Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तं प्रकृतौ लीनं परं ज्योतिरनुत्तमम् / तदन्तः परमं तत्त्वमात्माधारं निरञ्जनम्

Transliteration

avyaktaṃ prakṛtau līnaṃ paraṃ jyotiranuttamam / tadantaḥ paramaṃ tattvamātmādhāraṃ nirañjanam

Translation

اَویَکت پرکرتی میں لَین ہو کر بھی وہ بے مثال پرم نور ہے۔ اسی کے اندر اعلیٰ ترین تَتْو ہے—نِرَنجن، آتما کا سہارا۔

Word by Word

• अव्यक्तम्: unmanifest
• अव्यक्तम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• प्रकृतौ: in Prakṛti (nature)
• प्रकृतौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन)

• लीनम्: merged/absorbed
• लीनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: līna (धातु √lī/√līṅ?; क्त-प्रत्यय, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• ज्योतिः: light/splendour
• ज्योतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); ‘unsurpassed’

• तत्-अन्तः: within that
• तत्-अन्तः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad + antaḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय; ‘within that’), formed from pronoun + indeclinable antaḥ

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• तत्त्वम्: principle/reality
• तत्त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• आत्म-आधारम्: self-supporting / support of the Self
• आत्म-आधारम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman + ādhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘support of the self’

• निरञ्जनम्: stainless/untainted
• निरञ्जनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-añjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Prakriti
• Avyakta
• Param Jyotis
• Atman

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FAQs

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

It presents the highest reality as a stainless (nirañjana) supreme principle that is the very substratum (ādhāra) of the Self—beyond impurity and not limited by material nature.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse supports contemplative Yoga that withdraws attention from manifest forms into the unmanifest (avyakta) and then penetrates beyond Prakṛti to realize the ‘Supreme Light’ as the inner, pure tattva—aligning with Ishvara Gita-style dhyāna and Pāśupata-oriented detachment from guṇas.

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

By describing one supreme, stainless reality as the highest tattva and ‘Supreme Light,’ it reflects the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the ultimate principle taught by Lord Kurma resonates with Śaiva Pāśupata metaphysics while remaining fully Vaiṣṇava in voice.