brahmavidyopaniṣat · Chapter 1

brahmavidyā upaniṣad
ॐ saha nāvavatu / saha nau bhunaktu / saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai / tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai /
ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ //
prasādādbrahmaṇastasya viṣṇoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ / rahasyaṃ brahmavidyāyā dhruvāgniṃ saṃpracakṣate

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma yaduktaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ / śarīraṃ tasya vakṣyāmi sthānaṃ kālatrayaṃ tathā

tatra devāstrayaḥ proktā lokā vedāstrayo'gnayaḥ / tisro mātrārdhamātrā ca tryakṣarasya śivasya tu

ṛgvedo gārhapatyaṃ ca pṛthivī brahma eva ca / ākārasya śarīraṃ tu vyākhyātaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ

yajurvedo'ntarikṣaṃ ca dakṣiṇāgnistathaiva ca / viṣṇuśca bhagavāndeva ukāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ

sāmavedastathā dyauścāhavanīyastathaiva ca / īśvaraḥ paramo devo makāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ

sūryamaṇḍalamadhye'tha hyakāraḥ śaṅkhamadhyagaḥ / ukāraścandrasaṃkāśastasya madhye vyavasthitaḥ

makārastvagnisaṃkāśo vidhūmo vidyutopamaḥ / tisro mātrāstathā jñeyā somasūryāgnirūpiṇaḥ

śikhā tu dīpasaṃkāśā tasminnupari vartate / ardhamātra tathā jñeyā praṇavasyopari sthitā

padmasūtranibhā sūkṣmā śikhā sā dṛśyate parā / sā nāḍī sūryasaṃkāśā sūryaṃ bhittvā tathā parā

dvisaptatisahasrāṇi nāḍīṃ bhittvā ca mūrdhani / varadaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvaṃ vyāpyeva tiṣṭhati

kāṃsyaghaṇṭāninādastu yathā līyati śāntaye / oṅkārastu tathā yojyaḥ śāntaye sarvamicchatā

yasminvilīyate śabdastatparaṃ brahma gīyate / dhiyaṃ hi līyate brahma so'mṛtatvāya kalpate

vāyuḥprāṇastathākāśastrividho jīvasaṃjñakaḥ / sa jīvaḥ prāṇa ityukto vālāgraśatakalpitaḥ

nābhisthāne sthitaṃ viśvaṃ śuddhatattvaṃ sunirmalam / ādityamiva dīpyantaṃ raśmibhiścākhilaṃ śivam

sakāraṃ ca hakāraṃ ca jīvo japati sarvadā / nābhirandhrādviniṣkrāntaṃ viṣayavyāptivarjitam

tenedaṃ niṣkalaṃ vidyātkṣīrātsarpiryathā tathā / kāraṇenātmanā yuktaḥ prāṇāyāmaiśca pañcabhiḥ

catuṣkalā samāyukto bhrāmyate ca hṛdisthitaḥ / golakastu yadā dehe kṣīradaṇḍena vā hataḥ

etasminvasate śīghramaviśrāntaṃ mahākhagaḥ / yāvanniśvasito jīvastāvanniṣkalatāṃ gataḥ

nabhasthaṃ niṣkalaṃ dhyātvā mucyate bhavabandhanāt / anāhatadhvaniyutaṃ haṃsaṃ yo veda hṛdgatam

svaprakāśacidānandaṃ sa haṃsa iti gīyate / recakaṃ pūrakaṃ muktvā kumbhakena sthitaḥ sudhīḥ

nābhikande samau kṛtvā prāṇāpānau samāhitaḥ/ mastakasthāmṛtāsvādaṃ pītvā dhyānena sādaram

dīpākāraṃ mahādevaṃ jvalantaṃ nābhimadhyame / abhiṣicyāmṛtenaiva haṃsa haṃseti yo japet

jarāmaraṇarogādi na tasya bhuvi vidyate / evaṃ dine dine kuryādaṇimādivibhūtaye

īśvaratvamavāpnoti sadābhyāsarataḥ pumān / bahavo naikamārgeṇa prāptā nityatvamāgatāḥ

haṃsavidyāmṛte loke nāsti nityatvasādhanam / yo dadāti mahāvidyāṃ haṃsākhyāṃ pārameśvarīm

tasya dāsyaṃ sadā kuryātprajñayā parayā saha / śubhaṃ vā'śubhamanyadvā yaduktaṃ guruṇā bhuvi

tatkuryādavicāreṇa śiṣyaḥ santoṣasaṃyutaḥ / haṃsavidyāmimāṃ labdhvā guruśuśrūṣayā naraḥ

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ātmānamātmanā sākṣādbrahma buddhvā suniścalam / dehajātyādisambandhānvarṇāśramasamanvitān

vedaśāstrāṇi cānyāni padapāṃsumiva tyajet / gurubhaktiṃ sadā kuryācchreyase bhūyase naraḥ

gurureva hariḥ sākṣānnānya ityabravīcchṛtiḥ

śrutyā yaduktaṃ paramārthameva tatsaṃśayo nātra tataḥ samastam / śrutyā virodhe na bhavetpramāṇaṃ bhavedanarthāya vinā pramāṇam

dehasthaḥ sakalo jñeyo niṣkalo dehavarjitaḥ / āptopadeśagamyo'sau sarvataḥ samavasthitaḥ

haṃsahaṃseti yo brūyāddhaṃso brahmā hariḥ śivaḥ / guruvaktrāttu labhyeta pratyakṣaṃ sarvatomukham

tileṣu ca yathā tailaṃ puṣpe gandha ivāśritaḥ / puruṣasya śarīre'sminsa bāhyābhyantare tathā

ulkāhasto yathāloke dravyamālokya tāṃ tyajet / jñānena jñeyamālokya paścājjñānaṃ parityajet

puṣpavatsakalaṃ vidyādgandhastasya tu niṣkalaḥ / vṛkṣastu sakalaṃ vidyācchāyā tasya tu niṣkalā

niṣkalaḥ sakalo bhāvaḥ sarvatraiva vyavasthitaḥ / upāyaḥ sakalastadvadupeyaścaiva niṣkalaḥ

sakale sakalo bhāvo niṣkale niṣkalastathā / ekamātro dvimātraśca trimātraścaiva bhedataḥ

ardhamātra parā jñeyā tata ūrdhvaṃ parātparam / pañcadhā pañcadaivatyaṃ sakalaṃ paripaṭhyate

brahmaṇo hṛdayasthānaṃ kaṇṭhe viṣṇuḥ samāśritaḥ / tālumadhye sthito rudro lalāṭastho maheśvaraḥ

nāsāgre acyutaṃ vidyāttasyānte tu paraṃ padam / paratvāttu paraṃ nāstītyevaṃ śāstrasya nirṇayaḥ

dehātītaṃ tu taṃ vidyānnāsāgre dvādaśāṅgulam / tadantaṃ taṃ vijānīyāttatrastho vyāpayetprabhuḥ

mano'pyanyatra nikṣiptaṃ cakṣuranyatra pātitam / tathāpi yogināṃ yogo hyavicchinnaḥ pravartate

etattu paramaṃ guhyametattu paramaṃ śubham / nātaḥ parataraṃ kiñcinnātaḥ parataraṃ śubham

śuddhajñānāmṛtaṃ prāpya paramākṣaranirṇayam / guhyādguhyatamaṃ gopyaṃ grahaṇīyaṃ prayatnataḥ

nāputrāya pradātavyaṃ nāśiṣyāya kadācana / gurudevāya bhaktāya nityaṃ bhaktiparāya ca

pradātavyamidaṃ śāstraṃ netarebhyaḥ pradāpayet / dātāsya narakaṃ yāti siddhyate na kadācana

gṛhastho brahmacārī ca vānaprasthaśca bhikṣukaḥ / yatra tatra sthito jñānī paramākṣaravitsadā

viṣayī viṣayāsakto yāti dehāntare śubham / jñānādevāsya śāstrasya sarvāvastho'pi mānavaḥ

brahmahatyāśvamedhādyaiḥ puṇyapāpairna lipyate / codako bodhakaścaiva mokṣadaśca paraḥ smṛtaḥ

ityeṣaṃ trividho jñeya ācāryastu mahītale / codako darśayenmārgaṃ bodhakaḥ sthānamācaret

mokṣadastu paraṃ tattvaṃ yajjñātvā paramaśnute / pratyakṣayajanaṃ dehe saṃkṣepācchṛṇu gautama

teneṣṭvā sa naro yāti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam / svayameva tu saṃpaśyeddehe binduṃ ca niṣkalam

ayane dve ca viṣuve sadā paśyati mārgavit / kṛtvāyāmaṃ purā vatsa recapūrakakumbhakān

pūrvaṃ cobhayamuccārya arcayettu yathākramam / namaskāreṇa yogena mudrayārabhya cārcayet

sūryasya grahaṇaṃ vatsa pratyakṣayajanaṃ smṛtam / jñānātsāyujyamevoktaṃ toye toyaṃ yathā tathā

ete guṇāḥ pravartante yogābhyāsakṛtaśramaiḥ / tasmādyogaṃ samādāya sarvaduḥkhabahiṣkṛtaḥ

yogadhyānaṃ sadā kṛtvā jñānaṃ tanmayatāṃ vrajet / jñānātsvarūpaṃ paramaṃ haṃsamantraṃ samuccaret

prāṇināṃ dehamadhye tu sthito haṃsaḥ sadācyutaḥ / haṃsa eva paraṃ satyaṃ haṃsa eva tu śaktikam

haṃsa eva paraṃ vākyaṃ haṃsa eva tu vādikam / haṃsa eva paro rudro haṃsa eva parātparam

sarvadevasya madhyastho haṃsa eva maheśvaraḥ / pṛthivyādiśivāntaṃ tu akārādyāśca varṇakāḥ

kūṭāntā haṃsa eva syānmātṛketi vyavasthitāḥ / mātṛkārahitaṃ mantramādiśante na kutracit

haṃsajyotiranūpamyaṃ madhye devaṃ vyavasthitam / dakṣiṇāmukhamāśritya jñānamudrāṃ prakalpayet

sadā samādhiṃ kurvīta haṃsamantramanusmaran / nirmalasphaṭikākāraṃ divyarūpamanuttamam

madhyadeśe paraṃ haṃsaṃ jñānamudrātmarūpakam / prāṇo'pānaḥ samānaścodānavyānau ca vāyavaḥ

pañcakarmendriyairuktāḥ kriyāśaktibalodyatāḥ / nāgaḥ kūrmaśca kṛkaro devadatto dhanañjayaḥ

pañcajñānendriyairyuktā jñānaśaktibalodyatāḥ / pāvakaḥ śaktimadhye tu nābhicakre raviḥ sthitaḥ

bandhamudrā kṛtā yena nāsāgre tu svalocane / akārevahnirityāhurukāre hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ

makāre ca bhruvormadhye prāṇaśaktyā prabodhayet / brahmagranthirakāre ca viṣṇugranthirhṛdi sthitaḥ

rudragranthirbhruvormadhye bhidyate'kṣaravāyunā / akāre saṃsthito brahmā ukāre viṣṇurāsthitaḥ

makāre saṃsthito rudrastato'syāntaḥ parātparaḥ / kaṇṭhaṃ saṅkucya nāḍyādau stambhite yena śaktitaḥ

rasanā pīḍyamāneyaṃ ṣoḍaśī vordhvagāmini / trikūṭaṃ trividhā caiva golākhaṃ nikharaṃ tathā

triśaṅkhavajramoṅkāramūrdhvanālaṃ bhruvormukham / kuṇḍalīṃ cālayanprāṇānbhedayanśaśimaṇḍalam

sādhayanvajrakumbhāni navadvārāṇi bandhayet / sumanaḥpavanārūḍhaḥ sarāgo nirguṇastathā

brahmasthāne tu nādaḥ syācchākinyāmṛtavarṣiṇī / ṣaṭcakramaṇḍaloddhāraṃ jñānadīpaṃ prakāśayet

sarvabhūtasthitaṃ devaṃ sarveśaṃ nityamarcayet / ātmarūpaṃ tamālokya jñānarūpaṃ nirāmayam

dṛśyantaṃ divyarūpeṇa sarvavyāpī nirañjanaḥ / haṃsa haṃsa vadedvākyaṃ prāṇināṃ dehamāśritaḥ . saprāṇāpānayorgranthirajapetyabhidhīyate

sahasramekaṃ dvayutaṃ ṣaṭśataṃ caiva sarvadā / uccaranpaṭhito haṃsaḥ so'hamityabhidhīyate

pūrvabhāge hyadholiṅgaṃ śikhinyāṃ caiva paścimam / jyotirliṅgaṃ bhruvormadhye nityaṃ dhyāyetsadā yatiḥ

acyuto'hamacintyo'hamatarkyo'hamajo'smyaham / aprāṇo'hamakāyo'hamanaṅgo'smyabhayo'smyaham

aśabdo'hamarūpo'hamasparśo'smyahamadvayaḥ / araso'hamagandho'hamanādiramṛto'smyaham

akṣayo'hamaliṅgo'hamajaro'smyakalo'smyaham / aprāṇo'hamamūko'hamacintyo'smyakṛto'smyaham

antaryāmyahamagrāhyo'nirdeśyo'hamalakṣaṇaḥ / agotro'hamagātro'hamacakṣuṣko'smyavāgaham

adṛśyo'hamavarṇo'hamakhaṇḍo'smyahamadbhutaḥ / aśruto'hamadṛṣṭo'hamanveṣṭavyo'maro'smyaham

avāyurapyanākāśo'tejasko'vyabhicāryaham / amato'hamajāto'hamatisūkṣmo'vikāryaham

arajasko'tamasko'hamasattvosmyaguṇo'smyaham / amāyo'nubhavātmāhamananyo'viṣayo'smyaham

advaito'hamapūrṇo'hamabāhyo'hamanantaraḥ / aśroto'hamadīrgho'hamavyakto'hamanāmayaḥ

advayānandavijñānaghano'smyahamavikriyaḥ / aniccho'hamalepo'hamakartāsmyahamadvayaḥ

avidyākāryahīno'hamavāgrasanagocaraḥ / analpo'hamaśoko'hamavikalpo'smyavijvalan

ādimadhyāntahīno'hamākāśasadṛśo'smyaham / ātmacaitanyarūpo'hamahamānandacidghanaḥ

ānandāmṛtarūpo'hamātmasaṃsthohamantaraḥ / ātmakāmohamākāśātparamātmeśvarosmyaham

īśānosmyahamīḍyo'hamahamuttamapūruṣaḥ / utkṛṣṭo'hamupadraṣṭā ahamuttarato'smyaham

kevalo'haṃ kaviḥ karmādhyakṣo'haṃ karaṇādhipaḥ / guhāśayo'haṃ goptāhaṃ cakṣuṣaścakṣurasmyaham

cidānando'smyahaṃ cetā cidghanaścinmayo'smyaham / jyotirmayo'smyahaṃ jyāyāñjyotiṣāṃ jyotirasmyaham

tamasaḥ sākṣyahaṃ turyaturyo'haṃ tamasaḥ paraḥ / divyo devo'smi durdarśo dṛṣṭādhyāyo dhruvo'smyaham

nityo'haṃ niravadyo'haṃ niṣkriyo'smi nirañjanaḥ / nirmalo nirvikalpo'haṃ nirākhyāto'smi niścalaḥ

nirvikāro nityapūto nirguṇo niḥspṛho'smyaham / nirindriyo niyantāhaṃ nirapekṣo'smi niṣkalaḥ

puruṣaḥ paramātmāhaṃ purāṇaḥ paramo'smyaham / parāvaro'smyahaṃ prājñaḥ prapañcopaśamo'smyaham

parāmṛto'smyahaṃ pūrṇaḥ prabhurasmi purātanaḥ / pūrṇānandaikabodho'haṃ pratyagekaraso'smyaham

prajñāto'haṃ praśānto'haṃ prakāśaḥ parameśvaraḥ / ekadā cintyamāno'haṃ dvaitādvaitavilakṣaṇaḥ

buddho'haṃ bhūtapālo'haṃ bhārūpo bhagavānaham / mahājñeyo mahānasmi mahājñeyo maheśvaraḥ

vimukto'haṃ vibhurahaṃ vareṇyo vyāpako'smyaham / vaiśvānaro vāsudevo viśvataścakṣurasmyaham

viśvādhiko'haṃ viśado viṣṇurviśvakṛdasmyaham / śuddho'smi śukraḥ śānto'smi śāśvato'smi śivo'smyaham

sarvabhūtāntarātmahamahamasmi sanātanaḥ / ahaṃ sakṛdvibhāto'smi sve mahimni sadā sthitaḥ

sarvāntaraḥ svayaṃjyotiḥ sarvādhipatirasmyaham / sarvabhūtādhivāso'haṃ sarvavyāpī svarāḍaham

samastasākṣī sarvātmā sarvabhūtaguhāśayaḥ / sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaḥ sarvendriyavivarjitaḥ

sthānatrayavyatīto'haṃ sarvānugrāhako'smyaham / saccidānanda pūrṇātmā sarvapremāspado'smyaham

saccidānandamātro'haṃ svaprakāśo'smi cidghanaḥ / sattvasvarūpasanmātrasiddhasarvātmako'smyaham

sarvādhiṣṭhānasanmātraḥ svātmabandhaharo'smyaham / sarvagrāso'smyahaṃ sarvadraṣṭā sarvānubhūraham

evaṃ yo veda tattvena sa vai puruṣa ucyata ityupaniṣat //
ॐ saha nāvavatu / saha nau bhunaktu / saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai / tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai /
ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ //
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