Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 46

Invocation, Purāṇa Lakṣaṇas, Kurma at the Samudra-manthana, and Indradyumna’s Liberation Teaching

Iśvara-Gītā Prelude

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामेव भूतानां देवानामप्यगोचरम् / वक्तव्यं यद् गुह्यतमं दास्ये ज्ञानं तवानघ / लब्ध्वा तन्मामकं ज्ञानं मामेवान्ते प्रवेक्ष्यसि

Transliteration

sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ devānāmapyagocaram / vaktavyaṃ yad guhyatamaṃ dāsye jñānaṃ tavānagha / labdhvā tanmāmakaṃ jñānaṃ māmevānte pravekṣyasi

Translation

那超越一切众生、甚至诸天也不能及之境，我将向你宣说，汝无罪者：最为隐秘的教法。得此属于我的智慧，终究你将唯入于我。

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: Particle (Emphasis)

• bhūtānām: of beings
• bhūtānām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (भूत)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• devānām: of gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• api: even/also
• api: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अपि)
• Form: Conjunction/Particle

• agocaram: imperceptible/beyond reach
• agocaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agocara (अगोचर)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular. Nañ-Tatpurusha (नञ्-तत्पुरुष)

• vaktavyam: to be spoken/taught
• vaktavyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (वच्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular. Tavya Pratyaya (Potential Participle)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्)
• Form: Pronoun, Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• guhyatamam: most secret
• guhyatamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhyatama (गुह्यतम)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular. Superlative (Tamap)

• dāsye: I will give
• dāsye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा)
• Form: Lrt Lakara (Future), Uttama Purusha (1st), Singular, Atmanepada

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (ज्ञान)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• tava: to you/yours
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान) contextually
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (युष्मद्)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• anagha: O sinless one
• anagha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anagha (अनघ)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (Sambodhana), Singular

• labdhvā: having obtained
• labdhvā: Purvakalika Kriya (Prior Action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: labh (लभ्)
• Form: Ktva Pratyaya (Gerund)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्)
• Form: Pronoun, Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• māmakam: my/mine
• māmakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māmaka (मामक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्)
• Form: Pronoun, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• eva: only/alone
• eva: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: Particle

• ante: in the end
• ante: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (अन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• pravekṣyasi: you will enter
• pravekṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: praviś (प्रविश्)
• Form: Lrt Lakara (Future), Madhyama Purusha (2nd), Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu), as Ishvara, instructing King Indradyumna (Ishvara Gita context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Lord Kurma (Vishnu)
• Devas

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It presents the Supreme as transcending even the gods’ reach, and teaches that realizing the Lord’s own (divine) knowledge culminates in final union—“entering into Me”—a classic liberation (moksha) formulation in the Ishvara Gita.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse points to esoteric, initiatory knowledge (guhyatama jñāna) as the core of liberation; in the Kurma Purana’s Ishvara Gita setting this aligns with Pashupata-oriented discipline—inner purification, focused contemplation on Ishvara, and steady devotion culminating in absorption in the Lord.

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

By framing liberation as entry into the one Ishvara who grants the highest secret knowledge, it supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis: the Supreme Lord (spoken here as Kurma/Vishnu) is the same ultimate reality revered in Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms.