Shloka 30
पापभेदवर्णनम्
Classification of Sins / Taxonomy of Pāpa
नियमान्स्वयमादाय ये त्यजंत्यजितेन्द्रियाः । प्रव्रज्यावासिता ये च हरस्यास्यप्रभेदकाः
niyamānsvayamādāya ye tyajaṃtyajitendriyāḥ | pravrajyāvāsitā ye ca harasyāsyaprabhedakāḥ
Mereka yang mengambil disiplin dengan kehendak sendiri tetapi meninggalkannya ketika indera belum ditundukkan—dan mereka yang hanya menyandang rupa luar kehidupan pertapaan—menjadi pengacau jalan serta ajaran Dewa Hara (Śiva) ini.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Warns against pseudo-renunciation; true Śiva-mārga requires indriya-jaya and sustained niyama, removing pāśa (bondage) rather than intensifying it through hypocrisy.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It warns that discipline without sense-control becomes unstable, and that mere external renunciation without inner mastery turns into a force that confuses and harms Shiva’s liberating path.
Linga-worship is meant to purify the mind through devotion and restraint; this verse emphasizes that Saguna Shiva’s worship bears fruit when supported by conquered senses and sincere observance, not by outward religious display.
Steady niyamas with genuine indriya-nigraha (sense-restraint) alongside Shiva-japa—especially the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namah Shivaya)—is implied as the practical safeguard against hollow asceticism.