aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣyam · Chapter 1

aitareyopaniṣad
śāntipāṭhaḥ
oṃ vāṅme manasi pratiṣṭhitā mano me vāci pratiṣṭhitamāvirāvīrmā edhi /
vedasya me āṇīsthaḥ śrutaṃ me mā prahāsīḥ /
anenādhītenāhorātrānsandadhāmyṛtaṃ vadiṣyāmi /
satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi /
tanmāmavatu /
tadvaktāramavatu /
avatu māmavatu vaktāramavatu vaktāram //
oṃ śāntiḥ! śānti!! śāntiḥ!!!
sambandhabhāṣya
parisamāptaṃ karma sahāparabrahmaviṣayavijñānena /
saiṣā karmaṇo jñānasahitasya parā gatirukthavijñānadvāreṇopasaṃhṛtā /
"etatsatyaṃ brahma prāṇākhyam""eṣa eko devaḥ""etasyaiva prāṇasya sarve devā vibhūtayaḥ""etasya prāṇasyātmabhāvaṃ gacchandevatā apyeti"ityuktam /
so'yaṃ devatāpyayalakṣaṇaḥ paraḥ puruṣārthaḥ, eṣa mokṣaḥ /
sa cāyaṃ yathoktena jñānakarmasamuccayasādhanena prāptavyo nātaḥ paramastītyeke pratipannāḥ /
tānnirācikīrṣuruttaraṃ kevalātmajñānavidhānārtham'ātmā vā idam' ityādyāha /
kathaṃ punarakarmasambandhikevalātmavijñānavidhānārtha uttaro grantha iti gamyate?
anyārthānavagamāt /
tathā ca pūrvoktānāṃ devatānāmagnyādīnāṃ saṃsāritvaṃ darśayiṣyatyaśanāyādidoṣavattvena"tamaśanāpipāsābhyāmanvavārjam"(१ / २ / १) ityādinā /
aśanāyādimatsarvaṃ saṃsāra eva parasya tu brahmaṇo'śanāyādyatyayaśruteḥ /
bhavatyevaṃ kevalātmajñānaṃ mokṣasādhanaṃ na tvatrākarmyevādhikriyate viśeṣāśravaṇāt /
akarmiṇa āśramyantarasyehāśravaṇāt /
karma ca bṛhatīsahasralakṣaṇaṃ prastutyānantaramevātmajñānaṃ prārabhyate /
tasmātkarmyevādhikriyate /
na ca karmāsaṃbandhyātmavijñānaṃ pūrvavadanta upasaṃhārāt /
yathā karmasaṃbandhinaḥ puruṣasya sūryātmanaḥ sthāvarajaṅgamādisarvaprāṇyātmatvamuktaṃ brāhmaṇena mantreṇa ca"sūrya ātmā"(ṛ.saṃ.१ / ११४ / १) ityādinā, tathaiva'eṣa brahmaiṣa indraḥ' (३ / १ / ३) ityādyupakramya sarvaprāṇyātmatvam'yacca sthāvaraṃ sarvaṃ tatprajñānetram, (३ / १ / ३) ityupasaṃhariṣyati /
tathā ca saṃhitopaniṣadi"etaṃ hyeva bahuvṛcā mahatyukthe mīmāṃsante"(ai.ā.३ / २ / ३ / १२) ityādinā karmasaṃbandhitvamuktvā"sarveṣu bhūteṣvetameva brahmetyācakṣate"ityupasaṃharati /
tathā tasyaiva"yo'yamaśarīraḥ prajñātmā"ityuktasya"yaścāsāvāditya ekameva taditi vidyāt"ityekatvamuktam /
ihāpi"ko'yamātmā"(३ / १ / १) ityupakramya prajñātmatvameva"prajñānaṃ brahma"(३ / १ / ३) iti darśayiṣyati /
tasmānnākarmasaṃbandhyātmajñānam /
punaruktyānarthakyamiti cet /
katham?"prāṇo vā ahamasmyṛṣe"ityādibrāhmaṇena"sūrya ātmā"iti mantreṇa ca nirdhāritasyātmanaḥ (३ / १ / १) iti praśnapūrvakaṃ punarnirdhāraṇaṃ punaruktamanarthakamiti cetna॑ tasyaiva dharmāntaraviśeṣanirdhāraṇārthatvānna punaruktatādoṣaḥ /
katham? tasyaiva karmasaṃbandhino jagatsṛṣṭisthitisaṃhārādidharmaviśeṣanirdhāraṇārthatvātkevalopāstyarthatvādvā /
athavā ātmetyādiparo granthasandarbha ātmanaḥ karmiṇaḥ karmaṇo'nyatropāsanāprāptau karmaprastāve'vihitatvātkevalo'pyātmopāsya ityevamarthaḥ /
bhedābhedopāsyatvādvaika evātmā karmaviṣaye bhedadṛṣṭibhāk, sa evākarmakāle'bhedenāpyupāsya ityevamapunaruktatā /
"vidyāṃ cāvidyāṃ ca yastadvedobhayaṃ saha /
avidyayā mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtamaśnute"(ī.u.११) iti,"kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣecchataṃ samāḥ"(ī.u.२) iti ca vājinām /
na ca varṣaśatātparamāyurmartyānām /
yena karmaparityāgenātmānamupāsīta /
darśitaṃ ca"tāvanti puruṣāyuṣo'hnāṃ sahasrāṇi bhavanti"iti /
varṣaśataṃ cāyuḥ karmaṇaiva vyāptam /
darśitaśca mantraḥ"kurvanneveha karmāṇi"ityādiḥ /
tathā"yāvajjīvamagnihotrañjuhoti""yāvajjīvaṃ darśapūrṇamāsābhyāṃ yajeta"ityādyāśca /
"taṃ yajñapātrairdahanti"iti ca /
ṛṇatrayaśruteśca /
tatra pārivrājyādi śāstraṃ vyutthāyātha bhikṣācaryaṃ caranti (bṛ.u.३ / ५ / १, ४ / ४ / २२) iti ātmajñānastutiparor'thavādaḥ /
anadhikṛtārtho vā /
na॑ paramārthavijñāne phalādarśane kriyānupapatteḥ /
yaduktaṃ karmiṇa ātmajñānaṃ karmasaṃbandhi ca ityādi tanna /
paraṃ hyāptakāmaṃ sarvasaṃsāradoṣavarjitaṃ brahmāhamasmītyātmatvena vijñāne, kṛtena kartavyena vā prayojanamātmano'paśyata phalādarśane kriyā nopapadyate /
phalādarśane'pi niyuktatvātkarotīti cenna niyogāviṣayātmadarśanāt /
iṣṭayogamaniṣṭaviyogaṃ cātmanaḥ prayojanaṃ paśyaṃstadupāyārthī yo bhavati sa niyogasya viṣayo dṛṣṭo loke /
na tu tadviparītaniyogāviṣayabrahmātmatvadarśī /
brahmātmatvadarśyapi saṃścenniyujyeta niyogāviṣayo'pi sanna kaścinna niyukta iti sarvaṃ karma sarveṇa sarvadā kartavyaṃ prapnoti /
taccāniṣṭam /
na ca sa niyoktuṃ śakyate kenacit॑ āmnāyasyāpi tatprabhavatvāt /
ma hi svavijñānotthena vacasā svayaṃ niyujyate /
nāpi bṛhavitsvāmyavivekinā bhṛtyena /
āmnāyasya nityatve sati svātaṃntryātsarvānprati niyoktṛtvasāmarthyamiti cenna uktadoṣāt /
tathāpi sarveṇa sarvadā sarvamaviśiṣṭaṃ karma kartavyamityukto doṣo'pyaparihārya eva /
tadapi śāstreṇaiva vidhīyata iti cedyathākarmakartavyatā śāstreṇa kṛtā tathā tadapyātmajñānaṃ tasyaiva karmiṇaḥ śāstreṇa vidhīyata iti cet, na॑ viruddhārthabodhakatvānupapatteḥ /
na hyekasminkṛtākṛtasaṃbandhitvaṃ tadviparītatvaṃ ca bodhayituṃ śakyam, śītoṣṇatāmivāgneḥ /
na ceṣṭayogacikīrṣā ātmano'niṣṭaviyogācikīrṣā ca śāstrakṛtā, sarvaprāṇināṃ taddarśanāt /
śāstrakṛtaṃ cettadubhayaṃ gopālādīnāṃ na dṛśyeta, aśāstrajñatvātteṣām /
yaddhi svato'prāptaṃ tacchāstreṇa bodhayitavyam /
taccetkṛtakartavyatāvirodhyātmajñānaṃ śāstreṇa kṛtam, kathaṃ tadviruddhāṃ kartavyatāṃ punarutpādayecchītatāmivāgnau tama iva ca bhānau /
na bodhayatyeveti cenna,"sa ma ātmeti vidyāt"(kau.u.३ / ९) "prajñānaṃ brahma"(३ / १ / ३) iti copasaṃhārāt /
"tadātmānamevāvet"(bṛ.u.१ / ४ / ९) "tattvamasi"(chā.u.६ / ८ १६) ityevamādivākyānāṃ tatparatvāt /
utpannasya ca brahmātmavijñānasyābādhyamānatvānnānutpannaṃ bhrāntaṃ veti śakyaṃ vaktum /
tyāge'pi prayojanābhāvasya tulyatvamiti cet"nākṛteneha kaścana"(gītā ३ / २८) iti smṛteḥ ya āhurviditvā brahma vyutthānameva kuryāditi teṣāmapyeṣa samāno doṣaḥ prayojanābhāva iti cenna॑ akriyāmātratvādvyutthānasya /
avidyānimitto hi prayojanasya bhāvo na vastudharmaḥ sarvaprāṇināṃ taddarśanāt /
prayojanatṛṣṇayā ca preryamāṇasya vāṅmanaḥkāyaiḥ pravṛttidarśanāt /
"so'kāmayata jāyā me syāt"(bṛ.u.१ / ४ / १७) ityādinā putravittādi pāṅktalakṣaṇaṃ kāmyameveti"ubhe hyete eṣaṇe eva"(bṛ.u.३ / ५ / १ ॑ ४ / ४ / २२) iti vājasaneyibrāhmaṇe'vadhāraṇāt /
avidyākāmadoṣanimittāyā vāṅmanaḥkāyapravṛtteḥ pāṅktalakṣaṇāyā viduṣo'vidyādidoṣābhāvādanupapatteḥ kriyābhāvamātraṃ vyutthānam, na tu yāgādivadanuṣṭheyarūpaṃ bhāvātmakam /
tacca vidyāvatpuruṣadharma iti na prayojanamanveṣṭavyam /
na hi tamasi pravṛttasyodita āloke yadgartapaṅkakaṇṭakādyatapanaṃ tatkiṃprayojanamiti praśnārham /

vyutthānaṃ tarhyarthaprāptatvānna codanārhamiti gārhasthye cetparaṃ brahmavijñānaṃ jātaṃ tatraivāstvakurvata āsanaṃ na tato'nyatra gamanamiti cenna kāmaprayuktatvādgārhasthyasya"etāvānvai kāmaḥ"(bṛ.u.१ / ४ / १७) iti"ubhe hyete eṣaṇe eva"(bṛ,u.३ / ५ / १ ॑ ४ / ४ / २२) ityavadhāraṇāt /
kāmanimittaputravittādisaṃbandhaniyamābhāvamātraṃ na hi tato'nyatra gamanaṃ vyutthānamucyate /
ato na gārhasthya evākurvata āsanamutpannavidyasya /
etena guruśuśrūṣātapasorapyapratipattirviduṣaḥsiddhā /
atra kecidgṛhasthā bhikṣāṭanādibhayātparibhavācca trasyamānāḥ sūkṣmadṛṣṭitāṃ darśayanta uttaramāhuḥ bhikṣorapi bhikṣāṭanadiniyamadarśanāddehadhāraṇamātrārthino gṛhasthasyāpi sādhyasādhanaiṣaṇobhayavinirmuktasya dehamātradhāraṇarthamaśanācchādanamātramupajīvato gṛha evāstvāsanamiti /
na, svagṛhaviśeṣaparigrahaniyamasya kāmaprayuktatvādityuktottarametat /
svagṛhaviśeṣaparigrahābhāve ca śarīradhāraṇamātraprayuktāśanācchādanārthinaḥ svaparigrahaviśeṣābhāver'thādbhikṣukatvameva /
śarīradhāraṇārthāyāṃ bhikṣāṭanādipravṛttau yathā niyamo bhikṣoḥ śaucādau ca, tathā gṛhiṇo'pi viduṣo'kāmino'stu nityakarmasu niyamena pravṛttiryāvajjīvādiśrutiniyuktatvātpratyavāyaparihārāyeti /
etanniyogāviṣayatvena viduṣaḥ pratyuktamaśakyaniyojyatvācceti /
yāvajjīvādinityacodanānarthakyamiti cet?
na, avidvadviṣayatvenārthavattvāt /
yattu bhikṣoḥ śarīradhāraṇamātrapravṛttasya pravṛtterniyatatvaṃ tatpravṛtterna prayojakam /
ācamanapravṛttasya pipāsāpagamavannānyaprayojanārthatvamavagamyate /
na cāgnihotrādīnāṃ tadvadarthaprāptapravṛttiniyatatvopapattiḥ /
arthaprāptapravṛttiniyamo'pi prayojanābhāve'nupapanna eveti cet?
na, tanniyamasya pūrvapravṛttisiddhatvāttadatikrame yatnagauravāt /
arthaprāptasya vyutthānasya punarvacanādviduṣaḥ kartavyatvopapattiḥ /
aviduṣopi mumukṣuṇā pārivrājyaṃ kartavyameva /
tathā ca"śānto dāntaḥ"(bṛ.u.४ / ४ / २३) ityādivacanaṃ pramāṇam /
śamadamādīnāṃ cātmadarśanasādhanānāmanyāśrameṣvanupapatteḥ /
"atyāśramibhyaḥ parama pavitraṃ provāca samyagṛṣisaṃghajuṣṭam"(६ / २१) iti ca śvetāśvatare vijñāyate /
'na karmaṇā na prajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvamānaśuḥ' (kaivalya.२) iti ca kaivalyaśrutiḥ /
"jñātvā naiṣkarmyamācaret"iti ca smṛteḥ /
"brahmāśramapade vaset"iti ca brahmacaryādividyāsādhanānāṃ ca sākalyenātyāśramiṣūpapattergrārhasthye'saṃbhavāt /
na cāsaṃpannaṃ sādhanaṃ kasyacidarthasya sādhanāyālam /
yadvijñānopayogīni ca gārhasthyāśramakarmāṇi teṣāṃ paramaphalamupasaṃhṛtaṃ devatāpyayalakṣaṇaṃ saṃsāraviṣayameva /
yadi karmiṇa eva paramātmavijñānamabhaviṣyatsaṃsāraviṣayasyaiva phalasyopasaṃhāro nopāpātsyat /
aṅgaphalaṃ taditi cenna tadvirodhyātmavastuviṣayatvādātmavidyāyāḥ /
nirākṛtasarvanāmarūpakarmaparamārthātmavastuviṣayaṃ jñānamamṛtatvasādhanam /
guṇaphalasaṃbandhe hi nirākṛtasarvaviśeṣātmavastuviṣayatvaṃ jñānasya na prāpnoti /
taccāniṣṭam,"yatra tvasya sarvamātmaivābhūt"
(bṛ.u.२ / ४ / १४) ityadhikṛtya kriyākārakaphalādisarvavyavahāranirākāraṇādviduṣaḥ /
tadviparītasyāviduṣo"yatra hi dvaitamiva"(bṛ.u.२ / ४ / १४) ityuktvā kriyākārakaphalarūpasyaiva saṃsārasya darśitatvācca vājasaneyibrāhmaṇe /
tathehāpi devatāpyayaṃ saṃsāraviṣayaṃ yatphalamaśanāyādimadvastvātmakaṃ tatphalamupasaṃhṛtya kevalaṃ sarvātmakavastuviṣayaṃ jñānamamṛtatvāya vakṣyāmīti pravartate /
ṛṇapratibandhasyāviduṣa eva manuṣyapitṛdevalokaprāptiṃ prati, na viduṣaḥ /
"so'yaṃ manuṣyalokaḥ putreṇaiva"(bṛ.u.१ / ५ / १६) ityādilokatrayasādhananiyamaśruteḥ /
viduṣaśca ṛṇapratibandhābhāvo darśita ātmalokārthinaḥ"kiṃ prajayā kariṣyāmaḥ"(bṛ.u.४ / ४ / २२) ityādinā /
tathā"etadva sma vai tadvidvāṃsa āhurṛṣaḥ kāvaṣeyāḥ"ityādi /
"etaddha sma vai tatpūrve vidvāṃso'gnihotraṃ na juhavāñcakruḥ"(kauṣī. २ / ५) iti ca kauṣītakinām /
aviduṣastarhi ṛṇānapākaraṇe pārivrājyānupapattiriti cet?
na॑ prāggārhasthyapratipatterṛṇitvāsaṃbhavāt /
adhikārānārūḍho'pyṛṇī ca syātsarvasya ṛṇitvamityaniṣṭaṃ prasajyetāpratipannagārhasthyasyāpi"gṛhādvanībhūtvā pravrajedyadi vetarathā brahmacaryādeva pravrajedgṛhādvā vanādvā"(jā.u.४) ityātmadarśanopāyasādhanatveneṣyata eva pārivrājyam /
yāvajjīvādiśrutīnāmavidvadamumukṣuviṣaye kṛtārthatā /
chāndogye ca keṣāñciddvādaśarātramagnihotraṃ hutvā tata ūrdhva parityāgaḥ śrūyate /
yattvanadhikṛtānāṃ pārivrājyamiti, tanna, teṣāṃ pṛthageva,"utsannāgniranagniko vā"ityādiśravaṇāt /
sarvasmṛtiṣu cāviśeṣeṇāśramavikalpaḥ prasiddhaḥ samuccayaśca /
yattu viduṣor'thaprāptaṃ vyutthānamityaśāstrārthatve, gṛhe vane vā tiṣṭhato na viśeṣa iti, tadasatvyutthānasyaivārthaprāptatvānnānyatrāvasthānaṃ syāt /
anyatrāvasthānasya kāmakarmaprayuktatvaṃ hyavocāma, tadabhāvamātraṃ vyutthānamiti ca /
yathākāmitvaṃ tu viduṣo'tyantamaprāptaṃ atyantamūḍhaviṣayatvenāvagamāt /
tathā śāstracoditamapi karma ātmavido'prāptaṃ gurubhāratayāvagamyate /
kimutātyantāvivekanimittaṃ yathākarmitvam /
na hi unmādatimiradṛṣṭyupalabdhaṃ vastu tadapagame'pi tathaiva syāt /
unmādatimiradṛṣṭinimittatvādeva tasya /
tasmādātmavido vyutthānavyatirekeṃ na yathākāmitvaṃ na cānyatkartavyamityetatsiddham /
yattu"vidyāṃ cāvidyāṃ ca yasyadvedobhayaṃ saha"(ī.u.११) iti na vidyāvato vidyayā sahāvidyāpi vartate ityayamarthaḥ kastarhi ekasminpuruṣe ete ekadaiva na saha saṃbadhyeyātāmityarthaḥ /
yathā śuktikāyāṃ rajataśuktikājñāne ekasya puruṣasya /
"dūramete viparīte viṣūcī avidyā yā ca vidyeti jñātā"(ka.u.१ / २ / ४) iti hi kāṭhake /
tasmānna vidyāyāṃ satyāmavidyāsaṃbhavo'sti /
"tapasā brahma vijijñāsasva"(tai.u.३ / २) ityādiśruteḥ tapa ādi vidyotpattisādhanaṃ gurūpāsanādi ca karma avidyātmakatvādavidyocyate tena vidyāmutpādya mṛtyuṃ kāmamatitarati /
tato niṣkāmastyaktaiṣaṇobrahmavidyayā amṛtatvamaśnuta itye'tamartha darśayannāha "avidyayā mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtamaśnute"(ī.u.११) iti /
yattu puruṣāyuḥ sarvaṃ karmaṇaiva vyāptaṃ"kuvenneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣecchataṃ samāḥ"(ī.u.२) iti tadavidvadviṣayatvena parihṛtamitarathāsaṃbhavāt /
yattu vakṣyamāṇamapi pūrvoktatulyatvātkarmaṇāviruddhamātmajñānamiti, tatsaviśeṣanirviśeṣātmatayā pratyuktam, uttaratra vyākhyāne ca darśayiṣyāmaḥ /
ataḥ kevalaniṣkriyabrahmātmakatvavidyādarśanārthamuttaro grantha ārabhyate
१,१.१
ātmā vā idameka evāgra āsīt /
nānyatkiñcana miṣat /
sa īkṣata lokānnu sṛjā iti

bhāṣya १,१.१
ātmā āpnoteratteratatervā paraḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvaśaktiraśanāyādisarvasaṃsāradharmavarjito nityaśuddhabuddhamuktasvabhāvo'jo'jaro'maromṛto'bhayo'dvayo vai idaṃ yaduktaṃ nāmarūpakarmabhedabhinnañjagadātmaivaiko'gre jagataḥ sṛṣṭeḥ prāgāsīt /
kiṃ nedānīṃ sa evaikaḥ
na /
kathaṃ tarhyāsīdityucyate yadyapīdānīṃ sa evaikastathāpyasti viśeṣaḥ /
prāgutpatteravyākṛtanāmarūpabhedamātmabhūtamātmaikaśabdapratyayagocaraṃ jagadidānīṃ vyākṛtanāmarūpabhedatvādanekaśabdapratyayagocaramātmaikaśabdapratyayagocara ceti viśeṣaḥ /
yathā salilātpṛthakphenanāmarūpavyākaraṇātprāksalilaikaśabdapratyayagocarameva phenam, yadā salilātpṛthaṅnāmarūpabhedena vyākṛtaṃ bhavati tadā salilaṃ phenaṃ cetyanekaśabdapratyayabhāksalilameveti caikaśabdapratyayabhākca phenaṃ bhavati tadvat /
nānyatkiñcana na kiñcidapi miṣannimiṣadvyāpāravaditaradvā /
yathā sāṃkhyānāmanātmapakṣapāti svatantraṃ pradhānaṃ yathā ca kāṇādānāmaṇavo na tadvadihānyadātmanaḥ kiñcidapi vastu vidyate kiṃ tarhi ! ātmaivaika āsīdityabhiprāyaḥ /
sa sarvajñasvābhāvyādātmā eka eva sannīkṣata /
nanu prāgutpatterakāryakaraṇatvātkathamīkṣitavān /
nāyaṃ doṣaḥ sarvajñasvābhāvyāttathā ca mantravarṇaḥ"apāṇipādo javano grahītā"(śve.u.३ / १९) ityādiḥ /
kenābhiprāyeṇetyāha lokānambhaḥprabhṛtīn prāṇikarmaphalopabhogasthānabhūtānnu sṛjai sṛje'hamiti

१,१.२
evamīkṣitvā ālocya
sa imāṃllokānasṛjatāmbho marīcīrmaramāpaḥ /
ado'mbhaḥ pareṇa divam /
dyauḥ pratiṣṭhā /
antarikṣaṃ marīcayaḥ /
pṛthivī maraḥ /
yā adhastāttā āpaḥ

bhāṣya १,१.२
sa ātmemāṃllokānasṛjata sṛṣṭavān /
yatheha buddhimāṃstakṣādirevaṃprakārānprāsādādīnsṛja iti īkṣitvekṣānantara prāsādādīnsṛjati tadvat /
nanu sopādānastakṣādiḥ prāsādādīnsṛjatīti yuktaṃ nirupādānastvātmā kathaṃ lokān sṛjati ?
naiṣa doṣaḥ, salilaphenasthānīye ātmabhūte nāmarūpe avyākṛte ātmaikaśabdavācye vyākṛtaphenasthānīyasya /
jagataḥ upādānabhūte saṃbhavataḥ /
tasmādātmabhūtanāmarupopādānabhūtaḥ sansarvajño jagannirmimīta ityaviruddham /
athavā, yathā vijñānavānmāyāvī nirupādāna ātmānameva ātmāntaratvenākāśena gacchantamiva nirmimīte, tathā sarvajño devaḥ sarvaśaktirmahāmāya ātmānamevātmāntaratvena jagadrūpeṇa nirmimīta iti yuktataram /
evaṃ ca sati kāryakāraṇobhayāsadvādyādipakṣāśca na prasajjante sunirākṛtāśca bhavanti /
kāṃllokānasṛjatetyāha ambho marīcirmaramāpa iti /
ākāśādikrameṇa aṇḍamutpādyāmbhaḥprabhṛtīn lokānasṛjata /
tatrāmbhaḥprabhṛtīn svayameva vyācaṣṭe śrutiḥ /
adastadambhaḥ śabdavācyo lokaḥ pareṇa divaṃ dyulokātpareṇa parastāt॑ so'mbhaḥśabdavācya ambho bharaṇāt /
dyauḥpratiṣṭhāśrayastasyāmbhaso lokasya /
dyulokādadhastādantarikṣaṃ yattanmarīcayaḥ /
eko'pyanekasthānabhedatvādbahuvacanabhāk marīcaya iti ॑ marīcibhirvā raśmibhiḥsambandhāt /
pṛthivī maro mriyante'smin bhūtānīti /
yā adhastātpṛthivyāstā āpa ucyante ॑ āpnoteḥ, lokāḥ /
yadyapi pañcabhūtātmakatvaṃ lokānāṃ tathāpyabbāhulyādabnāmabhirevāmbho marīcirmaramāpa ityucyante

१,१.३
sarvaprāṇikarmaphalopādānādhiṣṭhānabhūtāṃścaturo lokān sṛṣṭvā
sa īkṣateme nu lokāḥ /
lokapālānnu sṛjā iti /
so'dbhya eva puruṣaṃ samuddhṛtyāmūrcchayat

bhāṣya १,१.३
sa īśvaraḥ punarevekṣata /
ime nu ambhaḥprabhṛtayo mayā sṛṣṭā lokāḥ paripālayitṛvarjitā vinaśyeyuḥ tasmādeṣāṃ rakṣaṇārthaṃ lokapālāṃllokānāṃ pālayitṛ sṛjai sṛje'hamiti /
evamīkṣitvā so'dbhya evaṃ appradhānebhya eva pañcabhūtebhyo yebhyo'mbhaḥprabhṛtīnsṛṣṭavāṃstebhya evetyarthaḥ /
puruṣaṃ puruṣākāraṃ śiraḥpāṇyādimantaṃ samuddhṛtya adbhyaḥ samupādāya mṛtpiṇḍamiva kulālāḥ pṛthivyāḥ, amūrchayatmūrchitavān saṃpiṇḍitavān svāvayavasaṃyojanenetyarthaḥ

१,१.४
tamabhyatapat /
tasyābhitaptasya mukhaṃ nirabhidyata yathāṇḍam /
mukhādvāk /
vāco'gniḥ /
nāsike nirabhidyetām /
nāsikābhyāṃ prāṇaḥ /
prāṇādvāyuḥ /
akṣiṇī nirabhidyetām /
akṣībhyāṃ cakṣuḥ /
cakṣuṣa ādityaḥ /
karṇau nirabhidyetām /
karṇābhyāṃ śrotram /
śrotrāddiśaḥ /
tvaṅnirabhidyata /
tvaco lomāni /
lomabhya oṣadhivanaspatayaḥ /
hṛdayaṃ nirabhidyata /
hṛdayānmanaḥ /
manasaścandramāḥ /
nābhirnirabhidyata /
nābhyā apānaḥ /
apānānmṛtyuḥ /
śiśnaṃ nirabhidyata /
śiśnādretaḥ /
retasa āpaḥ

bhāṣya १,१.४
taṃ piṇḍaṃ puruṣavidhamuddiśyābhyatapat /
tadabhidhyānaṃ saṃkalpaṃ kṛtavānityarthaḥ,"yasya jñānamayaṃ tapaḥ"(mu.u.१ / १ / ९) ityādiśruteḥ /
tasyābhitaptasyeśvarasaṃkalpena tapasābhitaptasya piṇḍasya mukhaṃ nirabhidyata mukhākāraṃ suṣiramajāyata yathā pakṣiṇo'ṇḍaṃ nirbhidyata evam /
tasmānnirbhinnātmukhādvākkaraṇamindriyaṃ niravartata॑ tadadhiṣṭhātāgnistato vāco lokapālaḥ /
tathā nāsike nirabhidyetām /
nāsikābhyāṃ prāṇaḥ॑ prāṇadvāyuḥ॑ iti sarvatrādhiṣṭhānaṃ karaṇaṃ devatā ca trayaṃ krameṇa nirbhinnamiti /
akṣiṇī karṇau tvaghṛdayamantaḥkaraṇādhiṣṭhānam, mano'ntaḥkaraṇam nābhiḥ sarvaprāṇabandhanasthānam /
apānasaṃyuktatvādapāna iti pāyvindriyamucyate /
tasmāttasyādhiṣṭhātrī devatā mṛtyuḥ /
yathānyatra, tathā śiśnaṃ nirabhidyata prajananendriyasthānam /
indriyaṃ reto retovisargārthatvātsaha retasocyate /
retasa āpa iti

iti prathamādhyāye prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ

१,२.१
tā etā devatāḥ sṛṣṭā asminmahatyarṇave prāpatan /
tamaśanāpipāsābhyāmanvavārjat /
tā enamabruvannāyatanaṃ naḥ prajānīhi /
yasmin pratiṣṭhitā annamadāmeti

bhāṣya १,२.१
tā etā agnyādayo devatā lokapālatvena saṃkalpya sṛṣṭā īśvareṇāsminsaṃsārarṇave saṃsārasamudre mahatyavidyākāmakarmaprabhava duḥkhodake tīvrarogajarāmṛtyumahāgrāhe'nādāvanante'pāre nirālambe viṣayendriyajanitasukhalavakṣaṇaviśrāme pañcendriyārthatṛṇmārutavikṣobhotthitānarthaśatamahormau mahārauravādyanekanirayagatahāhetyādikūjitākrośanodbhūtamahārave satyārjavadānadayāhiṃsāśamadamadhṛtyādyātmaguṇapātheyapūrṇajñānoḍupe satsaṅgasarvatyāgamārge mokṣatīre etasminmahatyarṇave prāpatanpatitatavatyaḥ /
tasmādagnyādidevatāpyayalakṣaṇāpi yā gatirvyākhyātā jñānakarmasamuccayānuṣṭhānaphalabhūtā sāpi nālaṃ saṃsāraduḥkhopaśamāya, ityayaṃ vivakṣitor'the'tra /
yata evaṃ tasmādevaṃ viditvā paraṃ brahma ātmātmanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ ca yo vakṣyamāṇaviśeṣaṇaḥ prakṛtaśca jagadutpattisthitisaṃhārahetutvena sa sarvasaṃsāraduḥkhopaśamanāya veditavyaḥ /
tasmāt"eṣa panthā etatkamaitadbrahmaitatsatyam"(ai.u.२ / १ / १) yadetatparabrahmātmajñānam"nānyaḥ panthā vidyate'yanāya"(śve.u.३ / ८.६ / १५) iti mantravarṇāt /
taṃ sthānakaraṇadevatotpattibījabhūtaṃ puruṣaṃ prathamotpāditaṃ piṇḍamātmānamaśanāyāpipāsābhyāmanvavārjadanugamitavānsaṃyojitavānityatheḥ /
tasya kāraṇabhūtasyāśanāyādidoṣavattvāttatkāryabhūtānāmapi devatānāmaśanāyādimattvam /
tāstato'śanāyāpipāsābhyāṃ pīḍyamānā enaṃ pitāmahaṃ sraṣṭāramabruvannuktavatyaḥ āyatanamadhiṣṭhānaṃ no'smabhyaṃ prajānīhi vidhatsva /
yasminnāyatane pratiṣṭhitāḥ samarthāḥ satyo'nnamadāma bhakṣayāma iti

१,२.२
evamukta īśvaraḥ
tābhyo gāmānayat /
tā abruvanna vai no'yamalamiti /
tābhyo'śvamānayat /
tā abruvanna vai no'yamalamiti

tābhyo devatābhyo gāṃ gavākṛtiviśiṣṭaṃ piṇḍaṃ tābhya aivādbhyaḥ pūrvavatpiṇḍaṃ samuddhṛtya mūrchayitvānayaddarśitavān /
tāḥ punargavākṛtiṃ dṛṣṭavānbruvan na vai no'smadarthamadhiṣṭhānāyānnamattumayaṃ piṇḍo'laṃ na vai /
alaṃ paryāptaḥ attuṃ na yogya ityarthaḥ /
gavi pratyākhyāte tābhyo'śvamānayattā abruvanna vai no'yamalamiti pūrvavat

१,२.३
sarvapratyākhyāne
tābhyaḥ puruṣamānayat /
tā abruvan sukṛtaṃ bateti /
puruṣo vāva sukṛtam /
tā abravīdyathāyatanaṃ praviśateti

bhāṣya १,२.३
tābhyaḥ puruṣamānayatsvayonibhūtam /
tāḥ svayoniṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā akhinnāḥ satyaḥ sukṛtaṃ śobhanaṃ kṛtamidamadhiṣṭhānaṃ batetyabruvan tasmātpuruṣo vāva puruṣa eva sukṛtaṃ sarvapuṇyakarmahetutvāt /
svayaṃ vā svenevātmanā svamāyābhiḥ kṛtatvātsukṛtamityucyate /
tā devatā īśvaro'bravīdiṣṭamāsāmidamadhiṣṭhānamiti matvā sarve hi svayoniṣu ramante, ato yathāyatanaṃ yasya yadvadanādikriyāyogyamāyatanaṃ tatpraviśateti

१,२.४
tathāstvityanujñāṃ pratilabhyeśvarasya nagaryāmiva balādhikṛtādayaḥ
agnirvāgbhūtvā mukhaṃ prāviśat /
vāyuḥ prāṇo bhūtvā nāsike prāviśat /
ādityaścakṣurbhūtvākṣiṇī prāviśat /
diśaḥ śrotraṃ bhūtvā karṇau prāviśan /
oṣadhivanaspatayo lomāni bhūtvā tvacaṃ prāviśan /
candramā mano bhūtvā hṛdayaṃ prāviśat /
mṛtyurapāno bhūtvā nābhiṃ prāviśat /
āpo reto bhūtvā śiśnaṃ prāviśan

bhāṣya १,२.४
agnirvāgabhimānī vāgeva bhūtvā svāṃ yoniṃ mukhaṃ prāviśattathoktārthamanyat /
vāyurnāsike ādityo'kṣiṇī diśaḥ karṇau oṣadhivanasyatayastvacaṃ candramā hṛdayaṃ mṛtyurnābhimāpaḥ śiśnaṃ prāviśan

१,२.५
evaṃ labdhādhiṣṭhānāsu devatāsu
tamaśanāpipāse abrūtāmavābhyāmabhiprajānīhīti /
te abravīdetāsveva vāṃ devatāsvābhajāmyetāsu bhāginyau karomīti /
tasmādyasyai kasyai ca devatāyai havirgṛhyate bhāginyāvevāsyāmaśanāpipāse bhavataḥ

bhāṣya १,२.५
niradhiṣṭhāne satyau aśanāyāpipāse tamīśvaramabrūtāmuktavatyau /
āvābhyāmadhiṣṭhānamabhiprajānīhi cintaya vidhatsvetyarthaḥ /
sa īśvara evamuktaste aśanāyāpipāse abravīt /
na hi yuvayorbhāvarūpatvāccetanāvadvastvanāśrityānnārttṛtvaṃ saṃbhavati /
tasmādetāsvevāgnyādyāsu vāṃ yuvāṃ devatāsvadhyātmādhidevatāsvābhajāmi vṛttisaṃvibhāgenānugṛhṇāmi /
etāsu bhāginyai yaddevatyo yo bhāgo havirādilakṣaṇaḥ syāttasyāstenaiva, bhāgena bhāginyau bhāgavatyau vāṃ karomīti /
sṛṣṭyādāvīśvara evaṃ vyadadhādyasmāttasmādidānīmapi yasyai kasyai ca devatāyai arthāya havirgṛhyate carupuroḍāśādilakṣaṇaṃ bhāginyādeva bhāgavatyāvevāsyāṃ devatāyāmaśanāyapipāse bhavataḥ

iti prathamādhyāye dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ

१,३.१
sa īkṣateme nu lokāśca lokapālāśca /
annamebhyaḥ sṛjā iti

bhāṣya १,३.१
evaṃ hi loke īśvarāṇāmanugrahe nigrahe ca svātantryaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sveṣu /
tadvanmaheśvarasyāpi sarveśvaratvātsarvānprati nigrahānugrahe'pi svātantryameva

१,३.२
so'po'bhyatapat /
tābhyo'bhitaptābhyo mūrtirajāyata /
yā vai sā mūrtirajāyatānnaṃ vai tat

bhāṣya १,३.२
sa īśaro'nnaṃ sisṛkṣustā eva pūrvoktā apa uddiśyābhyatapat /
tābhyo'bhitaptābhya upādānabhūtābhyo mūrtirghanarūpaṃ dhāraṇasamartha carācaralakṣaṇamajāyatotpannam /
annaṃ vai tanmūrtirūpaṃ yā vai sā mūrtirajāyata

१,३.३
tadenatsṛṣṭaṃ parāṅatyajighāṃsat /
tadvācājighṛkṣat /
tannāśaknodvācā grahītum /
sa yaddhainadvācāgrahaiṣyadabhivyāhṛtya haivānnamatrapsyat

bhāṣya १,३.३
tadenadannaṃ lokalokapālānāmarthe'bhimukhe sṛṣṭaṃ tadyathā mūṣakādirmārjārādigocare, sanmama mṛtyurannāda iti matvā parāgañcatīti parāṅsadattṝnatītyājighāṃsadatigantumaicchatpalāyituṃ prārabhatetyarthaḥ /
tadannābhiprāyaṃ matvā sa lokalokapālasaṃghātaḥ kāryakaraṇalakṣaṇaḥ piṇḍaḥ prathamajatvādanyāṃścānnādānapaśyaṃstadannaṃ vācā vadanavyāpāreṇājighṛkṣadgrahītumaicchat /
tadannaṃ nāśaknonna samartho'bhadvācā vadanakriyayā grahītumupādātum /
sa prathamajaḥ śarīrī yadyadi hainadvācāgrahaiṣyadgṛhītavānsyādannaṃ sarvo'pi lokastatkāryabhūtatvādabhivyāhṛtya haivānnamatrapsyattṛpto'bhaviṣyat, na caitadasti, ato nāśaknodvācā grahītumityavagacchāmaḥ pūrvajo'pi

१,३.४१०
samānamuttaram
tatprāṇenājighṛkṣat /
tannāśaknotprāṇena grahītum /
sa yaddhainatprāṇenāgrahaiṣyadabhiprāṇya haivānnamatrapsyat

taccakṣuṣājighṛkṣat /
tannāśaknoccakṣuṣā grahītum /
sa yaddhainaccakṣuṣāgrahaiṣyaddṛṣṭvā haivānnamatrapsyat

tacchrotreṇājighṛkṣat /
tannāśaknocchrotreṇa grahītum /
sa yaddhainacchrotreṇāgrahaiṣyacchrutvā haivānnamatrapsyat

tattvacājighṛkṣat /
tannāśaknottvacā grahītum /
sa yaddhainattvacāgrahaiṣyatspṛṣṭvā haivānnamatrapsyat

tanmanasājighṛkṣat /
tannāśaknonmanasā grahītum /
sa yaddhainanmanasāgrahaiṣyaddhyātvā haivānnamatrapsyat

tacchiśnenājighṛkṣat /
tannāśaknocchiśnena grahītum /
sa yaddhainacchiśnenāgrahaiṣyadvisṛjya haivānnamatrapsyat

tadapānenājighṛkṣat /
tadāvayat /
saiṣo'nnasya graho yadvāyuḥ /
annāyurvā eṣa yadvāyuḥ

bhāṣya १,३.४१०
tatprāṇena taccakṣuṣā tacchrotreṇa tattvacā tanmanasā tacchiśnena tena tena karaṇavyāpāreṇānnaṃ grahītumaśaknuvanpaścādapānena vāyunā mukhacchidreṇa tadannamajighṛkṣat /
tadāvayāttadannamevaṃ jagrāha āśitavān /
tena sa eṣo'pānavāyurannasya graho'nnagrāhaka ityetat /
yadvāyuryo vāyurannāyuḥ annabandhano'nnajīvano vai prasiddhaḥ sa eṣa yo vāyuḥ

१,३.११
sa īkṣata kathaṃ nvidaṃ madṛte syāditi /
sa īkṣata katareṇa prapadyā iti /
sa īkṣata yadi vācābhivyāhṛtaṃ yadi prāṇenābhiprāṇitaṃ yadi cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭaṃ yadi śrotreṇa śrutaṃ yadi tvacā spṛṣṭaṃ yadi manasā dhyātaṃ yadyapānenābhyapānitaṃ yadi śiśnena visṛṣṭamatha ko'hamiti

bhāṣya १,३.११
sa evaṃ lokalokapālasaṃghātasthitimannanimittaṃ kṛtvā purapauratatpālayita sthitisamāṃ svāmīva īkṣata kathaṃ nu kena prakāreṇeti vitarkayannidaṃ madṛte māmantareṇa purasvāminam, yadidaṃ kāryakaraṇasaṃghātakāya vakṣyamāṇaṃ kathaṃ nu khalu māmantareṇa syātparārthaṃ sat /
yadi vācābhivyāhṛtamityādi kevalameva vāgvyavaharaṇādi tannirarthakaṃ na kathañcana bhavedbalistutyādivat, pauravandyādibhiḥ prayujyamānaṃ svāmyarthaṃ sattatsvāminamantareṇāsatyeva svāmini tadvat /
tasmānmayā pareṇa svāminādhiṣṭhātrā kṛtākṛtaphalasākṣibhūtena bhoktā bhavitavyaṃ purasyeva rājñā /
yadi nāmaitatsaṃhatakāryasya parārthatvaṃ parārthinaṃ māṃ cetanamantareṇa bhavetpurapaurakāryamiva tatsvāminam, atha ko'haṃ kiṃsvarūpaḥ kasya vā svāmī?
yadyahaṃ kāryakaraṇasaṃghātamanupraviśya vāgādyabhivyāhṛtādiphalaṃ nopalabheya rājeva puramāviśyādhikṛtapuruṣakṛtākṛtāvekṣaṇaṃ na kaścinmāmayaṃ sannevaṃrūpaścetyadhigacchedvicārayet /
viparyaye tu yo'yaṃ vāgādyabhivyāhṛtādīdamiti veda, sa sanvedanarūpaścetyadhigantavyo'haṃ syām, yadarthamidaṃ saṃhatānāṃ vāgādīnāmabhivyāhṛtādi, yathā stambhakuḍyādīnāṃ prāsādādisaṃhatānāṃ svāvayavairasaṃhataparārthatvaṃ tadvaditi /
evamīkṣitvātaḥ katareṇa prapadyā iti /
prapadaṃ ca mūrdhā cāsya saṃghātasya praveśamārgau /
anayoḥ katareṇa mārgeṇedaṃ kāryakaraṇasaṃghātalakṣaṇaṃ puraṃ prapadyai prapadyeyeti

१,३.१२
evamīkṣitvā na tāvanmadbhṛtyasya prāṇasya mama sarvārthādhikṛtasya praveśamārgeṇa prapadābhyāmadhaḥ prapadye /
kiṃ tarhi pāriśeṣyādasya mūrdhānaṃ vidārya prapadyeyamiti loka ivekṣitakārī
sa etameva sīmānaṃ vidāryaitayā dvārā prāpadyata /
saiṣā vidṛtirnāma dvāḥ /
tadetannāndanam /
tasya traya āvasathāstrayaḥ svapnā ayamāvasatho'yamāvasatho'yamāvasatha iti

bhāṣya १,३.१२
sa iṣṭeśvara etameva mūrdhasīmānaṃ keśavibhāgāvasānaṃ vidārya cchidrīkṛtvaitayā dvārā mārgeṇemaṃ lokaṃ kāryakaraṇasaṃghātaṃ prāpadyata praviveśa /
seyaṃ hi prasiddhā dvāḥ mūrdhni tailādidhāraṇakāle antastadrasādisaṃvedanāt /
saiṣā vidṛtirvidāritatvādvidṛtirnāma prasiddhā dvāḥ /
itarāṇi tu śrotrādidvārāṇi bhṛtyādisthānīyasādhāraṇamārgatvānna samṛddhīni nānandahetūni /
idaṃ tu dvāraṃ parameśvarasyaiva kevalasyeti tadetannāndanaṃ nandanameva /
nāndanamiti daidhyaṃ chāndasaṃ nandatyanena dvāreṇa gatvā parasminbrahmaṇīti /
tasyaivaṃ sṛṣṭvā praviṣṭasya jīvenātmanā rājña iva puraṃ traya āvasathāḥ /
jāgaritakāsa indriyasthānaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ cakṣuḥ svapnakāle'ntarmanaḥ, suṣuptikāle hṛdayākāśa ityetat /
vakṣyamāṇā vā traya āvasthāḥ pitṛśarīraṃ mātṛgarbhāśayaḥ svaṃ ca śarīramiti /
trayaḥ svapnā jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyākhyāḥ /
nanu jāgaritaṃ prabodharūpatvānna svapnaḥ, naivam, svapna eva /
katham? paramārthasvātmaprabodhābhāvātsvapnavadasadvastudarśanācca /
ayamevāvasathaścakṣurdakṣiṇaṃ prathamaḥ, mano'ntaraṃ dvitīyaḥ, hṛdayākāśastṛtīyaḥ /
ayamāvasatha ityuktānukīrtanameva /
teṣu hyayamāvasatheṣu paryāyeṇātmabhāvena vartamāno'vidyayā dīrghakālaṃ gāḍhaprasuptaḥ svābhāvikyā na prabudhyate'nekaśatasahasrānarthasaṃnipātajaduḥkhamudgarābhighātānubhavairapi

१,३.१३
sa jāto bhūtānyabhivyaikhyatkimihānyaṃ vāvadiṣaditi /
sa etameva puruṣaṃ brahma tatamamapaśyadidamadarśamitī ३

bhāṣya १,३.१३
sa jātaḥ śarīre praviṣṭo jīvātmanā bhūtānyabhivyaikhyadvyākarot /
sa kadācitparamakāruṇikenācāryeṇātmajñānaprabodhakṛcchabdikāyāṃ vedāntamahāvākyabheryāṃ tatkarṇamūle tāḍyamānāyāmetameva sṛṣṭyādikartṛtvena prakṛtaṃ puruṣaṃ puri śayānamātmānaṃ brahma bṛhattatamaṃ takāreṇaikena luptena tatatamaṃ vyāptatamaṃ paripūrṇamākāśavatpratyabudhyatāpaśyat /
katham? idaṃ brahma mamātmanaḥ /
svarūpamadarśaṃ dṛṣṭavānasmi, aho iti,ṝ.१.३.१२ icāraṇārthā plutiḥ pūrvam

१,३.१४
yasmādidamityeva yatsākṣādaparokṣādbrahma sarvāntaramapaśyatparokṣeṇa
tasmādidandro nāma /
idandro ha vai nāma /
tamidandraṃ santamindra ityācakṣate parokṣeṇa /
parokṣapriyā iva hi devāḥ parokṣapriyā iva hi devāḥ

bhāṣya १,३.१४
tasmādidaṃ paśyatītīdandro nāma paramātmā /
idandro ha vai nāma prasiddho loka īśvaraḥ /
tamevamidandraṃ santamindra iti parokṣeṇa parokṣābhidhānenācakṣate brahmavidaḥ saṃvyavahārārtham
pūjyatamatvātpratyakṣanāmagrahaṇabhayāt /
tathā hi parokṣāpriyāḥ parokṣanāmagrahaṇapriyā iva eva hi yasmāddevāḥ, kimuta sarvadevānāmapi devo maheśvaraḥ /
dvivacanaṃ prakṛtādhyāyaparisamāptyartham

iti prathamādhyāye tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ

dvitīyaḥ dhyāyaḥ
prathama khaṇḍa
asmiṃścaturthe'dhyāya eṣa vākyārthaḥ jagadutpattisthitipralayakṛdasaṃsārī sarvajñaḥ sarvaśaktiḥ sarvavitsarvamidaṃ jagatsvato'nyadvastvantaramanupādāyaiva ākāśādikrameṇa sṛṣṭvā svātmaprabodhanārthaṃ sarvāṇi ca prāṇādimaccharīrāṇi svayaṃ praviveśa /
praviśya ca svamātmānaṃ yathāmṛtamidaṃ brahmāsmīti sākṣātpratyabudhyata /
tasmātsa eva sarvaśarīreṣveka evātmā nānya iti /
anyo'pi"sama ātmā brahmāsmītyevaṃ vidyāt"iti /
"ātmā vā idameka evāgra āsīt"(१ / १ / १) iti"brahma tatamam"(१ / ३ / १३) iti coktam /
anyatra ca /
sarvagatasya sarvātmano bālāgramātramapyapraviṣṭaṃ nāstīti kathaṃ sīmānaṃ vidārya prāpadyata pipīlikeva suṣiram /
nanvatyalpamidaṃ codyaṃ bahu cātra codayitavyam /
akaraṇaḥ sannīkṣata /
anupādāya kiñcillokānasṛjata /
adbhyaḥ puruṣaṃ samuddhṛtyāmūrchayat /
tasmābhidhyānānmukhādi nirbhinnaṃ mukhādibhyaścāgnyādayo lokapālāsteṣāṃ cāśanāyāpipāsādisaṃyojanaṃ tadāyatanaprārthanaṃ tadarthaṃ gavādipradarśanaṃ teṣāṃ yathāyatanapraveśanaṃ sṛṣṭasyānnasya palāyanaṃ vāgādibhistajjighṛkṣāḥ, etatsarvaṃ sīmāvidāraṇapraveśasamameva /
astu tarhi sarvamevedamanupapannam /
na, atrātmāvabodhamātrasya vivakṣitatvātsarvo'yamarthavāda ityadoṣaḥ /
māyāvivadvā mahāmāyāvī devaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvaśaktiḥ sarvametaccakāra /
sukhāvabodhanapratipattyarthaṃ lokavadākhyāyikādiprapañca iti yuktataraḥ pakṣaḥ /
na hi sṛṣṭyākhyāyikādiparijñānātkiñcitphalamiṣyate /
aikātmyasvarūpaparijñānāttu amṛtatvaṃ phalaṃ sarvopaniṣatprasiddham /
smṛtiṣu ca gītādyāsu"samaṃsarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṃ parameśvaram"(gītā १३ / २७) ityādinā /
nanu traya ātmānaḥ /
bhoktā kartā saṃsārī jīva ekaḥ sarvalokaśāstraprasiddhaḥ /
anekaprāṇikarmaphalopabhogayogyānekādhiṣṭhānavallokadehanirmāṇena liṅgena yathāśāstrapradarśitena puraprāsādādinirmāṇaliṅgena tadviṣayakauśalajñānavāṃstatkartā takṣādiriveśvaraḥ sarvajño jagataḥ kartā dvitīyaścetana ātmā avagamyate /
"yato vāco nivartante"(tai.u.२ / ४ / १) "neti neti"(bṛ.u.३ / ९ / २३) ityādiśāstraprasiddha aupaniṣadaḥ puruṣastṛtīyaḥ evamete traya ātmānānyonyavilakṣaṇāḥ tatra kathameka eva ātmā advitīyaḥ asaṃsārīti jñātuṃ śakyate?
tatra jīva eva tāvatkathaṃ jñāyate?
nanvevaṃ jñāyate śrotā mantā draṣṭā ādeṣṭā āghoṣṭā vijñātā prajñāteti /
nanu vipratiṣiddhaṃ jñāyate yaḥ śravaṇādikartṛtvenāmato mantāvijñāto vijñāteti ca /
tathā"na matermantāraṃ manvīthā na vijñātevijñātāraṃ vijānīyāḥ"(bṛ.u.३ / ४ / २) ityādi ca /
satyaṃ vipratiṣiddham, yadi pratyakṣeṇa jñāyeta sukhādivat /
pratyakṣajñānaṃ ca nivāryate"na matermantāraṃ manvīthāḥ"(bṛ.u.३ / ३ / २) ityādinā /
jñāyate tu śravaṇādiliṅgena, tatra kuto vipratiṣedhaḥ /
nanu śravaṇādiliṅgenāpi kathaṃ jñāyate? yāvatā yadā śṛṇotyātmā śrotavyaṃ śabdaṃ tadā tasya śravaṇakriyayaiva vartamānatvānmananavijñānakriye na saṃbhavataḥ ātmani paratra vā /
tathānyatrāpi mananādikriyāsu /
śravaṇādikriyāśca svaviṣayeṣveva /
na hi mantavyādanyatra manturmananakriyā saṃbhavati /
nanu manasā sarvameva mantavyam /
satyamevaṃ tathāpi sarvamapi mantavyaṃ mantāramantareṇa na mantuṃ śakyam /
yadyevaṃ kiṃ syāt?
idamatra syāt, sarvasya yo'yaṃ mantā sa mantaiveti na sa mantavyaḥ syāt /
na ca dvitīyo manturmantāsti /
yadā sa ātmanaiva mantavyastadā yena ca mantavyaḥ ātmā ātmanā yaśca mantavya ātmā tau dvau prasajyeyātām /
eka evātmā dvidhā mantṛmantavyatvena dviśakalībhavedvaṃśādivatubhayathāpyanupapattireva /
yathā pradīpayoḥ prakāśyaprakāśakatvānupapattiḥ samatvāttadvat /
na ca manturmantavye mananavyāpāraśūnyaḥ kālo'styātmamananāya /
yadāpi liṅgenātmānaṃ manute mantāḥ, tadāpi pūrvavadeva liṅgena mantavya ātmā yaśca tasya mantā tau dvau prasajyeyātām /
eka eva vā dvidheti pūrvoktadoṣaḥ /
na pratyakṣeṇa nāpyanumānena jñāyate cetkathamucyate"sa ma ātmeti vidyāt"(kauṣī.३ / ९) iti? kathaṃ vā śrotā mantetyādi?
nanu śrotṛtvādidharmavānātmā aśrotṛtvādi ca prasiddhamātmanaḥ /
kimatra viṣamaṃ paśyasi?
yadyapi tava na viṣamaṃ tathāpi mama tu viṣamaṃ pratibhāti /
katham? yadāsau śrotā tadā na mantā yadā mantā tadā na śrotā /
tatraivaṃ sati pakṣe śrotā mantā pakṣe na śrotā nāpi mantā /
tathānyatrāpi ca /
yadaivaṃ tadā śrotṛtvādidharmavānātmā aśrotṛtvādidharmavānveti saṃśayasthāne kathaṃ tava na vaiṣamyam /
yadā devadatto gacchati tadā na sthātā gantaiva /
yadā tiṣṭhati tadā na gantā sthātaiva /
tadā asya pakṣa eva gantṛtvaṃ sthātṛtvaṃ ca /
na nityaṃ gantṛtvaṃ sthātṛtvaṃ vā /
tadvat /
tathaivātra kāṇādādayaḥ paśyanti /
pakṣaprāptenaiva śrotṛtvādinā ātmocyate śrotā mantetyādivacanāt /
saṃyogajatvamayaugapadyaṃ ca jñānasya hyācakṣate /
darśayanti cānyatramanā /
abhūvaṃ nādarśamityādi yugapajjñānānupattirmanaso liṅgamiti ca nyāyyam /
bhavatvevaṃ kiṃ tava naṣṭaṃ yadyevaṃ syāt?
astvevaṃ taveṣṭaṃ cet /
śrutyarthastu na saṃbhavati /
kiṃ na śrotā mantetyādiśrutyathaḥ
na, na śrotā na mantetyādivacanāt /
nanu pākṣikatvena pratyuktaṃ tvayā /
na, nityameva śrotṛtvādyabhyupagamāt /
"na hi śrotuḥ śruterviparilopo vidyate"(bṛ.u.४ / ३ / २७) ityādiśruteḥ /
evaṃ tarhi nityameva śrotṛtvādyabhyupagame pratyakṣaviruddhā yugapajjñānotpattirajñānābhāvāvaścātmanaḥ kalpitaḥ syāt /
taccāniṣṭamiti /
nobhayadoṣopapattiḥ /
ātmanaḥ śrutyādiśrotṛtvādidharmavattvaśruteḥ /
anityānāṃ mūrtānāṃ ca cakṣurādīnāṃ dṛṣṭyādyanityameva saṃyogaviyogadharmiṇām, yathāgnerjvalanaṃ tṛṇādisaṃyogajatvāttadvat /
na tu nityasyāmūrtasyāsaṃyogaviyogadharmiṇaḥ saṃyogajadṛṣṭyādyanityadharmavattvaṃ saṃbhavati /
tathā ca śrutiḥ"na hi draṣṭurdṛṣṭerviparilopo vidyate"(bṛ.u.४ / ३ / २३) ityādyā /
evaṃ tarhi dve dṛṣṭī cakṣuṣo'nityādṛṣṭirnityā cātmanaḥ /
tathā ca dve śrutī śrotrasyānityā nityā cātmasvarūpasya /
tathā dve matī vijñātī bāhyābāhye evaṃ hyeva /
tathā ceyaṃ śrutirupapannā bhavati"dṛṣṭerdraṣṭā śruteḥ śrotā"ityādyā /
loko'pi prasiddhaṃ cakṣuṣastimirāgamāpāyayornaṣṭā dṛṣṭirjātā dṛṣṭiriti cakṣurdṛṣṭeranityatvaṃ tathā ca śrutimatyādīnāmātmadṛṣṭyādīnāṃ ca nityatvaṃ prasiddhameva loke /
vadati hi uddhṛtacakṣuḥ svapne'dyamayā bhrātā dṛṣṭa iti /
tathāvagatabādhiryaḥ svapneśruto mantro'dyetyādi /
yadi cakṣuḥsaṃyogajaivātmano nityā dṛṣṭistannāśo naśyet /
tadoddhṛtacakṣuḥ svapne nīlapītādi na paśyet /
"na hi draṣṭurdṛṣṭeḥ"(bṛ.u.४ / ३ / २३) ityādyā ca śrutiranupapannā syāt /
"taccakṣuḥ puruṣo yena svapne paśyati"ityādyā ca śrutiḥ /
nityā ātmano dṛṣṭirbāhyānityadṛṣṭergrāhikā /
bāhyadṛṣṭeścopajanāpāyādyānityadharmavattvāttadgrāhikāyā ātmadṛṣṭestadvadavabhāsatvamanityatvādi bhrāntinimittaṃ lokasyeti yuktam /
yathā bhramaṇādidharmavadalātādivastuviṣayadṛṣṭirapi bhramatīva tadvat /

tathā ca śrutiḥ"dhyāyatīva lelāyatīva"(bṛ.u.४ / ३ / ७) iti /
tasmādātmadṛṣṭernityatvānna yaugapadyamayaugapadyaṃ vāsti /
bāhyānityadṛṣṭyupādhivaśāttu lokasya tārkikāṇāṃ cāgamasaṃpradāyavarjitatvādanityā ātmano dṛṣṭiriti bhrāntirupapannaiva /
jīveśvaraparamātmabhedakalpanā caitannimittaiva /
tathā ca asti nāstītyādyāśca yāvanto vāṅmanasayorbhedā yatraikaṃ bhavanti, tadviṣayāyā nityāyā dṛṣṭernirviśeṣāyāḥ asti nāsti, ekaṃ nānā, guṇavadaguṇam, jānāti na jānāti, kriyāvadakriyaṃ phalavadaphalam, sabījaṃ nirbījam, sukhaṃ duḥkham, madhyamamadhyam, śūnyamaśūnyam, paro'hamanya iti vā saravavākpratyayāgocare svarūpe yo vikalpayitumicchati, sa nūnaṃ khamati carmavadveṣṭayitumicchati, sopānamiva ca padbhyāmāroḍhuṃ jale khe ca mīnānāṃ vayasāṃ ca padaṃ didṛkṣate /
"neti neti"(bṛ.u.३ / ९ / २३) "yato vāco nivartante"(tai.u.२ / ४ / १) ityādiśrutibhyaḥ /
"ko addhā veda"(ṛ.saṃ.१ / ३ / ६) ityādimantravarṇāt /
kathaṃ tarhi tasya sa ma ātmeti vedanam /
brūhi kena prakāreṇa tamahaṃ sa ma ātmeti vidyām /
atrākhyāyikāmācakṣate kaścitkila manuṣyo mugdhaḥ kaiściduktaḥ kasmiṃścidaparādhe sati dhiktvāṃ nāsi manuṣya iti /
sa mugdhatayā ātmano manuṣyatvaṃ pratyāyayituṃ kañcidupetyāha bravītu bhavānko'hamasmīti /
sa tasya mugdhatāṃ jñātvāha /
krameṇa bodhayiṣyāmīti /
sthāvarādyātmabhāvamapohya na tvamamanuṣya ityuktvopararāma /
sa taṃ mugdhaḥ pratyāha bhavānmāṃ bodhayituṃ pravṛttastūṣṇīṃ babhūva /
kiṃ na bodhayatīti? tādṛgeva tadbhavito vacanam /
nāsyamanuṣya ityukte'pi manuṣyatvamātmano na pratipadyate yaḥ sa kathaṃ manuṣyo'sītyukto'pi manuṣyatvamātmanaḥ pratipadyeta tasmādyathāśāstropadeśa evātmāvabodhavidhirnānyaḥ /
na hyagnerdāhyaṃ tṛṇādyanyena kenaciddgdhuṃ śakyam /
ata eva śāstramātmasvarūpaṃ bodhayituṃ pravṛttaṃ sadamanuṣyatvapratiṣedheneva"neti neti"
(bṛ.u.३ / ९ / २३) ityuktvopararāma /
tathā"ananta ramabāhyam"(bṛ.u.२ / ५ / १९, ३ / ८ / ८) "ayamātmā brahma sarvānubhūḥ"(bṛ.u.२ / ५ १९) ityanuśāsanam /
"tattvamasi"(chā.u.३ / ८ / १६) "yatra tvasya sarvamātmaivābhūttatkena kaṃ paśyet"(bṛ.u.२ / ४ / १४, ४ / ५ / १५) ityevamādyapi ca /
yāvadayamevaṃ yathoktamimamātmānaṃ na vetti tāvadayaṃ bāhyānityadṛṣṭilakṣaṇamupādhimātmatvenopetya avidyayā upādhidharmānātmano manyamāno brahmādistambaparyanteṣu devatiryaṅnarasthāneṣu punaḥ punarāvartamāno'vidyākāmakarmavaśātsaṃsarati /
sa evaṃ punarevameva nadīsrotovajjanmamaraṇaprabandhāvicchedena vartamānaḥ kābhiravasthābhirvartata ityetamarthaṃ darśayantyāha śrutirvairāgyahetoḥ
२.१
puruṣe ha vā ayamādito garbho bhavati yadetadretaḥ /
tadetatsarvebhyo'ṅgebhyastejaḥ sambhūtamātmanyevātmānaṃ bibharti /
tadyadā striyāṃ siñcatyathainajjanayati /
tadasya prathamaṃ janma

bhāṣya २.१
ayamevāvidyākāmakarmābhimānavān yajñādikarma kṛtvāsmāllokāddhūmādikrameṇa annabhūtaḥ puruṣāgnau hutaḥ /
tasminpuruṣe ha vā ayaṃ saṃsārī rasādikrameṇa āditaḥ prathamato retorūpeṇa garbho bhavatītyetadāha yadetatpuruṣe retastena rūpeṇeti /
taccaitadreto'nnamayasya piṇḍasya sarvebhyo'ṅgebhyo'vayavebhyo rasādilakṣaṇebhyastejaḥ sārarūpaṃ śarīrasya saṃbhūtaṃ pariniṣpannaṃ tatpuruṣasyātmabhūtatvādātmā /
tamātmānaṃ retorūpeṇa garbhībhūtamātmanyeva svaśarīra evātmānaṃ bibharti dhārayati /
tadreto yadā yasminkāle bhāryartumatī tasyāṃ yoṣāgnau striyā siñcatyugacchan, atha tadainadetadreta ātmano garbhabhūtaṃ janayati pitā /
tadasya puruṣasya sthānānnirgamanaṃ retaḥsekakāle retorūreṇāsya saṃsāriṇaḥ prathamaṃ janma prathamāvasthābhivyaktiḥ /
tadetaduktaṃ purastāt"asāvātmāmumātmānam"ityādinā

२.२
tatstriyā ātmabhūyaṃ gacchati yathā svamaṅgaṃ tathā /
tasmādenāṃ na hinasti /
sāsyaitamātmānamatra gataṃ bhāvayati

bhāṣya २.२
tadreto yasyāṃ striyāṃ siktaṃ sattasyā ātmabhūyamātmāvyatirekatāṃ yathā piturevaṃ gacchati prāpnoti yathā svamaṅgaṃ stanādi tathā tadvadeva /
tasmāddhetorenāṃ mātaraṃ sa garbho na hinasti piṭakādivat /
yasmātstanādi svāṅgavadātmabhūtaṃ gataṃ tasmānna hinasti na bādhata ityarthaḥ /
sā antarvatnyetamasya bharturātmānamatrātmana udare gataṃ praviṣṭaṃ buddhvā bhāvayati vardhayati paripālayati garbhaviruddhāśanādiparihāramanukūlāśanādyupayogaṃ ca kurvatī

२.३
sā bhāvayitrī bhāvayitavyā bhavati /
taṃ strī garbhaṃ bibharti /
so'gra eva kumāraṃ janmano'gre'dhi bhāvayati /
sa yatkumāraṃ janmano'gre'dhi bhāvayatyātmānameva tadbhāvayatyeṣāṃ lokānāṃ santatyai /
evaṃ santatā hīme lokāḥ /
tadasya dvitīyaṃ janma

bhāṣya २.३
sā bhāvayitrī vardhayitrī bharturātmano garbhabhūtasya bhāvayitavyā vardhayitavyā rakṣayitavyā ca bhartā bhavati /
na hyupakārapratyupakāramantareṇa loke kasyacitkenacitsambandha upapadyate /
taṃ garbhaṃ strī yathoktena garbhadhāraṇavidhānena bibharti dhārayatyagre prāgjanmanaḥ /
sa pitā agra eva pūrvameva jātamātraṃ janmano'dhyūrdhvaṃ janmano jātaṃ kumāraṃ jātakarmādinā pitā bhāvayati /
sa pitā yadyasmātkumāraṃ janmano'dhyūrdhvamagre jātamātrameva jātakarmādinā yadbhāvayati /
tadātmānameva bhāvayati /
piturātmaiva hi putrarūpeṇa jāyate /
tathā hyuktam"patirjāyāṃ praviśati"(hari.३ / ७३ / ३१) ityādi /
tatkimarthamātmānaṃ putrarūpeṇa janayitvā bhāvayatītyucyate eṣāṃ lokānāṃ santatyā avicchedāyetyarthaḥ /
vicchidyeranhīme lokāḥ putrotpādanādi yadi na kuryuḥ kecana /
evaṃ putrotpādanādikarmāvicchedenaiva santatāḥ prabandharūpeṇa vartante hi yasmādime lokāstasmāttadavicchedāya tatkartavyaṃ na mokṣāyetyarthaḥ /
tadasya saṃsāriṇaḥ kumārarūpeṇa māturudarādyannirgamanaṃ tadretorūpāpekṣayā dvitīyaṃ janma dvitīyāvasthābhivyaktiḥ

२.४
so'syāyamātmā puṇyebhyaḥ karmebhyaḥ pratidhīyate /
athāsyāyamitara ātmā kṛtakṛtyo vayogataḥ praiti /
sa itaḥ prayanneva punarjāyate /
tadasya tṛtīyaṃ janma

bhāṣya २.४
asya pituḥ so'yaṃ putrātmā puṇyebhyaḥ śāstroktebhyaḥ karmabhyaḥ karmaniṣpādanārthaṃ pratidhīyate pituḥ sthāne pitrā yatkartavyaṃ tatkaraṇāya pratinidhīyata ityarthaḥ /
tathā ca saṃprattividyāyāṃ vājasaneyake pitrānuśiṣṭaḥ "ahaṃ brahmāhaṃ yajñaḥ"(bṛ.u.१ / ५ / १७) ityādi pratipadyata iti /
athānantaraṃ putre niveśyātmano bhāramasya putrasyetaro'yaṃ yaḥ pitrātmā kṛtakṛtyaḥ kartavyādṛṇatrayādvimuktaḥ kṛtakartavya ityarthaḥ, vayogato gatavayā jīrṇaḥ sanpraiti mriyate /
sa ito'smātprayanneva śarīraṃ parityajanneva tṛṇajalūkāvaddehāntaramupādadānaḥ karmacitaṃ punarjāyate /
tadasya mṛtvā pratipattavyaṃ yattattṛtīyaṃ janma /
nanu saṃsarataḥ pituḥ sakāśādretorūpeṇa prathamaṃ janma /
tasyeva kumārarūpeṇa māturdvitīyaṃ janmoktam /
tasyaiva tṛtīye janmani vaktavye pretasya pituryajjanma tattṛtīyamiti kathamucyate?
naiṣa doṣaḥ pitāputrayoraikātmyasya vivakṣitatvāt /
so'pi putraḥ svaputre bhāraṃ nidhāyetaḥ prayanneva punarjāyate yathā pitā /
tadanyatroktamitaratrāpyuktameva bhavatīti manyate śrutiḥ pitāputrayorekātmatvāt

२.५
evaṃ saṃsarannavasthābhivyaktitrayeṇa janmamaraṇaprabandhārūḍhaḥ sarvo lokaḥ saṃsāramasudre nipatitaḥ katañcidyadā śrutyuktamātmānaṃ vijānāti yasyāṃ kasyāñcidavasthāyāṃ tadaiva muktasarvasaṃsārabandhanaḥ kṛtakṛtyo bhavatīti
taduktamṛṣiṇā garbhe nu sannanveṣāmavedamahaṃ devānāṃ janimāni viśvā /
śataṃ mā pura āyasīrarakṣannadha śyeno javasā niradīyam /
iti /
garbha evaitacchayāno vāmadeva evamuvāca

bhāṣya २.५
etadvastu tadṛṣiṇā mantreṇāpyuktamityāha
garbhe nu māturgarbhāśaya eva san /
nviti vitarke /
anekajanmāntarabhāvanāparipākavaśādeṣāṃ devānāṃ vāgagnyādīnāṃ janimāni janmāni viśvā viśvāni sarvāṇyanvavedamahamaho anubuddhavānasmītyarthaḥ śatamanekā bahvyo mā māṃ pura āyasīḥ āyasyo lohamayya ivābhedyāni śarīrāṇītyabhiprāyaḥ, arakṣannarakṣitavatyaḥ saṃsārapāśanirgamanādadhaḥ /
atha śyena iva jālaṃ bhittvā javasā ātmajñānakṛtasāmarthyena niradīyaṃ nirgato'smi /
aho garbha eva śayāno vāmadeva ṛṣirevamuvācaitat

२.६
sa evaṃ vidvānasmāccharīrabhedādūrdhvamutkramyāmuṣmin svarge loke sarvān kāmānāptvāmṛtaḥ samabhavatsamabhavat

bhāṣya २.६
sa vāmadeva ṛṣiryathoktamātmānamevaṃ vidvānasmāccharīrabhedāccharīrasyāvidyāparikalpitasya āyasavadanirvedyasya jananamanaṇādyanekānarthaśatāviṣṭaśarīraprabandhanasya paramātmajñānāmṛtopayogajanitavīryakṛtbhedāccharīrotpattibījāvidyādinimittopamardahetoḥ śarīravināśādityarthaḥ /
ūrdhvaḥ paramātmabhūtaḥ sannadhobhāvātsaṃsārādutkramya jñānāvadyotitāmalasarvātmabhāvamāpannaḥ sannamuṣminyathokte'jare'mare'mṛte'bhaye sarvajñe'pūrve'napare'nantare'bāhye prajñānāmṛtaikarase pradīpavannirvāṇamatyagamatsvarge loke svasminnātmani sve svarūpe'mṛtaḥ samabhavat /
ātmajñānena pūrvamāptakāmatayā jīvanneva sarvānkāmānāptvetyarthaḥ /
dvirvacanaṃ saphalasya sodāhaṇasyātmajñānasya parisamāptipradarśanārtham

iti prathamādhyāye prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ
dvitīyaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
tṛtīyaḥ adhyāyaḥ
३.१
bahmavidyāsādhanakṛtasarvātmabhāvaphalāvāptiṃ vāmadevādyācāryaparamparayā śrutyāvadyotyamānāṃ brahmavitpariṣadyatyantaprasiddhāmupalabhamānā mumukṣavo brāhmaṇa adhunātanā brahmajijñāsavo'nityātsādhyasādhanalakṣaṇātsaṃsārādājīvabhāvādvyāvivṛtsavo vicārayanto'nyonyaṃ pṛcchanti ko'yamātmeti? katham
ko'yam /
ātmeti vayamupāsmahe /
kataraḥ sa ātmā /
yena vā paśyati yena vā śṛṇoti yena vā gandhāñjighrati yena vā vācaṃ vyākaroti yena vā svādu cāsvādu ca vijānāti

bhāṣya ३.१
yamātmānamayamātmeti sākṣādvayamupāsmahe kaḥ sa ātmeti yaṃ cātmānamayamātmeti sākṣādupāsīno vāmadevo'mṛtaḥ samabhavattameva vayanamapyupāsmahe ko nu khalu sa ātmeti /
evaṃ jijñāsāpūrvamanyonyaṃ pṛcchatāmatikrāntaviśeṣaviṣayaśrutisaṃskārajanitā smṛtirajāyata /
'taṃ prapadābhyāṃ prāpadyata brahmemaṃ puruṣam''sa etameva sīmānaṃ vidāryaitayā dvārā prāpadyata' etameva puruṣam /
atra dve brahmaṇī itaretaraprātikūlyena pratipanne iti /
te cāsyapiṇḍasyātmabhūte /
tayoranyatara ātmopāsyo bhavitumarhati /
yo'tropāsyaḥ kaḥ ātmeti viśeṣanirdhāraṇārthaṃ punaranyonyaṃ papracchurvicārayantaḥ /
punasteṣāṃ vicārayatāṃ viśeṣavicāraṇāspadaviṣayā matirabhūt /
katham? dvevastuni asmin piṇḍa upalabhyete /
anekabhedabhinnena karaṇena yenopalabhate /
yaścaika upalabhyete /
karaṇāntaropalabdhaviṣayasmṛtipratisandhānāt /
tatra na tāvadyenopalabhate sa ātmā bhavitumarhati /
kena punarupalabhata ityucyate yena vā cakṣurbhūtena rūpaṃ paśyati /
yena vā śruṇoti śrotrabhūtena śabdam, yena vā ghrāṇabhūtena gandhānājighrati, yena vā vākkaraṇabhūtena vācaṃ nāmātmikāṃ vyākaroti gauraśva ityevamādyāṃ sādhvasādhviti ca, yena vā jihvābhūtena svādu cāsvādu ca vijānātīti

३.२
kiṃ punastadevaikamanekadhā bhinnaṃ karaṇamityucyate
yadetaddhṛdayaṃ manaścaitat /
sañjñānamājñānaṃ vijñānaṃ prajñānaṃ medhā dṛṣṭirdhṛtirmatirmanīṣā jūtiḥ smṛtiḥ saṅkalpaḥ kraturasuḥ kāmo vaśa iti sarvāṇyevaitāni prajñānasya nāmadheyāni bhavanti

bhāṣya ३.२
yaduktaṃ purastātprajānāṃ reto hṛdayaṃ hṛdayasya reto mano manasā sṛṣṭā āpaśca varuṇaśca hṛdayānmano manasaścandramāḥ /
tadevaitaddhṛdayaṃ manaśca ekameva tadanekadhā /
etenāntaḥkaraṇenaikena cakṣurbhūtena rūpaṃ paśyati śrotrabhūtena śṛṇoti ghrāṇabhūtena jighrati vāgbhūtena vadati jihvābhūtena rasayati svenaiva vikalpanārūpeṇa manasā vikalpayati hṛdayarūpeṇādhyavasyati /
tasmātsarvakaraṇaviṣayavyāpārakamekamidaṃ karaṇaṃ sarvopalabdhyarthamupalabdhuḥ /
tathā ca kauṣītakīnāṃ"prajñayā vācaṃ samāruhya vācā sarvāṇi nāmānyāpnoti /
prajñā cakṣuḥ samāruhya cakṣuṣā sarvāṇi rūpāṇyāpnoti"(३ / ३) ityādi /
vājasaneyake ca "manasā hyeva paśyati manasā śṛṇoti hṛdayena hi rūpāṇi jānāti"(bṛ.u.१ / ५ / ३) ityādi /
tasmādhṛdayamanovācyasya sarvopalabdhikaratvaṃ prasiddham /
tadātmakaśca prāṇo"yo vai prāṇaḥ sā prajñā yo vai prajñā sa prāṇaḥ"(kauṣī.३ / ३) iti hi brāhmaṇam /
karaṇasaṃhatirūpaśca prāṇa ityavocāma prāṇasaṃvādādau /
tasmādyatpadbhyāṃ prāpadyata tadbrahma tadupalabdhurupalabdhikaraṇatvena guṇabhūtatvānnaiva tadvastu brahmopāsyātmā bhavitumarhati /
pāriśeṣyādyasyopalabdhurupalabdhyarthaṃ etasya hṛdayasya manorūpasya karaṇasya vṛttayo vakṣyamāṇāḥ /
sa upalabdhopāsya ātmāno'smākaṃ bhavitumarhatīti niścayaṃ kṛtavantaḥ /
tadantaḥkaraṇopādhisthasyopalabdhuḥ prajñārūpasya brahmaṇa upalabdhyarthā yā antaḥkaraṇavṛttayo bāhyāntarvartiviṣayaviṣayāstā imā ucyante /
saṃjñānaṃ saṃjñaptiścetanabhāvaḥ, ājñānamājñaptirīśvarabhāvaḥ vijñānaṃ kalādiparijñānam, prajñānaṃ prajñaptiḥ prajñatā, medhāgranthadhāraṇasāmarthyaṃ dṛṣṭirindriyadvārā sarvaviṣayopalabdhiḥ, dhṛtirdhāraṇamavasannānāṃ śarīrendriyāṇāṃ yayottambhanaṃ bhavati dhṛtyā śarīramudvahantīti hi vadanti, matirmananam, manīṣā tatra svātantryam. jūtiścetaso rujādiduḥkhitvabhāvaḥ smṛtiḥ smaraṇam, saṃkalpaḥ śuklakṛṣṇādibhāvena saṃkalpanaṃ rūpādīnām, kraturadhyavasāyaḥ asuḥ prāṇanādijīvanakriyānimittā vṛttiḥ, kāmo
'saṃnihitaviṣayākāṅkṣā tṛṣṇā, vaśaḥ strīvyatikarādyabhilāṣaḥ, ityevamādyā antaḥkaraṇavṛttayaḥ prajñaptimātrasyopalabdhurupalabdhyarthatvācchuddhaprajñānarūpasya brahmaṇa upādhibhūtāstadupādhijanitaguṇanāmadheyāni bhavanti saṃjñānādīni /
sarvāṇyeva etāni prajñānasya nāmadheyāni bhavanti na svataḥ sākṣāt /
tathā coktaṃ"prāṇanneva prāṇo nāma bhavati"(bṛ.u.१ / ४ / ७) ityādi

३.३
eṣa brahmā /
eṣa indraḥ /
eṣa prajāpatiḥ /
ete sarve devāḥ /
imāni ca pañca mahābhūtāni pṛthivī vāyurākāśa āpo jyotīṃṣītyetānīmāni kṣudramiśrāṇīva bījānītarāṇi cetarāṇi cāṇḍajāni ca jārujāni ca svedajāni codbhijjāni cāśvā gāvaḥ puruṣā hastino yatkiñcedaṃ prāṇi jaṅgamaṃ ca patatri ca yacca sthāvaram /
sarvaṃ tatprajñānetram /
prajñāne pratiṣṭhitam /
prajñānetro lokaḥ /
prajñā pratiṣṭhā /
prajñānaṃ brahma

bhāṣya ३.३
sa eṣa prajñānarūpa ātmā brahmāparaṃ sarvaśarīrasthaḥ prāṇaḥ prajñātmā /
antaḥkaraṇopādhiṣvanupraviṣṭo jalabhedagatasūryapratibimbavaddhiraṇyagarbhaḥ prāṇaḥ prajñātmā eṣa eva indro guṇāddevarājo vā eṣa prajāpatiryaḥ prathamajaḥ śarīrī /
yato mukhādinirbhedadvāreṇāgnyādayo lokapālā jātāḥ sa prajāpatireṣa eva /
ye'pyete'gnyādayaḥ sarve devā eṣa eva /
imāni ca sarvaśarīropādānabhūtāni pañca pṛthivyādīni mahābhūtānyannānnādatvalakṣaṇānyetāni kiñcemāni ca kṣudramiśrāṇi kṣudrairalpakairmiśrāṇi iva śabdo'narthakaḥ sarpādīni bījāni kāraṇānītarāṇi cetarāṇi ca dvairāśyena nirdiśyamānāni /
kāni tāni! ucyante aṇḍajāni pakṣyādīni, jārujāni jarāyujāni manuṣyādīni, svedajādīni yūkādīni, udbhijāni ca vṛkṣādīni, aśvā gāvaḥ puruṣā hastino'nyacca yatkiñcedaṃ prāṇijātam, kiṃ tat? jaṅgamaṃ yaccalati padbhyāṃ gacchati /
yacca patatri ākāśena patanaśīlam /
yacca sthāvaramacalam /
sarvaṃ tadeṣa eva /
sarvaṃ tadaśeṣataḥ prajñānetram /
prajñaptiḥ prajñā tacca brahmaiva /
nīyate'neneti netraṃ prajñā netraṃ yasya tadidaṃ prajñānetram /
prajñāne brahmaṇyutpattisthitilayakāleṣu pratiṣṭhitaṃ prajñāśrayamityarthaḥ /
prajñānetro lokaḥ pūrvavat /
prajñācakṣurvā sarva eva lokaḥ prajñā pratiṣṭhā sarvasya jagataḥ /
tasmātprajñānaṃ brahma /
tadetatpratyastamitasarvopādhiviśeṣaṃ sannirañjanaṃ nirmalaṃ niṣkriyaṃ śāntamekamadvayaṃ"neti neti"iti (bṛ.u.३ / ९ / २६) sarvaviśeṣāpohasaṃvedyaṃ sarvaśabdapratyayāgocaram /
tadapyantaviśuddhaprajñopādhisaṃbandhena sarvajñamīśvaraṃ sarvasādhāraṇāvyākṛtajagadbījapravartakaṃ niyantṛtvādantaryāmisaṃjñaṃ bhavati /
tadeva vyākṛtajagatbījabhūtabuddhyātmābhimānalakṣaṇahiraṇyagarbhasaṃjñaṃ bhavati /
tadevāntaraṇḍodbhūtaprathamaśarīropādhimadvirāṭprajāpatisaṃjñaṃ bhavati /
tadbhūtāgnyādyupādhimaddevatāsaṃjñaṃ bhavati /
tathā viśeṣaśarīropādhiṣvapi brahmādistambaparyanteṣu tattannāmarūpalābho brahmaṇaḥ /
tadevaikaṃ sarvopādhibhedabhinnaṃ sarvaiḥ prāṇibhistārkikaiśca sarvaprakāreṇa jñāyate vikalpyate cānekadhā /
"etameke vadantyagniṃ manumanye prajāpatim /
indrameke'pare prāṇamapare brahma śāśvatam"(manu.१२ / १२३) ityādyā smṛtiḥ

३.४
sa etena prajñenātmanāsmāllokādutkramyāmuṣmin svarge loke sarvān kāmānāptvāmṛtaḥ samabhavatsamabhavat

bhāṣya ३.४
sa vāmadevo'nyo vaivaṃ yathoktaṃ brahma veda prajñenātmanā yenaiva prajñenātmanā pūrve vidvāṃso'mṛtā abhūvaṃstathāyamapi vidvānetenaiva prajñenātmanāsmāllokādutkramya ityādi vyākhyātam /
asmāllokādutkramyāmuṣminsvarge loke sarvānkāmānāptvā amṛtaḥ samabhavatsamabhavadityomiti

iti tṛtīye'dhyāye prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ /
upaniṣadsamāptaḥ /