kaivalyopaniṣad · Chapter 1

// kaivalyopaniṣat //
ॐ sahanāvavatu / saha nau bhunaktu / saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai / tejasvināvadhītamastu / mā vidviṣāvahai //
ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||
athāśvalāyano bhagavantaṃ parameṣṭhinamupasametyovāca /
adhīhi bhagavanbrahmavidyāṃ variṣṭhāṃ sadā sadbhiḥ sevyamānāṃ nigūḍhām /
yathā'cirātsarvapāpaṃ vyapohya parātparaṃ puruṣaṃ yāti vidvān

tasmai sa hovāca pitāmahaśca śraddhābhaktidhyānayogādavaihi

na karmaṇā na prajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvamānaśuḥ /
pareṇa nākaṃ nihitaṃ guhāyāṃ vibhrājate yadyatayo viśanti

vedāntavijñānasuniścitārthāḥ saṃnyāsayogādyatayaḥ śuddhasattvāḥ /
te brahmalokeṣu parāntakāle parāmṛtāḥ parimucyanti sarve

viviktadeśe ca sukhāsanasthaḥ śuciḥ samagrīvaśiraḥ śarīraḥ /
atyāśramasthaḥ sakalendriyāṇi nirudhya bhaktyā svaguruṃ praṇamya

hṛtpuṇḍarīkaṃ virajaṃ viśuddhaṃ vicintya madhye viśadaṃ viśokam /
acintyamavyaktamanantarūpaṃ śivaṃ praśāntamamṛtaṃ brahmayonim

tamādimadhyāntavihīnamekaṃ vibhuṃ cidānandamarūpamadbhutam /
umāsahāyaṃ parameśvaraṃ prabhuṃ trilocanaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ praśāntam /
dhyātvā munirgacchati bhūtayoniṃ samastasākṣiṃ tamasaḥ parastāt

sa brahmā sa śivaḥ sendraḥ so'kṣaraḥ paramaḥ svarāṭ /
sa eva viṣṇuḥ sa prāṇaḥ sa kālo'gniḥ sa candramāḥ

sa eva sarvaṃ yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhavyaṃ sanātanam /
jñātvā taṃ mṛtyumatyeti nānyaḥ panthā vimuktaye

sarvabhūtasthamātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani /
sampaśyanbrahma paramaṃ yāti nānyena hetunā

ātmānamaraṇiṃ kṛtvā praṇavaṃ cottarāraṇim /
jñānanirmathanābhyāsātpāpaṃ dahati paṇḍitaḥ

sa eva māyāparimohitātmā śarīramāsthāya karoti sarvam /
striyannapānādivicitrabhogaiḥ sa eva jāgratparitṛptimeti

svapne sa jīvaḥ sukhaduḥkhabhoktā svamāyayā kalpitajīvaloke /
suṣuptikāle sakale vilīne tamo'bhibhūtaḥ sukharūpameti

punaśca janmāntarakarmayogātsa eva jīvaḥ svapiti prabuddhaḥ /
puratraye krīḍati yaśca jīvastatastu jātaṃ sakalaṃ vicitram /
ādhāramānandamakhaṇḍabodhaṃ yasmim̐llayaṃ yāti puratrayaṃ ca

etasmājjāyate prāṇo manaḥ sarvendriyāṇi ca /
khaṃ vāyurjyotirāpaśca pṛthivī viśvasya dhāriṇī

yatparaṃ brahma sarvātmā viśvasyāyatanaṃ mahat /
sūkṣmātsūkṣmataraṃ nityaṃ tattvameva tvameva tat

jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyādiprapañcaṃ yatprakāśate /
tadbrahmāhamiti jñātvā sarvabandhaiḥ pramucyate

triṣu dhāmasu yadbhogyaṃ bhoktā bhogaśca yadbhavet /
tebhyo vilakṣaṇaḥ sākṣī cinmātro'haṃ sadāśivaḥ

mayyeva sakalaṃ jātaṃ mayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam /
mayi sarvaṃ layaṃ yāti tadbrahmādvayamasmyaham

aṇoraṇīyānahameva tadvanmahānahaṃ viśvamahaṃ vicitram /
purātano'haṃ puruṣo'hamīśo hiraṇmayo'haṃ śivarūpamasmi

apāṇipādo'hamacintyaśaktiḥ paśyāmyacakṣuḥ sa śṛṇomyakarṇaḥ /
ahaṃ vijānāmi viviktarūpo na cāsti vettā mama citsadā'ham

vedairanekairahameva vedyo vedāntakṛdvedavideva cāham

na puṇyapāpe mama nāsti nāśo na janma dehendriyabuddhirasti /
na bhūmirāpo na ca vahnirasti na cānilo me'sti na cāmbaraṃ ca

evaṃ viditvā paramātmarūpaṃ guhāśayaṃ niṣkalamadvitīyam /
samastasākṣiṃ sadasadvihīnaṃ prayāti śuddhaṃ paramātmarūpam

iti prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
yaḥ śatarūdriyamadhīte so'gnipūto bhavati sa vāyupūto bhavati sa ātmapūto bhavati sa surāpānātpūto bhavati sa brahmahatyāyāḥ pūto bhavati sa suvarṇasteyātpūto bhavati sa kṛtyākṛtyātpūto bhavati tasmādavimuktamāśrito bhavattvityāśramī sarvadā sakṛdvā japet

anena jñānamāpnoti saṃsārārṇavanāśanam / tasmādevaṃ viditvainaṃ kaivalyaṃ padamaśnute kaivalyaṃ padamaśnuta iti

iti dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
ॐ sahanāvavatu / saha nau bhunaktu / saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai / tejasvināvadhītamastu / mā vidviṣāvahai //
ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||
// ityatharvavedīyā kaivalyopaniṣatsamāptā //
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