Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22
अन्तराय-उपसर्ग-विवेचनम् / Analysis of Yogic Obstacles (Antarāyas) and Upasargas
यद्वस्तु विरसञ्चापि भोक्तुमिच्छति तत्क्षणात् । रसादिकं भवेच्चान्यत्त्रयाणां देहधारणम्
yadvastu virasañcāpi bhoktumicchati tatkṣaṇāt | rasādikaṃ bhaveccānyattrayāṇāṃ dehadhāraṇam
جو شے اپنی فطرت میں بے ذائقہ ہو، اگر اسے بھوگنے کی خواہش ہو تو اسی لمحے وہ ذائقہ وغیرہ سے آراستہ ہو جاتی ہے۔ اور اس سے ایک اور نتیجہ بھی پیدا ہوتا ہے—تین دوشوں کے ذریعے بدن کا قائم رہنا۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
It highlights how desire (icchā) projects “taste” and attractiveness onto objects, binding the pashu (individual soul) to sensory experience; Shaiva teaching points toward vairāgya and turning awareness to Pati (Shiva) as the real support beyond bodily maintenance.
By showing that worldly enjoyment is mind-dependent and binding, the verse implicitly directs the devotee to stabilize the mind through Saguna Shiva worship—Linga-upāsanā and devotion—so perception is purified and redirected from transient rasa to Shiva-consciousness.
Practice sense-restraint with steady japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditation on the Linga to reduce craving-driven projection; on Mahāśivarātri, combine fasting/regulated diet with mantra-japa to weaken attachment to “taste.”