Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 52
Karma-yoga Discipline for the Twice-born: Upanayana, Upavīta Conduct, Guru-veneration, and Alms-regimen
भिक्षामाहृत्य शिष्टानां गृहेभ्यः प्रयतो ऽन्वहम् / निवेद्य गुरवे ऽश्नीयाद् वाग्यतस्तदनुज्ञया
bhikṣāmāhṛtya śiṣṭānāṃ gṛhebhyaḥ prayato 'nvaham / nivedya gurave 'śnīyād vāgyatastadanujñayā
Mỗi ngày, với tâm cung kính, sau khi mang vật khất thực từ nhà những người có hạnh kiểm, người ấy phải dâng lên thầy; rồi, giữ lời nói chừng mực, chỉ được thọ thực khi có sự cho phép của thầy.
Sūta (narrating traditional dharma-teaching within the Kurma Purana’s discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: by prescribing restraint, purity, and guru-obedience, the verse supports the yogic principle that self-mastery and disciplined living prepare the mind for Atman-realization taught elsewhere in the Purana.
It emphasizes foundational yamas of practice—purity (prayata), regulated conduct (daily discipline), and vāg-niyama (restraint of speech). Such control is treated as a prerequisite for deeper dhyāna and theistic yoga aligned with Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis in the Kurma Purana.
The verse is primarily about ashrama-dharma rather than explicit deity-unity; yet its discipline-oriented framework is compatible with the Purana’s broader teaching that devotion and yogic restraint can be directed toward the one Supreme expressed through both Shiva and Vishnu.