Mahabharata · Chapter 12.313

aprabuddhamathāvyaktamimaṃ guṇavidhiṃ śṛṇu /
guṇāndhārayate hyeṣā sṛjatyākṣipate tathā //

ajasraṃ tviha krīḍārthaṃ vikaroti janādhipa /
ātmānaṃ bahudhā kṛtvā tānyeva pravicakṣate //

etadevaṃ vikurvāṇaṃ budhyamāno na budhyate /
avyaktabodhanāccaiva budhyamānaṃ vadantyapi //

na tveva budhyate'vyaktaṃ saguṇaṃ vā'tha nirguṇam /
kadācittveva khalvetadāhurapratibuddhakam //

budhyate yadi vā'vyaktametadvai pañcaviṃśakam / budhyamāno bhavatyeṣa saṅgātmaka iti śrutiḥ /
anenāpratibuddheti vadantyavyaktamacyutam //

avyaktobodhanāccāpi budhyamānaṃ vadantyuta /
pañcaviṃśaṃ mahātmānaṃ na cāsāvapi budhyate //

ṣaṅviśaṃ vimalaṃ buddhamaprameyaṃ sanātanam /
sa tu taṃ pañcaviṃśaṃ ca caturviśaṃ ca budhyate //

dṛśyādṛśyau hyanugatāvubhāveva mahādyutī /
avyaktaṃ tattu tadbrahma budhyate tāta kevalam //

kevalaṃ pañcaviṃśaṃ ca caturviśaṃ ca paśyati /
budhyamāno yadātmānamanyo'hamiti manyate //

tadā prakṛtimāneṣa bhavatyavyaktalocanaḥ /
budhyate ca parāṃ buddhiṃ vimalāmamalāṃ yadā //

ṣaṅviṃśaṃ rājaśārdūla tathā buddhatvamāvrajet /
tatastyajati so'vyaktaṃ sargapralayadharmi vai //

nirguṇaḥ prakṛtiṃ veda guṇayuktāmacetanām /
tataḥ kevaladharmā'sau bhavatyavyaktadarśanāt //

kevalena samāgamya vimukto'tmānamāpnuyāt /
etaṃ vai tattvamityāhurnistattvamajarāmaram //

tattvasaṃśrayaṇādeṣa tattvavānna ca mānada /
pañcaviṃśatitattvāni pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ //

na caiṣa tattvavāṃstāta nistattvastveṣa buddhimān /
eṣa muñcati tattvaṃ hi kṣipraṃ buddhatvalakṣaṇam //

ṣāṅviṃśo'hamiti prājño gṛhyamāṇo'jarāmaraḥ /
kevalena balenaiva samatāṃ yātyasaṃśayam //

ṣaṅviṃśena prabuddhena budhyamāno hyabuddhimān /
evaṃ nānātvamityuktaṃ sāṅkhyaśrutinidarśanāt //

cetanena sametasya pañcaviṃśatikasya ca /
ekatvaṃ vai bhavatyasya yadā buddhyā na budhyate //

budhyamānoprabuddhena samatāṃ yāti maithila /
saṅgadharmā bhavatyeṣa niḥsaṅgātmā narādhipa //

niḥsaṅgātmānamāsādya ṣaṅviṃśakamajaṃ vibhum /
vibhustyajati cāvyaktaṃ yadā tvetādvibudhyate //

caturviśaṃ mahābhāga ṣaṅviṃśasya prabodhanāt /
eṣa hyapratibuddhaśca budhyamānaśca te'nagha //

prokto buddhaśca tattvena yathāśrutinidarśanāt /
nānātvaikatvametāvaddraṣṭavyaṃ śāstradṛṣṭibhiḥ //

maśakodumbare yadvadanyatvaṃ tadvadetayoḥ /
matsyodake yathā tadvadanyatvamupalabhyate //

evamevāvagantavyaṃ nānātvaikatvametayoḥ /
etaddhi mokṣa ityuktamavyaktajñānasañjñitam //

pañcaviṃśatikasyāsya yo'yaṃ deheṣu vartate /
eṣa mokṣayitavyeti prāhuravyaktagocarāt //

soyamevaṃ vimucyeta nānyatheti viniścayaḥ /
pareṇa paradharmā ca bhavatyeṣa sametya vai //

viśuddharmā śuddhena buddhena ca sa buddhimān /
vimuktadharmā muktena sametya puruṣarṣabha //

viyogadharmiṇā caiva viyogātmā bhavatyatha /
vimokṣiṇā vimokṣaśca sametyeha tathā bhavet //

śuddhadharmā śuciścaiva bhavatyamitadīptimān /
vimalātmā ca bhavati sametya vimalātmanā //

kevalātmā tathā caiva kevalena sametya vai /
svatantraśca svatantreṇa svatantratvamavāpnute //

etāvadetatkathitaṃ mayā te tathyaṃ mahārāja yathārthatattvam /
amatsaratvaṃ pratigṛhya cārthaṃ sanātanaṃ brahma viśuddhamādyam //

nāvedaniṣṭhasya janasya rāja npradeyametatparamaṃ tvayā bhavet /
vivitsamānāya vibodhakāraṇaṃ prabodhahetoḥ praṇatasya śāsanam //

na deyametacca tathā'nṛtātmane śaṭhāya klībāya na jihnabuddhaye /
na paṇḍitajñānaparopatāpine deyaṃ tvayedaṃ vinibodha yādṛśe //

śraddhānvitāyātha guṇānvitāya parāpavādādviratāya nityam /
viśuddhayogāya budhāya caiva kriyāvate ca kṣamiṇe hitāya //

viviktaśīlāya vidhipriyāya vivādahīnāya bahuśrutām /
vijānate caiva damakṣamāvate śaktāya caikātmaśamāya dehinām //

etairguṇairhīnatame na deya metatparaṃ brahma viśuddhamāhuḥ /
na śreyasā yokṣyati tādṛśe kṛtaṃ dharmapravaktāramapātradānāt //

pṛthvīmimāṃ yadyapi ratnapūrṇāṃ dadyānna deyaṃ tvidamavratāya /
jitendriyāyaitadasaṃśayaṃ te bhavetpradeyaṃ paramaṃ narendra //

karāla mā te bhayamastu kiñci detacchrutaṃ brahma paraṃ tvayā'dya /
yathāvaduktaṃ paramaṃ pavitraṃ viśokamatyantamanādimadhyam //

agādhajanmāmaraṇaṃ ca rāja nnirāmayaṃ vītabhayaṃ śivaṃ ca /
samīkṣya mohaṃ tyaja bā'dya sarva jñānasya tattvārthamidaṃ viditvā //

avāptametaddhi mayā sanātanā ddhiraṇyagarbhādyajato narādhipa /
prasādya yatnena tamugratejasaṃ sanātanaṃ brahma yathā'dya vai tvayā //

pṛṣṭastvayā cāsmi yathā narendra tathā mayedaṃ tvayi coktamadya /
tathā'vāptaṃ brahmaṇo me narendra mahājñānaṃ mokṣavidāṃ parāyaṇam //
bhīṣma uvāca /

etaduktaṃ paraṃ brahma yasmānnāvartate punaḥ /
pañcaviṃśo mahārāja paramarṣinidarśanāt //

punarāvṛttimāpnoti paraṃ jñānamavāpya ca /
nāvabudhyati tattvena budhyamāno'jarāmaram //

etanniḥ śreyasakaraṃ jñānaṃ te paramaṃ mayā /
kathitaṃ tattvatastāta śrutvā devarṣito nṛpa //

hiraṇyagarbhādṛṣiṇā vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā /
vasiṣṭhādṛṣiśārdūlānnārado'vāptavānidam //

nāradādviditaṃ mahyametadbrahma sanātanam /
mā śucaḥ kauravendra tvaṃ śrutvaitatparamaṃ padam //

yena kṣarākṣare vitte bhayaṃ tasya na vidyate /
vidyate tu bhayaṃ tasya yo naitadvetti pārthiva //

avijñānācca mūḍhātmā punaḥ punarupādravat /
pretya jātisahasrāṇi maraṇāntānyupāśnute //

devalokaṃ tathā tiryaṅbhanuṣyamapi cāśnute /
yadi śudhyati kālena tasmādajñānasāgarāt //

uttīrṇo'smādagādhātsa paramāpnoti śobhanam / ajñānasāgaro ghoro hyavyakto'gādha ucyate /
ahanyahani majjanti yatra bhūtāni bhārata //

yasmādagādhādavyaktāduttīrṇastvaṃ sanātanāt /
tasmāttvaṃ virajāścaiva vitamaskaśca pārthiva //