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
Akal (buddhi) dikatakan sebagai kesan daripada Prakṛti—yakni hasil ciptaan daripadanya. Namun, dengan Mahāprasāda (Rahmat Agung) Tuhan Śiva, Prakṛti kembali berada di bawah kawalan dan ditundukkan.
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.