Text 29] Daksa Curses Lord Siva 71

TRANSLATION

One who takes a vow to satisfy Lord Siva or who follows such principles
will certainly become an atheist and be diverted from transcendental
scriptural injunctions.

PURPORT

It is sometimes seen that devotees of Lord Siva imitate the character-
istics of Lord Siva. For example, Lord Siva drank an ocean of poison, so
some of the followers of Lord Siva imitate him and try to take intoxicants
like gaija (marijuana). Here the curse is that if someone follows such
principles he must become an infidel and turn against the principles of
Vedic regulation. It is said that such devotees of Lord Siva will be sac-
chastra-paripanthinah, which means opposed to the conclusion of sastra, or
scripture. This is confirmed in the Padma Purana also. Lord Siva was
ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to preach the impersonal
or Mayavadi philosophy for a particular purpose, just as Lord Buddha
preached the philosophy of voidness for particular purposes mentioned in
the sastras.

Sometimes it is necessary to preach a philosophical doctrine which is
against the Vedic conclusion. In the Siva Purdpa it is stated that Lord
Siva said to Parvati that in the Kali-yuga in the body of a brahmana he
would preach the Mayavadi philosophy. Thus generally it is found that the
worshipers of Lord Siva are Mayavadi followers. Lord Siva himself says,
mayavadam asac-chastram. Asat-sadstra, as explained here, means the
doctrine of Mayavadi impersonalism, or becoming one with the Supreme.
Bhrgu Muni cursed that persons who worshiped Lord Siva would become
followers of this Mayavadi asat-sdstra. It is called asat-sastra because
the Mayavadi doctrine attempts to establish that the Supreme Personality
of Godhead is impersonal. Besides that, among the worshipers of Lord
Siva there is a section who live a devilish life. Srimad-Bhagavatam and
Narada-paiicaratra are authorized scriptures that are considered sat-sastra,
or scriptures which lead one to the path of God realization. Asat-sastras
are just the opposite.

TEXT 29
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nasta-Sauca mitdha-dhiyo
jata-bhasmasthi-dharinah
