Shloka 41
गिरिजातपः-परीक्षा तथा सप्तर्षि-आह्वानम्
Girijā’s Austerity-Test and the Summoning of the Seven Sages
मुनिना निजविद्या यच्छ्राविता कर्णरोचना । स स्वगेहं विहायाशु भिक्षां चरति प्रायशः
muninā nijavidyā yacchrāvitā karṇarocanā | sa svagehaṃ vihāyāśu bhikṣāṃ carati prāyaśaḥ
मुनींनी आपली निजविद्या—कानांना सुखावणारी—त्याला ऐकवली. ते ऐकताच तो लवकरच आपले घर सोडून बहुतेक वेळा भिक्षा मागत भ्रमण करू लागला.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Bhikṣāṭana
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights śravaṇa (reverent listening) as a catalyst for vairāgya: when true knowledge is heard from a realized sage, worldly attachment loosens and the seeker naturally turns toward a life oriented to Shiva and liberation.
Renunciation here is not mere rejection of life, but a shift of center—away from possessiveness to single-pointed devotion; such a seeker typically adopts simple, disciplined worship of Saguna Shiva (often through Linga-upāsanā) supported by humility and dependence on divine grace.
The implied practice is śravaṇa leading to disciplined sādhana: living simply, begging only as needed, and sustaining oneself with mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and steady remembrance of Shiva.