Vayu Purana · Verses 19-2

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ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi ariṣṭāni nibodhata/
yena jñānaviśeṣeṇa mṛtyuṃ paśyati cātmanaḥ

arundhatīṃ dhruvañcaiva somacchāyāṃ mahāpatham/
yo na paśyetsa no jīvennaraḥ saṃvatsarātparam

araśmivantamādityaṃ raśmivantañca pāvakam/
yaḥ paśyenna ca jīveta māsādekādaśātparam

vamenmūtraṃ karīṣaṃ vā suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tathā/
pratyakṣamatha vā svapne daśamāsān sa jīvati

agrataḥ pṛṣṭhato vāpi khaṇṭaṃ yasya padambhavet/
pāṃsule kardame vāpi saptamāsān sa jīvati

kākaḥ kapoto gṛdhro vā nilīyedyasya mūrddhani/
kravyādo vā khagaḥ kaścit ṣaṇmāsānnātivarttate

badhye dvāyasapaṅktībhiḥ pāṃśuvarṣaiṇa vā punaḥ/
chāyāṃ vā vikṛtāṃ paśyeccatuḥpañca sa jīvati

anabhre vidyutaṃ paśyeddakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritām/
udakendradha nurvāpi trayo dvauvā sa jīvati

apsu vā yadi vā''darśe ātmānaṃ yo na paśyati/
aśiraskaṃ tathātmānaṃ māsādūrddhvaṃ na jīvati

śavagandhi bhavedgātraṃ vasāgandhi hyathāpi vā/
mṛtyurhyupasthitastasya arddhamāsaṃ sa jīvati

sambhinno māruto yasya marmasthānāni kṛntati /
adbhiḥ spṛṣṭo na dṛṣyecca tasya mṛtyurupasthitaḥ

ṛkṣavānarayuktena rathenāśāntu dakṣiṇām /
gāyannatha vrajet svapne vidyānmṛtyurupasthitaḥ

kṛṣṇāmba radharā śyāmā gāyantī vātha cāṅganā/
yannayeddakṣiṇāmāśāṃ svapne so'pi na jīvati

chidraṃ vāsaśacava kṛṣṇañca svapre yo vidhṛyānnaraḥ /
bhagnaṃ vā śravaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā vidyānmṛtyurupasthitaḥ

āmastakatalādyastu nimajjetpaṅkasāgare/
dṛṣṭvā tu tādṛśaṃ svapnaṃ sadya eva na jīvati

bhasmāṅgārāśca keśāṃśca nadīṃ śuṣkāṃ bhujaṅgamān/
paśyedyo daśarātrantu na sa jīveta tādṛśaḥ

kṛṣṇaiśca vikaṭaiścaiva puruṣairudyatāyudhaiḥ/
pāṣāṇaistāḍyate svapne yaḥ sadyo na sa jīvati

sūryodaye pratyuṣasi pratyakṣaṃ yasya vai śivā/
krośantī sammukhābhyeti ma gatāyurbhavennaraḥ

yasya vai srātamātrasya hṛdayaṃ pīṅyate bhṛśam/
jāyate dantaharṣaśca taṃ gatāyuṣamādiśet

bhūyo bhūyaḥ śvasedyastu rātrau vā yadi vā divā/
dīpagandhañca no vetti vidyānmṛtyumupasthitam

rātrau cendrāyudhaṃ paśyeddivā nakṣatramaṇḍalam/
paranetreṣu cātmānaṃ na paśyenna sa jīvati

netramekaṃ sravedyasya karṇau sthānācca bhraśyataḥ/
nāsā ca vakrā bhavati sa jñeyo gatajīvitaḥ

yasya kṛṣṇā kharā jihvā paṅkabhāsañca vai mukham/
gaṇḍe cipiṭake rakte tasya mṛtyurupasthitaḥ

muktakeśo hasaṃścaiva gāyan nṛtyaṃśca yo naraḥ/
yāmyāśābhimukho gacchettadantaṃ tasya jīvitam

yasya svedasamudbhūtāḥ śvetasarṣapasannibhāḥ/
svedā bhavanti hyasakṛttasya mṛtyurupaśthitaḥ

uṣṭhrā vā rāsabhā vāpi yuktāḥ svpare rathe'śubhāḥ/
yasya sopi na jīveta dakṣiṇābhimukho gataḥ

dve cātra parame'riṣṭe etadrūpaṃ paraṃ bhavet/
ghoṣaṃ na śrṛṇuyāt karṇe jyotirnnetre na paśyati

śvabhreyo nipatet svapne dvārañcāsya na vidyate/
na cotiṣṭhati yaḥ śvabrāttadantaṃ tasya jīvitam

ūrddhvā ca dṛṣṭirna ca sampratiṣṭhā raktā punaḥ samparivarttamānā/
mukhasya coṣmā muṣirā ca nābhiratyuṣṇamūtro viṣamastha eva

divā vā yati vā rātrau pratyakṣaṃ yo'bhihanyate/
taṃ paśyedatha hantāraṃ sa hatastu na jīvati

agnipraveśaṃ kurute svapnānte yastu mānavaḥ/
smṛtiṃ nopalabheccāpi tadantaṃ tasya jīvitam

yastu prāvaraṇaṃ śuklaṃ svakaṃ paśyati mānavaḥ/
raktaṃ kṛṣṇamapi svapne tasya mṛtyurupasthitaḥ

ariṣṭasūcite dehe tasmin kāla upāgate/
tyaktvā bhayaviṣādañca udgacchedūbhuddhimānnaraḥ

prācīṃ vā yadi vodīcīṃ diśaṃ niṣkramya vai śuciḥ/
same'tisthāvare deśe vivikte janavarjjite

udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vā svasthaḥ svācānta eva ca/
svastikopaniviṣṭaśca namaskṛtya maheśvaram/
samakāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhāryennāvalokayet

yathā dīpo nivātasyo neṅgate sopamā smṛtā/
prāgudakpravaṇe deśe tasmādyuñjīta yogavit

prāṇe ca ramate nityaṃ cakṣuṣoḥ sparśane tathā/
śrotre manasi buddhau ca tathā vakṣasi dhārayet/
na tasya dhāraṇāyogādvāyuḥ sarvaṃ pravarttate

kālagharmajhca vijñāya samūhaह़ñcaiva sarvaśaḥ/
dvādaśādhyātmamityevaṃ yogadhāraṇamucyate

śatamaṣṭa śataṃ vāpi dhāraṇāṃ mūrdhni dhārayet/
na tasya dhāraṇāyogādvāyuḥ sarvaṃ pravartate

tatastvāpūrayeddehamoṅkāreṇa samāhitaḥ/
athoṅkāramayo yogī na kṣarettvakṣarī bhavet / १९.४० //
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