Selections from IshvaragItA - 7 (concluded)

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... shrIH ..

... shrIchandramaulIshvarAya namaH ..

... shrIkAraNaparachidrUpAyai namaH ..

 

tataH sa bhagavAn.h devaH kapardI vR^iShavAhanaH .

sa.nhR^itya parama.n rUpa.n prakR^itistho.abhavad.h bhavaH .. 42 ..

 

Then, Lord Kapardin Bhava, who has an ox as his vehicle,

withdrew his cosmic form and became normal.

 

te bhava.n bhUtabhavyesha.n pUrvavat.h samavasthitam.h .

dR^iShTvA nArAyaNa.n deva.n vismitA vAkyamabruvan.h .. 43 ..

 

Then the sages, seeing Bhava, the Lord of the past and

the future, in that (calm) state and also seeing Lord

Narayana in the same state, were filled with wonder and

said :

 

bhagavan.h bhUtabhavyesha govR^iShAN^kitashAsana .

dR^iShTvA te parama.n rUpa.n nivR^ittAH sma sanAtana .. 44 ..

 

O God, O Lord of the past and the future, O God known

by the ox vehicle, O Eternal One, having seen your divine

form, we have attained perfect peace.

 

bhavatprasAdAdamale parasmin.h parameshvare .

asmAka.n jAyate bhaktistvayyevAvyabhichAriNI .. 45 ..

 

O God, it is through your grace that unswerving devotion

has been born in our minds for you the Supreme Lord, the

stainless one.

 

idAnI.n shrotumichchhAmo mAhAtmya.n tava sha.nkara .

bhUyo.api tava yannitya.n yAthAtmya.n parameShThinaH .. 46 ..

 

Now we are desirous of hearing the story of your noble

powers O Sankara. Also we are craving to hear from you

your Eternal Truth.

 

sa teShA.n vAkyamAkarNya yoginA.n yogasiddhidaH .

prAhaH gambhIrayA vAchA samAlokya cha mAdhavam.h .. 47 ..

 

Then the God who endowed the Yogins with spiritual success,

on hearing their appeals, cast a look at Madhava (Narayana)

and spoke (thus) in a sublime voice.

 

iti shrIkUrmapurANe ShaTsAhasryA.n sa.nhitAyAmuparivibhAge

(IshvaragItAsu) pa~nchamo.adhyAyaH ..

 

Thus ends the fifth chapter (of the IsvaraGita) in the

second part of the Kurma Purana Samhita consisting of

six thousand verses.