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
ನಂತರ ‘ನ ಮಮ’—ಅಂದರೆ ‘ಇದು ನನ್ನದು ಅಲ್ಲ’—ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಬೇಕು; ಇದನ್ನೇ ಉದ್ದೇಶತ್ಯಾಗ (ಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯಭಾವ ತ್ಯಾಗ) ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಆಮೇಲೆ ‘ಕಪೋತಕಾಯ…’ ಎಂದು ಆರಂಭವಾಗುವ ಎರಡು ಮಂತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಲಿತು ಅನ್ವಯಿಸಬೇಕು.
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.