Shloka 24

ध्यानयज्ञः, संसार-विष-निरूपणम्, पाशुपतयोगः, परा-अपरा विद्या, चतुर्वस्था-विचारः (अध्यायः ८६)

Devanagari script

न जातु कामः कामानाम् उपभोगेन शाम्यति हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते

Transliteration

na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate

Translation

കാമ്യവസ്തുക്കളുടെ ഭോഗം കൊണ്ടു കാമം ഒരിക്കലും ശമിക്കുകയില്ല; ഹവിസ്സാൽ പോഷിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന അഗ്നിപോലെ അത് കൂടുതൽ വളരുന്നു. അതിനാൽ പശു (ബന്ധിത ജീവൻ) വൈരാഗ്യത്തോടെ കാമത്തെ നിയന്ത്രിച്ച് മനസ്സിനെ പതി—പ്രഭു ശിവനിൽ—നിവേശിപ്പിക്കണം; പാശം ഛേദിക്കുന്നവൻ അവൻ മാത്രമാണ്.

Word by Word

• na: not

• jātu: ever/at any time

• kāmaḥ: desire/craving

• kāmānām: of desired objects/pleasures

• upabhogena: by enjoyment/consumption

• śāmyati: becomes calm/is extinguished

• haviṣā: by oblations (ghee-offerings)

• kṛṣṇa-vartmā: the dark-pathed one, i.e., fire/smoke-trailing flame

• iva: like

• bhūyaḥ: again/further

• eva: indeed

• abhivardhate: increases/grows

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva dharma instruction within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Linga-worship as inner purification: mere indulgence strengthens kāma, so the devotee approaches the Linga with restraint, offering the mind itself into Śiva, the Pati, to loosen pāśa.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By implication, Śiva-tattva is the liberating principle beyond craving—Pati who is not increased by objects and who grants śānti by cutting the bonds that keep the pashu circling in desire.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Kāma-nigraha through vairāgya as a core Pāśupata-Yogic discipline—treating sense-objects like fuel to a fire and instead redirecting attention to Śiva through japa, dhyāna, and sattvic pūjā.