Shloka 36
गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः
Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa
न ममेति वदेत्पश्चादुद्देशत्याग ईरितः । अतः परं विविद्यैति कपोतकायेति मन्त्रयोः
na mameti vadetpaścāduddeśatyāga īritaḥ | ataḥ paraṃ vividyaiti kapotakāyeti mantrayoḥ
បន្ទាប់មក ចូរនិយាយថា «មិនមែនរបស់ខ្ញុំ»—នេះត្រូវបានហៅថា ការលះបង់ការកាន់កាប់។ បន្ទាប់ពីនោះ ចូររៀនឲ្យត្រឹមត្រូវ ហើយអនុវត្តមន្ត្រាទាំងពីរ ដែលចាប់ផ្តើមដោយ «kapotakāya…»។
Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasha Samhita teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Mantra: na mama (uddeśa-tyāga); “kapotakāya …” (two mantras indicated but not fully quoted)
Role: teaching
FAQs
It instructs the seeker to dissolve “mamatā” (the sense of ‘mine-ness’) by affirming “na mameti,” a key Shaiva discipline that loosens pāśa (bondage) and prepares the mind for mantra-sādhana leading toward Shiva-realization.
Linga-worship is not only external offering but inner surrender; saying “not mine” converts ritual into true devotion by offering the ego’s ownership back to Pati (Shiva), the Lord of all, making Saguna worship a doorway to higher knowledge.
A practice of verbal and mental renunciation—repeating “na mameti” before further mantra-recitation—followed by learning and applying the prescribed pair of mantras (“kapotakāya…”), indicating a sequential discipline: tyāga first, mantra next.