Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 13
Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations
आसने शयने याने नैव तिष्ठेत् कदाचन / धावन्तमनुधावेत गच्छन्तमनुगच्छति
āsane śayane yāne naiva tiṣṭhet kadācana / dhāvantamanudhāveta gacchantamanugacchati
جب گرو آسن پر بیٹھے ہوں، شَین میں ہوں یا سواری پر ہوں تو شاگرد کبھی کھڑا نہ رہے۔ گرو دوڑیں تو پیچھے دوڑے؛ گرو چلیں تو ساتھ ساتھ چلے۔
Traditional narrator (Purāṇic instruction on sadācāra, framed as dharma-teaching within the Kurma Purana’s discourse)
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it teaches humility and self-restraint, which purify the mind (antaḥkaraṇa). Such purification is a prerequisite for Atman-realization taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana’s higher spiritual sections.
It emphasizes discipline akin to yama/niyama—respect, attentiveness, and surrender in service (sevā). This ethical training stabilizes the practitioner for mantra, meditation, and Shaiva–Vaishnava devotional Yoga emphasized in the text.
Not explicitly; it supports the Kurma Purana’s synthesis by grounding devotion and spiritual practice in dharmic conduct—an ethical foundation shared by both Shaiva and Vaishnava paths.