Vāyu-jaya (Prāṇa-vijaya) and Yogic Mastery over Time — वायुजय (प्राणविजय) तथा कालजय
रेफाग्रं लंबकाग्रं करतलघटनं शुभ्रपद्मस्य बिन्दोस्तेनाकृष्टा सुधेयं पतति परपदे देवतानंदकारी । सारं संसारतारं कृतकलुषतरं कालतारं सतारं येनेदं प्लावितांगं स भवति न मृतः क्षुत्पिपासाविहीनः
rephāgraṃ laṃbakāgraṃ karatalaghaṭanaṃ śubhrapadmasya bindostenākṛṣṭā sudheyaṃ patati parapade devatānaṃdakārī | sāraṃ saṃsāratāraṃ kṛtakaluṣataraṃ kālatāraṃ satāraṃ yenedaṃ plāvitāṃgaṃ sa bhavati na mṛtaḥ kṣutpipāsāvihīnaḥ
Na ponta do «repha» e na ponta da gota pendente, pelo assentar da palma no ponto do lótus branco, o néctar é atraído; essa essência amṛta flui no estado supremo, trazendo júbilo aos devas. É o próprio sumo que faz atravessar o saṃsāra, que lava a impureza acumulada, que vence o Tempo e conduz para além dele. Quando esse néctar inunda este corpo, a pessoa é como se não estivesse sujeita à morte—livre de fome e de sede.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, within the Umāsaṃhitā’s yogic-philosophical discourse)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Inner ‘tīrtha’ motif: the amṛta/nectar experience is framed as a salvific crossing beyond saṃsāra and kāla, paralleling the fruit promised by Jyotirliṅga-darśana but here via yogic interiorization.
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: Transcending kāla (time/death) through amṛta—an inner ‘anti-mṛtyu’ (death-overcoming) state.
It praises the inner ‘amṛta’ (nectar) experienced through yogic realization, describing it as the essence that purifies bondage (pāśa) and carries the soul toward the supreme state under Shiva’s grace.
Although expressed in yogic imagery, the goal is union with Shiva as Pati (the Lord): Saguna worship (Linga, mantra, devotion) supports purification, while inner yoga culminates in tasting the ‘nectar’ of higher awareness leading beyond saṃsāra.
A meditative discipline involving inner concentration at a subtle ‘lotus’ point and regulated breath (prāṇāyāma/dhāraṇā) to draw forth the amṛta; it is best grounded in Shaiva practice such as Panchakshara japa and purity observances.