Parameshvara Samhita · Chapter 1

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ॐ// namaḥ sakalakalyāṇadāyine cakrapāṇaye/
viṣayārṇavamagnānāṃ samuddharaṇahetave

totādriśikharakṣetre devagandharvasevite/
puṇyatīrthasamāyukte sarvartukusumānvite

praśastāśramasaṃyukte puṇyakṣetropaśobhite/
vedavedāntaniṣṭhaistu taponiṣṭhairmaharṣibhiḥ

sāṃkhyasiddhāntasaṃyuktaiḥ yogasiddhāntavedibhiḥ/
itihāsapurāṇajñairdharmaśāstrārthakovidaiḥ

vedāṅgajñānakuśalairyukte devarṣibhistathā/
rājarṣibhiḥ samāyukte mantrasiddhairmahātmabhiḥ

sanako nāma yogarṣirbrahmaputro mahātapāḥ/
bhagavajjñānasiddhyarthaṃ tapastepe suduścaram

śatavarṣaṃ dhyāyamāne paramātmānamātmani/
na lebhe'bhi(saṃ)mataṃ so'pi taptvā ghorataraṃ tapaḥ

śokena mahatā''viṣṭo babhūva sa munistadā/
tataḥ śokārṇave magnaṃ jitakrodhaṃ jitendriyam

dāntaṃ yogāṅganirataṃ taṃ bhaktaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ/
vākyametajjagaddhātā jagāda jagato hitam

vāsudevaḥ paraṃjyotiradṛśyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ/
śrībhagavānuvāca -----------
tvayā yogīśvareṇeha sutaptaṃ tapa uttamam

prāpsyase na cirādbrahman! mahatastapasaḥ phalam/
samāśvasihi bhadraṃ te mā viṣīda mahāmate!

kṛtakṛtyo jagatyasmin śāṇ‍ḍilyaḥ śrūyate mahān/
tamāśrayasva bhadraṃ te bhagavaddharmasiddhaye

etasmin parvataśreṣṭhe(vare) purā'nena mahātmanā/
sākṣādbhagavato vyaktādacyutādacyutābhidhāt

adhītāstrisuparṇādyāḥ sākṣātsadbrahmavācakāḥ/
śākhāśca niṣadaḥ sarvāḥ saṃhitā brāhmaṇābhidhāḥ

niruktāni tato jñātāḥ padārthāḥ sapta ca kramāt/
jñānaṃ ca dvividhaṃ jñātaṃ śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca

trayodaśavidhaṃ karma dvādaśādyātmasaṃyutam/
śrutvaivaṃ prathamaṃ śāstraṃ rahasyāmnāyasaṃjñitam

divyamantrakramopetaṃ mokṣaikaphalalakṣaṇam/
bhūyaḥ saṃcoditāttasmāttena lokahitaiṣiṇā

śrutaṃ vistarataḥ śāstraṃ bhogamokṣapradaṃ hi yat/
anuṣṭupchandoba(ndhe)ddhena proktaṃ bhagavatā svayam

sātvataṃ pauṣkaraṃ caiva jayākhyetyevamādikam/
tatsarvaṃ viditaṃ samyak śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ

evaṃ sakalaśāstrajñaḥ śāṇḍilyaḥ paramo guruḥ/
āste śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ svāśrame śramanāśane

pāñcakālyaṃ paraṃ yajñaṃ kurvāṇaḥ sarvadā vaśī/
sa te vakṣyati dharmajño dharmaṃ bhāgavataṃ mune!

tamāśrayasva bhadraṃ te bhagavajjñānasiddhaye/
ityuktvā'stamitā vāṇī vāsudevasamīritā

ityadbhutatamaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ/
tadā kṛtārthamātmānaṃ manyamāno mahāmuniḥ

śāṇḍilyadarśanākāṅkṣī saṃcacārācalādhipam/
apaśyadāśramaśreṣṭhaṃ śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ

nānāpuṣpasamākīrṇaṃ nānāphalasamanvitam/
nānāpakṣigaṇairjuṣṭaṃ nānāmṛganiṣevitam

kamalotpalasaṃkī(pū)rṇaiḥ śobhitaṃ kamalākaraiḥ/
bhagavaddharmajijñāsāparaiḥ śāntairamatsaraiḥ

munimukhyaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ sarvatra ca mumukṣubhiḥ/
sapraviśya tamadrākṣīnmunimukhyairupāsitam

śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ śāntairātmaniṣṭhaṃ dayāparam/
divyajñānopapannaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā divyakriyāparam

udvahantaṃ parāṃ bhaktiṃ vāsudeve parātpare/
abhyavandiṣṭa sanako vinayāttasya pādayoḥ

tiṣṭhantaṃ bhagavaddharme dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā/
śāṇḍilyo muniśārdūlaḥ sanakaṃ brahmasaṃbhavam

abravīnmadhuraṃ vākyaṃ kṛtārtho'si mahāmune!/
bhagavān suprasannaste sutaptaṃ tapa uttamam

ādiṣṭo'haṃ bhagavatā bhavadarthe taponidhe!/
ityuktvā'dhyāpayāmāsa vedamekāyanābhidham

mūlabhūtastu mahato vedavṛkṣasya yo mahān/
sadbrahmavāsudevākhya(khyaṃ)paratatvaikasaṃśrayam

divyairbalādikairmantraiḥ sākṣāttatpratipādakaiḥ/
alaṅkṛtamasandigdhamavidyātimirāpaham

adhyāpya saṃjagādāsya svarūpaṃ ca samāgati(ta)m/
śāṇḍilyaḥ ----------
eṣa kārtayugo dharmo nirāśīḥkarmasaṃjñitaḥ

yogākhyo yogadharmākhyaḥ śāstrākhyaśca samāgamaḥ/
pravartyate bhagavatā prathame prathame yuge

yugeṣu mandasañcāra itareṣvitareṣvapi/
anantaceṣṭādadhyakṣādaniruddhāt sanātanāt

brahmaṇo mānasaṃ janma prathamaṃ cākṣuṣaṃ smṛtam/
dvitīyaṃ vācikaṃ cānyaccaturthaṃ śrotrasaṃbhavam

nāsikyamaparaṃ cānyadaṇḍajaṃ padmajaṃ tathā/
eteṣvapi ca sarveṣu sākṣādbhagavato vibhoḥ

brahmaṇā munimukhyaiśca suparṇādyairmaharṣibhiḥ/
vālakhilyamukhaiścānyaiḥ kramādrājarṣibhistathā

eṣa prakṛtidharmākhyaḥ prādhītaḥ prathamo dvija!/
saptame padmaje sarge prāpto bhagavatastathā

vivasvatā tataḥ prāpto manunekṣvākuṇā tataḥ/
ikṣvākuṇā ca kathito vyāpya lokānavasthitaḥ

eṣa eva mahān dharma ādyo vipra! sanātanaḥ/
durvijñeyo duṣkaraśca sātvatairdhāryate sadā

cāturātmyaparairnityaṃ pañcakālaparāyaṇaiḥ/
balādimantraniratairdevatāntaravarjitaiḥ

eṣa dharmo yathā prāpto mayā tadga(niga)dataḥ śrṛṇu/
sāṅgopaniṣadā vedāḥ samadhītā mayā purā

ṛgyajussāmasaṃjñāstu saṃkīrṇā devatāntaraiḥ/
vyāmiśrayāgasaṃyuktāḥ pravṛttiphaladāyinaḥ

tadarthāśca parijñātā yathānyāyaṃ yathāvidhi/
kvacit kvacit pradeśeṣu bhagavantaṃ jagatpatim

tadīyaṃ karma ca jñānamapraṇāḍyā vadanti hi/
tathā tadatisaṃkṣiptamanabhivyaktalakṣaṇam

agnīndrādipraṇāḍyaiva pradeśeṣu bahuṣvapi/
pravadanti jagannāthaṃ tathā ca sakalāḥ kriyāḥ

nityādikā muniśreṣṭha! pravṛttiphalasaṃyutāḥ/
devatāntaranāḍyaiva prabruvanti suvistarāt

tathā kvacit kvacidvipra! pravadanti ca kevalam/
indrādidevatāvarjaṃ tatkarmā'pi suvistaram

mantrāḥ prācuryatastatra phalasaṅgasamanvitāḥ/
evaṃ vyāmiśrarūpatvātteṣu niṣṭhāṃ na labdhavān

yastu sarvaparo dharmo yasmānnāsti mahattaraḥ/
vāsudevaikaniṣṭhastu devatāntaravarjitaḥ

tajjijñāsā balavatī tadā tvāvirabhūnmama/
tato'tra parvataśreṣṭhe tapastaptaṃ mayottamam

anekāni sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tapaso'ntataḥ/
dvāparasya yugasyānte ādau kaliyugasya ca

sākṣātsaṅkarṣaṇādvyaktāt prāpta eva mahattaraḥ/
eṣa ekāyano vedaḥ prakhyātaḥ sātvato vidhiḥ

durvijñeyo duṣkaraśca pratibuddhairniṣevyate/
mokṣāyanāya vaipanthā etadanyo na vidyate

tasmādekāyanaṃ nāma pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ/
śvetadvīpe purā'dhīto nāradena surarṣiṇā

sanaḥ sanatsujātaśca bhavānapi sananda(ka)naḥ/
sanatkumāraḥ kapilaḥ saptamaśca sanātanaḥ

ete ekāntidharmasya ācāryāśca pravartakāḥ/
marīciratryaṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ

vasiṣṭhaśca mahātejā ete citraśikhaṇḍinaḥ/
manuḥ svāyabhbhuvaścāpi samārādhya jagatpatim

mahatā tapasā caiva devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum/
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tadante samadhītya ca

mūlaśrutiṃ yathāvaccā ṛṣayo'dhyāpitāstu taiḥ/
tataste ṛṣayastvaṣṭau lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

ślokānāṃ śatasāhasrairmūlavedaṃ nirīkṣya ca/
tathā divyāni tantrāṇi sātvatādīni cakrire

anyacchāstraṃ tu tantrākhyamasmānmanvādayo'pi ca/
dharmaśāstrāṇyanekāni kariṣyanti yathātatham

anyeṣāmapi śāstrāṇāṃ yoniretadbhaviṣyati/
asmin dharmaśca arthaścoktaḥ suvistaram

mokṣaśca sūcitaḥ paścādatroktaśca yathātatham/
aśvamedhādayo yajñā adhikṛtyācyutaṃ harim

yathā kriyante ca tathā dviṣaṭ‌kārṇapurassaraiḥ/
nivṛttiphaladairmantraistasyāsādhāraṇairhareḥ

pūjitā viniyujyante tasmiṃstasmiṃśca karmaṇi/
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vasūrājoparicaro mūlavedena saṃskṛtaḥ/
svargalokādhikārārthametaduktaprakārataḥ

aśvamedhādikān yajñānanvaśiṣṭadyathāvidhi/
anyāṃśca bhagavadyāgān khinnavṛttyadhikārataḥ

iti śruta mayā pūrvaṃ sa cārthaḥ pratibhāti me/
sumanturjaiminirbrahman! bhṛguścaivaupagāyanaḥ

mauñjyāyanaśca tatsarvaṃ samyagadhyāpitā mayā/
naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ tu jagato hitakāmyayā

tathā'nuṣṭhīyate mūladharmo badarikāśrame/
eṣa prakṛtidharmākhyo vāsudevaikagocaraḥ

pravartate kṛtayuge tatastretāyugādiṣu/
vikāravedāḥ sarvatra devatāntaragocarāḥ

mahato vedavṛkṣasya mūlabhūto mahānayam/
skandhabhūtā ṛgādyāste śākhābhūtāstathā mune!

jaganmūlasya devasya vāsudevasya mukhyataḥ/
pratipādakatāsiddhā mūlavedākhyatā dvija!

ādyaṃ bhāgavataṃ dharmamādibhūte kṛte yuge/
mānavā yogyabhūtāstu anutiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ

tatastretāyuge sarve nānākāmasamanvitāḥ/
vyāmiśrayājino bhūtvā tyajantyādyaṃ sanātanam

antardadhāti (dharmo)sarvo'yaṃ vāsudevasamāhṛtaḥ/
tato yogyāya bhagavān prādurbhāvayati svayam

yathā purā mayā prāpto devād‌ jñānabalātmanaḥ/
tathā prakāśito vedaḥ sarahasyo mahāmune!

evaṃ nigadite samyak śāṇḍilyena mahātmanā/
tataḥ kṛtārthamātmānaṃ manyamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ

sanakaḥ praśritaṃ vākyaṃ śāṇḍilyaṃ munimabravīt/
sanakaḥ ---------
bhagavan! sarvadharmajña! sarvaśāstrārthapāraga!

tvatprasādena saṃprāpto mayā dharmavaro mahān/
nivṛttilakṣaṇākhyo'yaṃ pratibuddhairniṣevitaḥ

kathamapratibuddhaistairmagnairbhavamahāmbudhau/
prāpyate bhagavaddharma ekāntibhiranuṣṭhitaḥ

śāṇḍilyaḥ ---------
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi yadahaṃ coditastvayā/
etadarthaṃ mayā pṛṣṭaḥ purā saṅkarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ

parityajya paraṃ dharmaṃ miśradharmamupeyuṣām/
bhūyastatpadakāṅkṣāṇāṃ śraddhābhaktī upeyuṣām

anugrahārthaṃ varṇāṇāṃ yogyatāpāda(kā)nāya ca/
tathā janānāṃ sarveṣāmabhīṣṭaphalasiddhaye

sātvatādīni śāstrāṇi bhogamokṣapradāni ca/
upadiśya tu divyāni śāstrāṇi tadanantaram

pārameśvaraśāstrāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ munipuṅgava!/
sārabhūtaṃ viśeṣeṇa pauṣkarārthopapādakam

mūlavedānusāreṇa chandasā''nuṣṭubhena ca/
lakṣagranthena sarvārthakriyājñānopalabdhaye

sa me'bravīnma(hacchā)hāśāstraṃ pārameśvarasaṃjñayā/
tasmāttu sāramuddhṛtya sarvaśāstropayoginam

ślokaiḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasraiḥ pārameśvarasaṃjñayā/
saṃpravakṣyāmi te śāstramidānīmavadhāraya

nārado'pi purā caitadapi saṃkṣepato vibhoḥ/
kṣīrodaśāyino devāt sākṣāt saṃśrutavān dvija!

jñānakāṇḍakriyākāṇḍabhedenai(tad‌)va dvidhākṛtam/
yatra saṃkīrtyate samyagvāsudevasya vai vibhoḥ

divyamātmasvarūpaṃ ca nityā jñānādayo guṇāḥ/
pradhānā ṣaṭ‌ samastāśca vyastā yugmatrayeṇa hi

kīrtyādayo guṇāścānye ākṛtiśca parātparā/
nityaikā vāsudevākhyā tataḥ sṛṣṭyādihetunā

saṅkakarṣaṇādivyūhaśca jagajjanmādayo'pi ca/
upāsanārthaṃ bhaktānāmāstikānāṃ mahātmanām

jagatāmupakārārthaṃ vāsudevasya vai vibhoḥ/
parātparasvarūpasya caturvyūhasturīyakaḥ

vyūhaḥ suṣuptisaṃjñaśca svapnavyūhastathaiva ca/
jāgradvyūhastathā'nye ca vyūhā mūrtyantarā api

mūrtayo vibhavākhyāśca prādurbhāvāntarāṇyapi/
lakṣmīpuṣṭyoḥ svarūpe ca nitye bhagavatā saha

kāntyādayo'vatārāśca bhūṣaṇānāṃ tu vigrahāḥ/
nityāḥ kirīṭapūrvāṇāmanityāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ

cakrādīnāṃ svarūpaṃ ca nityānityobhayātmakam/
garuḍapramukhānāṃ tu anyeṣāmātmanāmapi

vibhoḥ sādhanabhūtānāṃ svaṃ svaṃ nityaṃ svarūpiṇām/
eteṣāṃ mūrtayo nityā anityāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ

vibhorvai vāsudevasya sthānaṃ nityaṃ(tyāt) parātparam/
anyeṣāṃ vyūharūpāṇāṃ vibhavānāṃ tathaiva ca

nānāvidhāni sthānāni virajāṃsi bahūni ca/
teṣāṃ vistāramānaṃ ca tathā svaṃ svaṃ vyavasthitam

tatsālānāṃ pratolīnāṃ saṃkhyāmānaṃ ca lakṣaṇam/
jīvātmanāṃ svarūpa ca muktāmuktobhayātmakam

teṣāṃ gativiśeṣāśca procyante yatra vistarāt/
bhagavanmantramūrtīnāṃ tathā'nyeṣāṃ krameṇa tu

ma(ntrā)ntradhyānaṃ tathā mudrā yogarūpaṃ ca kīrtitam/
jñānakāṇḍābhidhānena tadetat parikīrtitam

yatra nityāni karmāṇi snānādīnyakhilāni ca/
naimittikāni kāmyāni prāyaścittāni vistarāt

tulābhārādikādīni karmāṇi vividhānyapi/
tathā ca karṣaṇādīni sthāpanāntānyaśeṣataḥ

prāsādapratimābhadrapīṭhādīnāṃ ca lakṣaṇam/
evamādīni cānyāni deveśayajanārthataḥ

kīrtyante vistarādyatra kriyākāṇḍaṃ tu viddhi tat/
evaṃ dvividharūpaṃ tu śāstraṃ vakṣye'vadhāraya

iti śrīpāñcarātre pāramesvarasaṃhitāyāṃ jñānakāṇḍe śāstrāvatāro nāma
prathamo'dhyāyaḥ //
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