Shloka 24
Vāmadeva-mata: Rahasya-upadeśa
The Esoteric Teaching of Vāmadeva’s Doctrine
नमो गुहाय भूतानां गुहासु निहिताय च । गुह्याय गुह्यरूपाय गुह्यागमविदे नमः
namo guhāya bhūtānāṃ guhāsu nihitāya ca | guhyāya guhyarūpāya guhyāgamavide namaḥ
သတ္တဝါအားလုံးအတွင်း နေထိုင်သော လျှို့ဝှက်မြတ်စွာသော ရှိဝတော်ထံ နမস্কာရ။ နှလုံး၏ အတွင်းအနက် “ဂူ” များတွင် လျှို့ဝှက်တည်ရှိတော်မူသော အရှင်ထံ နမস্কာရ။ လျှို့ဝှက်သူ၊ လျှို့ဝှက်ရုပ်သဏ္ဍာန်ရှိသူ၊ လျှို့ဝှက်သော ရှైవ အာဂမများ (ဂုဟျာဂမ) ကို သိမြင်တော်မူသော အရှင်ထံ နမস্কာရ။
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: नमो गुहाय भूतानां गुहासु निहिताय च । गुह्याय गुह्यरूपाय गुह्यागमविदे नमः
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It praises Śiva as Pati—the innermost, concealed Reality dwelling within all beings—known not merely by outer sight but through inner purification, devotion, and yogic insight into the heart-cave where bondage (pāśa) is cut.
The Liṅga is the accessible Saguna support for worship, while this verse points to the same Śiva as subtle and hidden within; outer Liṅga-pūjā becomes complete when it culminates in inner contemplation of the indwelling Lord.
Japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with inward dhyāna—seeking Śiva in the heart-cave—supported by Śaiva observances such as bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and disciplined purity aligned with Āgamic worship.