Shloka 44
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धमाहात्म्य-प्रश्नः
Pitṛ-sarga and the Greatness of Śrāddha: The Inquiry
सनत्कुमार उवाच । देवान्पुरासृजद्ब्रह्मा मां यक्षध्वं स चाह तान् । तमुत्सृज्य तमात्मानमयजंस्ते फलार्थिनः
sanatkumāra uvāca | devānpurāsṛjadbrahmā māṃ yakṣadhvaṃ sa cāha tān | tamutsṛjya tamātmānamayajaṃste phalārthinaḥ
سنَتکُمار نے کہا—قدیم زمانے میں برہما نے دیوتاؤں کو پیدا کیا اور فرمایا، “میری یَجْن کرو۔” مگر وہ پھل کے خواہاں ہو کر اسے چھوڑ بیٹھے اور اپنے ہی نفس کی پرستش کرنے لگے، انا کو ہی دیوتا بنا کر۔
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pasha
Cosmic Event: Early cosmogonic phase: Brahmā creates devas; misdirected yajña arises
FAQs
It warns that fruit-seeking religion can slip into ego-centeredness—treating the limited self as supreme—whereas Shaiva teaching directs worship toward Pati (Śiva), the true Lord beyond the ego, for liberation.
By contrasting ego-worship with rightful worship, it supports the Shaiva view that devotion to Saguna Śiva (such as the Śiva-liṅga) disciplines the ego and reorients the mind from ‘I’ and ‘mine’ toward the Lord who grants both worldly order and moksha.
Adopt niṣkāma-bhakti: worship Śiva with mantra-japa (e.g., the pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and offerings with humility, explicitly renouncing fruit-motivation and ego as the doer.