maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣat · Chapter 1

ॐ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate /
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate //
ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ //
//prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam//
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yājñavalkyo ha vai mahāmunirādityalokaṃ jagāma /
tamādityaṃ natvā bho bhagavannādityātmatattvamanubrūhīti

sahovāca nārāyaṇaḥ /
jñānayuktayamādyaṣṭāṅgayoga ucyate

śītoṣṇāhāranidrāvijayaḥ sarvadā śāntirniścalatvaṃ viṣayendriyanigrahaścaite yamāḥ

gurubhaktiḥ satyamārgānuraktiḥ sukhāgatavastvanubhavaśca tadvastvanubhavena /
tuṣṭirniḥsaṅgatā ekāntavāso manonivṛttiḥ phalānabhilāṣo vairāgyabhāvaśca niyamāḥ

sukhāsanavṛttiścīravāsāścaivamāsananiyamo bhavati

pūrakakumbhakarecakaiḥ ṣoḍaśacatu: ṣaṣṭidvātri'nśatsaṅkhyayā yathākramaṃ prāṇāyāmaḥ

viṣayebhya indriyārthebhyo manonirodhanaṃ pratyāhāraḥ

viṣayavyāvartanapūrvakaṃ caitanye ceta:sthāpanaṃ dhāraṇaṃ bhavati

sarvaśarīreṣu caitanyaikatānatā dhyānam

dhyānavismṛtiḥ samādhiḥ

evaṃ sūkṣmāṅgāni /
ya evaṃ veda sa muktibhāgbhavati

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dehasya pañcadoṣā bhavanti kāmakrodhaniḥśvāsabhayanidrāḥ

tannirāsastu niḥsaṅkalpakṣamālaghvāhārapramādatātattvasevanam

nidrābhayasarīsṛpaṃ hiṃsāditaraṅgaṃ tṛṣṇāvartaṃ dārapaṅkaṃ saṃsāravārdhiṃ tarītu sūkṣmamārgamavalambya sattvādiguṇānatikramya tāramavalokayet

bhrūmadhye saccidānandatejaḥkūṭarūpaṃ tārakaṃ brahma

tadupāyaṃ lakṣyatrayāvalokanam

mūlādhārādārabhya brahmarandhraparyantaṃ suṣumnā sūryābhā / tanmadhye taḍitkoṭisamā mṛṇālatantu-sūkṣmā kuṇḍalinī /
tatra tamonivṛttiḥ/ taddarśanātsarvapāpanivṛttiḥ

tarjanyagronmīlitakarṇarandhradvaye phūtkāraśabdo jāyate /
tatra sthite manasi cakṣurmadhyanīlajyotiḥ paśyati / evaṃ hṛdaye'pi

bahirlakṣyaṃ tu nāsāgre catuḥṣaḍaṣṭadaśadvādaśāṅgulībhiḥ kramānnīladyutiśyāmatvasadṛgraktabhaṅgīsphuratpītavarṇadvayopetaṃ vyomatvaṃ paśyati sa tu yogī

calanadṛṣṭyā vyomabhāgavīkṣituḥ puruṣasya dṛṣṭyagre jyotirmayūkhā vartante /
taddṛṣṭiḥ sthirā bhavati

śīrṣopari dvādaśāṅgulimānaṃ jyotiḥ paśyati tadā'mṛtatvameti

madhyalakṣyaṃ tu prātaścitrādivarṇasūryacandravahnijvālā valīvattadvihīnāntarikṣavatpaśyati

tadākārākārī bhavati

abhyāsānnirvikāraṃ guṇarahitākāśaṃ bhavati /
visphurattārakākāragāḍhatamopamaṃ parākāśaṃ bhavati /
kālānalasamaṃ dyotamānaṃ mahākāśaṃ bhavati /
sarvotkṛṣṭaparamādvitīyapradyotamānaṃ tattvākāśaṃ bhavati /
koṭisūryaprakāśasaṃkāśaṃ sūryākāśaṃ bhavati

evamabhyāsāttanmayo bhavati ya evaṃ veda

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tadyogaṃ ca dvidhā viddhi pūrvottaravibhāgataḥ /
pūrvaṃ tu tārakaṃ vidyādamanaskaṃ taduttaramiti /
tārakaṃ dvividham /
mūrtitārakamamūrtitārakamiti /
yadindriyāntaṃ tanmūrtitārakam /
yadbhrūyugātītaṃ tadamūrtitārakamiti

ubhayamapi manoyuktamabhyaset /
manoyuktāntaradṛṣṭistārakaprakāśāya bhavati

bhrūyugamadhyabile tejasa āvirbhāvaḥ /
etatpūrvatārakam

uttaraṃ tvamanaskam /
tālumūlordhvabhāge mahājyotirvidyate /
taddarśanādaṇimādisiddhiḥ

lakṣye'ntarbāhyāyāṃ dṛṣṭau nimeṣonmeṣavarjitāyāṃ ca iyaṃ śāmbhavī mudrā bhavati /
sarvatantreṣu gopyamahāvidyā bhavati /
tajjñānena saṃsāranivṛttiḥ /
tatpūjanaṃ mokṣaphaladam

antarlakṣyaṃ jalajyotiḥsvarūpaṃ bhavati /
maharṣivedyaṃ antarbāhyendriyairadṛśyam

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sahasrāre jalajyotirantarlakṣyam /
buddhiguhāyāṃ sarvāṅgasundaraṃ puruṣarūpamantarlakṣyamityapare /
śīrṣāntargatamaṇḍalamadhyagaṃ pañcavaktramumāsahāyaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ praśāntamantarlakṣyamiti kecit /
aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo'ntarlakṣyamityeke

uktavikalpaṃ sarvamātmaiva /
tallakṣyaṃ śuddhātmadṛṣṭyā vā yaḥ paśyati sa eva brahmaniṣṭho bhavati

jīvaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ svakalpitacaturviṃśatitattvaṃ parityajya ṣaḍviṃśaḥ paramātmāhamiti niścayājjīvanmukto bhavati

evamantarlakṣyadarśanena jīvanmuktidaśāyāṃ svayamantarlakṣyo bhūtvā paramākāśākhaṇḍa-maṇḍalo bhavati

iti prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam //
//dvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam//
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atha ha yājñavalkya ādityamaṇḍalapuruṣaṃ papraccha /
bhagavannantarlakṣyādikaṃ bahudhoktam /
mayā tannajñātam /
tadbrūhi mahyam

taduhovāca pañcabhūtakāraṇaṃ taḍitkūṭābhaṃ tadvaccatuḥpīṭham /
tanmadhye tattvaprakāśo bhavati /
so'tigūḍha avyaktaśca

tajjñānaplavādhirūḍhena jñeyam /
tadbāhyābhyantarlakṣyam

tanmadhye jagallīnam /
tannādabindukalātītamakhaṇḍamaṇḍalam /
tatsaguṇanirguṇasvarūpam /
tadvettā vimuktaḥ

ādāvagnimaṇḍalam /
tadupari sūryamaṇḍalam /
tanmadhye sudhācandramaṇḍalam /
tanmadhye'khaṇḍa-brahmatejo maṇḍalam /
tadvidyullekhāvacchuklabhāsvaram /
tadeva śāmbhavīlakṣaṇam

taddarśane tisro dṛṣṭaya: amā pratipatpūrṇimā ceti /
nimīlitadarśanamamādṛṣṭiḥ /
ardhonmīlitaṃ pratipat /
sarvonmīlanaṃ pūrṇimā bhavati /
tāsu pūrṇimābhyāsaḥ kartavyaḥ

tallakṣyaṃ nāsāgram /
yadā tālumūle gāḍhatamo dṛśyate /
tadabhyāsādakhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāra-jyotirdṛśyate /
tadeva saccidānandaṃ brahma bhavati

evaṃ sahajānande yadā mano līyate tadā śānto bhavī bhavati /
tāmeva khecarīmāhuḥ

tadabhyāsānmanaḥsthairyam /
tato vāyusthairyam

taccihnāni ādau tārakavaddṛśyate /
tato vajradarpaṇam /
tata upari pūrṇacandramaṇḍalam /
tato navaratnaprabhāmaṇḍalam /
tato madhyāhnārkamaṇḍalam /
tato vahniśikhāmaṇḍalaṃ kramāddṛśyate //
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tadā paścimābhimukhaprakāśaḥ sphaṭikadhūmrabindunādakalānakṣatrakhadyotadīpanetrasavarṇanavaratnādiprabhā dṛśyante /
tadeva praṇavasvarūpam

prāṇāpānayoraikyaṃ kṛtvā dhṛtakumbhako nāsāgradarśanadṛḍhabhāvanayā dvikarāṅgulibhiḥ ṣaṇmukhīkaraṇena praṇavadhvaniṃ niśamya manastatra līnaṃ bhavati

tasya na karmalepaḥ /
raverudayāstamayayoḥ kila karma kartavyam /
evaṃvidaścidādityasyodayāstamayābhāvātsarvakarmābhāvaḥ

śabdakālalayena divārātryatīto bhūtvā sarvaparipūrṇajñānenonyānyavasthāvaśena brahmaikyaṃ bhavati /
unmanyā amanaskaṃ bhavati

tasya niścintā dhyānam /
sarvakarmanirākaraṇamāvāhanam /
niścayajñānamāsanam /
unmanībhāvaḥ pādyam /
sadā'manaskamarghyam /
sadādīptirapārāmṛtavṛttiḥ snānam /
sarvatra bhāvanā gandhaḥ /
dṛksvarūpāvasthānamakṣatāḥ /
cidāptiḥ puṣpam /
cidagnisvarūpaṃ dhūpaḥ /
cidādityasvarūpaṃ dīpaḥ /
paripūrṇacandrāmṛtarasasyaikīkaraṇaṃ naivedyam /
niścalatvaṃ pradakṣiṇam /
sohaṃbhāvo namaskāraḥ /
maunaṃ stutiḥ /
sarvasantoṣo visarjanamiti ya evaṃ veda

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evaṃ tripuṭyāṃ nirastāyāṃ nistaraṅgasamudravannivātasthitadīpavadacalasaṃpūrṇabhāvābhāvavihīnakaivalyadyotirbhavati

jāgrannindāntaḥparijñānena brahmavidbhavati

suṣuptisamādhyormanolayāviśeṣe'pi mahadastyubhayorbhedastamasi līnatvānmuktihetutvābhāvācca

samādhau mṛditatamovikārasya tadākārākāritākhaṇḍākāravṛttyātmakasākṣicaitanye prapañcalayaḥ saṃpadyate prapañcasya manaḥkalpitatvāt

tato bhedābhāvātkadācidbahirgate'pi mithyātvabhānāt /
sakṛdvibhātasadānandānubhavaikagocaro brahmavittadeva bhavati

yasya saṅkalpanāśaḥ syāttasya muktiḥ kare sthitā /
tasmādbhāvābhāvau parityajya paramātmadhyānena mukto bhavati

punaḥpunaḥ sarvāvasthāsu jñānajñeyau dhyānadhyeyau lakṣyālakṣye dṛśyādṛśye cohāpohādi parityajya jīvanmukto bhavet /
ya evaṃ veda

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pañcāvasthāḥ jāgratsvapnasuṣuptiturīyaturīyātītāḥ

jāgrati pravṛtto jīvaḥ pravṛttimārgāsaktaḥ /
pāpaphalanarakādimāṃstu śubhakarmaphalasvargamastviti kāṅkṣate

evaṃ sa eva svīkṛtavairāgyātkarmaphalajanmā'laṃ /
saṃsārabandhanamalamiti vimuktyabhimukho nivṛttimārgapravṛtto bhavati

sa eva saṃsāratāraṇāya gurumāśritya kāmādi tyaktvā vihitakarmācaransādhanacatuṣṭayasaṃpanno hṛdayakamalamadhye bhagavatsattāmātrānta- rlakṣyarūpamāsādya suṣuptyavasthāyā muktabrahmānandasmṛtiṃ labdhvā eka evāhamadvitīyaḥ kañcitkālamajñānavṛttyā vismṛtajāgradvāsa- nānuphalena taijaso'smīti tadubhayanivṛttyā prājña idānīmasmītyahameka eva sthānabhedādavasthābhedasya paraṃtu nahi madanyaditi jātavi- vekaḥ śuddhādvaitabrahmāhamiti bhidāgandhaṃ nirasya svāntarvijṛmbhitabhānumaṇḍaladhyānatadākārākāritaparaṃbrahmākāritamuktimārgamārūḍhaḥ paripakvo bhavati

saṅkalpādikaṃ mano bandhahetuḥ /
tadviyuktaṃ mano mokṣāya bhavati

tadvāṃścakṣurādibāhyaprapañcarato vigataprapañcagandhaḥ sarvajagadātmatvena paśyaṃstyaktāhaṅkāro brahmāhamasmīti cintayannidaṃ sarvaṃ yadayamātmeti bhāvayankṛtakṛtyo bhavati

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sarvaparipūrṇaturīyātītabrahmabhūto yogī bhavati /
taṃ brahmeti stuvanti /१//
sarvalokastutipātraḥ sarvadeśasaṃcāraśīlaḥ paramātmagagane binduṃ nikṣipya śuddhādvaitājāḍyasahajāmanaskayoganidrākhaṇḍānandapadānuvṛttyā jīvanmukto bhavati

taccānandasamudramagnā yogino bhavanti

tadapekṣayā indrādayaḥ svalpānandāḥ /
evaṃ prāptānandaḥ paramayogī bhavatītyupaniṣat

iti dvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam //
//tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam//
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yājñavalkyo mahāmunirmaṇḍalapuruṣaṃ papraccha svāminnamanaskalakṣaṇamuktamapi vismṛtaṃ punastallakṣaṇaṃ brūhīti

tatheti maṇḍalapuruṣo'bravīt /
idamamanaskamatirahasyam /
yajjñānena kṛtārtho bhavati tannityaṃ śāṃbhavīmudrānvitam

paramātmadṛṣṭyā tatpratyayalakṣyāṇi dṛṣṭvā tadanu sarveśamaprameyamajaṃ śivaṃ paramākāśaṃ nirālambamadvayaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudrādīnāmekalakṣyaṃ sarvakāraṇaṃ paraṃbrahmātmanyeva paśyamāno guhāviharaṇameva niścayena jñātvā bhāvābhāvādidvandvātītaḥ saṃviditamanonmanyanubhavastada- nantaramakhilendriyakṣayavaśā-damanaskasukhabrahmānandasamudre manaḥpravāhayogarūpanivātasthitadīpavadacalaṃ paraṃbrahma prāpnoti

tataḥ śuṣkavṛkṣavanmūrcchānidrāmayaniḥśvāsocchvāsābhāvānnaṣṭadvandvaḥ sadācañcalagātraḥ paramaśāntiṃ svīkṛtya manaḥ pracāraśūnyaṃ paramātmani līnaṃ bhavati

paya: srāvānantaraṃ dhenustanakṣīramiva sarvendriyavarge parinaṣṭe manonāśaṃ bhavati tadevāmanaskam

tadanu nityaśuddhaḥ paramātmāhameveti tattvamasītyupadeśena tvamevāhamahameva tvamiti tārakayogamārgeṇākhaṇḍānandapūrṇaḥ kṛtārtho bhavati

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paripūrṇaparākāśamagnamanāḥ prāptonmanyavasthaḥ saṃnyastasarvendriyavargo'nekajanmārjitapuṇyapuñjapakvakaivalyaphalo'khaṇḍānandanirasta- sarvakleśakaśmalo brahmāhamasmīti kṛtakṛtyo bhavati

tvamevāhaṃ na bhedo'sti pūrṇatvātparamātmanaḥ /
ityuccarantsamāliṅgya śiṣyaṃ jñaptimanīnayat

iti tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam //
//caturthaṃ brāhmaṇam//
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atha ha yājñavalkyo maṇḍalapuruṣaṃ papraccha vyomapañcakalakṣaṇaṃ vistareṇānubrūhīti

sa hovācākāśaṃ parākāśaṃ mahākāśaṃ sūryākāśaṃ paramākāśamiti pañca bhavanti

sa bāhyābhyantaramandhakāramayamākāśam /
sa bāhyasyābhyantare kālānalasadṛśaṃ parākāśam /
sabāhyābhyantare'parimitadyutinibhaṃ tattvaṃ mahākāśam /
sabāhyābhyantare sūryanibhaṃ sūryākāśam /
anirvacanīyajyotiḥ sarvavyāpakaṃ niratiśayānandalakṣaṇaṃ paramākāśam

evaṃ tattallakṣyadarśanāttattadrūpo bhavati

navacakraṃ ṣaḍādhāraṃ trilakṣyaṃ vyomapañcakam /
samyagetanna jānāti sa yogī nāmato bhavet

iti caturthaṃ brāhmaṇam //
//pañcamaṃ brāhmaṇam//
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saviṣayaṃ mano bandhāya nirviṣayaṃ muktaye bhavati

ataḥ sarvaṃ jagaccittagocaram /
tadeva cittaṃ nirāśrayaṃ manonmanyavasthāparipakvaṃ layayogyaṃ bhavati

tallayaṃ paripūrṇe mayi samabhyaset /
manolayakāraṇamahameva

anāhatasya śabdasya tasya śabdasya yo dhvaniḥ /
dhvanerantargataṃ jyotirjyotirantargataṃ manaḥ

yanmanastrijagatsṛṣṭisthitivyasanakarmakṛt /
tanmano vilayaṃ yāti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

tallayācchuddhādvaitasiddhirbhedābhāvāt /
etadeva paramatattvam

sa tajjño bālonmattapiśācavajjaḍavṛttyā lokamācaret

evamamanaskābhyāsenaivanityatṛptiralpamūtrapurīṣamitabhojanadṛḍhāṅgājāḍyanidrādṛgvāyucalanābhāvabrahmadarśanājjñātasukhasvarūpasiddhirbhavati

evaṃ cirasamādhijanitabrahmāmṛtapānaparāyaṇo'sau saṃnyāsī paramahaṃsa avadhūto bhavati /
taddarśanena sakalaṃ jagatpavitraṃ bhavati /
tatsevāparo'jño'pi mukto bhavati /
tatkulamekottaraśataṃ tārayati /
tanmātṛpitṛjāyāpatyavargaṃ ca muktaṃ bhavatītyupaniṣat //
ॐ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate /
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate //
ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ //
iti maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣatsamāptā //
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