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Bodhasāra · Chapter 4.1

4.1.1

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vairāgyapīṭhikābandhaḥ
vairāgyapīṭhikābandhaṃ prathamaṃ śṛṇu sanmate /
na nemireva yatrāsti sthitiścakrasya kīdṛśī

4.1.2

na śūdre vedasaṃskārastailañca sikatāsu na /
na syātkaratale roma tathā muktirna rāgiṇi

4.1.3

vairāgyaṃ dvividhaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tadbhedamavadhāraya /
jijñāsāmukhyamekaṃ syājjihāsāmukhyameva ca

4.1.4

jihāsā saṃsṛterbrahmajijñāseti dvayaṃ mune /
ekameva tathāpyasti viśeṣaḥ kaścidatra hi

4.1.5

rājyabhraṣṭā dīrgharogāḥ parādhīnā hataśriyaḥ /
ye viraktāstapasyanti jihāsāmukhyameva tat

4.1.6

ādhivyādhibhayodvegapāratantryādivarjitāḥ /
ye dhīrā muktimicchanti śṛṇu teṣāmayaṃ kramaḥ

4.1.7

kāmadhenurgṛhe yeṣāṃ nivāso nandane vane /
kaśyapādyāstapasyanti jijñāsāmukhyameva tat

4.1.8

ādhivyādhibhayodvegapāratantryādipīḍitāḥ /
ye jīvā mokṣamicchanti jihāsāmukhyatā tu sā

4.1.9

mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ prāptaṃ sacchāstraiḥ saṃskṛtā matiḥ /
yadi na brahmaviśrāntistadasmābhiḥ kimarjitam

4.1.10

ityevaṃ vyavasāyena hyākāśaphalapātavat /
jijñāsayanti ye dhīrā jijñāsāmukhyatā tu sā

4.1.11

virocanaḥ kārttavīryo baliḥ śrīrāghavādayaḥ /
viraktā rājalīlāyāṃ te hi tatra nidarśanam

4.1.12

tīvrātsaṃsāravairāgyādbrahmajijñāsanaṃ yadi /
vairāgyaṃ puṇyajīvānāṃ jihāsāmukhyameva tat

4.1.13

brahmajijñāsayā tāta tīvrayā yo vidhīyate /
virāgo dṛśyabhāveṣu jijñāsāmukhyameva tat

4.1.14

sahajaṃ yasya vairāgyaṃ kā vācyā tasya mukhyatā /
atha doṣāḥ pradarśyante vairāgyaṃ doṣadarśanāt

4.1.15

kathayāmi samāsena sāvadhānamanāḥ śṛṇu /
asamañjasatāṃ sādho samārabhya śarīrataḥ

Original text: Bodhasāra · Edition: Swâmî Dayânand [Dayānanda Svāmī]: Bodhasâr [Bodhasāraḥ], A Treatise on Vedânta, With a Commentary by the Author's Pupil, Paṇḍit Divâkar. Benares : Chowkhamba Sanskrit Book Depot 1905 (Benares Sanskrit series, 23) [commentary not included]. · Data entry Jennifer Cover · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0