementary Shaiva-Vaishnava frameworks.