Shloka 47
Nine Creations (Sarga), Guṇa-Streams of Beings, and Brahmā’s Progeny in Cyclic Time
रजोमात्रात्मिकां ब्रह्मा तनुमन्यामगृह्णत / ततो ऽस्य जज्ञिरे पुत्रा मनुष्या रजसावृताः
rajomātrātmikāṃ brahmā tanumanyāmagṛhṇata / tato 'sya jajñire putrā manuṣyā rajasāvṛtāḥ
تب برہما نے رَجَس ہی سے بنی ہوئی ایک اور دےہ اختیار کی۔ اسی صورت سے رَجَس میں ڈھکے اور اسی سے محرّک انسان—اس کی اولاد—پیدا ہوئے۔
Sūta (narrating the Purāṇic account of creation to the sages)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it describes embodied creation as conditioned by guṇas (here, rajas). In Kurma Purana’s broader teaching, the Ātman/Iśvara is distinct from these guṇa-made bodies and is realized by transcending guṇic coverings.
This verse itself is cosmological, but it supports the Yoga teaching that rajas (restlessness, desire, activity) veils clarity. Hence Kurma Purana’s Yoga orientation emphasizes guṇa-śuddhi—calming rajas through discipline, dharma, and meditative steadiness to approach sattva and ultimately guṇa-transcendence.
Not explicitly in this line; it focuses on Brahmā and rajas. In the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such creation-process accounts sit under the one Supreme Lord’s governance, while liberation is taught through devotion and Yoga aligned with that non-dual theological frame.