Shloka 4
Iśvara on Māyā, the Unmanifest, and the Viśvarūpa of the One Supreme
अव्यक्तं कारणं प्राहुरानन्दं ज्योतिरक्षरम् / अहमेव परं ब्रह्म मत्तो ह्यन्यन्न विद्यते
avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ prāhurānandaṃ jyotirakṣaram / ahameva paraṃ brahma matto hyanyanna vidyate
اَوْیَکت کو سبب کہا گیا ہے—وہی آنند، وہی اَکشَر نور ہے۔ میں ہی پرم برہ्म ہوں؛ میرے سوا کچھ بھی نہیں۔
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching the Ishvara Gita
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It identifies the Supreme as the Avyakta—imperishable, self-luminous bliss—and equates that absolute reality with the Lord’s own Self, leaving no independent second principle.
The verse supports Ishvara-centered contemplation (īśvara-dhyāna) on the Avyakta Light: meditation that withdraws attention from name-and-form to the imperishable, causal ground—an inner orientation consistent with Pashupata-style renunciation and one-pointed absorption.
By asserting a single, imperishable Brahman as the sole reality, it frames sectarian forms as expressions of one Supreme—allowing Shaiva and Vaishnava devotion to converge in non-dual realization.