Devī-tattva, Śakti–Śaktimān doctrine, Kāla–Māyā cosmology, and Māheśvara Yoga instruction
अनादिमायसंभिन्ना त्रितत्त्वा प्रकृतिर्गुहा / महामायासमुत्पन्ना तामसी पौरुषी ध्रुवा
anādimāyasaṃbhinnā tritattvā prakṛtirguhā / mahāmāyāsamutpannā tāmasī pauruṣī dhruvā
Prakṛti—nền tảng ẩn mật như hang sâu của mọi hiển lộ—đan xen với Māyā vô thủy và gồm đủ ba nguyên lý. Sinh từ Đại Māyā, nàng mang tính tamas, gắn với Puruṣa, và bền vững trong công năng.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
It distinguishes the witnessing principle (Puruṣa/Ātman) from Prakṛti: Prakṛti is a beginningless, Māyā-entangled power that manifests the world, while the Self is implied as the stable reference to which Prakṛti is ‘connected’ (pauruṣī) yet distinct.
The verse supports Sāṃkhya-Yoga discernment (viveka): meditation and inquiry separate Puruṣa from Prakṛti/Māyā by recognizing the guṇa-made, tamasic obscuration and thereby turning awareness back to the witnessing Self—an underpinning for Pāśupata-oriented liberation in the Ishvara Gita.
By presenting a shared metaphysical framework (Māyā–Prakṛti–Puruṣa discernment) taught in the Ishvara Gita, it aligns Shaiva and Vaishnava soteriology: the same Supreme Lord (Ishvara) reveals the structure of bondage (Māyā/guṇas) and the means of release (knowledge and Yoga).