Shloka 112

Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion

Devanagari script

वेदशाखाप्रणयनं व्यासानां कथनं ततः / अवेदस्य च वेदानां कथनं मुनिपुङ्गवाः

Transliteration

vedaśākhāpraṇayanaṃ vyāsānāṃ kathanaṃ tataḥ / avedasya ca vedānāṃ kathanaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ

Translation

噢诸牟尼中之最胜者，继而将叙述吠陀诸支（śākhā）的编纂与安立，讲述诸位毗耶娑（Vyāsa）的传承谱系，并阐明既在吠陀之外（a-veda）亦属吠陀之内的诸义。

Word by Word

• वेदशाखाप्रणयनम्: the composition/arrangement of Vedic branches
• वेदशाखाप्रणयनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदशाखा + प्रणयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वेदशाखानां प्रणयनम्)

• व्यासानाम्: of the Vyāsas (compilers)
• व्यासानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• कथनम्: the narration
• कथनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (thereafter/then)

• अवेदस्य: of the non-Veda (un-Vedic lore)
• अवेदस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वेदानाम्: of the Vedas
• वेदानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• कथनम्: the narration
• कथनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• मुनिपुङ्गवाः: the foremost sages
• मुनिपुङ्गवाः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + पुङ्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां पुङ्गवाः = ‘श्रेष्ठ-मुनयः’)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) addressing the sages (Munis) in the Naimiṣāraṇya-style frame

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Veda-śākhā
• Vyāsa
• Munis

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FAQs

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

Indirectly: it frames the Purāṇic method—grounding spiritual truth in Vedic transmission (śākhās and Vyāsa lineages) while also discussing a-veda (auxiliary or non-Vedic domains), implying that liberating knowledge is approached through both revealed tradition and its explanatory literature.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a table-of-contents marker indicating a doctrinal section on Vedic structure and related teachings that later support dharma, jñāna, and Yoga discussions found elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.

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

It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; however, by situating teachings within Vedic arrangement and Purāṇic exposition, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s broader strategy of harmonizing sectarian theologies through a shared Vedic framework.