Shloka 32
कामप्रभावः (कामा॑स्य प्रभाववर्णनम्) — The Power of Kāma and the (Ineffective) Attempt to Delude Śiva
मोहनेहं समर्थो न हरस्येति मनोभवः । वचः श्रुत्वा महादुःखान्निरश्वसमहं मुने
mohanehaṃ samartho na harasyeti manobhavaḥ | vacaḥ śrutvā mahāduḥkhānniraśvasamahaṃ mune
O sage, when I heard Manobhava’s words—“I am not capable here of deluding Hara (Śiva)”—I was plunged into great sorrow and became utterly despondent.
Brahma
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It highlights Śiva (Pati) as intrinsically beyond moha (delusion) and kāma (desire), implying that liberation arises by turning from desire-driven agitation toward steadfast devotion and inner purity.
Śiva’s indeludable nature points to the Linga as the stable, unshaken focus of worship—Saguna devotion that leads the mind beyond fluctuating desire into the recognition of Śiva’s transcendent reality.
A practical takeaway is to counter kāma and moha through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady dhyāna on the Śiva-liṅga, supported by Shaiva disciplines like bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa for mental restraint.