Vayu Purana · Verses 12-2

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ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi upasargā yathā tathā /
prādurbhavanti ye doṣā dṛṣṭatattvasya dehinaḥ

mānuṣyān vividhān kāmān kāmayeta ṛtuṃ striyaḥ/
vidyādānaphalañcaiva upasṛṣṭastu yogavit

agnihotraṃ haviryajñametat prāyatanaṃ tathā/
māyākarma dhanaṃ svargamupasṛṣṭastu kāṃkṣati

eṣa karmasu yuktastu so'vidyāvaśamāgataḥ/
upasṛṣṭantu jānīyādvuddhyā caiva visarjjayet/
nityaṃ brahmaparo yukta upasargāt pramucyate

jitapratyupasargasya jitaśvāsasya dehinaḥ/
upasargāḥ pravarttante sāttvarājasatāmasāḥ

pratibhāśravaṇe caiva na devānāñcaiva darśanam/
bhramāvartaśca ityete siddhilakṣaṇasaṃjñitāḥ

vidyā kāvyaṃ tathā śilpaṃ sarvaṃ vācāvṛtāni tu/
vidyārthāścopatiṣṭhanti prabhāvasyaiva lakṣaṇam

śrṛṇoti śabdān śrotavyān yojanānāṃ śatādapi/
sarvajñaśca vidhijñaśca yogī conmattavadbhavet

yakṣarākṣasagandharvvān vīkṣate divyamānuṣān/
vetti tāṃśca mahāyogī upasargasya lakṣaṇam

devadānavagandharvān ṛṣīṃścāpi tathā pitṝn/
prekṣate sarvataścaiva unmattaṃ taṃ vinirddiśet

bhrameṇa bhrāmyate yogī codyamāno'ntarātmanā/
bhrameṇa bhrāntabuddhestu jñānaṃ sarvaṃ praṇaśyati

vārttā nāśayate cittaṃ codyamāno'ntarātmanā/
varttanākrāntabuddhestu sarvaṃ jñānaṃ praṇaśyati

āvṛtya manasā śuklaṃ paṭaṃ vā kambalaṃ tathā/
tatastu paramaṃ brahma kṣipramevānucintayet

tasmāccaivātmano doṣāṃstūpasargānupasthitān /
parita tyajeta medhāvī yadīcchet siddhimātmanaḥ

ṛṣayo devagandharvā yakṣoragamahāsurāḥ/
upasargeṣu saṃyuktā āvarttante punaḥ punaḥ

tasmādyuktaḥ sadā yogī laghvāhārī jitendriyaḥ/
tathā suptaḥ susūkṣmeṣu dhāraṇāṃ mūrdhni dhārayet

tatastu yogayuktasya jitanidrasya yoginaḥ/
upasargāḥ punaścānte jāyante prāṇasaṃjñakāḥ

pṛthivīṃ dhārayetsarvāṃ tataścāpo hyanantaram/
tato'gniñcaiva sarveṣāmākāśaṃ mana eva ca

tataḥ parāṃ punarbuddhiṃ dhārayedyatnato yatī/
kiddhīnāñcaiva liṅgāni dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā parityajet

pṛthvīṃ dhārayamāṇasya mahī sūkṣmā pravartate/
apo dhārayamāṇasya āpaḥ sūkṣmā bhavanti hi/
śītā rasāḥ pravarttante sūkṣmā hyamṛtasannibhāḥ

tejo dhārayamāṇasya tejaḥ sūkṣmā pravarttate/
ātmānaṃ manyate tejastadbhāvamanupaśyati

ātmānaṃ manyate vāyuṃ vāyuvanmaṇḍalaṃ prabho /
ākāśaṃ dhārayāṇasya vyoma sūkṣmaṃ pravarttate

paśyate maṇḍalaṃ sūkṣmaṃ ghoṣaścāsya pravarttate /
ātmānaṃ manyate nityaṃ vāyuḥ sūkṣmaḥ pravarttate

tathā mano dhārayato manaḥ sūkṣmaṃ pravarttate /
manasā sarvabhūtānāṃ manastu viśate hi saḥ/
buddhyā buddhiṃ yadā yuñjettadā vijñāya buddhayate

etāni sapta sūkṣmāṇi viditvā yastu yogavit/
parityajati medhāvī sa buddhyā paramaṃ vrajet

yasmin yasmiṃśca saṃyukto bhūta aiśvaryalakṣaṇe/
tatraiva saṅgaṃ bhajate tenaiva pravinaśyati

tasmādviditvā sūkṣmāṇi saṃsaktāni parasparam/
parityajati yobuddhyā sa paraṃ prapnuyāddvijaḥ

dṛśyante hi mahātmāna ṛṣayo divyacakṣuṣaḥ/
saṃsaktāḥ sūkṣmabhāveṣu te doṣāsteṣu saṃjñitāḥ//१२.२८
tasmānna niścayaḥ kāryaḥ sūkṣmeṣviha kadācana/
aiśvaryājjāyate rāgo virāgaṃ brahma cocyate

viditvā sapta sūkṣmāṇi ṣaḍaṅgañca maheśvaram/
pradhānaṃ viniyogajñaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati

sarvajñatā tṛptiranādibodhaḥ svatantratā nityamaluptaśaktiḥ/
anantaśaktiśca vibhorvidhijñāḥ ṣaḍāhuraṅgāni maheśvarasya

nityaṃ brahmadhano yukta upasargaiḥ pramucyate/
jitaśvāsopasargasya jitarāmasya yoginaḥ/
ekā bahiḥśarīre'smin dhāraṇā sarvakāmikī

viśedyadā dvijo yukto yatra yatrārppayenmanaḥ /
bhūtānyāviśate vāpi trailokyañcāpi kampayet

etayā praviśeddehaṃ hitvā dehaṃ punastviha/
manodvāraṃ hi yogānāmādityañca vinirddiśet

ādānādikriyāṇāntu āditya iti cocyate/
etena vidhinā yogī viraktaḥ sūkṣmavarjjitaḥ/
prakṛtiṃ samatikramya rudraloke mahīyate

aiśvaryaguṇasamprāptaṃ brahmabhūtantu taṃ prabhum/
devasthāneṣu sarveṣu sarvatastu nivarttate

paiśācāṃśacava piśācāṃśca rākṣasena ca rākṣasān /
gāndharveṇa ca gandharvān kaubereṇa kuberajān

indramaindreṇa sthānena saumyaṃ saumyena caiva hi/
prajāpatiṃ tathā caiva prājāpatyena sādhayet

brāhmaṃ brāhyena cāpyevamupāmantrayate prabhum/
tatra saktastu unmattastasmātsarvaṃ pravarttate

nityaṃ brahmaparo yuktaḥ sthānānyetāni vai tyajet /
asajyamānaḥ sthāneṣu dvijaḥ sarvagato bhavet

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte yogopasarganirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ