Shloka 12

Īśvara-Gītā (continued): Twofold Yoga, Aṣṭāṅga Discipline, Pāśupata Meditation, and the Unity of Nārāyaṇa–Maheśvara

Devanagari script

मय्येकचित्ततायोगो वृत्त्यन्तरनिरोधतः / तत्साधनान्यष्टधा तु युष्माकं कथितानि तु

Transliteration

mayyekacittatāyogo vṛttyantaranirodhataḥ / tatsādhanānyaṣṭadhā tu yuṣmākaṃ kathitāni tu

Translation

مجھ میں یکسوئی کا یوگ دوسری چِتّ ورتیوں کے روکنے سے پیدا ہوتا ہے؛ اس کے سادھن آٹھ طرح کے ہیں—جو تمہیں بتائے گئے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• एक-चित्तता-योगः: the yoga of one-pointedness
• एक-चित्तता-योगः: कर्ता/विषय (topic; nominal subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्तता (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: एकचित्ततायाः योगः = yoga of one-pointedness); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वृत्ति-अन्तर-निरोधतः: by the cessation of other mental modifications
• वृत्ति-अन्तर-निरोधतः: हेतु (Hetu/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + निरोध (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (वृत्तीनाम् अन्तरम् = other modifications; तस्य निरोधः); तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): “from/by means of cessation”

• तत्-साधनानि: its means
• तत्-साधनानि: कर्ता/विषय (subject: the means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (तस्य साधनानि = its means); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अष्टधा: eightfold
• अष्टधा: विशेषण (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + धा (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (in eightfold manner)

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्धसूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अवधारण (but/indeed)

• युष्माकम्: for you / of you
• युष्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कथितानि: have been stated
• कथितानि: विधेय (predicate; passive sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), क्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘साधनानि’ इत्यस्य विधेय (predicate)

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्धसूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्त-अवधारण (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching the Ishvara Gita

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Ishvara (the Lord)
• Yoga
• Vritti (mental modifications)

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FAQs

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

It presents the Supreme (Ishvara) as the single, stabilizing object of contemplation; realization is supported when the mind ceases to scatter into other vṛttis and abides one-pointedly in the Lord.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse highlights vṛttyantara-nirodha—restraining distracting mental movements—and points to an eightfold set of sādhanas taught in the Ishvara Gita, aimed at establishing ekacittatā (one-pointed absorption) in Ishvara.

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

By grounding yoga in devotion to Ishvara taught by Lord Kurma, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance where the same Supreme Lord is approached through yogic restraint and theistic devotion, harmonizing Shaiva-Pashupata and Vaishnava frames.