Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 3
KuP 2 3.1
ईश्वर उवाच अव्यक्तादभवत् कालः प्रधानं पुरुषः परः । तेभ्यः सर्वमिदं जातं तस्माद् ब्रह्ममयं जगत्
īśvara uvāca avyaktādabhavat kālaḥ pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ paraḥ / tebhyaḥ sarvamidaṃ jātaṃ tasmād brahmamayaṃ jagat
The Lord said: From the unmanifest arose time, primordial matter, and the supreme person; from these all this has been born — therefore the world is made of brahman.
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KuP 2 3.2
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत् सर्वतो ऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति
sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ tat sarvato 'kṣiśiromukham / sarvataḥ śrutimalloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati
It has hands and feet on every side, eyes, heads, and faces on every side, hearing on every side; in the world it stands, having enveloped everything.
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KuP 2 3.3
सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् । सर्वाधारं सदानन्दमव्यक्तं द्वैतवर्जितम्
sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam / sarvādhāraṃ sadānandamavyaktaṃ dvaitavarjitam
It is the shining forth of the qualities of all the sense-organs, yet devoid of all sense-organs; the support of all, ever blissful, unmanifest, free of duality.
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KuP 2 3.4
सर्वोपमानरहितं प्रमाणातीतगोचरम् । निर्विकल्पं निराभासं सर्वावासं परामृतम्
sarvopamānarahitaṃ pramāṇātītagocaram / nirvikalpaṃ nirābhāsaṃ sarvāvāsaṃ parāmṛtam
It is free of all comparison, its range lies beyond the means of knowledge; without differentiation, without appearance, the dwelling of all, the supreme immortal.
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KuP 2 3.5
अभिन्नं भिन्नसंस्थानं शाश्वतं ध्रु वमव्ययम् । निर्गुणं परमं व्योम तज्ज्ञानं सूरयो विदुः
abhinnaṃ bhinnasaṃsthānaṃ śāśvataṃ dhru vamavyayam / nirguṇaṃ paramaṃ vyoma tajjñānaṃ sūrayo viduḥ
Undivided, yet established in divided forms; eternal, fixed, unperishing; without qualities, the supreme space — that the wise know as knowledge.
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KuP 2 3.6
स आत्मा सर्वभूतानां स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः परः । सो ऽहं सर्वत्रगः शान्तो ज्ञानात्मा परमेश्वरः
sa ātmā sarvabhūtānāṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ paraḥ / so 'haṃ sarvatragaḥ śānto jñānātmā parameśvaraḥ
He is the self of all beings; he is the supreme one, outside and within. That am I, moving everywhere, at peace, whose nature is knowledge, the supreme Lord.
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KuP 2 3.7
मया ततमिदं विश्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना । मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्
mayā tatamidaṃ viśvaṃ jagadavyaktamūrtinā / matsthāni sarvabhūtāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit
By me, whose form is unmanifest, this whole universe is spread out; all beings stand in me — he who knows that is a knower of the Veda.
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KuP 2 3.8
प्रधानं पुरुषं चैव तत्त्वद्वयमुदाहृतम् । तयोरनादिरुद्दिष्टः कालः संयोजकः परः
pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ caiva tattvadvayamudāhṛtam / tayoranādiruddiṣṭaḥ kālaḥ saṃyojakaḥ paraḥ
Primordial matter and the person: these two are declared to be the (two) principles; and beginningless time is taught as the supreme joiner of the two.
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KuP 2 3.9
त्रयमेतदनाद्यन्तमव्यक्ते समवस्थितम् । तदात्मकं तदन्यत् स्यात् तद्रूपं मामकं विदुः
trayametadanādyantamavyakte samavasthitam / tadātmakaṃ tadanyat syāt tadrūpaṃ māmakaṃ viduḥ
These three, without beginning or end, abide together in the unmanifest. Whatever has that nature and whatever is other than that — its form they know to be mine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 3.10
महदाद्यं विशेषान्तं संप्रसूते ऽखिलं जगत् । या सा प्रकृतिरुद्दिष्टा मोहिनी सर्वदेहिनाम्
mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ saṃprasūte 'khilaṃ jagat / yā sā prakṛtiruddiṣṭā mohinī sarvadehinām
She who brings forth the entire world, beginning with the great one and ending with the gross particulars, is declared to be prakṛti, the deluder of all embodied beings.
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KuP 2 3.11
पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्तेयः प्राकृतान् गुणान् । अहङ्कारविमुक्तत्वात् प्रोच्यते पञ्चविंशकः
puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkteyaḥ prākṛtān guṇān / ahaṅkāravimuktatvāt procyate pañcaviṃśakaḥ
For the person, abiding in prakṛti, enjoys the qualities that spring from prakṛti; since he is free from the ego-sense he is called the twenty-fifth.
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KuP 2 3.12
आद्यो विकारः प्रकृतेर्महानात्मेति कथ्यते । विज्ञानशक्तिर्विज्ञाता ह्यहङ्कारस्तदुत्थितः
ādyo vikāraḥ prakṛtermahānātmeti kathyate / vijñānaśaktirvijñātā hyahaṅkārastadutthitaḥ
The first modification of prakṛti is called the great one, the self; it is the power of knowing, the knower; and the ego-sense has arisen from it.
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KuP 2 3.13
एक एव महानात्मा सो ऽहङ्कारो ऽभिधीयते । स जीवः सो ऽन्तरात्मेति गीयते तत्त्वचिन्तकैः
eka eva mahānātmā so 'haṅkāro 'bhidhīyate / sa jīvaḥ so 'ntarātmeti gīyate tattvacintakaiḥ
The great one and the self are one and the same; it is called the ego-sense; it is the living being, and it is spoken of as the inner self by those who reflect on the principles.
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KuP 2 3.14
तेन वेदयते सर्वं सुखं दुःखं च जन्मसु । स विज्ञानात्मकस्तस्य मनः स्यादुपकारकम्
tena vedayate sarvaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca janmasu / sa vijñānātmakastasya manaḥ syādupakārakam
By that he experiences everything, pleasure and pain, in his births; that consists of consciousness, and the mind serves as its helper.
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KuP 2 3.15
तेनाविवेकतस्तस्मात् संसारः पुरुषस्य तु । स चाविवेकः प्रकृतौ सङ्गात् कालेन सो ऽभवत्
tenāvivekatastasmāt saṃsāraḥ puruṣasya tu / sa cāvivekaḥ prakṛtau saṅgāt kālena so 'bhavat
Hence, through that lack of discrimination, there is transmigration for the person; and that lack of discrimination came about in prakṛti, from attachment, through time.
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KuP 2 3.16
कालः सृजति भूतानि कालः संहरति प्रजाः । सर्वे कालस्य वशगा न कालः कस्यचिद् वशे
kālaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni kālaḥ saṃharati prajāḥ / sarve kālasya vaśagā na kālaḥ kasyacid vaśe
Time creates beings, time withdraws creatures; all are subject to time, but time is not in anyone's power.
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KuP 2 3.17
सो ऽन्तरा सर्वमेवेदं नियच्छति सनातनः । प्रोच्यते भगवान् प्राणः सर्वज्ञः पुरुषोत्तमः
so 'ntarā sarvamevedaṃ niyacchati sanātanaḥ / procyate bhagavān prāṇaḥ sarvajñaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
He, the eternal one, from within controls all this; he is declared to be the Lord, the breath, the all-knowing, the highest person.
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KuP 2 3.18
सर्वेन्द्रियेभ्यः परमं मन आहुर्मनीषिणः । मनसश्चाप्यहङ्कारमहङ्कारान्महान् परः
sarvendriyebhyaḥ paramaṃ mana āhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / manasaścāpyahaṅkāramahaṅkārānmahān paraḥ
The wise say that the mind is higher than all the sense-organs, and the ego-sense higher than the mind; higher than the ego-sense is the great one.
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KuP 2 3.19
महतः परमव्यक्तमव्यक्तात् पुरुषः परः । पुरुषाद् भगवान् प्राणस्तस्य सर्वमिदं जगत्
mahataḥ paramavyaktamavyaktāt puruṣaḥ paraḥ / puruṣād bhagavān prāṇastasya sarvamidaṃ jagat
Higher than the great one is the unmanifest; higher than the unmanifest is the person; higher than the person is the Lord, the breath — this whole world is his.
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KuP 2 3.20
प्राणात् परतरं व्योम व्योमातीतो ऽग्निरीश्वरः । सो ऽहं सर्वत्रगः शान्तो ज्ञानात्मा परमेश्वरः । नास्ति मत्तः परं भूतं मां विज्ञाय विमुच्यते
prāṇāt parataraṃ vyoma vyomātīto 'gnirīśvaraḥ / so 'haṃ sarvatragaḥ śānto jñānātmā parameśvaraḥ / nāsti mattaḥ paraṃ bhūtaṃ māṃ vijñāya vimucyate
Higher than breath is the ether; beyond the ether is Fire, the Lord. That am I, going everywhere, tranquil, whose self is knowledge, the supreme Lord. There exists no being higher than I; by knowing me one is released.
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KuP 2 3.21
नित्यं हि नास्ति जगति भूतं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । ऋते मामेकमव्यक्तं व्योमरूपं महेश्वरम्
nityaṃ hi nāsti jagati bhūtaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam / ṛte māmekamavyaktaṃ vyomarūpaṃ maheśvaram
For there is no eternal being in the world, whether unmoving or moving, apart from me alone, the unmanifest, ether-formed Great Lord.
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KuP 2 3.22
सो ऽहं सृजामि सकलं संहरामि सदा जगत् । मायी मायामयो देवः कालेन सह सङ्गतः
so 'haṃ sṛjāmi sakalaṃ saṃharāmi sadā jagat / māyī māyāmayo devaḥ kālena saha saṅgataḥ
That am I: I create the whole world and always withdraw it, the possessor of māyā, the god made of māyā, joined together with Time.
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KuP 2 3.23
मत्सन्निधावेष कालः करोति सकलं जगत् । नियोजयत्यनन्तात्मा ह्येतद् वेदानुशासनम्
matsannidhāveṣa kālaḥ karoti sakalaṃ jagat / niyojayatyanantātmā hyetad vedānuśāsanam
In my presence this Time makes the whole world; the infinite-souled (one) sets (it) to work — this is the teaching of the Veda.
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