Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 83
Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations
न वेदपाठमात्रेण संतुष्टो वै भवेद् द्विजः / पाठमात्रावसन्नस्तु पङ्के गौरिव सीदति
na vedapāṭhamātreṇa saṃtuṣṭo vai bhaved dvijaḥ / pāṭhamātrāvasannastu paṅke gauriva sīdati
دِوِج کو محض وید کے پاٹھ پر قناعت نہیں کرنی چاہیے؛ جو صرف ‘پڑھنے ہی’ میں ڈوبا رہے وہ کیچڑ میں پھنسی گائے کی طرح نیچے دھنس جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching to the sages (Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
Indirectly: it implies that realization is not produced by sound alone; inner transformation through disciplined living and contemplation is required for knowledge to become lived truth.
It emphasizes svādhyāya joined with practice—ethical restraints, disciplined conduct, and contemplative assimilation—rather than rote chanting; this aligns with the Kurma Purana’s stress on embodied dharma and yogic application.
Not explicitly; yet its message fits the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: devotion and knowledge—whether framed through Shaiva (Pāśupata) or Vaishnava devotion—must be practiced as lived sādhanā, not kept as mere recitation.