Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
त्वमेव ब्रह्म परममापो ज्योती रसो ऽमृतम् / भूर्भुवः स्वस्त्वमोङ्कारः सर्वे रुद्राः सनातनाः / पुरुषः सन्महो ऽतस्त्वां प्रणमामि कपर्दिनम्
tvameva brahma paramamāpo jyotī raso 'mṛtam / bhūrbhuvaḥ svastvamoṅkāraḥ sarve rudrāḥ sanātanāḥ / puruṣaḥ sanmaho 'tastvāṃ praṇamāmi kapardinam
آپ ہی برتر برہمن ہیں—آب، نور، رس اور امرت۔ آپ ہی بھو، بھوَوَہ، سُوَہ اور اومکار ہیں۔ تمام ازلی رُدر آپ ہی ہیں۔ آپ پُرُش، حق اور عظیم ہیں؛ اسی لیے اے کپَردِن، میں آپ کو پرنام کرتا ہوں۔
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita, presenting a Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis through Rudra-stuti
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It identifies the Supreme as all-pervasive Brahman—both transcendent (amṛta, sat, mahaḥ) and immanent as the very elements and cosmic principles (water, light, essence) and as the three worlds, implying the Atman/Ishvara is the single reality appearing as all.
The verse centers on contemplative upāsanā: meditating on Rudra as Praṇava (Oṃ) and as the totality of the cosmos. In the Ishvara Gita’s Pāśupata-leaning frame, this supports ekāgratā (one-pointedness) by dissolving duality—seeing all forms as the one Lord.
Spoken within the Kurma Purana’s Ishvara Gita setting, it presents a non-dual synthesis: the Supreme praised as Rudra/Kapardin is simultaneously Brahman and the cosmic Puruṣa—aligning Shaiva devotion with Vaishnava revelation, emphasizing one Ishvara beyond sectarian division.