Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (with commentary) · Chapter 2.4

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tasya haitasya puruṣasya karaṇātmano liṅgasya rūpaṃ vakṣyāmo vāsanāmayaṃ mūrtāmūrtavāsanāvijñānamayasaṃyogajanitaṃ vicitraṃ paṭabhitticitravanmāyendrajālamṛgatṛṣṇikopamaṃ sarvavyāmohāspadametāvanmātrameva ātmeti vijñānavādino vaināśikā yatra bhrāntāḥ, etadeva vāsanārūpaṃ paṭarūpavadātmano dravyasya guṇa iti naiyāyikā vaiśeṣikāśca sampratipannāḥ, idamātmārthaṃ triguṇaṃ svatantraṃ pradhānāśrayaṃ puruṣārthena hetunā pravartata iti sāṅkhyāḥ /
aupaniṣadaṃmanyā api kecitprakriyāṃ racayanti-mūrtāmūrtarāśirekaḥ, paramātmarāśiruttamaḥ, tābhyāmanyo 'yaṃ madhyamaḥ kila tṛtīyaḥ kartrā bhoktrāvijñānamayena ajātaśatrupratibodhitena saha vidyākarmapūrvaprajñāsamudāyaḥ;prayoktā karmarāśiḥ, prayojyaḥ pūrvokto mūrtāmūrtabhūtarāśiḥ sādhanaṃ ceti /
tatra ca tārkikaiḥ saha sandhiṃ kurvanti /
liṅgāśrayaścaiṣa karmarāśirityuktvā punastatasrasyantaḥ sāṅkhyatvabhayāt, sarvaḥ karmarāśiḥ-puṣpāśraya iva gandhaḥ puṣpaviyoge 'pi puṭatailāśrayo bhavati, tadvat-liṅgaviyoge 'pi paramātmaikadeśamāśrayati, sa paramātmaikadeśaḥ kilānyata āgatena guṇena karmaṇā saguṇo bhavati nirguṇo 'pi san, sa kartā bhoktā badhyate mucyate ca vijñānātmā - iti vaiśeṣikacittamapyanusaranti;sa ca karmarāśirbhūtarāśerāgantukaḥ, svato nirguṇa eva paramātmaikadeśatvāt;svata utthitā avidyā anāgantukāpyūṣaravadanātmadharmaḥ-ityanayā kalpanayā sāṅkhyacittamanuvartante /
sarvametattārkikaiḥ saha sāmañjasyakalpanayā ramaṇīyaṃ paśyanti, lopaniṣatsiddhāntaṃ sarvanyāyavirodhaṃ ca paśyanti;katham? uktā eva tāvatsāva yavatve paramātmanaḥ
saṃsāritvasavraṇatvakarmaphaladeśasaṃsāritvasavraṇatvakarmaphaladeśasaṃsaraṇānupapattyādayo doṣāḥ;nityabhede ca vijñānātmanaḥ pareṇaikatvānupapattiḥ /
liṅgameveti cetparamātmana upacaritadeśatvena kalpitaṃ ghaṭakarakabhūchidrākāśādivat, tathā liṅgaviyoge 'pi paramātmadeśāśrayaṇaṃ vāsanāyāḥ /
avidyāyāṣca svata utthānam ūṣaravat-ityādikalpanānupapannaiva /
na ca vāsya deśavyatirekeṇa vāsanāyā vastvantarasañcaraṇaṃ manasāpi kalpayituṃ śakyam /
na ca śrutayo gacchanti"kāmaḥ saṅkalpo vicikitsā" "hṛdaye hyeva rūpāṇi" "dhyāyatīva lelāyatīva" "kāmā ye 'sya hṛdi śritāḥ""tīrṇo hi tadā sarvāñchokānhṛdayasya"ityādyāḥ /
na cāsāṃ śrutīnāṃ śrutādarthāntarakalpanā nyāyyā, ātmanaḥ parabrahmatvopapādanārthaparatvādāsām, etāvanmātrārthopakṣayatvācca sarvopaniṣadām /
tasmācchrutyarthakalpanākuśalāḥ sarva evopaniṣadarthamanyathā kurvanti /
tathāpi vedārthaścetsyātkāmaṃ bhavatu, na me dveṣaḥ /
na ca 'dva vāva brahmaṇo rūpe'iti rāśitrayapakṣe samañjasam;yadā tu mūrtāmūrte tajjanitavāsanāśca mūrtāmūrte dve rūpe, brahma ca rūpi tṛtīyam, na cānyaccaturthamantarāletadā etadanukūlamavadhāraṇam, dve eva brahmaṇo rūpe iti;anyathā brahmaikadeśasya vijñānātmano rūpe iti kalpyam, paramātmano vā vijñānātmadvāreṇeti /
tadā ca rūpe eveti dvivacanamasamañjasam, rūpāṇīti vāsanābhiḥ saha bahuvacanaṃ yuktataraṃ syāt- dve ca mūrtāmūrte vāsanāśca tṛtīyamiti /
atha mūrtāmūrte eva paramātmano rūpe, vāsanāstu vijñānātmana iti cet-tadā vijñānātmadvāreṇa vikriyamāṇasya paramātmanaḥ-itīyaṃ vācoyuktiranarthikā syāt, vāsanāyā api vijñānātmadvāratvasya aviśiṣṭatvāt;na ca vastu
vastvantaradvāreṇa vikriyata iti mukhyayā vṛttyā śakyaṃ kalpayitum;na ca vijñānātmā paramātmano vastvantaram, tathā kalpanāyāṃ siddhāntahānāt /
tasmād vedārthamūḍhānāṃ svacittaprabhavā evamādikalpanā akṣarabāhyāḥ;na hyakṣarabāhyo vedārtho vedārthopakārī vā, nirapekṣatvādvedasya prāmāṇyaṃ prati;tasmādrāśitrayakalpanā asamañjasā /
'yo 'yaṃ dakṣiṇe 'kṣanpuruṣaḥ'iti liṅgātmā prastuto 'dhyātme, adhidaive ca 'ya eṣa etasminmaṇḍale puruṣaḥ'
iti, 'tasya'iti prakṛtopādānātsa evopādīyate yo 'sau tyasyāmūrtasya raso na tu vijñānamayaḥ /
nanu vijñānamayasyaivaitāni rupāṇi kasmānna bhavanti? vijñānamayasyāpi prakṛtatvāt, 'tasya'iti ca prakṛtopādānāt /
naivam, vijñānamayasyārūpitvena vijijñāpayiṣitatvāt;yadi hi tasyaiva vijñānamayasyaitāni māhārajanādīni rūpāṇi syustasyāva 'neti neti'ityanākhyeyarūpatayādeśo na syāt /
nanvanyasyaivāsādeśo na tu vijñānamayasyeti!
na, ṣaṣṭhānte upasaṃhārāt-"vijñātāramare kena vijānīyāt"iti vijñānamayaṃ prastutya"sa eṣa neti neti"iti"vijñāpayiṣyāmi"iti ca pratijñāyā arthavattvāt /
yadi ca vijñānamayasyaiva asaṃvyavahāryamātmasvarūpaṃ jñāpayitumiṣṭaṃ syātpradhvastasarvopādhiviśeṣam, tata iyaṃ pratijñārthavatī syāt- yenāsau jñāpito jānātyātmānamevāhaṃ brahmāsmīti, śāsraniṣṭhāṃ prāpnoti na bibheti kutaśca /
atha punaranyo vijñānamayaḥ, anyaḥ 'neti neti' iti vyapadiśyate-tadānyadado brahmānyo 'hamasmīti
viparyayo gṛhītaḥ syāt, na 'ātmānamevāvedahaṃ brahmāsmi' iti /
tasmāt 'tasya haitasya' iti liṅgapuruśasyai vaitāni rūpāṇi /
satyasya ca satye paramātmasvarūpe vaktavye niravaśeṣaṃ satyaṃ vaktavyam;satyasya ca viśeṣarūpāṇi vāsanāḥ, tāsāmimāni rūpāṇyucyante, etasya puruṣasya prakṛtasya liṅgātmana etāni rūpāṇi;kāni tāni? ityucyante- yathā loke, mahārajanaṃ haridrā tayā raktaṃ māhārajanaṃ yathā vāso loke, evaṃ stryādiviṣayasaṃyoge tādṛśaṃ vāsanārūpaṃ rañjanākāra mutpadyate cittasya, yenāsau puruṣo rakta ityucyate vasrādivat /
yathā ca loke pāṇḍvāvikam, averidam āvikam ūrṇādi, yathā ca tatpāṇḍuraṃ bhavati, tathānyadvāsanārūpam /
yathā ca loke indragopo 'tyantarakto bhavati, evamasya vāsanārūpam /
kvacidviṣayaviśeṣāpekṣayā rāgasya tāratamyam, kvacitpuruṣacittavṛttyapekṣayā /
yathā ca loke 'gnyarcirbhāsvaraṃ bhavati, tathā kvacitkasyacidvāsanārūpaṃ bhavati /
yathā pumḍarīkaṃ śuklam, tadvadapi ca vāsanārūpaṃ kasyacidbhavati /
yathā sakṛdvidyuktam, yathā loke sakṛdvidyotanaṃ sarvataḥ prakāśakaṃ bhavati, tathā jñānaprakāśavivṛddhyapekṣayā kasyacidvāsanārūpamupajāyate /
naiṣāṃ vāsanārūpāṇāmādiranto madhyaṃ saṅkhyā vā, deśaḥ kālo nimittaṃ
vāvadhāryate-asaṅkhyeyatvādvāsanāyāḥ, vāsanāhetūnāṃ cānantyāt /
tathā ca vakṣyati ṣaṣṭhe-"idaṃmayo 'domayaḥ"ityādi /
tasmānna svarūpasaṅkhyāvadhāraṇārthā dṛṣṭāntāḥ- 'yathā māhārajanaṃ vāsaḥ'ityādayaḥ, kiṃ tarhi? prakārapradarśanārthāḥ-evamprakārāṇi hi vāsanārūpāṇīti /

yattu vāsanārūpamabhihitamante-sakṛdvidyotanamiveti, tatkila hiraṇyagarbhasya avyākṛtātprādurbhavataḥ taḍidvatsakṛdeva vyaktirbhavatīti;tattadīyaṃ vāsanārūpaṃ hiraṇyagarbhasya yo veda tasya sakṛdvidyutteva, ha vai ityavadhāraṇārthau, evamevāsya śrīḥ khyātirbhavatītyarthaḥ, yathā hiraṇyagarbhasya-evametadyathoktaṃ vāsanārūpamantyaṃ yo veda /
evaṃ niravaśeṣaṃ satyasya svarūpamabhidhāya, yattatsatyasya satyamavocāma tasyaiva svarūpāvadhāraṇārthaṃ brahmaṇa idamārabhyate-athānantaraṃ satyasvarūpanirdeśānantaram, yatsatyasya satyaṃ tadevāvaśiṣyate yasmādatastasmātsatyasya satyaṃ svarūpaṃ nirdekṣyāmaḥ /
ādeśo nirdeśo brahmaṇaḥ /
kaḥ punarasau nirdeśaḥ? ityucyate-neti netītyevaṃ nirdeśaḥ /
nanu kathamābhyāṃ 'neti neti'iti śabdābhyāṃ satyasya satyaṃ nirdidikṣitam? ityucyate-sarvopādhiviśeṣāpohena /
yasminna kaścidviśeṣo 'sti-nāma vā rūpaṃ vā karma vā bhedo vā jātirvā guṇo vā;taddvāreṇa hi śabdapravṛttirbhavati /
na caiṣāṃ kaścid viśeṣo brahmaṇyasti;ato na nirdeṣṭuṃ śakyate-idaṃ taditi /
gaurasau spandate śuklo viṣāṇīti yathā loke nirdiśyate, tathā;adhyāropitanāmarūpakarmadvāreṇa brahma nirdiśyate 'vijñānamānandaṃ brahma' 'vijñānaghana eva brahmātmā'ityevamādiśabdaiḥ /
yadā punaḥ svarūpameva nirdidikṣitaṃ bhavati;nirastasarvopādhiviśeṣam, tadā na śakyate kenacidapi prakāreṇa nirdeṣṭum;tadā ayamevābhyupāyaḥ-yaduta prāptanirdeśapratiṣedhadvāreṇa 'neti neti'iti nirdeśaḥ /
idaṃ ca nakāradvayaṃ vīpsāvyāptyartham;yadyatprāptaṃ tattanniṣidhyate /
tathā ca sati anirdiṣṭāśaṅkā brahmaṇaḥ parihṛtā bhavati;anyathā hi nakāradvayena prakṛtadvayapratiṣedhe, yadanyatprakṛtātpratiṣiddhadvayādbrahma tanna nirdiṣṭam, kīdṛśaṃ nu khalu-ityāśaṅkā na nivartiṣyate;tathā cānarthakaśca sa nirdeśaḥ, puruṣasya vividiṣāyā anivartakatvāt;
'brahma jñapayiṣyāmi'iti ca vākyam aparisamāptārthaṃ syāt /
yadā tu sarvadikkālādivividiṣā nivartitā syāt sarvopādhinirākaraṇadvāreṇa tadā saindhavaghanavadekarasaṃ prajñānaghanamanantaramabāhyaṃ satyasya satyamahaṃbrahmāsmīti sarvato nivartate vividiṣā, ātmanyevāvasthitā prajñā bhavati /
tasmādvīpsārthaṃ neti netīti nakāradvayam /
nanu mahatā yatnena parikarabandhaṃ kṛtvā kiṃ yuktamevaṃ nirdeśṭuṃ brahma? bāḍham;kasmāt? na hi-yasmāt, 'iti na, iti na'ityetasmāt-itīti vyāptavyaprakārā nakāradvayaviṣayā nirdiśyante, yathā grāmo grāmo ramaṇīya iti, anyatparaṃ nirdeśanaṃ nāsti;tasmādayameva nirdeśo brahmaṇaḥ /
yaduktam- 'tasyopaniṣatsatyasya satyam'iti, evaṃprakāreṇa satyasya satyaṃ tatparaṃ brahma;ato yuktamuktaṃ nāmadheyaṃ brahmaṇaḥ, nāmaiva nāmadheyam;kiṃ tat? satyasya satyaṃ prāṇā vai satyaṃ teṣāmeṣa satyamiti //6//
iti tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam //3//
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ātmetyevopāsīta;tadeva tasminsarvasminpadanīyamātmatattvam, yasmātpreyaḥ putrādeḥ-ityupanyastasya vākyasya vyākhyānaviṣaye sambandhaprayojane abhihite- 'tadātmānamevāvedahaṃ brahmāsmīti tasmāttatsarvamabhavat'iti;evaṃ pratyagātmā brahmavidyāyā viṣaya ityetadupanyastam /
avidyāyāśca viṣayaḥ- 'anyo 'sāvanyo 'hamasmīti na sa veda'ityārabhya cāturvarṇyapravibhāgādinimittapāṅktakarmasādhyasādhanalakṣaṇo bījāṅkuravadvyākṛtāvyākṛtasvabhāvo nāmarūpakarmātmakaḥ saṃsāraḥ 'trayaṃ vā idaṃ nāma rūpaṃ karma'ityupasaṃhṛtaḥ /
śāsrīya utkarṣalakṣaṇo brahmalokānto 'dhobhāvaśca sthāvarānto 'śāsrīyaḥ pūrvameva pradarśitaḥ- 'dvayā ha'ityādinā /
etasmādavidyāviṣayādviraktasya pratyagātmaviṣayabrahmavidyāyāmadhikāraḥ kathaṃ nāma syāditi-tṛtīye 'dhyāye upasaṃhṛtaḥ samasto 'vidyāviṣayaḥ /
caturthe tu brahmavidyāviṣayaṃ pratyagātmānam 'brahma te bravāṇi'iti 'brahma jñapayiṣyāmi'iti ca prastutya, tadbrahmaikamadvayaṃ sarvaviśeṣaśūnyaṃ kriyākārakaphalasvabhāvasatyaśabdavācyāśeṣabhūtadharmapratiṣedhadvāreṇa 'neti neti'iti jñāpitam /
asyā brahmavidyāyā aṅgatvena saṃnyāso vidhitsitaḥ, jāyāputravittādilakṣaṇaṃ pāṅktaṃ karmāvidyāviṣayaṃ yasmānnātmaprāptisādhanam; anyasādhanaṃ hyanyasmai phalasādhanāya prayujyamānaṃ pratikūlaṃ bhavati /
na hi bubhukṣāpipāsānivṛttyarthaṃ dhāvanaṃ gamanaṃ vā sādhanam; manuṣyalokapitṛlokadevalokasādhanatvena hi putrādisādhanāni śrutāni, nātmaprāptisādhanatvena /
viśeṣitatvācca; na ca brahmavido vihitāni, kāmyatvaśravaṇāt- 'etāvānvai kāmaḥ' iti /
brahmavidaścāptakāmatvādāptakāmasya kāmānupapatteḥ /
"yeṣāṃ no 'yamātmāyaṃ lokaḥ"iti ca śruteḥ /
kecittu brahmavido 'pyeṣaṇāsambandhaṃ varṇayanti, tairbṛhadāraṇyakaṃ na śrutam; putrādyeṣaṇānāmavidvadviṣayatvam; vidyāviṣaye ca-"yeṣāṃ no 'yamātmāyaṃ lokaḥ"ityataḥ"kiṃ prajayā kariṣyāmaḥ"ityeṣa vibhāgastairna śrutaḥ śrutyā kṛtaḥ; sarvakriyākārakaphalopamardasvarūpāyāṃ ca vidyāyāṃ satyām, saha kāryeṇāvidyāyā anupapattilakṣaṇaśca virodhastairna vijñātaḥ /
vyāsavākyaṃ ca tairna śrutam; karmavidyāsvarūpayorvidyāvidyātmakayoḥ pratikūlavartanaṃ virodhaḥ;
"yadidaṃ vedavacanaṃ kuru karma tyajeti ca /
kāṃ gatiṃ vidyayā yānti kāṃ ca gacchanti karmaṇā //
etadvai śrotumicchāmi tadbhavānprabravītu me /
etāvanyonyavairūpye vartete pratikūlataḥ /
"ityevaṃ pṛṣṭasya prativacanena - "karmaṇā badhyate janturvidyayā ca vimucyate /
tasmātkarma na kurvanti yatayaḥ pāradarśinaḥḥ //
ityevamādivirodhaḥ pradarśitaḥ /
tasmānna sādhanāntarasahitā brahmavidyā puruṣārthasādhanam, sarvavirodhāt, sādhananirapekṣaiva puruṣārthasādhanamiti pārivrājyaṃ sarvasādhanasaṃnyāsalakṣaṇamaṅgatvena vidhitsyate /
etāvadeva amṛtatvasādhanam ityavadhāraṇāt, ṣaṣṭhasamāptau, liṅgācca-karmī sanyājñavalkyaḥ pravavrājeti /
maitreyyai ca karmasādhanarahitāyai sādhanatvenāmṛtatvasya brahmavidyopadeśād vittanindāvacanācca /
yadi hyamṛtatvasādhanaṃ karma syād vittasādhyaṃ pāṅktaṃ karma, iti tannindāvacanamaniṣṭaṃ syāt /
yadi tu paritityājayiṣitaṃ karma, tato yuktā tatsādhananindā /
karmādhikāranimittavarṇāśramādipratyayopamardācca-"brahma taṃ parā dāt" "kṣatraṃ taṃ parādāt"ityādeḥ /
na hi brahmakṣatrādyātmapratyayopamarde, brāhmaṇenedaṃ kartavyaṃ kṣatriyeṇedaṃ kartavyamiti viṣayābhāvādātmānaṃ labhate vidhiḥ /
yasyaiva puruṣasyopamarditaḥ pratyayo brahmakṣatrādyātmaviṣayaḥ, tasya tatpratyayasaṃnyāsāt tatkāryāṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ karmasādhanānāṃ ca arthaprāptaśca sanyāsaḥ /
tasmādātmajñānāṅgatvena saṃnyāsavidhitsayaiva ākhyāyikeyamārabhyate-

maitreyīti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- udyāsyan vā are 'ham asmāt sthānād asmi |
hanta te 'nayā kātyāyanyāntaṃ karavāṇīti

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maitreyīti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ-maitreyīṃ svabhāryāmāmantritavānyājñavalkyo nāma ṛṣiḥ;udyāsyannūrdhvaṃ yāsyanpārivrājyākhyamāśramāntaraṃ vai /
are iti sambodhanam /
aham, asmādgārhasthyāt, sthānādāśramāt, ūrdhvaṃ gantumicchannasmi
bhavāmi;ato hantānumatiṃ prārthayāmi te tava;kiñcānyatte tavānayā dvitīyayā bhāryayā kātyāyanyāntaṃ vicchedaṃ karavāṇi;patidvāreṇa yuvayormayā sambandhasya vicchedaṃ karavāṇi dravyavibhāgaṃ kṛtvā;vittena saṃvibhajya yuvāṃ gamiṣyāmi //1//
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sā hovāca maitreyī -- yan nu ma iyaṃ bhagoḥ sarvā pṛthivī vittena pūrṇā syāt kathaṃ tenāmṛtā syām iti |
neti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ |
yathaivopakaraṇavatāṃ jīvitaṃ tathaiva te jīvitaṃ syāt |
amṛtatvasya tu nāśāsti vitteneti

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sā evamuktā hovāca-yadyadi 'nu'iti vitarke, me mama iyaṃ pṛthivī, bhagoḥ-bhagavan, sarvā sāgaraparikṣiptā vittena dhanena pūrṇā syāt;katham? na kathañcanetyākṣepārthaḥ, praśnārtho vā, tena pṛthivīpūrṇavittasādhyena karmaṇāgnihotrādinā amṛtā kiṃ syāmiti vyavahitena sambandhaḥ /
pratyuvāca yājñavalkyaḥ-kathamiti yadyākṣepārtham, anumodanaṃ neti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ-kathamiti yadyākṣepārtham, anumodanaṃ neti hovāca yājñavalkya iti;praśnaścetprativacanārtham;naiva syā amṛtā, kiṃ tarhi? yathaiva loke upakaraṇavatāṃ sādhanavatāṃ jīvitaṃ sukhopāyabhogasampannam;tathaiva tadvadeva tava jīvitaṃ syāt;amṛtatvasya tu nāśā manasāpyasti vittena vittasādhyena karmaṇeti //2//
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sā hovāca maitreyī -- yenāhaṃ nāmṛtā syāṃ kim ahaṃ tena kuryām |
yad eva bhagavān veda tad eva me brūhīti

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sā hovāca maitreyī;evamuktā pratyuvāca maitreyī-yadyevaṃ yenāhaṃ nāmṛtā syām, kimahaṃ tena vittena kuryām? yadeva bhagavānkevalamamṛtatvasādhanaṃ veda, tadevāmṛtatvasādhanaṃ me mahyaṃ brūhi //3//
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sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ -- priyā batāre naḥ satī priyaṃ bhāṣase |
ehy āssva |
vyākhyāsyāmi te |
vyācakṣāṇasya tu me nididhyāsasveti

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sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ /
evaṃ vittasādhye 'mṛtatvasādhane pratyākhyāte, yājñavalkyaḥ svābhiprāyasampattau tuṣṭa āha;sa hovāca-priyeṣāṭā, batetyanukampyāha, are maitreyi no 'smākaṃ pūrvamapi priyā satī bhavantī idānīṃ priyameva cittānukūlaṃ bhāṣase;ata ehyāḥsvopaviśa vyākhyāsyāmi-yatte tava iṣṭam amṛtatvasādhanam ātmajñānaṃ
kathayiṣyāmi /
vyācakṣāṇasya tu me mama vyākhyānaṃ kurvato nididhyāsasva vākyānyarthato niścayena dhyātumiccheti //4//
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sa hovāca -- na vā are patyuḥ kāmāya patiḥ priyo bhavaty ātmanas tu kāmāya patiḥ priyo bhavati |
na vā are jāyāyai kāmāya jāyā priyā bhavaty ātmanas tu kāmāya jāyā priyā bhavati |
na vā are putrāṇāṃ kāmāya putrāḥ priyā bhavanty ātmanas tu kāmāya putrāḥ priyā bhavanti |
na vā are vittasya kāmāya vittaṃ priyaṃ bhavaty ātmanas tu kāmāya vittaṃ priyaṃ bhavati |
na vā are brahmaṇaḥ kāmāya brahma priyaṃ bhavaty ātmanas tu kāmāya brahma priyaṃ bhavati |
na vā are kṣatrasya kāmāya kṣatraṃ priyaṃ bhavaty ātmanas tu kāmāya kṣatraṃ priyaṃ bhavati |
na vā are lokānāṃ kāmāya lokāḥ priyā bhavanty ātmanas tu kāmāya lokāḥ priyā bhavanti |
na vā are devānāṃ kāmāya devāḥ priyā bhavanty ātmanas tu kāmāya devāḥ priyā bhavanti |
na vā are bhūtānāṃ kāmāya bhūtāni priyāṇi bhavanty ātmanas tu kāmāya bhūtāni priyāṇi bhavanti |
na vā are sarvasya kāmāya sarvaṃ priyaṃ bhavaty ātmanas tu kāmāya sarvaṃ priyaṃ bhavati |
ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyo mantavyo nididhyāsitavyo maitreyi |
ātmano vā are darśanena śravaṇena matyā vijñānenedaṃ sarvaṃ viditam

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sa hovāca-amṛtatvasādhanaṃ vairāgyamupadidikṣurjāyāpatiputrādibhyo virāgamutpādayati tatsaṃnyāsāya /
na vai-vaiśabdaḥ prasiddhasmaraṇārthaḥ;prasiddhamevaitalloke;patyurbhartuḥ kāmāya prayojanāya jāyāyāḥ patiḥ priyo na bhavati, kiṃ tarhyātmanastu kāmāya prayojanāyaiva bhāryāyāḥ patiḥ priyo bhavati /
tathā na vā are jāyāyā ityādi samānamanyat, na vā are putrāṇām, na vā are vittasya, na vā are brahmaṇaḥ, na vā are kṣatrasya, na vā are devānām, na vā are bhūtānām, na vā are sarvasya, pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ yathāsanne prītisādhane vacanam;tatra tatreṣṭataratvādvairāgyasya;sarvagrahaṇamuktānuktārtham /
tasmāllokaprasiddhametat-ātmaiva priyaḥ, nānyat /
'tadetatpreyaḥ putrāt'ityupanyastam, tasyaitad vṛttisthānīyaṃ prapañcitam /
tasmādātmaprītisādhanatvādgauṇī anyatra prītiḥ, ātmanyeva mukhyā /
tasmādātmā vai are draṣṭavyo darśanārhaḥ, darśanaviṣayamāpādayitavyaḥ;śrotavyaḥ pūrvamācāryata āgamataśca;paścānmantavyastarkataḥ;tato nididhyāsitavyo niścayena dhyātavyaḥ;evaṃ hyasau dṛṣṭo bhavati śravaṇamanananididhyāsanasādhanairnirvartitaiḥ /
yadaikatvamatānyupagatāni, tadā samyagdarśanaṃ brahmaikatvaviṣayaṃ prasidati, nānyathā śravaṇamātreṇa /
yadbrahmakṣatrādi karmanimittaṃ varṇāśramādilakṣaṇam ātmavidyādhyāropitapratyayaviṣayaṃ kriyākārakaphalātmakamavidyāpratyayaviṣayam-rajjavāmva sarpapratyayaḥ, tadupamardanārtham āha-ātmani khalvare maitreyi dṛṣṭe śrute mate vijñāte idaṃ sarvaṃ viditaṃ vijñātaṃ bhavati //5//
nanu kathamanyasminvidite 'nyadviditaṃ bhavati? naiṣa doṣaḥ;na hi ātmavyatirekeṇānyatkiñcidasti ;yadyasti na tadviditaṃ syāt;na tvanyadasti;ātmaiva tu sarvam;tasmātsarvamātmani vidite viditaṃ syāt /
kathaṃ punarātmaiva sarvamityetacchrāvayati-
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brahma taṃ parādād yo 'nyatrātmano brahma veda |
kṣatraṃ taṃ parādād yo 'nyatrātmanaḥ kṣatraṃ veda |
lokās taṃ parādur yo 'nyatrātmano lokān veda |
devās taṃ parādur yo 'nyatrātmano devān veda |
bhūtāni taṃ parādur yo 'nyatrātmano bhūtāni veda |
sarvaṃ taṃ parādād yo 'nyatrātmanaḥ sarvaṃ veda |
idaṃ brahmedaṃ kṣatram ime lokā ime devā imāni bhūtānīdaṃ sarvaṃ yad ayam ātmā

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brahma brāhmaṇajātistaṃ puruṣaṃ parādātparādadhyātparākuryāt;kam? yo 'nyatrātmana ātmasvarūpavyatirekeṇa-ātmaiva na bhavatīyaṃ brāhmaṇajātiriti-tāṃ yo veda, taṃ parādadhyātsā
brāhmaṇajātiranātmasvarūpeṇa māṃ paśyatīti;paramātmāhi sarveṣāmātmā /
tathā kṣatraṃ kṣatriyajātiḥ, tathā lokāḥ, devāḥ, bhūtāni, sarvam /
idaṃ brahmeti-yānyanukrāntāni tāni sarvāṇi, ātmaiva, yadayamātmā-yo 'yamātmā draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavya iti prakṛtaḥ;yasmādātmano jāyata ātmanyeva līyata ātmamayaṃ ca sthitikāle, ātmavyatirekeṇāgrahaṇāt, ātmaiva sarvam //6//
kathaṃ punaridānīmidaṃ sarvamātmaiveti grahītuṃ śakyate? cinmātrānugamātsarvatra citsvarūpataiveti gamyate /
tatra dṛṣṭānta ucyate /
tatra dṛṣṭānta ucyate-yatsvarūpavyatirekeṇāgrahaṇaṃ yasya, tasya tadātmatvameva loke dṛṣṭam /
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sa yathā dundubher hanyamānasya na bāhyāñ chabdāñ chaknuyād grahaṇāya |
dundubhes tu grahaṇena dundubhyāghātasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ

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sa yathā-sa iti dṛṣṭāntaḥ, loke yathā dundubherbheryādeḥ, hanyamānasya tāḍyamānasya daṇḍādinā, na, bāhyāñchabdān bahirbhūtāñchabdaviśeṣān dundubhiśabdasāmānyānniṣkṛṣṭān dundubhiśabdaviśeṣān na śaknuyād grahaṇāya grahītum;dundubhestu grahaṇena, dundubhiśabdā eta iti, śabdaviśeṣā gṛhītā bhavanti, dundubhiśabdasāmānyavyatirekeṇābhāvātteṣām /
dundubhyāghātasya vā, dunduberāhananam āghātaḥ, dundubhyāghātaviśiṣṭasya śabdasāmānyasya grahaṇena tadgatā viśeṣā gṛhītā
bhavanti, na tu ta eva nirbhidya grahītuṃ śakyante, viśeṣarūpeṇābhāvātteṣām /
tathā prajñānavyatirekeṇa svapnajāgaritayorna kaścidvastuviśeṣo gṛhyate;tasmātprajñānavyatirekeṇa abhāvo yuktasteṣām //7//
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sa yathā śaṅkhasya dhmāyamānasya na bāhyāñ chabdāñ chaknuyād grahaṇāya śaṅkhasya tu grahaṇena śaṅkhadhmasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ

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tathā sa yathā śaṅkhasya dhmāyamānasya śabdena saṃyojyamānasya āpūryamāṇasya na bāhyāñchabdāñchaknuyādityevamādi pūrvavat //8//
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sa yathā vīṇāyai vādyamānāyai na bāhyāñ chabdāñ chaknuyād grahaṇāya vīṇāyai tu grahaṇena vīṇāvādasya vā śabdo gṛhītaḥ

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tathā vīṇāyai vādyamānāyai-vīmāyā vādyamānāyāḥ /
anekadṛṣṭāntopādānamiha sāmānyabahutvakhyāpanārtham-aneke hi vilakṣaṇāścetanācetanarūpāḥ sāmānyaviśeṣāḥ-teṣāṃ pāramparyagatyā yathaikasminmahāsāmānye 'ntarbhāvaḥ prajñānaghane, kathaṃ nāma pradarśayitavya iti;dundubhiśaṅkhavīṇāśabdasāmānyaviśeṣāṇāṃ yathā śabdatve 'ntarbhāvaḥ, evaṃ sthitikāle tāvatsāmānyaviśeṣāvyatirekād brahmaikatvaṃ śakyamavagantum //9//
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evamutpattikāle prāgutpatterbrahmaiveti śakyamavagantum /
yathāgnervisphuliṅgadhūmāṅgārārciṣāṃ prāgvibhāgādagnireveti bhavatyagnyekatvam, evaṃ jagannāmarūpavikṛtaṃ pragutpatteḥ prajñānaghana eveti yuktaṃ grahītumityetaducyate-
sa yathārdraidhāgner abhyāhitāt pṛthag dhūmā viniścaranty eva vā are 'sya mahato bhūtasya niḥśvasitam etad yad ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo 'tharvāṅgirasa itihāsaḥ purāṇaṃ vidyā upaniṣadaḥ ślokāḥ sūtrāṇy anuvyākhyānāni vyākhyānani |
asyaivaitāni niśvasitāni

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sa yathā-ārdraidhāgneḥ, ārdrairedhobhiriddho 'gnirārdraidhāgniḥ, tasmāt, abhyāhitātpṛthagdhūmāḥ, pṛthagnānāprakāram, dhūmagrahaṇaṃ visphulihgādipradarśanārtham, dhūmavisphuliṅgādayo viniścaranti vinirgacchanti /
evam-yathāyaṃ dṛṣṭāntaḥ, are maitreyyasya paramātmanaḥ prakṛtasya mahato bhūtasya niśvasitametat, niśvasitamiva niśvasitam;yathā aprayatnenaiva puruṣaniśvāso bhavatyevaṃ vā are /
kiṃ tanniśvasitamiva tato jātamityucyate-yadṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo 'tharvāṅgirasaḥ-caturvidhaṃ mantrajātam, itihāsa ityurvaśīpurūravasoḥ saṃvādādiḥ-"urvaśīhāpsarāḥ"ityādibrāhmaṇameva, purāṇam"asadvā idamagra āsīt"ityādi, vidyā devajanavidyā vedaḥ so 'yamityādyā, upaniṣadaḥ"priyamityetadupāsīta"ityādyāḥ, ślokā brāhmaṇaprabhavā mantrāḥ"tadete ślokāḥ"ityādayaḥ; sūtrāṇi vastusaṅgraha vākyāni vede yathā-"ātmetyevopāsīta"ityādīni, anuvyākhyānāni mantravivaraṇāni, vyākhyānānyarthavādāḥ, athavā vastusaṅgrahavākyavivaraṇānyanuvyākhyānāni, yathā caturthādhyāye 'ātmetyevopāsīta' ityasya, yathā vā 'anyo 'sāvanyo 'hamasmīti na sa veda yathā paśurevam' ityasyāyamevādhyāyaśeṣaḥ, mantravivaraṇāni vyākhyānāni, evamaṣṭavidhaṃ brāhmaṇam /
evaṃ mantrabrāhmaṇayoreva grahaṇam, niyataracanāvato vidyamānasyaiva vedasyābhivyaktiḥ puruṣaniśvāsavat, na ca puruṣabuddhiprayatnapūrvakaḥ; ataḥ pramāṇaṃ nirapekṣa eva svārthe; tasmādyattenoktaṃ tattathaiva pratipattavyam, ātmanaḥ śreya icchadbhiḥ jñānaṃ vā karma veti /
nāmaprakāśavaśā hi rūpasya vikriyāvyavasthā /
nāmarūpayoreva hi paramātmopādhibhūtayorvyākriyamāṇayoḥ salilaphenavattattvānyatvenānirvaktavyayoḥ sarvāvasthayoḥ saṃsāratvam-ityato nāmna eva niśvasitatvamuktam, tadvacanenaivetarasya niśvasitatvasiddheḥ /
athavā sarvasya dvaitajātasya avidyāviṣayatvamuktam-"brahma taṃ parādāt.....idaṃ sarvaṃ yadayamātmā"iti /
tena vedasyāprāmāṇyamāśaṅkyate /
tadāśaṅkānivṛttyarthamidamuktam? puruṣaniśvāsavadaprayatnotthitatvātpramāṇaṃ vedaḥ, na yathā anyo grantha iti //10//
kiñcānyat, na kevalaṃ sthityutpattikālayoreva prajñānavyatirekeṇābhāvājjagato brahmatvam, pralayakāle ca /
jalabudbudaphenādīnāmiva salilavyatirekeṇābhāvaḥ, evaṃ prajñānavyatirekeṇa tatkāryāṇāṃ nāmarūpakarmaṇāṃ tasminneva līyamānānāmabhāvaḥ /
tasmādekameva brahma prajñānaghanamekarasaṃ pratipattavyamityata āha /
pralayapradarśanāya dṛṣṭāntaḥ-
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sa yathā sarvāsām apāṃ samudra ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣāṃ sparśānāṃ tvag ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣāṃ gandhānāṃ nāsike ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣāṃ rasānāṃ jihvaikāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣāṃ rūpāṇāṃ cakṣur ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣaṃ śabdānāṃ śrotram ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣāṃ saṃkalpānāṃ mana ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarvāsāṃ vidyānāṃ hṛdayam ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ hastāv ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣām ānandānām upastha ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣāṃ visargāṇāṃ pāyur ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣām adhvanāṃ pādāv ekāyanam |
evaṃ sarveṣāṃ vedānāṃ vāg ekāyanam

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sa iti dṛṣṭāntaḥ;yathā yena prakāreṇa, sarvāsāṃ nadīvāpītaḍāgādigatānāmapām, samudro 'bdhirekāyanam, ekagamanamekapralayo 'vibhāgaprāptirityarthaḥ;yathāyāṃ dṛṣṭāntaḥ, evaṃ sarveṣāṃ sparśānāṃ mṛdukarkaśakaṭhinapicchilādīnāṃ vāyorātmabhūtānāṃ tvagekāyanam, tvagiti tvagviṣayaṃ sparśasāmānyamātram, tasminpraviṣṭāḥ sparśaviśeṣāḥ-āpa iva samudram-tadvyatirekeṇābhāvabhūtā bhavanti;tasyaiva hi te saṃsthānamātrā āsan /
tathā tadapi sparśasāmānyamātraṃ tvakchabdavācyaṃ manaḥsaṅkalpe manoviṣayasāmānyamātre, tvagviṣaya ivasparśaviśeṣāḥ, praviṣṭaṃ tadvyatirekeṇābhāvabhūtaṃ bhavati;evaṃ manoviṣayo 'pi buddhiviṣayasāmānyamātre praviṣṭastadvyatirekeṇābhāvabhūto bhavati;vijñānamātrameva bhūtvā prajñānaghane pare brahmaṇyāpa iva samudre pralīyate /
evaṃ paramparākrameṇa śabdādau saha grāhakeṇa karaṇena pralīne prajñānaghane upādhyabhāvātsaindhavaghanavat prajñānaghanamekarasamanantamapāraṃ nirantaraṃ brahma vyavatiṣṭhate /
tasmādātmaiva ekamadvayamiti pratipattavyam /
tathā sarveṣāṃ gandhānāṃ pṛthivīviśeṣāṇāṃ nāsike ghrāṇaviṣayasāmānyam, tathā sarveṣāṃ rasānāmabviśeṣāṇāṃ cakṣuścakṣurviṣayasāmānyam, tathā śabdānāṃ śrotraviṣayasāmānyaṃ pūrvavat /
tathā śrotrādiviṣayasāmānyānāṃ manoviṣayasāmānye saṅkalpe;manoviṣayasāmānyasyāpi buddhiviṣayasāmānye vijñānamātre;vijñānamātraṃ bhūtvā parasminprajñānaghane pralīyate /
tathā karmendriyāṇāṃ viṣayā vadanādānagamanavisargānandaviśeṣāḥ tattatkriyāsāmānyeṣveva praviṣṭā na vibhāgayogyā bhavanti, samudra ivābviśeṣāḥ; tāni ca sāmānyāni prāṇamātram, prāṇaśca prajñānamātrameva /
"yo vai prāṇaḥ sā prajñā yā vai prajñā sa prāṇaḥ"iti kauṣītakino 'dhīyate /
nanu sarvatra viṣayasyaiva pralayo 'bhihitaḥ, na tu karaṇasya;tatra ko 'bhiprāya iti? bāḍham;kintu viṣayasamānajātīyaṃ karaṇaṃ manyate śrutiḥ, na tu jātyantaram;viṣayasyaiva svātmagrāhakatvena saṃsthānāntaraṃ karaṇaṃ nāma-yathā rūpaviśeṣasyaiva saṃsthānaṃ pradīpaḥ karaṇaṃ sarvarūpaprakāśane, evaṃ sarvaviṣayaviśeṣāṇāmeva svātmaviśeṣaprakāśakatvena saṃsthānāntarāṇi karaṇāni pradīpavat /
tasmānna karaṇānāṃ pṛthakpralaye yatnaḥ kāryaḥ,
viṣayasāmānyātmakatvādviṣayapralayenaiva pralayaḥ siddho bhavati karaṇānāmiti //11//
tatra 'idaṃ sarvaṃ yadayamātmā' iti pratijñātam, tatra heturabhihitaḥ-ātmasāmānyatvam, ātmajatvam, ātmapralayatvaṃ ca /
tasmādutpattisthitipralayakāleṣu prajñānavyatirekeṇābhāvāt"prajñānaṃ brahma" "ātmaivedaṃ sarvam"iti pratijñātaṃ yat, tattarkataḥ sādhitam /
svābhāviko 'yaṃ pralaya iti paurāṇikā vadanti /
yastu buddhipūrvakaḥ pralayo brahmavidāṃ brahmavidyānimittaḥ, ayamātyantika ityācakṣate-avidyānirodhadvāreṇa yo bhavati; tadartho 'yaṃ viśeṣārambhaḥ-
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sa yathā saindhavakhilya udake prāsta udakam evānuvilīyeta na hāsyodgrahaṇāyeva syāt |
yato-yatas tv ādadīta lavaṇam |
evaṃ vā ara idaṃ mahad bhūtam anantam apāraṃ vijñānaghana eva |
etebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ samutthāya tāny evānuvinaśyati |
na pretya saṃjñāstīty are bravīmi |
iti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ

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tatra dṛṣṭānta upādīyate-sa yatheti /
saindhavakhilyaḥ- sindhorvikāraḥ saindhavaḥ, sindhuśabdenodakamabhidhīyate, syandanātsindhurudakam, tadvikārastatra bhavo vā saindhavaḥ saindhavaścāsau khilyaśceti saindhavakhilyaḥ, khila eva khilyaḥ svārthe yatpratyayaḥ, udeka sindhau svayonauprastaḥ prakṣiptaḥ, udakameva vilīyamānamanuvilīyeta;yattadbhaumataijasasamparkātkāṭhinyaprāptiḥ /
khilyasya svayonisamparkādapagacchati tadudakasya vilayanam, tadanu saindhavakhilyo vilīyata ityucyate /
tadetadāha udakamevānuvilīyeteti /
na ha naiva asya khilyasyodgrahaṇāyoddhṛtya pūrvavadgrahaṇāya grahītuṃ naiva samarthaḥ kaścitsyātsunipuṇo 'pi /
ivaśabdo 'narthakaḥ /
grahaṇāya naiva samarthaḥ;kasmāt? yato yato yasmādyasmāddeśātadudakamādadīta gṛhītvā svādayet, lavaṇāsvādameva tadudakaṃ na tu khilyamāvaḥ /
yathāyaṃ dṛṣṭāntaḥ, evameva vā are maitreyidaṃ paramātmākhyaṃ mahadbhūtam-yasmānmahato bhūtādavidyayā paricchinnā satī kāryakaraṇopādhisambandhātkhilyamāvamāpannāsi, martyā janmamaraṇāśanāyāpipāsādisaṃsāradharmavatyasi, nāmarūpakāryātmikā-amuṣyānva yāhamiti, sa khilyabhāvastava kāryakaraṇabhūnopādhisamparkabhrāntijanito mahati bhūte svayonau mahāsamudrasyānīye paramātmani ajare 'mare 'bhaye śudve saindhavavanavadekarase prajñānaghane 'nante 'pāre nirantare 'vidyājanitabhrāntimedavarjite praveśitaḥ /
tasminpraviṣṭe svayonigraste khilyabhāve 'vidyākṛte bhedabhāve praṇāśite-idamekamadvaitaṃ mahadbhūtam mahacca tad bhūtaṃ ca mahadbhūtaṃ sarvamahattaratvādākāśādikāraṇatvācca /
bhūtaṃ viṣvapi kālepu svarūpādhyabhicārātsarvadaiva pariniṣpannamiti vaikāliko niṣṭhāpratyayaḥ /
athavā bhūtaśabdaḥ paramārthavācī, mahacca pāramārthikaṃ cetyarthaḥ;laukikaṃ tu yadyapi mahadbhavati, svapnamāyākṛtaṃ himavadādiparvatopamaṃ na paramārthavastu;ato viśinaṣṭi--idaṃ tu mahacca tadabhūtaṃ ceti /
anantaṃ nāsyānto vidyata ityanantam;kadācidāpekṣikaṃ syādityato viśinaṣṭayapāramitivijñaptirvijñānam, vijñānama ca tadghanaśceti vijñānaghanaḥ, ghanaśabdojātyantarapratiṣedhārthaḥ-yathā suvarṇaghano 'yoghana iti;
evaśabdo 'vadhāraṇārthaḥ-nānyañjātyantaramantarāle vidyata ityarthaḥ /
yadīdamekamadvaitaṃ paramārthataḥ svacchaṃ saṃsāraduḥkhāsampṛttkam, kinnimito 'yaṃ khilyabhāva ātmano jāto mṛtaḥ sukhī duḥkhyahaṃ mametyevamādilakṣaṇo 'nekasaṃsāradharmopadrutaḥ? ityucyate--
etebhyo bhūtebhyo yānyetāni kāryakaraṇavipayākārapariṇatāni nāmarūpātmakāni salliphenavudvudopamānisvacchasya paramātmanaḥ salilopamasya, yepāṃ viṣayaparyantānāṃ prajñānaghane brahmaṇi paramārthavivekajñānena pravilāpanamuttakaṃ nadīsamudravata--etabhyo hetubhūtebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ satyaśabdavācyebhyaḥ samutthāya saindhavakhilyavat-yathā adbhayaḥ sūryacandrādipratibimbaḥ, yathā vā svacchasya sphaṭikasya alattakādyupādhibhyo rattkādibhāvaḥ, evaṃ kāryakaraṇabhūtabhūtopādhibhyo viśepātmakhilyabhāvena samutthāya samyagutthāya--yebhyo bhūtebhya utthitaḥ tāni yadākāryakaraṇaviṣayākārapariṇatāni bhūtānyātmano viśepātmakhilyahetubhūtāni śāstrācāryopadeśena brahmavidyāyā nadīsamudravatpravilāpitāni vinaśyanti, salilaphenabudbudādivatteṣu vinaśyatsu anvevaiṣa viśeṣātmakhilyabhāvo vinaśyati;yathā udakālattphakādihetvapanaye sāryacandrasphaṭikādipratibimbo vinaśyati, candrādi svarūpameva paramārthato vyavatiṣṭhate, tadvatprajñānaghanamanantamapāraṃ svacchaṃ vyavatiṣṭhate /
na tatra pretya viśepasaṃjñāsti kāryakaraṇasaṅghātebhyovimuttkasya-ityevamare maitreyi bravīmi nāsti viśeṣasaṃjñeti--ahamasāvamuṣya putro mamedaṃ kṣetraṃ dhanaṃ sukhī duḥkhītyevamādilakṣaṇā, avidyākṛtatvāttasyāḥ;avidyāyāścabrahmavidyayā niranvayato nāśitatvātkuto viśeṣasaṃjñāsambhavo brahmavidaścaitanyasvabhāvāvasthitasya? śarīrāvasthitasyāpi viśeṣasaṃjñā nopapadyate kimuta kāryakaraṇavimuttkasya sarvataḥ? iti hovācottkavānkila paramārthadarśanaṃ maitreyyai bhāryāyai yājñavalkyaḥ //12 //
evaṃ pratibodhitā--
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sā hovāca maitreyī -- atraiva mā bhagavān amūmuhan na pretya saṃjñāstīti |
sa hovāca -- na vā are 'haṃ mohaṃ bravīmi |
alaṃ vā ara idaṃ vijñānāya

BrhUpBh_2,4.13
sā ha kilovācottkavatī maitreyī--atraiva etasmitreva ekasminvastuni brahmaṇi virudvadharmavattavamācakṣaṇena bhagavatā mama moha kṛtaḥ;tadāha--atraiva mā bhagavānpūjāvānamūmuhanmohaṃ kṛtacān /
kathaṃ tena virudvadharmavattvam utkamityucyate--pūrva vijñānaghana eveti pratiśāya punarna pretya saṃśāstīti;kathaṃ vijñānaghana eva? kathaṃ vā na pretya saṃjñāstīti? na hyuṣṇaḥ śītaścāgnirevaiko bhavati /
ato mūḍhāsmyatra /
sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ-na vā are maitreyyahaṃ mohaṃ bravīmi mohanaṃ vākyaṃ na bravīmityarthaḥ /
nanu kathaṃ virudvadharmatvamavocaḥ-vijñāna ghanaṃ saṃjñābhāvaṃ ca ? na mayedamekasminvamiṃṇyamihitam, tvayaivedaṃ virudvadharmatvenaikaṃ vastu parigṛhītaṃ bhrāntyā, na tu mayottkam /
mayā tvidamuttkam--yastvavidyāpratyupasyāpitaḥkāryakaraṇasambandhī ātmanaḥ khilyabhāvaḥ, yasminvidyayā nāśite, tannimittā yā viśeṣasaṃjñā śarīrādisambandhinī anyatvadarśanalakṣaṇā, sā kāryakaraṇasaṅghātopādhau pravilāpite naśyati hetvabhāvād udakādyādhāranāśādiva candrādipratibimba stannimittaśca prakāśādiḥ; na punaḥ paramārthacandrādityasvarūpānāśavadasaṃsāribrahmasvarūpasya vijñānaghanasya nāśaḥ; tadvijñāghana ityuttkam; sa ātmā sarvasya jagataḥ, paramārthato bhūtanāśānna vināśī /
vināśī tvavidyakṛtaḥ khilyabhāvaḥ,"vācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyam"(chā0 u0 6 /1 /4) iti śrutyantarāt /
ayaṃ tu pāramārthikaḥ-avināśī vā are 'yamātmā, ato 'laṃ paryāptaṃ vai are idaṃ mahadbhūtamanantamapāraṃ ya yāvyākhyātaṃ vijñānāya vijñātum /
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yatra hi dvaitam iva bhavati tad itara itaraṃ jighrati tad itara itaraṃ paśyati tad itara itaraṃ śṛṇoti tad itara itaraṃ jighrati tad itara itaram abhivadati tad itara itaraṃ manute tad itara itaraṃ vijānāti |
yatra vāsya sarvam ātmaivābhūt tat kena kaṃ jighret tat kena kaṃ jighret tat kena kaṃ paśyet tat kena kaṃ śṛṇuyāt tat kena kam abhivadet tat kena kaṃ manvīta tat kena kaṃ vijānīyāt |
yenedaṃ sarvaṃ vijānāti taṃ kena vijānīyāt |
vijñātāram are kena vijānīyād iti