Shloka 24
Vāyu-jaya (Prāṇa-vijaya) and Yogic Mastery over Time — वायुजय (प्राणविजय) तथा कालजय
पश्यंतोऽपि न पश्यंति शृण्वाना बधिरा यथा । यथांधा मानुषा लोके मूढाः पापविमोहिताः
paśyaṃto'pi na paśyaṃti śṛṇvānā badhirā yathā | yathāṃdhā mānuṣā loke mūḍhāḥ pāpavimohitāḥ
Though they have eyes, they do not truly see; though they hear, they are like the deaf. Like blind men in the world, such people are deluded fools, their understanding eclipsed by sin—unable to recognize the Lord (Pati) and the path that cuts the bonds (pāśa).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Sthala Purana: Not tied to a shrine; it is an ethical-gnostic diagnosis: pāpa and moha function as pāśa, producing spiritual blindness.
Significance: Prompts repentance (prāyaścitta), purification, and turning toward Śiva’s anugraha as the cure for blindness of pāśa.
FAQs
It teaches that mere physical senses are insufficient for spiritual knowledge; sin and delusion create inner blindness and deafness, preventing recognition of Shiva (Pati) and the liberating way beyond bondage (pāśa).
Linga/Saguna worship trains perception: through reverent darśana, pūjā, and remembrance, the devotee’s inner faculties become purified so that Shiva is ‘seen’ not only as an object of sight but as the indwelling Lord beyond delusion.
Purifying practice is implied: daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), sincere confession and restraint from pāpa, and steady dhyāna on Shiva to remove inner blindness and restore right discernment.