Paramārthasāra · Chapter 1

paraṃ parasthaṃ gahanād anādim ekaṃ niviṣṭaṃ bahudhā guhāsu |
sarvālayaṃ sarvacarācarasthaṃ tvām eva śambhuṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

garbhādhivāsapūrvakamaraṇāntakaduḥkhacakravibhrāntaḥ |
ādhāram bhagavantaṃ śiṣyaḥ papraccha paramārtham

ādhārakārikābhiḥ taṃ gurur abhibhāṣati sma tatsāram |
kathayaty abhinavaguptaḥ śivaśāsanadṛṣṭiyogena

nijaśaktivaibhavabharād a.ṅdacatuṣṭayam idaṃ vibhāgena |
śaktir māyā prakṛtiḥ pṛthvī ceti prabhāvitaṃ prabhuṇā

tatrāntar viśvam idaṃ vicitratanukaraṇabhuvanasaṃtānam |
bhoktā ca tatra dehī śiva eva gṛhītapaśubhāvaḥ

nānāvidhavarṇānāṃ rūpaṃ dhatte yathāmalaḥ sphaṭikaḥ |
suramānuṣapaśupādaparūpatvaṃ tadvad īśo 'pi

gacchati gacchati jala iva himakarabimbaṃ sthite sthitiṃ yāti |
tanukaraṇabhuvanavarge tathāyam ātmā maheśānaḥ

rāhur adṛśyo 'pi yathā śaśibimbasthaḥ prakāśate tadvat |
sarvagato 'py ayam ātmā viṣayāśrayaṇena dhīmukure

ādarśe malarahite yadvad vadanaṃ vibhāti tadvad ayam |
śivaśaktipātavimale dhītattve bhāti bhārūpaḥ

bhārūpaṃ paripūrṇaṃ svātmani viśrāntito mahānandam |
icchasaṃvitkaraṇair nirbharitam anantaśaktiparipūrṇam

sarvavikalpavihīnaṃ śuddhaṃ śāntaṃ layodayavihīnam |
yat paratattvaṃ tasmin vibhāti ṣaṭṭriṃśadātma jagat

darpaṇabimbe yadvan nagaragrāmādicitram avibhāgi |
bhāti vibhāgenaiva ca parasparaṃ darpaṇād api ca

vimalatamaparamabhairavabodhāt tadvad vibhāgaśūnyam api |
anyonyaṃ ca tato 'pi ca vibhaktam ābhāti jagad etat

śivaśaktisadāśivatām īśvaravidyāmayīṃ ca tattvadaśām |
śaktīnāṃ pañcānāṃ vibhaktabhāvena bhāsayati

paramaṃ yat svātantryaṃ durghaṭasaṃpādanaṃ maheśasya |
devī māyāśaktiḥ svātmāvaraṇaṃ śivasya itat

māyāparigrahavaśād bodho malinaḥ pumān paśur bhavati |
kālakalāniyatibalād rāgāvidyāvaśena saṃbaddhaḥ

adhunaiva kiṃcid evedam eva sarvātmanaiva jānāmi |
māyāsahitaṃ kañcukaṣaṭkam aṇor antaraṅgam idam uktam

kambukam iva ta.ṅdulakaṇaviniviṣṭaṃ bhinnam apy abhidā |
bhajate tat tu viśuddhiṃ śivamārgaunmukhyayogena

sukhaduḥkhamohamātraṃ niścayasaṃkalpanābhimānāc ca |
prakṛtir athāntaḥkaranaṃ buddhimano'haṃkṛtikramaśaḥ

śrotraṃ tvagakṣirasanā ghrāṇaṃ buddhīndriyāṇi śabdādau |
vākpāṇipādapāyūpasthaṃ karmendriyāṇi punaḥ

eṣāṃ grāhyo viṣayaḥ sūkṣmaḥ pravibhāgavarjito yaḥ syāt |
tanmātrapañcakaṃ tat śabdaḥ sparśo maho raso gandhaḥ

etatsaṃsargavaśāt sthūlo viṣayas tu bhūtapañcakatām |
abhyeti nabhaḥ pavanas tejaḥ salilaṃ ca pṛthvī ca

tuṣa iva ta.ṅdulakaṇikām āvṛṇute prakṛtipūrvakaḥ sargaḥ |
pṛthvīparyanto 'yaṃ caitanyaṃ dehabhāvena

param āvaraṇaṃ mala iha sūkṣmaṃ māyādikañcukaṃ sthūlam |
bāhyaṃ vigraharūpaṃ kośatrayaveṣṭito hy ātmā

ajñānatimirayogād ekam api svaṃ svabhāvam ātmānam |
grāhyagrāhakanānāvaicitryeṇāvabudhyeta

rasaphāṇitaśarkarikāguḍakha.ṅdādyā yathekṣurasa eva |
tadvad avasthā bhedāḥ sarve paramātmanaḥ śambhoḥ

vijñānāntaryāmiprāṇavirāḍdehajātipi.ṅdāntāḥ |
vyavahāramātram etat paramārthena tu na santy eva

rajjvāṃ nāsti bhujaṅgas trāsaṃ kurute ca mṛtyuparyantam |
bhrānter mahatī śaktir na vivektuṃ śakyate nāma

tadvad dharmādharmasvarnirayotpattimaraṇasukhaduḥkham |
varṇāśramādi cātmany asad api vibhramabalād bhavati

etat tad andhakāraṃ yad bhāveṣu prakāśamānatayā |
ātmānatirikteṣv api bhavaty anātmābhimāno 'yam

timirād api timiram idaṃ ga.ṅdasyopari mahān ayaṃ sphoṭaḥ |
yad anātmany api dehaprāṇadāv ātmamānitvam

dehaprāṇavimarśanadhījñānanabhaḥprapañcayogena |
ātmānam veṣṭayate citraṃ jālena jālakāra iva

svajñānavibhavabhāsanayogenodveṣṭayen nijātmānam |
iti bandhamokṣacitrāṃ krīḍāṃ pratanoti paramaśivaḥ

sṛṣṭisthitisaṃhārā jāgratsvapnau suṣuptam iti tasmin |
bhānti turīye dhāmani tathāpi tair nāvṛtaṃ bhāti

jāgrad viśvaṃ bhedāt svapnas tejaḥ prakāśamāhātmyāt |
prājñaḥ suptāvasthā jñānaghanatvāt tataḥ paraṃ turyam

jaladharadhūmarajobhir malinīkriyate yathā na gaganatalam |
tadvan māyāvikṛtibhir aparāmṛṣṭaḥ paraḥ puruṣaḥ

ekasmin ghaṭagagane rajasā vyāpte bhavanti nānyāni |
malināni tadvad ete jīvāḥ sukhaduḥkhabhedajuṣaḥ

śānte śānta ivāyaṃ hṛṣṭe hṛṣṭo vimohavati mūḍhaḥ |
tattvagaṇe sati bhagavān na punaḥ paramārthataḥ sa tathā

yad anātmany api tadrūpāvabhāsanaṃ tat purā nirākṛtya |
ātmany anātmarūpāṃ bhrāntiṃ vidalayati paramātmā

itthaṃ vibhramayugalakasamūlavicchedane kṛtārthasya |
kartavyāntarakalanā na jātu parayogino bhavati

pṛthivī prakṛtir māyā tritayam idaṃ vedyarūpatāpatitam |
advaitabhāvanabalād bhavati hi sanmātrapariśeṣam

raśanāku.ṅdalakaṭakaṃ bhedatyāgena dṛśyate yathā hema |
tadvad bhedatyāge sanmātraṃ sarvam ābhāti

tad brahma paraṃ śuddhaṃ śāntaṃ abhedātmakaṃ samaṃ sakalam |
amṛtaṃ satyaṃ śaktau viśrāmyati bhāsvarūpāyām

iṣyata iti vedyata iti saṃpādyata iti ca bhāsvarūpeṇa |
aparāmṛṣṭaṃ yad api tu nabhaḥprasūnatvam abhyeti

śaktitriśūlaparigamayogena samastam api parameśe |
śivanāmani paramārthe visṛjyate devadevena

punar api ca pañcaśaktiprasaraṇakrameṇa bahir api tat |
a.ṅdatrayaṃ vicitraṃ sṛṣṭaṃ bahirātmalābhena

iti śakticakrayantraṃ krīḍāyogena vāhayan devaḥ |
aham eva śuddharūpaḥ śaktimahācakranāyakapadasthaḥ

mayy eva bhāti viśvaṃ darpaṇa iva nirmale ghatādīni |
mattaḥ prasarati sarvaṃ svapnavicitratvam iva suptāt

aham eva viśvarūpaḥ karacaranādisvabhāva iva dehaḥ |
sarvasmin aham eva sphurāmi bhāveṣu bhāsvarūpam iva

draṣṭā śrotā ghrātā dehendriyavarjito 'py akartāpi |
siddhāntāgamatarkāṃś citrān aham eva racayāmi

itthaṃ dvaitavikalpe galite pravilaṅghya mohinīṃ māyām |
salile salilaṃ kṣīre kṣīram iva brahmaṇi layī syāt

itthaṃ tattvasamūhe bhāvanayā śivamayatvam abhiyāte |
kaḥ śokaḥ ko mohaḥ sarvaṃ brahmāvalokayataḥ

karmaphalaṃ śubham aśubhaṃ mithyājñānena saṃgamād eva |
viṣamo hi saṅgadoṣas taskarayogo 'py ataskarasyeva

lokavyavahārakṛtāṃ ya ihāvidyām upāsate mūḍhāḥ |
te yānti janmamṛtyū dharmādharmārgalābaddhāḥ

ajñānakālanicitaṃ dharmādharmātmakaṃ tu karmāpi |
cirasaṃcitam iva tūlaṃ naśyati vijñānadīptivaśāt

jñānaprāptau kṛtam api na phalāya tato 'sya janma katham |
gatajanmabandhayogo bhāti śivārkaḥ svadīdhitibhiḥ

tuṣakambukakiṃśārukamuktaṃ bījaṃ yathāṅkuraṃ kurute |
naiva tathāṇavamāyākarmavimukto bhavāṅkuraṃ hy ātmā

ātmajño na kutaścana bibheti sarvaṃ hi tasya nijarūpam |
naiva ca śocati yasmāt paramārthe nāśitā nāsti

atigūḍhahṛdayagañjaprarūḍhaparamārtharatnasaṃcayataḥ |
aham eveti maheśvarabhāve kā durgatiḥ kasya

mokṣasya naiva kiṃcid dhāmāsti na cāpi gamanam anyatra |
ajñānagranthibhidā svaśaktyabhivyaktatā mokṣaḥ

bhinnājñānagranthir gatasaṃdehaḥ parākṛtabhrāntiḥ |
prakṣīṇapuṇyapāpo vigrahayoge 'py asau muktaḥ

agnyabhidagdhaṃ bījaṃ yathā prarohāsamarthatām eti |
jñānāgnidagdham evaṃ karma na janmapradaṃ bhavati

parimitabuddhitvena hi karmocitabhāvidehabhāvanayā |
saṅkucitā citir etaddehadhvaṃse tathā bhāti

yadi punar amalaṃ bodhaṃ sarvasamuttīrnaboddhṛkartṛmayam |
vitatam anastamitoditabhārūpam satyasaṃkalpam

dikkālakalanavikalaṃ dhruvam avyayam īśvaraṃ suparipūrṇam |
bahutaraśaktivrātapralayodayaviracanaikakartāram

sṛṣṭyādividhisuvedhasam ātmānaṃ śivamayaṃ vibudhyeta |
katham iva saṃsārī syād vitatasya kutaḥ kva vā saraṇam

iti yuktibhir api siddhaṃ yatkarma jñānino na saphalaṃ tat |
na mamedam api tu tasyeti dārḍhyato na hi phalaṃ loke

itthaṃ sakalavikalpān pratibuddho bhāvanāsamīraṇataḥ |
ātmajyotiṣi dīpte juhvaj jyotirmayo bhavati

aśnan yad vā tad vā saṃvīto yena kenacic chāntaḥ |
yatra kvacana nivāsī vimucyate sarvabhūtātmā

hayamedhaśatasahasrāṇy api kurute brahmaghātalakṣāṇi |
paramārthavin na puṇyair na ca pāpaiḥ spṛśyate vimalaḥ

madaharṣakopamanmathaviṣādabhayalobhamohaparivarjī |
niḥstotravaṣaṭkāro jaḍa iva vicared avādamatiḥ

madaharṣaprabhṛtir ayaṃ vargaḥ prabhavati vibhedasaṃmohāt |
advaitātmavibodhas tena kathaṃ spṛśyatāṃ nāma

stutyaṃ vā hotavyaṃ nāsti vyatiriktam asya kiṃcana ca |
stotrādinā sa tuṣyen muktas tan nirnamaskṛtivaṣaṭkaḥ

ṣaṭtriṃśattattvabhṛtaṃ vigraharacanāgavākṣaparipūrṇam |
nijam anyad atha śarīraṃ ghaṭādi vā tasya devagṛham

tatra ca paramātmamahābhairavaśivadevatāṃ svaśaktiyutām |
ātmāmarśanavimaladravyaiḥ paripūjayann āste

bahirantaraparikalpanabhedamahābījanicayam arpayataḥ |
tasyātidīptasaṃvijjvalane yatnād vinā bhavati homaḥ

dhyānam anastamitaṃ punar eṣa hi bhagavān vicitrarūpāṇi |
sṛjati tad eva dhyānaṃ saṃkalpālikhitasatyarūpatvam

bhuvanāvalīṃ samastāṃ tattvakramakalpanām athākṣagaṇam |
antarbodhe parivartayati ca yat so 'sya japa uditaḥ

sarvaṃ samayā dṛṣṭyā yat paśyati yac ca saṃvidaṃ manute |
viśvaśmaśānaniratāṃ vigrahakhaṭvāṅgakalpanākalitām

viśvarasāsavapūrṇaṃ nijakaragaṃ vedyakha.ṅdakakapālam |
rasayati ca yat tad etad vratam asya sudurlabhaṃ ca sulabhaṃ ca

iti janmanāśahīnaṃ paramārthamaheśvarākhyam upalabhya |
upalabdhṛtāprakāśāt kṛtakṛtyas tiṣṭhati yatheṣṭam

vyāpinam abhihitam itthaṃ sarvātmānaṃ vidhūtanānātvam |
nirupamaparamānandaṃ yo vetti sa tanmayo bhavati

tīrthe śvapacagṛhe vā naṣṭasmṛtir api parityajan deham |
jñānasamakālamuktaḥ kaivalyaṃ yāti hataśokaḥ

puṇyāya tīrthasevā nirayāya śvapacasadananidhanagatiḥ |
puṇyāpuṇyakalaṅkasparśābhāve tu kiṃ tena

tuṣakambukasupṛthakkṛtata.ṅdulakaṇatuṣadalāntarakṣepaḥ |
ta.ṅdulakaṇasya kurute na punas tadrūpatādātmyam

tadvat kañcukapaṭalīpṛthakkṛtā saṃvid atra saṃskārāt |
tiṣṭhanty api muktātmā tatsparśavivarjitā bhavati

kuśalatamaśilpikalpitavimalībhāvaḥ samudgakopādheḥ |
malino 'pi maṇir upādher vicchede svacchaparamārthaḥ

evaṃ sadguruśāsanavimalasthiti vedanaṃ tanūpādheḥ |
muktam apy upādhyantaraśūnyam ivābhāti śivarūpam

śāstrādiprāmāṇyād avicalitaśraddhayāpi tanmayatām |
prāptaḥ sa eva pūrvaṃ svargaṃ narakaṃ manuṣyatvam

antyaḥ kṣaṇas tu tasmin puṇyāṃ pāpāṃ ca vā sthitiṃ puṣyan |
mūḍhānāṃ sahakārībhāvaṃ gacchati gatau tu na sa hetuḥ

ye 'pi tadātmatvena viduḥ paśupakṣisarīsṛpādayaḥ svagatim |
te 'pi purātanasaṃbodhasaṃskṛtās tāṃ gatiṃ yānti

svargamayo nirayamayas tad ayaṃ dehāntarālagaḥ puruṣaḥ |
tadbhaṅge svaucityād dehāntarayogam abhyeti

evaṃ jñānāvasare svātmā sakṛd asya yādṛg avabhātaḥ |
tādṛśa eva tadāsau na dehapāte 'nyathā bhavati

karaṇagaṇasaṃpramoṣaḥ smṛtināśaḥ śvāsakalilatā cchedaḥ |
marmasu rujāviśeṣāḥ śarīrasaṃskārajo bhogaḥ

sa kathaṃ vigrahayoge sati na bhavet tena mohayoge 'pi |
maraṇāvasare jñāni na cyavate svātmaparamārthāt

paramārthamārgam enaṃ jhaṭiti yadā gurumukhāt samabhyeti |
atitīvraśaktipātāt tadaiva nirvighnam eva śivaḥ

sarvottīrṇaṃ rūpaṃ sopānapadakrameṇa saṃśrayataḥ |
paratattvarūḍhilābhe paryante śivamayībhāvaḥ

tasya tu paramārthamayīṃ dhārām agatasya madhyaviśrānteḥ |
tatpadalābhotsukacetaso 'pi maraṇaṃ kadācit syāt

yogabhraṣṭaḥ śāstre kathito 'sau citrabhogabhuvanapatiḥ |
viśrāntisthānavaśād bhūtvā janmāntare śivībhavati

paramārthamārgam enaṃ hy abhyasyāprāpya yogam api nāma |
suralokabhogabhāgī muditamanā modate suciram

viṣayeṣu sārvabhaumaḥ sarvajanaiḥ pūjyate yathā rājā |
bhuvaneṣu sarvadaivair yogabhraṣṭas tathā pūjyaḥ

mahatā kālena punar mānuṣyaṃ prāpya yogam abhyasya |
prāpnoti divyam amṛtam yasmād āvartate na punaḥ

tasmāt sanmārge 'smin nirato yaḥ kaścid eti sa śivatvam |
iti matvā paramārthe yathā tathāpi prayatanīyam

idam abhinavaguptoditasaṃkṣepaṃ dhyāyataḥ paraṃ brahma |
acirād eva śivatvaṃ nijahṛdayāveśam abhyeti

āryāśatena tad idaṃ saṃkṣiptaṃ śāstrasāram atigūḍham |
abhinavaguptena mayā śivacaraṇasmaraṇadīptena