Panchadashi · Chapter p1

kūṭasthadīponāma - aṣṭamaḥ paricchedaḥ /
khādityadīpite kuḍye darpaṇādityadīptivat /
kūṭasthabhāsito deho dhīsthajīvena bhāsyate

anekadarpaṇādityadīptīnāṃ bahusandhiṣu /
itarā vyajyate tāsāmabhāve'pi prakāśate

cidābhāsaviśiṣṭānāṃ tathānekadhiyāmasau /
sandhiṃ dhiyāmabhāvaṃ ca bhāsayanpravivicyatām

ghaṭaikākāradhīsthā cidghaṭamevāvabhāsayet /
ghaṭasya jñātatā brahmacaitanyenāvabhāsyate

ajñātatvena jñāto'yaṃ ghaṭo buddhyudayātpurā /
brahmaṇaivopariṣṭāttu jñātatvenetyasau bhidā

cidābhāsāntadhīvṛttirjñānaṃ lohāntakuntavat /
jāḍyamajñānametābhyāṃ vyāptaḥ kumbho dvidhocyate

ajñāto brahmaṇā bhāsyo jñātaḥ kumbhastathā na kim /
jñātatvajananenaiva cidābhāsaparikṣayaḥ

ābhāsahīnayā buddhyā jñātatvaṃ naiva janyate /
tādṛgbuddherviśeṣaḥ ko mṛdādeḥ syādvikāriṇaḥ

jñāta ityucyate kumbho mṛdā lipto na kutracit /
dhīmātravyāptakumbhasya jñātatvaṃ neṣyate tathā

jñātatvaṃ nāma kumbhe'taścidābhāsaphalodayaḥ /
na phalaṃ brahmacaitanyaṃ manātprāgapi satvataḥ

parāgarthaprameyeṣu yā phalatvena saṃmatā
saṃvitsaiveha meyo'rtho vedāntokti pramāṇataḥ /
iti vārtikakāreṇa citsadṛśyaṃ vivakṣitam
brahmacitphalayorbhedaḥ sāhasryāṃ viśruto yataḥ

ābhāsa uditastasmājjñātatvaṃ janayedghaṭe /
tatpunaḥrbrahmaṇā bhāsyamajñātatvavadeva hi

dhīvṛttyābhāsakumbhānāṃ samūho bhāsyate citā /
kumbhamātraphalatvātsa eka ābhāsataḥ sphuret

caitanyaṃ dviguṇaṃ kumbhe jñātatvena sphurettataḥ /
anye'nuvyavasāyākhyamāhuretadyathoditam

ghaṭo'yamityasāvuktirābhāsasya prasādataḥ /
vijñāto ghaṭa ityuktirbrahmānugrahato bhavet

ābhāsabrahmaṇī dehādbahiryadvadvivecite /
tadvadābhāsakūṭasthau vivicyetāṃ vapuṣyapi

ahaṃvṛttau cidābhāsaḥ kāmakrodhādikāsu ca /
saṃvyāpya vartate tapte lohe vahniryathā tathā

svamātraṃ bhāsayettaptaṃ lohaṃ nānyatkadācana /
evamābhāsasahitā vṛttayaḥ svasvabhāsikāḥ

kramādvicchidya vicchidya jāyante vṛttayo'khilāḥ /
sarvā api vilīyante suptimūrcchāsamādhiṣu

sandhayo'khilavṛttīnāmabhāvāścāvabhāsitāḥ /
nirvikāreṇa yenāsau kūṭastha iti gīyate

ghaṭe dviguṇacaitanyaṃ yathā bāhye tathāntare /
vṛttiṣvapi tatastatra vaiśadyaṃ sandhito'dhikam

jñātatājñātate na sto ghaṭavadvṛttiṣu kvacit /
svasya svenāgṛhītatvāttābhiścājñānanāśanāt

dviguṇīkṛtacaitanye janmanāśānubhūtitaḥ /
akūṭasthaṃ tadanyattu kūṭasthamavikāritaḥ

antaḥkaraṇatadvṛttisākṣītyādāvanekadhā /
kūṭasthaḥ eva sarvatra pūrvācāryairviniścitaḥ

ātmābhāsāśrayaścaivaṃ mukhābhāsāśrayā yathā /
gamyante śāstrayuktibhyāmityābhāsaśca varṇitaḥ

buddhyavacchinnakūṭastho lokāntaragamāgamau /
kartuṃ śakto ghaṭākāśa ivābhāsena kiṃ vada

śṛṇvasaṅgaḥ paricchedamātrājjīvo bhavenna hi /
anyathā ghaṭakuḍyādyairavacchinnasya jīvatā

na kuḍyasādṛśī buddhiḥ svacchatvāditi cettathā /
astu nāma paricchede kiṃ svācchyena bhavettava

prasthena dārujanyena kāṃsyajanyena vā na hi /
vikretustaṇḍulādināṃ parimāṇaṃ viśiṣyate

parimāṇaviśeṣe'pi pratibimbo viśiṣyate /
kāṃsye yadi tadā buddhāvapyābhāso bhavedbalāt

īṣadbhāsanamābhāsaḥ pratibimbastathāvidhaḥ /
bimbalakṣaṇahīnaḥ sanbimbavadbhāsate sa hi

sasaṅgatvavikārābhyāṃ bimbalakṣaṇahīnatā /
sphūrtirūpatvametasya bimbavadbhāsanaṃ viduḥ

na hi dhībhāvabhāvitvādābhāso'sti dhiyaḥ pṛthak /
iti cedalpamevoktaṃ dhīrapyevaṃ svadehataḥ

dehe mṛte'pi buddhiścecchāstrādasti tathā sati /
buddheranyaścidābhāsaḥ praveśaśrutiṣu śrutaḥ

dhīyuktasya praveśaścennaitareye dhiyaḥ pṛthak /
ātmā praveśaṃ saṅkalpya praviṣṭa iti gīyate

kathaṃ nvidaṃ sākṣadehaṃ madṛte syāditīraṇāt /
vidārya mūrdhnaḥ sīmānaṃ praviṣṭaḥ saṃsaratyayam

kathaṃ praviṣṭo'saṅgaścetsṛṣṭirvāsya kathaṃ vada /
māyikatvaṃ tayostulyaṃ vināśaśca samastayoḥ

samuptyāyaiva bhūtebhyastānyevānuvinaśyati /
vispaṣṭamiti maitreyya yājñavalkya uvāca hi

avināśyayamātmeti kūṭasthaḥ pravivecitaḥ /
mātrāsaṃsarga ityevamasaṅgatvasya kīrtanāt

jīvāpetaṃ vāva kila śarīraṃ mriyate na saḥ /
ityatra na vimokṣo'rthaḥ kintu lokāntare gatiḥ

nāhaṃ brahmeti budhyeta sa vināśīti cenna tat /
sāmānādhikaraṇyasya bādhāyāmapi sambhavāt

yo'yaṃ sthāṇuḥ pumāneṣa puṃdhiyā sthāṇudhīriva /
brahmāsmīti dhiyā śeṣā hyahaṃ buddhirnivartate

naiṣkarmyasiddhāvapyevamācāryaiḥ spaṣṭamīritam /
sāmānādhikaraṇyasya bādhārthatvaṃ tato'stu tat

sarvaṃ brahmeti jagatā sāmānādhikaraṇyavat /
ahaṃ brahmeti jīvena sāmānādhikṛtirbhavet

sāmānādhikaraṇyasya bādhārthatvaṃ nirākṛtam /
prayatnato vivaraṇe kūṭasthatvavivakṣayā

śodhitastvaṃ padārtho yaḥ kūṭastho brahmarūpatām /
tasya vaktuṃ vivaraṇe tathoktamitaratra ca

dehendriyādiyuktasya jīvābhāsabhramasya yā /
adhiṣṭhānacitiḥ saiṣā kūṭasthātra vivakṣitā

jagadbhramasya sarvasya yadadhiṣṭhānamīritam /
trayyanteṣu tadatra syādbrahmaśabdavivakṣitam

etasminneva caitanye jagadāropyate yadā /
tadā tadekadeśasya jīvābhāsasya kā kathā

jagattadekadeśākhyasamāropyasya bhedataḥ /
tattvaṃpadārthau bhinnau sto vastutastvekatā citaḥ

kartṛtvādīnbuddhidharmānsphūrtyākhyāṃ cātmarūpatām /
dadhadvibhāti purata ābhāso'to bhramo bhavet

kā buddhiḥ ko'yamābhāsaḥ ko vātrātmā jagatkatham /
ityanirṇayato mohaḥ so'yaṃ saṃsāra iṣyate

buddhyādīnāṃ svarūpaṃ yo vivinakti sa tattvavit /
sa eva mukta ityevaṃ vedānteṣu viniścayaḥ

evaṃ ca sati bandhaḥ syātkasyetyādikutarkajāḥ /
viḍambanādṛḍhaṃ khaṇḍyāḥ khaṇḍanoktiprakārataḥ

vṛtteḥ sākṣitayā vṛtteḥ prāgabhāvasya ca sthitaḥ /
bubhutsāyāṃ tathājño'smītyābhāsājñānavastunaḥ

asatyālambanatvena satyaḥ sarvajaḍasya tu /
sādhakatvena cidrūpaḥ sadā premāspadatvataḥ

ānandarūpaḥ sarvārthasādhakatvena hetunā /
sarva sambandhavattvena sampūrṇaḥ śivasaṃjñitaḥ

iti śaivapurāṇeṣu kūṭasthaḥ pravivecitaḥ /
jīveśatvādirahitaḥ kevalaḥ svaprabhaḥ śivaḥ

māyābhāsena jīveśau karotīti śrutatvataḥ /
māyikāveva jīveśau svacchau tau kācakumbhavat

annajanyaṃ manodehātsvacchaṃ yadvattathaiva tau /
māyikāvapi sarvasmādanyasmātsvacchatāṃ gatau

cidrūpatvaṃ ca sambhāvyaṃ cittvenaiva prakāśanāt /
sarvakalpanaśaktāyā māyāyā duṣkaraṃ na hi

asmannidrāpi jīveśau cetanau svapnagau sṛjet /
mahāmāyā sṛjatyetāvityāścaryaṃ kimatra te

sarvajñatvādikaṃ ceśe kalpayitvā pradarśayet /
dharmiṇaṃ kalpayedyāsyāḥ ko bhāro dharmakalpane

kūṭasthe'pyatiśaṅkya syāditi cenmātiśaṃkyatām /
kūṭāsthamāyikatve tu pramāṇaṃ na hi vartate

vastutvaṃ ghoṣayantyasya vedāntāḥ sakalā api /
sapatnarūpaṃ vastvanyanna sahante'tra kiṃcana

śrutyarthaṃ viśadīkurmo na tarkānvacmi kiṃcana /
tena tārkikaśaṃkānāmatra ko'vasaro vada

tasmātkutarkaṃ santyajya mumukṣuḥ śrutimāśrayet /
śrutau tu māyājīveśau karotīti pradarśitam

īkṣaṇādipraveśāntā sṛṣṭirīśakṛtā bhavet /
jāgradādivimokṣantaḥ saṃsāro jīvakartṛkaḥ

asaṅga eva kūṭasthaḥ sarvadā nāsya kaścana /
bhavatyatiśayastena manasyevaṃ vicāryatām

na nirodho na cotpattirna baddho na ca sādhakaḥ /
na mumukṣurna vai mukta ityeṣā paramārthatā

avāṅmanasagamyaṃ taṃ śrutirbodhayituṃ sadā /
jīvamīśaṃ jagadvāpi samāśrityāvabodhayet

yayā yayā bhavetpuṃsāṃ vyutpattiḥ pratyagātmani /
sā saiva prakriyeha syātsādhvītyācāryabhāṣitam

śrutitātparyamakhilamabudhvā bhrāmyate jaḍaḥ /
vivekī tvakhilaṃ budhvā tiṣṭhatyānandavāridhau

māyāmegho jagannīraṃ varṣatveṣa yathā tathā /
cidākāśasya no hānirna vā lābha iti sthitiḥ

imaṃ kūṭasthadīpaṃ yo'nusandhatte nirantaram /
svayaṃ kūṭastharūpeṇa dīpyate'sau nirantaram