Shloka 40
Vāmadeva-mata: Rahasya-upadeśa
The Esoteric Teaching of Vāmadeva’s Doctrine
मुने त्वं योगिनान्मुख्यः परिपूर्णश्च निस्पृहः । भवादृशां हि लोकेस्मिप्रार्थनीयं न विद्यते
mune tvaṃ yoginānmukhyaḥ paripūrṇaśca nispṛhaḥ | bhavādṛśāṃ hi lokesmiprārthanīyaṃ na vidyate
O sage, among yogins you are foremost—complete in realization and free from desire. Indeed, in this world there is nothing that persons like you need to ask for.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Teaches vairāgya as a mark of ripened paśu: the yogin who is niṣpṛha is least entangled in pāśa (bondage). Such dispassion is a sign that the Lord’s concealment (tirodhāna) is thinning, preparing for anugraha.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It praises the mark of true yogic attainment—inner fullness and desirelessness—implying that liberation-oriented maturity needs no worldly petition because the seeker rests in the grace and sufficiency of Pati (Shiva).
Even when worship begins with Saguna forms like the Shiva-Linga, its fruit is inner purification leading to nispṛhatā (freedom from craving). The verse points to that culmination: devotion ripens into contentment and steadfastness in Shiva.
The takeaway is cultivation of vairagya through steady Shiva-upāsanā—japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and dhyāna—so the mind becomes complete and no longer driven by petitions.