Shloka 14
Ghuśmā–Sudehā: Jealousy, Household Honor, and the Ethics of Śaiva Merit (गुश्मा–सुदेहा प्रसङ्गः)
सूत उवाच । कदर्य्याणां विचारश्च कृत्याकृत्ये भवेन्नहि । कठोरः प्रायशो विप्राः सापत्नो भाव आत्महा
sūta uvāca | kadaryyāṇāṃ vicāraśca kṛtyākṛtye bhavennahi | kaṭhoraḥ prāyaśo viprāḥ sāpatno bhāva ātmahā
Sūta dit : « Chez les avares, il n'y a en effet aucun discernement concernant ce qui doit être fait et ce qui ne doit pas l'être. Ces personnes ont généralement le cœur dur, ô brāhmaṇas — toujours en rivalité, et destructeurs de leur propre noble disposition. »
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Jyotirlinga: Ghṛṣṇeśvara
Sthala Purana: The narrator moralizes the episode: miserliness/jealous rivalry destroys discernment (viveka), functioning as pāśa that veils dharma; the Ghṛṣṇeśvara narrative then shows Śiva’s grace overturning the consequences.
Significance: Pilgrimage is framed as ethical purification: abandoning kadarya (meanness) and sāpatnya (jealous rivalry) to become fit for Śiva’s anugraha.
FAQs
It warns that miserliness (kādaraya) destroys viveka—discernment of dharma—making the heart hard and jealousy-ridden, which blocks devotion and inner purification needed for Shiva’s grace.
Linga-worship is not merely external; it requires a softened, generous heart. Greed and rivalry negate the spirit of offering (naivedya, dāna, seva), so the verse underscores inner eligibility for fruitful Saguna Shiva worship.
Practice dāna (charity) and daily offerings to Shiva with the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating compassion; this counters hardness of heart and supports steady bhakti and purification.