Vāyu-jaya (Prāṇa-vijaya) and Yogic Mastery over Time — वायुजय (प्राणविजय) तथा कालजय
रेफाग्रं लंबकाग्रं करतलघटनं शुभ्रपद्मस्य बिन्दोस्तेनाकृष्टा सुधेयं पतति परपदे देवतानंदकारी । सारं संसारतारं कृतकलुषतरं कालतारं सतारं येनेदं प्लावितांगं स भवति न मृतः क्षुत्पिपासाविहीनः
rephāgraṃ laṃbakāgraṃ karatalaghaṭanaṃ śubhrapadmasya bindostenākṛṣṭā sudheyaṃ patati parapade devatānaṃdakārī | sāraṃ saṃsāratāraṃ kṛtakaluṣataraṃ kālatāraṃ satāraṃ yenedaṃ plāvitāṃgaṃ sa bhavati na mṛtaḥ kṣutpipāsāvihīnaḥ
At the tip of the “repha” and at the tip of the hanging drop, by placing the palm at the point of the white lotus, nectar is drawn forth; that ambrosial essence flows in the supreme state, bringing delight to the gods. It is the very essence that ferries one across saṃsāra, that washes away accumulated impurity, that overcomes Time and carries one beyond it. When this body is flooded by that nectar, a person is as though not subject to death—free from hunger and thirst.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, within the Umāsaṃhitā’s yogic-philosophical discourse)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
It praises the inner ‘amṛta’ (nectar) experienced through yogic realization, describing it as the essence that purifies bondage (pāśa) and carries the soul toward the supreme state under Shiva’s grace.
Although expressed in yogic imagery, the goal is union with Shiva as Pati (the Lord): Saguna worship (Linga, mantra, devotion) supports purification, while inner yoga culminates in tasting the ‘nectar’ of higher awareness leading beyond saṃsāra.
A meditative discipline involving inner concentration at a subtle ‘lotus’ point and regulated breath (prāṇāyāma/dhāraṇā) to draw forth the amṛta; it is best grounded in Shaiva practice such as Panchakshara japa and purity observances.