Shloka 30
पापभेदवर्णनम्
Classification of Sins / Taxonomy of Pāpa
नियमान्स्वयमादाय ये त्यजंत्यजितेन्द्रियाः । प्रव्रज्यावासिता ये च हरस्यास्यप्रभेदकाः
niyamānsvayamādāya ye tyajaṃtyajitendriyāḥ | pravrajyāvāsitā ye ca harasyāsyaprabhedakāḥ
Aqueles que, embora assumam por si mesmos disciplinas, as abandonam com os sentidos ainda indomados — e aqueles que apenas adotam a forma exterior da renúncia — tornam-se perturbadores do caminho e do ensinamento deste Senhor Hara (Śiva).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
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.