Lakshmi Tantra · Chapter 15

pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ - 15
śakraḥ---
namaste padmasaṃbhūte namaḥ kamalamālini/
namaḥ kamalavāsinyai govindagṛhamedhini

namaste kaṃjakiñjalkakalpitālakavibhrame/
sarvajñe sarvabhūtānāmantaḥsthe sarvasākṣiṇi

tvadvaktrakamalodbhūtaṃ sarvaṃ tadavadhāritam/
tattvatsṛṣṭaṃ tvayā trātaṃ tvayyeva layameṣyati

mātā mānaṃ mitimeyaṃ vidhā etāstvadātmikāḥ/
tvāmevārādhya jīvāste taranti bhavasāgaram

evamādi mayā devi tattvatastvavadhāritam/
kautūhalamidaṃ me'dya vartate padmasaṃbhave

toṣaṇīyāsi kena tvamupāyenāmbujāsane/
paramaḥ puruṣārtho yastvatprītistasya sādhanam

6. paramaḥ puruṣārtho mokṣaḥ/ tasya tvatprītiḥ sādhanam/ yathā cāhuḥ--"śreyo na hyaravindalocanamanaḥkāntāprasādādṛte saṃsṛtyakṣaravaiṣṇavādhvasu nṛṇāṃ saṃbhāvyate karhicit" iti/
tvatprītau ka upāyaḥ syātkīdṛśaḥ kiṃvidhaḥ smṛtaḥ/
etanme sakalaṃ brūhi namaste padmasaṃbhave

śrīḥ---
cāturātmyaṃ paraṃ brahma saccidānandalakṣaṇam/
sarvaṃ sarvottaraṃ sarvabhūtāntaḥsthamanāmayam

8. "satyaṃ jñānam" ityādiśrutipratipādyaṃ svarūpalakṣaṇamucyate---sadityādinā/ sarvopādānatvāt sarvātmatvācca sarvamityucyate/ tathāpi svetarasamastavastuvilakṣaṇatvamāha--sarvottaramiti/
vāsudevaḥ paraṃ brahma nārāyaṇamayaṃ mahat/
tasyāhaṃ paramā śaktirahaṃtānandacinmayī

9. nārāyaṇamayamiti mayaṭ svārthe/
bhinnā'bhinnā ca varte'haṃ jyotsneva himadīdhiteḥ/
tāvāvāṃ tattvamekaṃ tu dvidhā bhūtau vyavasthitau

10. prapañca iva brahmaṇa evāvasthābhedaḥ śrīriti keṣāṃcinmatamanabhimatyāha---bhinneti/
brahma nārāyaṇaṃ māṃ yajjñānenaivāpruyādyatiḥ/
panthā nānyo'sti vijñānādayanāya vipaścitām

11. yatiḥ niyatātmavān/ nātra caturthāśramī vivakṣitaḥ/
jñānaṃ tacca vivekotthaṃ sarvataḥ śuddhamavraṇam/
vāsudevaikaviṣayamapunarbhavakāraṇam

12. vivekaḥ brahmaṇaḥ sarvavilakṣaṇatvajñānam/
jñāne tasmin samutpanne viśate māmanantaram/
taistairupāyaiḥ prītāhaṃ jīvānāmamalātmanām

udbhāvayāmi tajjñānamātmajyotiḥ pradarśakam/
upāyāste ca catvāro mama prītivivardhanāḥ

14. karmajñānabhaktinyāsākhyāḥ catvāro yogā atra vivakṣitāḥ/
śakraḥ---
bhagavatyaravindasthe paṅkajekṣaṇakāmini/
upāyāḥ ke ca catvārastānme darśaya paṅkaje

śrīḥ---
upāyāṃścaturaḥ śakra śṛṇu matprītivardhanān/
yairahaṃ paramāṃ prītiṃ yāsyāmyanapagāminīm

svajātivihitaṃ karma sāṃkhyaṃ yogastathaiva ca/
sarvatyāgaśca vidvadbhirupāyāḥ kathitā ime

caturbhirlakṣaṇairyuktaṃ trividhaṃ karma vaidikam/
svavarṇāśramasaṃbandhi nityanaimittikātmakam

18. lakṣaṇacatuṣkaṃ viṃśe śloke vakṣyate/ nityanaimittikakāmyabhedena traividhyam/
akāmahatasaṃsiddhaṃ karma tat pūrvasādhanam/
caturvidhastu saṃnyāsastatra kāryo vipaścitā

19. kāmyakarmasu viśeṣamāha---akāmeti/ phalaviśeṣakāmanayā kṛtāni karmāṇi kāmyāni jyotiṣṭomādayaḥ/ tāni ca kāmahatānītyucyante/ kāmanāṃ vinā kevalaṃ bhagavatprītyarthaṃ kṛtāni tānyakāmahatāni/ anena kāmyānāmapi karmaṇāṃ kāmanāṃ vinānuṣṭhānamanumanyate/ paraṃ tvetadupāyāntaraniṣṭhaviṣayam/ nyāsayoganiṣṭhānāṃ tu kāmyakarmaṇāṃ sarvathā svarūpato'pi tyāga eva, na tu kāmanāṃ vināpyanuṣṭhānamiti siddhānto'vagantavyaḥ/
mantroktadevatāyāṃ vā prakṛtāvindriyeṣu vā/
parasmin devadeve vā vāsudeve janārdane

20. bhagavati vāsudeve karmaṇāṃ saṃnyasanameva mumukṣubhiḥ kartavyam/ mantradevatādau vinyasanaṃ tu bubhukṣuviṣayamiti dhyeyam/
pūrvaṃ kartṛtvasaṃnyāsaḥ phalasaṃnyāsa eva ca/
karmaṇāmapi saṃnyāso devadeve janārdane

21. `bhagavāneva svaśeṣataikarasena mayā svakīyaiścopakaraṇaiḥ svārādhanaikaprayojanāya svaśeṣabhūtamidaṃ karma svayameva kārayati' ityanusaṃdhānaprakāro vivakṣitaḥ/
śāstrīyamācarannevaṃ nityanaimittikātmakam/
madārādhanakāmaḥ sañśaśvat prīṇāti māṃ naraḥ

iti te leśataḥ proktaṃ śrutismṛtinidarśitam/
dvitīyaṃ sāṃkhyavijñānamupāyaṃ śrṛṇu sāṃpratam

saṃkhyāstisro hi mantavyāḥ sāṃkhyaśāsranidarśitāḥ/
prathamā laukikī saṃkhyā dvitīyā carcanātmikā

24. trayāṇāmapyeṣāṃ jñānānāṃ vivaraṇamatraiva kariṣyate/
samīcīnā tu yā dhīḥ sā tṛtīyā paripaṭhyate/
saṃkhyātrayasamūho yaḥ sāṃkhyaṃ tatparipaṭhyate

25. saṃkhyāḥ jñānāni pūrvoktāni/ teṣāṃ samūhaḥ sāṃkhyamityucyate/ etadeva jñānayoga ityucyate/
pṛthivyāpastathā tejo vāyurākāśameva ca/
ahaṃkāro mahāṃścaiva prakṛtiḥ paramā tathā

26. laukikī lokaviṣayā saṃkhyocyate'nena ślokena/ uparitanaiḥ ślokairasyā vivaraṇaṃ kriyate/
etāḥ prakṛtayasttvaṣṭau tāsāṃ vyākhyāmimāṃ śṛṇu/
prakṛtisrividhā proktā māyā sūtirguṇātmikā

27. māyā prasūtiḥ traiguṇyamiti prakṛtibhedāḥ/ yadyapi prakṛtiḥ sūkṣmaiva; tathāpi tatraiva sūkṣmasūkṣmatarasūkṣmatamarūpeṇa traividhyādevaṃ vyavahāraḥ/
niḥsaktāsaktamadvaitamataraṅgamanaśvaram/
acetanānāṃ paramaṃ saukṣmyaṃ māyeti gīyate

īṣaducchūnatā tasyāḥ prasūtiriti gīyate/
guṇatrayasamunmeṣaḥ sāmyena prakṛtiḥ parā

avyaktamakṣaraṃ yoniravidyā triguṇā sthitiḥ/
māyā svabhāva ityādyāḥ śabdāḥ paryāyavācakāḥ

30. avāntarabhedaiḥ saha saṃkalayya prakṛtiparyāyanāmāni avyaktādīni/ upaniṣadi "avyaktamakṣare līyate/ akṣaraṃ tamasi līyate/ tamaḥ paramātmanyekīyabhavati" iti trayāṇāmeṣāṃ vyavahāraḥ kriyate/
sattvaṃ rajastamaśceti guṇā ete trayo matāḥ/
tatra sattvaṃ laghu jñeyaṃ sukharūpamacañcalam

prakāśo nāma tadvṛttiścaitanyodgrahaṇātmakaḥ/
rajo'pi ca laghu jñeyaṃ duḥkharūpaṃ ca cañcalam

32. caitanyasya jñānasya ud‌grahaṇam unmeṣa ityarthaḥ; vastuyāthātmyagrahaṇaśīlateti yāvat/
pravṛttirnāma tadvṛttiḥ spandaheturanaśvaraḥ/
tamo nāma guru jñeyaṃ moharūpamacañcalam

niyamo nāma tadvṛtiḥ vkacit svāpanalakṣaṇam/
na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi vyomni ca vāsava

34. niyamo bandhaḥ/
bhūtaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāt tribhirguṇaiḥ/
ete cittamadhiṣṭhāya guṇā indriyagāstathā

sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathā mohaṃ viṣayasthāśca kurvate/
śarīrendriyatāṃ yātā guṇāḥ karmāṇi kurvate/
iti yasya matirnityā sa guṇātyayamaśnute

iti śrīpāñcarātrasāre lakṣmītantre upāyaprakāraprakāśo nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ
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