Shloka 21
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
बुद्धिस्तु कार्यं प्रकृतेस्तत्सृष्टिरिति कथ्यते । पुनर्महाप्रसादेन प्रकृतिर्वशमेष्यति
buddhistu kāryaṃ prakṛtestatsṛṣṭiriti kathyate | punarmahāprasādena prakṛtirvaśameṣyati
बुद्धी ही प्रकृतीचे कार्य—तिच्याच सृष्टीचा परिणाम—असे सांगितले आहे। परंतु भगवान शिवाच्या महाप्रसादाने प्रकृतीही पुन्हा वश होऊन शांत होते।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Doctrinally clarifies bondage mechanics: buddhi belongs to prakṛti (a pāśa-category); liberation is Śiva’s grace bringing prakṛti under mastery—supporting the Siddhānta view that the soul is distinct from mind/nature and needs anugraha to transcend them.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that the mind’s highest faculty (buddhi) is still a product of Prakṛti, so liberation is not achieved by intellect alone; Śiva’s grace is what finally brings Nature and its bindings under mastery, opening the way to mokṣa.
Linga-worship centers the seeker in Pati (Śiva) beyond Prakṛti; devotion to Saguna Śiva invokes mahāprasāda, through which the restless workings of Prakṛti become pacified and disciplined.
Regular japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with Śiva-pūjā—optionally with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa—cultivates surrender and steadiness, aligning buddhi to receive Śiva’s grace that subdues Prakṛti.