Text 31]
Lord Śiva Saves the Universe
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yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi- koṭiṣv aśeṣa-vasudhādi-vibhūti-bhinnam tad brahma niṣkalam anantam aśeṣa-bhūtam govindam ādi-puruṣam tam aham bhajāmi
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is the impersonal Brahman, which is absolute, complete and unlimited and which displays the varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences, in millions and millions of universes.” Although the impersonal feature of the Absolute is an expansion of the rays of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He does not need to take care of the impersonalists who enter the  brahmajyoti . Kṛṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.4),  mayā tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-mūrtinā : “In My impersonal feature I pervade this entire universe.” Thus the  avyakta-mūrti , the impersonal feature, is certainly an expansion of Kṛṣṇa’s energy. Māyāvādīs, who prefer to merge into this Brahman effulgence, worship Lord Śiva. The  mantras  referred to in text 29 are called  mukhāni pañcopaniṣadas taveśa . Māyāvādīs take all these  mantras  seriously in worshiping Lord Śiva. These  mantras  are as follows: (1)  tat puruṣāya vidmahe śāntyai , (2)  mahā-devāya dhīmahi vidyāyai , (3)  tan no rudraḥ pratiṣṭhāyai , (4)  pracodayāt dhṛtyai , (5)  aghorebhyas tamā.... , (6)  atha ghorebhyo mohā.... , (7)  aghorebhyo rakṣā.... , (8)  aghoratarebhyo nidrā.... , (9)  sarvebhyaḥ sarva-vyādhyai , (10)  sarva-sarvebhyo mṛtyave , (11)  namas te ’stu kṣudhā.... , (12)  rudra-rūpebhyas tṛṣṇā.... , (13)  vāmadevāya rajā.... , (14)  jyeṣṭhāya svāhā.... , (15)  śreṣṭhāya ratyai , (16)  rudrāya kalyāṇyai , (17)  kālāya kāmā.... , (18)  kala-vikaraṇāya sandhinyai , (19)  bala-vikaraṇāya kriyā.... , (20)  balāya vṛddhyai , (21)  balacchāyā.... , (22)  pramathanāya dhātryai , (23)  sarva-bhūta-damanāya bhrāmaṇyai , (24)  manaḥ-śoṣiṇyai , (25)  unmanāya jvarā.... , (26)  sadyojātam prapadyāmi siddhyai , (27)  sadyojātāya vai namaḥ ṛddhyai , (28)  bhave dityai , (29)  abhave lakṣmyai , (30)  nātibhave medhā.... , (31)  bhajasva mām kāntyai , (32)  bhava svadhā.... , (33)  udbhavāya prabhā.... , (34)  īśānaḥ sarva-vidyānām śaśinyai , (35)  īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānām abhaya-dā.... , (36)  brahmādhipatir brahmaṇodhipatir brahman brahmeṣṭa-dā.... , (37)  śivo me astu marīcyai , (38)  sadāśivaḥ jvālinyai .