Māṇḍūkyopaniṣatkārikā · Chapter 4

jñānenākāśakalpena dharmānyo gaganopamān /
jñeyābhinnena saṃbuddhas taṃ vande dvipadāṃ varam

asparśayogo vai nāma sarvasattvasukho hitaḥ /
avivādo 'viruddhaś ca deśitas taṃ namāmy aham

bhūtasya jātim icchanti vādinaḥ kecid eva hi /
abhūtasyāpare dhīrā vivadantaḥ parasparam

bhūtaṃ na jāyate kiñcid abhūtaṃ naiva jāyate /
vivadanto 'dvayā hy evam ajātiṃ khyāpayanti te

khyāpyamānām ajātiṃ tair anumodāmahe vayam /
vivadāmo na taiḥ sārdham avivādaṃ nibodhata

ajātasyaiva dharmasya jātim icchanti vādinaḥ /
ajāto hy amṛto dharmo martyatāṃ katham eṣyati

na bhavaty amṛtaṃ martyaṃ na martyam amṛtaṃ tathā /
prakṛter anyathābhāvo na kathañcid bhaviṣyati

svabhāvenāmṛto yasya dharmo gacchati martyatām /
kṛtakenāmṛtas tasya kathaṃ sthāsyati niścalaḥ

sāṃsiddhikī svābhāvikī sahajā akṛtā ca yā /
prakṛtiḥ seti vijñeyā svabhāvaṃ na jahāti yā

jarāmaraṇanirmuktāḥ sarve dharmāḥ svabhāvataḥ /
jarāmaraṇam icchantaś cyavante tanmanīṣayā

kāraṇaṃ yasya vai kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ tasya jāyate /
jāyamānaṃ katham ajaṃ bhinnaṃ nityaṃ kathaṃ ca tat

kāraṇād yady ananyatvam ataḥ kāryam ajaṃ yadi /
jāyamānād dhi vai kāryāt kāraṇaṃ te kathaṃ dhruvam

ajād vai jāyate yasya dṛṣṭāntas tasya nāsti vai /
jātāc ca jāyāmānasya na vyavasthā prasajyate

hetor ādiḥ phalaṃ yeṣām ādir hetuḥ phalasya ca /
hetoḥ phalasya cānādiḥ kathaṃ tair upavarṇyate

hetor ādiḥ phalaṃ yeṣām ādir hetuḥ kalasya ca /
tathā janma bhavet teṣāṃ putrāj janma pitur yathā

saṃbhave hetuphalayor eṣitavyaḥ kramas tvayā /
yugapatsaṃbhave yasmād asaṃbandho viṣāṇavat

phalād utpadyamānaḥ san na te hetuḥ prasidhyati /
aprasiddhaḥ kathaṃ hetuḥ phalam utpādayiṣyati

yadi hetoḥ phalāt siddhiḥ phalasiddhiś ca hetutaḥ /
katarat pūrvaniṣpannaṃ yasya siddhir apekṣayā

aśaktir aparijñānaṃ kramakopo 'tha vā punaḥ /
evaṃ hi sarvathā buddhair ajātiḥ paridīpitā

bījāṅkurākhyo dṛṣṭāntaḥ sadā sādhyasamo hi sa /
na hi sādhyasamo hetuḥ siddhau sādhyasya yujyate

pūrvāparāparijñānam ajāteḥ paridīpakam /
jāyamānād dhi vai dharmāt kathaṃ pūrvaṃ na gṛhyate

svato vā parato vāpi na kiñcid vastu jāyate /
sad asat sadasad vāpi na kiñcid vastu jāyate

hetur na jāyate 'nādeḥ phalaṃ cāpi svabhāvataḥ /
ādir na vidyate yasya tasya hy ādir na vidyate

prajñapteḥ sanimittatvam anyathā dvayanāśataḥ /
saṃkleśasyopalabdheś ca paratantrāstitā matā

prajñapteḥ sanimittatvam iṣyate yuktidarśanāt /
nimittasyānimittatvam iṣyate bhūtadarśanāt

cittaṃ na saṃspṛśaty arthaṃ nārthābhāsaṃ tathaiva ca /
abhūto hi yataś cārtho nārthābhāsas tataḥ pṛthak

nimittaṃ na sadā cittaṃ saṃspṛśaty adhvasu triṣu /
animitto viparyāsaḥ kathaṃ tasya bhaviṣyati

tasmān na jāyate cittaṃ cittadṛśyaṃ na jāyate /
tasya paśyanti ye jātiṃ khe vai paśyanti te padam

ajātaṃ jāyate yasmād ajātiḥ prakṛtis tataḥ /
prakṛter anyathābhāvo na kathañcid bhaviṣyati

anāder antavattvaṃ ca saṃsārasya na setsyati /
anantatā cādimato mokṣasya na bhaviṣyati

ādāvante ca yan nāsti vartamāne 'pi tat tathā /
vitathaiḥ sadṛśāḥ santo 'vitathā iva lakṣitāḥ

saprayojanatā teṣāṃ svapne vipratipadyate /
tasmād ādyantavattvena mithyaiva khalu te smṛtāḥ

sarve dharmā mṛṣā svapne kāyasyāntanidarśanāt /
saṃvṛtte 'smin pradeśe vai bhūtānāṃ darśanaṃ kutaḥ

na yuktaṃ darśanaṃ gatvā kālasyāniyamād gatau /
pratibuddhaś ca vai sarvas tasmin deśe na vidyate

mitrādyaiḥ saha saṃmantrya saṃbuddhau na prapadyate /
gṛhītaṃ cāpi yat kiñcit pratibuddho na paśyati

svapne cāvastukaḥ kāyaḥ pṛthag anyasya darśanāt /
yathā kāyas tathā sarvaṃ cittadṛśyam avastukam

grahaṇāj jāgaritavat taddhetuḥ svapna iṣyate /
tad dhetutvāt tu tasyaiva sajjāgaritam iṣyate

utpādasyāprasiddhatvād ajaṃ sarvam udāhṛtam /
na ca bhūtād abhūtasya saṃbhavo 'sti kathañcana

asaj jāgarite dṛṣṭvā svapne paśyati tanmayaḥ /
asatsvapne 'pi dṛṣṭvā ca pratibuddhau na paśyati

nāsty asaddhetukam asat sadasaddhetukaṃ tathā /
sac ca saddhetukaṃ nāsti saddhetukam asat kutaḥ

viparyāsād yathā jāgrad acintyān bhūtavat spṛśet /
tathā svapne viparyāsād dharmāṃs tatraiva paśyati

upalambhāt samācārād asti vastutvavādinām /
jātis tu deśitā buddhair ajātes trasatāṃ sadā

ajātes trasatāṃ teṣām upalambhād viyanti ye /
jātidoṣā na setsyanti doṣo 'py alpo bhaviṣyati

upalambhāt samācārān māyāhastī yathocyate /
upalambhāt samācārād asti vastu tathocyate

jātyābhāsaṃ calābhāsaṃ vastvābhāsaṃ tathaiva ca /
ajācalam avastutvaṃ vijñānaṃ śāntam advayam

evaṃ na jāyate cittam evaṃ dharmā ajāḥ smṛtāḥ /
evam eva vijānanto na patanti viparyaye

ṛjuvakrādikābhāsam alātaspanditaṃ yathā /
grahaṇagrāhakābhāsaṃ vijñānaspanditaṃ tathā

aspandamānam alātam anābhāsam ajaṃ yathā /
aspandamānaṃ vijñānam anābhāsam ajaṃ tathā

alāte spandamāne vai nābhāsā anyato bhuvaḥ /
na tato 'nyatra nispandān nālātaṃ praviśanti te

na nirgatā alātāt te dravyatvābhāvayogataḥ /
vijñāne 'pi tathaiva syur ābhāsasyāviśeṣataḥ

vijñāne spandamāne vai nābhāsā anyatobhuvaḥ /
na tato 'nyatra nispandān na vijñānaṃ viśanti te

na nirgatās te vijñānād dravyatvābhāvayogataḥ /
kāryakāraṇatābhāvād yato 'cintyāḥ sadaiva te

dravyaṃ dravyasya hetuḥ syād anyad anyasya caiva hi /
dravyatvam anyabhāvo vā dharmāṇāṃ nopapadyate

evaṃ na cittajā dharmāś cittaṃ vāpi na dharmajam /
evaṃ hetuphalājātiṃ praviśanti manīṣiṇaḥ

yāvad dhetuphalāveśas tāvad dhetuphalodbhavaḥ /
kṣīṇe hetuphalāveśe nāsti hetuphalodbhavaḥ

yāvad dhetuphalāveśaḥ saṃsāras tāvadāyataḥ /
kṣīṇe hetuphalāveśe saṃsāraṃ na prapadyate

saṃvṛtyā jāyate sarvaṃ śāśvataṃ nāsti tena vai /
sadbhāvena hy ajaṃ sarvam ucchedas tena nāsti vai

dharmā ya iti jāyante jāyante te na tattvataḥ /
janma māyopamaṃ teṣāṃ sā ca māyā na vidyate

yathā māyāmayād bījāj jāyate tanmayoṅkuraḥ /
nāsau nityo na cocchedī tadvad dharmeṣu yojanā

nājeṣu sarvadharmeṣu śāśvatāśāśvatābhidhā /
yatra varṇā na vartante vivekas tatra nocyate

yathā svapne dvayābhāsaṃ cittaṃ calati māyayā /
tathā jāgrad dvayābhāsaṃ cittaṃ calati māyayā

advayaṃ ca dvayābhāsaṃ cittaṃ svapne na saṃśayaḥ /
advayaṃ ca dvayābhāsaṃ tathā jāgran na saṃśayaḥ

svapnadṛk pracaran svapne dikṣu vai daśasu sthitān /
aṇḍajān svedajān vāpi jīvān paśyati yān sadā

svapnadṛkcittadṛśyās te na vidyante tataḥ pṛthak /
tathā tad dṛśyam evedaṃ svapnadṛkcittam iṣyate

carañ jāgarite jāgrad dikṣu vai daśasu sthitān /
aṇḍajān svedajān vāpi jīvān paśyati yān sadā

jāgrac cittekṣaṇīyās te na vidyante tataḥ pṛthak /
tathā tad dṛśyam evedaṃ jāgrataś cittam iṣyate

ubhe hy anyonyadṛśye te kiṃ tad astīti cocyate /
lakṣaṇāśūnyam ubhayaṃ tan mate naiva gṛhyate

yathā svapnamayo jīvo jāyate mriyate 'pi ca /
tathā jīvā amī sarve bhavanti na bhavanti ca

yathā māyāmayo jīvo jāyate mriyate 'pi ca /
tathā jīvā amī sarve bhavanti na bhavanti ca

yathā nirmitako jīvo jāyate mriyate 'pi ca /
tathā jīvā amī sarve bhavanti na bhavanti ca

na kaścij jāyate jīvaḥ saṃbhavo 'sya na vidyate /
etat tad uttamaṃ satyaṃ yatra kiñcin na jāyate

cittaspandikam evedaṃ grāhyagrāhakavad dvayam /
cittaṃ nirviṣayaṃ nityam asaṅgaṃ tena kīrtitam

yo 'sti kalpitasaṃvṛtyā paramārthena nāsty asau /
paratantrābhisaṃvṛtyā syān nāsti paramārthataḥ

ajaḥ kalpitasaṃvṛtyā paramārthena nāpy ajaḥ /
paratantrādiniṣpattyā saṃvṛtyā jāyate tu saḥ

abhūtābhiniveśo 'sti dvayaṃ tatra na vidyate /
dvayābhāvaṃ sa buddhvaiva nirnimitto na jāyate

yadā na labhate hetūn uttamādhamamadhyamān /
tadā na jāyate cittaṃ hetvabhāve phalaṃ kutaḥ

animittasya cittasya yānutpattiḥ samādvayā /
ajātasyaiva sarvasya cittadṛśyaṃ hi tadyataḥ

buddhvā nimittatāṃ satyāṃ hetuṃ pṛthag anāpnuvan /
vītaśokaṃ tathākāmam abhayaṃ padam aśnute

abhūtābhiniveśād dhi sadṛśe tat pravartate /
vastvabhāvaṃ sa budhvaiva niḥsaṅgaṃ vinivartate

nivṛttasyāpravṛttasya niścalā hi tathā sthitiḥ /
viṣayaḥ sa hi buddhānāṃ tat sāmyam ajam advayam

ajam anidram asvapnaṃ prabhātaṃ bhavati svayam /
sakṛdvibhāto hy evaiṣa dharma dhātusvabhāvataḥ

sukham āvriyate nityaṃ duḥkhaṃ vivriyate sadā /
yasya kasya ca dharmasya graheṇa bhagavān asau

asti nāsty asti nāstīti nāsti nāstīti vā punaḥ /
calasthirobhayābhāvair āvṛṇotye va bāliśaḥ

koṭhyaś catasra etās tu grahair yāsāṃ sadā vṛtaḥ /
bhagavān ābhir aspṛṣṭo yena dṛṣṭaḥ sa sarvadṛk

prāpya sarvajñatāṃ kṛtsnāṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ padam advayam /
anāpannādimadhyāntaṃ kim ataḥ param īhate

viprāṇāṃ vinayo hy eṣa śamaḥ prākṛta ucyate /
damaḥ prakṛtidāntatvād evaṃ vidvāñ śamaṃ vrajet

savastu sopalambhaṃ ca dvayaṃ laukikam iṣyate /
avastu sopalambhaṃ ca śuddhaṃ laukikam iṣyate

avastv anupalambhaṃ ca lokottaram iti smṛtam /
jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ ca vijñeyaṃ sadā buddhaiḥ prakīrtitam

jñāne ca trividhe jñeye krameṇa vidite svayam /
sarvajñatā hi sarvatra bhavatīha mahādhiyaḥ

heyajñeyāpyapākyāni vijñeyāny agrayāṇataḥ /
teṣām anyatra vijñeyād upalambhas triṣu smṛtaḥ

prakṛtyākāśavaj jñeyāḥ sarve dharmā anādayaḥ /
vidyate na hi nānātvaṃ teṣāṃ kvacana kiñcanaḥ

ādibuddhāḥ prakṛtyaiva sarve dharmāḥ suniścitāḥ /
yasyaivaṃ bhavati kṣāntiḥ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate

ādiśāntā hy anutpannāḥ prakṛtyaiva sunirvṛtāḥ /
sarve dharmāḥ samābhinnā ajaṃ sāmyaṃ viśāradam

vaiśāradyaṃ tu vai nāsti bhede vicaratāṃ sadā /
bhedanimnāḥ pṛthagvādās tasmāt te kṛpaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

aje sāmye tu ye kecid bhaviṣyanti suniścitāḥ /
te hi loke mahājñānās tac ca loko na gāhate

ajeṣv ajam asaṃkrāntaṃ dharmeṣu jñānam iṣyate /
yato na kramate jñānam asaṅgaṃ tena kīrtitam

aṇumātre 'pi vaidharmye jāyamāne 'vipaścitaḥ /
asaṅgatā sadā nāsti kimutāvaraṇacyutiḥ

alabdhāvaraṇāḥ sarve dharmāḥ prakṛtinirmalāḥ /
ādau buddhās tathā muktā budhyanta iti nāyakāḥ

kramate na hi buddhasya jñānaṃ dharmeṣu tāyinaḥ /
sarve dharmās tathā jñānaṃ naitad buddhena bhāṣitam

durdarśam atigambhīram ajaṃ sāmyaṃ viśāradam /
buddhvā padam anānātvaṃ namaskurmo yathābalam