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Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16

Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme

Devanagari script

आध्वर्यवं यजुर्भिः स्यादृग्भिर्हेत्रं द्विजोत्तमाः / औद्गात्रं सामभिश्चक्रे ब्रह्मत्वं चाप्यथर्वभिः

Transliteration

ādhvaryavaṃ yajurbhiḥ syādṛgbhirhetraṃ dvijottamāḥ / audgātraṃ sāmabhiścakre brahmatvaṃ cāpyatharvabhiḥ

Translation

اے بہترین دو بار جنم لینے والو! اَدھوریو کا فریضہ یجُروید کے منتر سے، ہوتَر کا فریضہ رِگ وید سے؛ اُدگاتَر کا فریضہ سام وید کے گانوں سے، اور برہما-پجاری کا منصب اتھرو وید سے ادا ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word
आध्वर्यवम्the adhvaryu-priesthood (office of Adhvaryu)
आध्वर्यवम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआध्वर्यव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
यजुर्भिःby the Yajus (Yajur mantras)
यजुर्भिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
स्यात्would be / should be
स्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
ऋग्भिःby the Ṛks (Rig mantras)
ऋग्भिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
होत्रम्the hotṛ-priesthood (office of Hotṛ)
होत्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
द्विजोत्तमाःthe best of the twice-born (brahmins)
द्विजोत्तमाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः)
औद्गात्रम्the udgātṛ-priesthood (office of Udgātṛ)
औद्गात्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऔद्गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
सामभिःby the Sāmans (Sāma chants)
सामभिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
चक्रेmade / established
चक्रे:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
ब्रह्मत्वम्the brahman-priesthood (office of Brahman)
ब्रह्मत्वम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; ‘also/indeed’)
अथर्वभिःby the Atharvans (Atharva mantras)
अथर्वभिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
Speaker

Narrator/teacher voice within the Purva-bhaga (instruction to the dvijas on yajña-roles)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
A
Adhvaryu
H
Hotṛ
U
Udgātṛ
B
Brahman
Y
Yajurveda
R
Rigveda
S
Samaveda
A
Atharvaveda

FAQs

Indirectly: it frames dharma through ordered Vedic functions—outer ritual harmony is presented as a disciplined foundation that, in the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, supports inner purification leading toward Self-knowledge.

No explicit yoga technique is taught in this verse; it emphasizes ritual precision (yajña-vidhi). In the Kurma Purana’s integrated path, such disciplined karma is a preparatory limb that steadies the mind for later contemplative and devotional practices.

Not directly; the verse is Vedic-ritual in focus. Yet the Kurma Purana’s overall Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis treats Vedic yajña as a shared dharmic framework within which devotion to the Supreme (whether approached as Shiva or Vishnu) is harmonized rather than opposed.

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