Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 144

Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga

Devanagari script

वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः / बहवो ऽनेन योगेन पूता मद्भावमागताः

Transliteration

vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ / bahavo 'nena yogena pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ

Translation

رغبت، خوف اور غصّے سے پاک—مجھ میں محو اور میری پناہ میں—بہتوں نے اسی یوگ سے پاکیزہ ہو کر میرا بھاؤ، یعنی میری حالتِ ذات، پا لی۔

Word by Word

• वीतरागभयक्रोधाः: free from attachment, fear, and anger
• वीतरागभयक्रोधाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीत + राग + भय + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक-चतुष्टय)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (वीतः रागः/भयम्/क्रोधः येषाम्—अर्थे विशेषण), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; qualifier of (बहवः)

• मन्मयाः: absorbed in me
• मन्मयाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् + मय (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (मन्मय = मयि मयाः/मद्रूपाः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया एकवचन

• उपाश्रिताः: having taken refuge in
• उपाश्रिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-श्रित (कृदन्त; √श्रि धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; predicate participle

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; Instrumental

• योगेन: by (this) yoga
• योगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; Instrumental

• पूताः: purified
• पूताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त; √पू धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; predicate participle

• मद्भावम्: my state/nature
• मद्भावम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + भाव (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम भावः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• आगताः: have attained/come to
• आगताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; predicate participle

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching the Ishvara Gita doctrine

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma
• Vishnu
• Ishvara (Supreme Lord)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It frames liberation as “mad-bhāva”—attaining the Lord’s own nature—through inner purification and absorption in the Supreme, indicating a transformative participation in divine being rather than mere external merit.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes a Yoga of refuge (upāśraya), single-pointed God-absorption (manmayatā), and purification through removal of rāga (attachment), bhaya (fear), and krodha (anger)—a bhakti-infused discipline aligned with Kurma Purana’s Pashupata-oriented soteriology.

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

By presenting “Ishvara-Yoga” as the means to attain the Lord’s state, the Kurma Purana supports a non-sectarian synthesis: the Supreme (Ishvara) is approached through Yoga and devotion beyond rivalry, harmonizing Shaiva-Pashupata discipline with Vaishnava refuge in Vishnu (Kurma).