Brahmabindūpaniṣad · Verses 1-20

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mano hi dvividhaṃ proktaṃ śuddhaṃ cāśuddham eva ca /
aśuddhaṃ kāmasaṃkalpaṃ śuddhaṃ kāmavivarjitam

mana eva manuṣyāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ bandhamokṣayoḥ /
bandhāya viṣayāsaktaṃ muktyai nirviṣayaṃ smṛtam

yato nirviṣayasyāsya manaso muktir iṣyate /
tasmān nirviṣayaṃ nityaṃ manaḥ kāryaṃ mumukṣuṇā

nirastaviṣayāsaṅgaṃ saṃniruddhaṃ mano hṛdi /
yadā yāty unmanībhāvaṃ tadā tat paramamadam

tāvad eva niroddhavyaṃ yāvaddhṛdi gataṃ kṣayam /
etaj jñānaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca ato 'nyo granthavistaraḥ

naiva cintyaṃ na cācintyam acintyaṃ cintyam eva ca /
pakṣapātavinirmuktaṃ brahma sampadyate tadā

svareṇa saṃdhayed yogam asvaraṃ bhāvayet param /
asvareṇa hi bhāvena bhāvo nābhāva iṣyate

tad eva niṣkalaṃ brahma nirvikalpaṃ nirañjanam /
tad brahmāham iti jñātvā brahma sampadyate dhruvam

nirvikalpam anantaṃ ca hetudṛṣṭāntavarjitam /
aprameyam anādyaṃ ca jñātvā ca paramaṃ śivam

na nirodho na cotpattir na vandyo na ca śāsanam /
na mumukṣā na muktiś ca ity eṣā paramārthatā

eka evātmā mantavyo jāgratsvapnasuṣuptiṣu /
sthānatrayād vyatītasya punarjanma na vidyate

eka eva hi bhūtātmā bhūte bhūte vyavasthitaḥ /
ekadhā bahudhā caiva dṛśyate jalacandravat

ghaṭasaṃbhṛtam ākāśaṃ līyamāne ghaṭe yathā /
ghaṭo līyeta nākāśaṃ tadvaj jīvo ghaṭopamaḥ

ghaṭavad vividhākāraṃ bhidyamānaṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
tadbhagnaṃ na ca jānāti sa jānāti ca nityaśaḥ

śabdamāyāvṛto yāvat tāvat tiṣṭhati puṣkare /
bhinne tamasi caikatvam ekam evānupaśyati

śabdākṣaraṃ paraṃ brahma yasmin kṣīṇe yad akṣaram /
tad vidvān akṣaraṃ dhyāyed yadīcchecchāntim ātmanaḥ

dve vidye veditavye tu śabdabrahma paraṃ ca yat /
śabdabrahmaṇi niṣṇātaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati

grantham abhyasya medhāvī jñānavijñānatattvataḥ /
palālam iva dhānyārthī tyajed grantham aśeṣataḥ

gavām anekavarṇānāṃ kṣīrasyāpy ekavarṇatā /
kṣīravat paśyate jñānaṃ liṅginas tu gavāṃ yathā

ghṛtam iva payasi nigūḍhaṃ bhūte bhūte ca vasati vijñānam /
satataṃ manthayitavyaṃ manasā manthānabhūtena