Shloka 134
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
त्वत्स्वरूपेर्पिता बुद्धिर्नतेऽशून्ये च रोचति । या चास्त्यस्मदहंतेति त्वयि दृष्टे विवर्जिता
tvatsvarūperpitā buddhirnate'śūnye ca rocati | yā cāstyasmadahaṃteti tvayi dṛṣṭe vivarjitā
Lorsque l’intellect est offert dans Ta propre nature essentielle, il ne se complaît plus dans le « non-vide » (tout appui objectif). Et la notion « je suis ceci » (le sens de l’ego), qui demeure en nous, est abandonnée quand Tu es réellement contemplé.
Lord Shiva (teaching within the Vidyeśvarasaṃhitā context on realization and ego-transcendence)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: Kāśī’s Viśveśvara is presented as the revealer of liberating knowledge: when buddhi is surrendered into Śiva’s svarūpa, object-support (ālambana) and ahaṃtā fall away—this is the jñāna-side of Kāśī’s promise of mokṣa.
Significance: Frames pilgrimage not merely as external merit but as inner transformation: ego-thinning and surrender culminating in Śiva-darśana (realization).
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that liberation arises when buddhi is surrendered into Shiva’s svarūpa; then attachment to external supports and the ego-notion “I am this” naturally falls away through Shiva-darśana (direct realization).
Saguna worship (Linga, mantra, pūjā) steadies the mind and refines buddhi; as devotion matures, awareness is led to Shiva’s essential nature beyond object-supports, where ego-identification is relinquished.
Meditative surrender: japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with inward offering of thoughts into Shiva, combined with steady contemplation that dissolves ahaṃtā rather than feeding it.