Sekoddeśa · Verses 121-140

evaṃ na ca maṇau yogī nānyatra vetti satsukham /
na viṣayānindriyadvāraiścitte pūrṇakalāṃ gate

yathā lohaikadeśe 'pi saṃsthito hi mahārasaḥ /
lohaṃ tīvrāgnisaṃtaptaṃ vedhayedāsamantataḥ

tethaivaikapradeśe 'pi saṃsthitaṃ sukhamakṣaram /
cittaṃ kāmāgnisaṃtaptaṃ vedhayedāsamantataḥ

yathā ca viddhalohānāṃ naiva malo bhavet kvacit /
tathā ca viddhacittānāṃ na vāsanā bhavet kvacit

hematvaṃ hi gataṃ lohamagninā nirmalaṃ bhavet /
bhūyo bhūyastathā cittaṃ nirmalaṃ rāgavahninā

yathā mahāmaṇisparśādyāti śīlā pradīptatām /
tathākṣarasukhasparśāt sukhatāṃ cittameti vai

kimatra bahunoktena lokasaṃvṛtisatyataḥ /
avitarkyo rasasadbhāvo lohasyāvedhanaṃ prati

vitarkyo jñānasadbhāvaḥ kiṃ punaḥ paramārthataḥ /
malāgantukaliptasya cittasyāvedhanaṃ prati

nāgantuko malaścitte na cittāccirakālikaḥ /
na cittena vinā jāto na citte saṃsthito 'vyayaḥ

yadyāgantuka eva syāccittaṃ prāgamalaṃ tadā /
cirakālī yadā cittāttasyaiva sambhavaḥ kutaḥ

yadi cittaṃ vinā jātastadā khakusumaṃ yathā /
yadi sthitaḥ sadā citte na naśyet sarvatastadā

tāmrasya kālimā yadvadrasayogena naśyati /
na tasya sattvatā naśyennirmalatvena yā sthitā

tadvaccittamalaḥ śūnyatāyogena praṇaśyati /
na tasya jñānatā naśyennirmalatvena yā sthitā

rasaviddho yathā loho na punarlohatāṃ vrajet /
sukhaviddhaṃ tathā cittaṃ na punarduḥkhatāṃ vrajet

na virāgāt paraṃ pāpaṃ na puṇyaṃ sukhataḥ param /
ato 'kṣarasukhe cittaṃ veśanīyaṃ sadā nṛpa

vaktuṃ na śakyate saukhyaṃ kumāryā surataṃ vinā /
yauvane surataṃ prāpya svato vetti mahāsukham

evaṃ na śakyate vaktuṃ samādhirahitaiḥ sukham /
samādhāvakṣaraṃ prāpya svato vindanti yoginaḥ

akṣarajasukhajñāne sarvajñairapi śaṃkyate /
tathā kvacinna kartavyo virāgo manaso 'sukhāt

cyutervirāgasaṃbhūtirvirāgādduḥkhasaṃbhavaḥ /
duḥkhāddhātukṣayaḥ puṃsāṃ kṣayān mṛtyuriti smṛtaḥ

mṛtyoḥ punarbhavasteṣāṃ bhavān mṛtyuścyutiḥ punaḥ /
evaṃ virāgasaṃbhūteḥ sattvānāṃ nānyathā bhavaḥ