Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 8
KuP 2 8.1
ईश्वर उवाच अन्यद् गुह्यतमं ज्ञानं वक्ष्ये ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवाः । येनासौ तरते जन्तुर्घोरं संसारसागरम्
īśvara uvāca anyad guhyatamaṃ jñānaṃ vakṣye brāhmaṇapuṅgavāḥ / yenāsau tarate janturghoraṃ saṃsārasāgaram
The Lord said: I shall declare another, most secret knowledge, O bulls among brahmins, by which this creature crosses the dreadful ocean of transmigration.
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KuP 2 8.2
अहं ब्रह्ममयः शान्तः शाश्वतो निर्मलो ऽव्ययः । एकाकी भगवानुक्तः केवलः परमेश्वरः
ahaṃ brahmamayaḥ śāntaḥ śāśvato nirmalo 'vyayaḥ / ekākī bhagavānuktaḥ kevalaḥ parameśvaraḥ
I am made of brahman, tranquil, everlasting, spotless, unchanging; I am called the solitary Blessed One, the sole Supreme Lord.
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KuP 2 8.3
मम योनिर्महद् ब्रह्म तत्र गर्भं दधाम्यहम् । मूलं मायाभिधानं तु ततो जातमिदं जगत्
mama yonirmahad brahma tatra garbhaṃ dadhāmyaham / mūlaṃ māyābhidhānaṃ tu tato jātamidaṃ jagat
My womb is the great brahman; in it I place the seed — the root named māyā; from that this world was born.
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KuP 2 8.4
प्रधानं पुरुषो ह्यत्मा महान् भूतादिरेव च । तन्मात्राणि महाभूतानीन्द्रियाणि च जज्ञिरे
pradhānaṃ puruṣo hyatmā mahān bhūtādireva ca / tanmātrāṇi mahābhūtānīndriyāṇi ca jajñire
Indeed pradhāna, puruṣa, the self, the Great One, and the origin of the elements (ahaṃkāra), the subtle essences, the great elements and the senses were born.
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KuP 2 8.5
ततो ऽण्डमभवद्धैमं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम् । तस्मिन् जज्ञे महाब्रह्मा मच्छक्त्या चोपबृंहितः
tato 'ṇḍamabhavaddhaimaṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham / tasmin jajñe mahābrahmā macchaktyā copabṛṃhitaḥ
Then arose a golden egg, radiant as ten million suns; in it was born the great Brahmā, strengthened by my power.
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KuP 2 8.6
ये चान्ये बहवो जीवा मन्मयाः सर्व एव ते । न मां पश्यन्ति पितरं मायया मम मोहिताः
ye cānye bahavo jīvā manmayāḥ sarva eva te / na māṃ paśyanti pitaraṃ māyayā mama mohitāḥ
And the many other living beings — they all consist of me; (yet) they do not see me, their father, deluded by my māyā.
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KuP 2 8.7
याश्च योनिषु सर्वासु संभवन्ति हि मूर्तयः । तासां माया परा योनिर्मामेव पितरं विदुः
yāśca yoniṣu sarvāsu saṃbhavanti hi mūrtayaḥ / tāsāṃ māyā parā yonirmāmeva pitaraṃ viduḥ
And the forms that come into being in all wombs — for them māyā is the higher womb; (but the wise) know me alone as the father.
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KuP 2 8.8
यो मामेवं विजानाति बीजिनं पितरं प्रभुम् । स धीरः सर्वलोकेषु न मोहमधिगच्छति
yo māmevaṃ vijānāti bījinaṃ pitaraṃ prabhum / sa dhīraḥ sarvalokeṣu na mohamadhigacchati
He who thus knows me as the sower of the seed, the father, the lord — he is steadfast in all the worlds and does not fall into delusion.
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KuP 2 8.9
ईशानः सर्वविद्यानां भूतानां परमेश्वरः । ओङ्कारमूर्तिर्भगवानहं ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः
īśānaḥ sarvavidyānāṃ bhūtānāṃ parameśvaraḥ / oṅkāramūrtirbhagavānahaṃ brahmā prajāpatiḥ
I am the ruler of all knowledges, the supreme lord of beings, the Blessed One whose form is the syllable Oṃ, Brahmā, the lord of creatures.
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KuP 2 8.10
समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् । विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति
samaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṃ parameśvaram / vinaśyatsvavinaśyantaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati
He who sees the Supreme Lord abiding equally in all beings, undying among the dying — he (truly) sees.
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KuP 2 8.11
समं पश्यन् हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् । न हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति पराङ्गतिम्
samaṃ paśyan hi sarvatra samavasthitamīśvaram / na hinastyātmanātmānaṃ tato yāti parāṅgatim
Indeed, seeing the Lord equally present everywhere, he does not harm himself by himself, and thereby goes to the highest goal.
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KuP 2 8.12
विदित्वा सप्त सूक्ष्माणि षडङ्गं च महेश्वरम् । प्रधानविनियोगज्ञः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति
viditvā sapta sūkṣmāṇi ṣaḍaṅgaṃ ca maheśvaram / pradhānaviniyogajñaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati
Having known the seven subtle (principles) and the six-limbed Great Lord, one who knows the primal matter and its employment attains the supreme Brahman.
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KuP 2 8.13
सर्वज्ञता तृप्तिरनादिबोधः स्वतन्त्रता नित्यमलुप्तशक्तिः । अनन्तशक्तिश्च विभोर्विदित्वा षडाहुरङ्गानि महेश्वरस्य
sarvajñatā tṛptiranādibodhaḥ svatantratā nityamaluptaśaktiḥ / anantaśaktiśca vibhorviditvā ṣaḍāhuraṅgāni maheśvarasya
Omniscience, contentment, beginningless knowing, independence, perpetually unfailing power, and infinite power — these six, having known them, they call the limbs of the Lord, the Great Lord.
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KuP 2 8.14
तन्मात्राणि मन आत्मा च तानि सूक्ष्माण्याहुः सप्त तत्त्वात्मकानि । या सा हेतुः प्रकृतिः सा प्रधानं बन्धः प्रोक्तो विनियोगो ऽपि तेन
tanmātrāṇi mana ātmā ca tāni sūkṣmāṇyāhuḥ sapta tattvātmakāni / yā sā hetuḥ prakṛtiḥ sā pradhānaṃ bandhaḥ prokto viniyogo 'pi tena
The subtle elements, mind, and the self — these seven they call the subtle (principles), consisting of the (true) entities. That which is the cause, prakṛti, is the pradhāna; and by it, bondage is declared to be the 'employment'.
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KuP 2 8.15
या सा शक्तिः प्रकृतौ लीनरूपा वेदेषूक्ता कारणं ब्रह्मयोनिः । तस्या एकः परमेष्ठी परस्ता- न्महेश्वरः पुरुषः सत्यरूपः
yā sā śaktiḥ prakṛtau līnarūpā vedeṣūktā kāraṇaṃ brahmayoniḥ / tasyā ekaḥ parameṣṭhī parastā- nmaheśvaraḥ puruṣaḥ satyarūpaḥ
That power which lies hidden in prakṛti, called in the Vedas the cause, the womb of Brahman — beyond her is the one supreme-abiding Great Lord, the Person whose form is truth.
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KuP 2 8.16
ब्रह्मा योगी परमात्मा महीयान् व्योमव्यापी वेदवेद्यः पुराणः । एको रुद्रो मृत्युरव्यक्तमेकं बीजं विश्वं देव एकः स एव
brahmā yogī paramātmā mahīyān vyomavyāpī vedavedyaḥ purāṇaḥ / eko rudro mṛtyuravyaktamekaṃ bījaṃ viśvaṃ deva ekaḥ sa eva
Brahmā, the yogin, the supreme Self, the greater, pervading space, to be known through the Veda, ancient; the one Rudra, death, the one unmanifest, the seed, the universe — that one god is he alone.
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KuP 2 8.17
तमेवैकं प्राहुरन्ये ऽप्यनेकं त्वेकात्मानं केचिदन्यत्तथाहुः । अणोरणीयान् महतो ऽसौ महीयान् महादेवः प्रोच्यते वेदविद्भिः
tamevaikaṃ prāhuranye 'pyanekaṃ tvekātmānaṃ kecidanyattathāhuḥ / aṇoraṇīyān mahato 'sau mahīyān mahādevaḥ procyate vedavidbhiḥ
Him alone some call one, others many, and some call him single-selved, and others otherwise; he is smaller than the smallest, greater than the great — he is proclaimed the Great God by the knowers of the Veda.
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KuP 2 8.18
एवं हि यो वेद गुहाशयं परं प्रभुं पुराणं पुरुषं विश्वरूपम् । हिरण्मयं बुद्धिमतां परां गतिं स बुद्धिमान् बुद्धिमतीत्य तिष्ठति
evaṃ hi yo veda guhāśayaṃ paraṃ prabhuṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ viśvarūpam / hiraṇmayaṃ buddhimatāṃ parāṃ gatiṃ sa buddhimān buddhimatītya tiṣṭhati
For he who thus knows the supreme Lord who lies in the cave (of the heart), the ancient Person of universal form, golden, the highest goal of the intelligent — he, being intelligent, transcends the intellect and abides.
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