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Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16

Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme

Devanagari script

आध्वर्यवं यजुर्भिः स्यादृग्भिर्हेत्रं द्विजोत्तमाः / औद्गात्रं सामभिश्चक्रे ब्रह्मत्वं चाप्यथर्वभिः

Transliteration

ādhvaryavaṃ yajurbhiḥ syādṛgbhirhetraṃ dvijottamāḥ / audgātraṃ sāmabhiścakre brahmatvaṃ cāpyatharvabhiḥ

Translation

噢，最尊贵的再生者们：Adhvaryu 之职依《夜柔吠陀》而行；Hotṛ 之职依《梨俱吠陀》而行；Udgātṛ 之职依《娑摩吠陀》而行；而 Brahman 祭司之位亦同样依《阿闼婆吠陀》而立。

Word by Word
आध्वर्यवम्the adhvaryu-priesthood (office of Adhvaryu)
आध्वर्यवम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआध्वर्यव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
यजुर्भिःby the Yajus (Yajur mantras)
यजुर्भिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
स्यात्would be / should be
स्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
ऋग्भिःby the Ṛks (Rig mantras)
ऋग्भिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
होत्रम्the hotṛ-priesthood (office of Hotṛ)
होत्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
द्विजोत्तमाःthe best of the twice-born (brahmins)
द्विजोत्तमाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः)
औद्गात्रम्the udgātṛ-priesthood (office of Udgātṛ)
औद्गात्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऔद्गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
सामभिःby the Sāmans (Sāma chants)
सामभिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
चक्रेmade / established
चक्रे:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
ब्रह्मत्वम्the brahman-priesthood (office of Brahman)
ब्रह्मत्वम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; ‘also/indeed’)
अथर्वभिःby the Atharvans (Atharva mantras)
अथर्वभिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
Speaker

Narrator/teacher voice within the Purva-bhaga (instruction to the dvijas on yajña-roles)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
A
Adhvaryu
H
Hotṛ
U
Udgātṛ
B
Brahman
Y
Yajurveda
R
Rigveda
S
Samaveda
A
Atharvaveda

FAQs

Indirectly: it frames dharma through ordered Vedic functions—outer ritual harmony is presented as a disciplined foundation that, in the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, supports inner purification leading toward Self-knowledge.

No explicit yoga technique is taught in this verse; it emphasizes ritual precision (yajña-vidhi). In the Kurma Purana’s integrated path, such disciplined karma is a preparatory limb that steadies the mind for later contemplative and devotional practices.

Not directly; the verse is Vedic-ritual in focus. Yet the Kurma Purana’s overall Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis treats Vedic yajña as a shared dharmic framework within which devotion to the Supreme (whether approached as Shiva or Vishnu) is harmonized rather than opposed.

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