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Vayu Purana · Chapter 40

40.40.1

//sūta ūvāca//
pratyāhāraṃ pravakṣyāmi parasyānte svayambhuvaḥ/
brahmaṇaḥ sthitikāle tu kṣīṇe tasmiṃstadā prabhoḥ

40.40.2

yathedaṃ kurute'dhyātmaṃ susūkṣmaṃ viśvamīśvaraḥ /
avyaktāngrasate vyaktaṃ pratyāhāre ca kṛtsnaśaḥ

40.40.3

paraṃ tadanukalpānāmapūrṇe kalpasaṅkṣaye/
upasthite mahāghore hyapratyakṣe tu kasyacit

40.40.4

ante drumasya yamprāpte paścimasya manostadā /
ante kaliyuge tasminkṣīṇe saṃhāra ucyate

40.40.5

samprakṣāle tadā vṛtte pratyāhāre hyupasthite/
pratyāhāre tadā tasmin bhūtatanmātrasaṃkṣaye

40.40.6

mahadādervikārasya viśeṣāntasya saṃkṣaye/
svabhāvakārite tasminpravṛtte pratisañcare

40.40.7

āpo grasanti vai pūrvvaṃ bhūmergandhātmakaṃ guṇam/
āttagandhā tato bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate /
praviṣṭe gandhatanmātre toyāvasthā dharā bhavet

40.40.8

āpastadā pranaṣṭā vai vegavatyo mahāsvanāḥ/
sarvamāpūrayitvedaṃ tiṣṭhanti vicaranti ca

40.40.9

apāmasti guṇo yastu jyotiṣe līyate rasaḥ/
naśyantyāpastadānte ca rasatanmātrasaṅkṣayāt

40.40.10

tejasā saṃhṛtarasā jyotiṣṭvaṃ prāpnuvantyuta /
graste ca salile tejaḥ sarvvatomukhamīkṣyate

40.40.11

athāgniḥ sarvato vyāpta ādatte tajjalantadā/
sarvamāpūryyate'rcirbhistadā jagadidaṃ śanaiḥ

40.40.12

arcirbhiḥ santate tasmiṃstiryagūrddhvamadhastataḥ /
jyotiṣo'pi guṇaṃ rūpaṃ vāyuranti prakāśakam/
pralīyate tadā tasmindīpārciriva mārute

40.40.13

pranaṣṭe rūpatanmātre hṛtarūpo vibhāvasuḥ/
upaśāmyati tejo hi vāyunā dhūyate mahat

40.40.14

nirāloke tadā loke vāyubhūte ca tejasi/
tatastu mūlamāsādya vāyuḥ sambhavamātmanaḥ

40.40.15

ūrddhvaṃ cādhaśca tiryakca dodhavīti diśo daśa /
vāyorapi guṇaṃ sparśamākāśaṃ grasate ca tat

40.40.16

praśāmyati tadā vāyuḥ khantu tiṣṭhatyanāvṛtam/
arūpamarasasparghamagandhaṃ na ca mūrtimat

40.40.17

sarvamāpūrayannādaiḥ sumahattatprakāśate/
parimaṇḍalantatsuṣiramākāśaṃ śabdalakṣaṇam

40.40.18

śabdamātraṃ tadākāśaṃ sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati/
tantu śabdaguṇantasya bhūtādiṃ grasate punaḥ

40.40.19

bhūtendriyeṣu yughapadbhūtādau saṃsthiteṣu vai/
abhimānātmako hyeṣa bhūtādistāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ

40.40.20

bhūtādiṃ grasate cāpi mahānvai buddhilakṣaṇaḥ/
mahānātmā tu vijñeyaḥ saṃkalpo vyavasāyakaḥ

40.40.21

buddhirmanaśca liṅgaśca mahānakṣara eva ca/
paryāyavācakaiḥ śabdaistamāhustattvacintakāḥ

40.40.22

sampralīneṣu bhūteṣu guṇasāmye tamomaye/
svātmanyeva sthite caiva kāraṇe lokakāraṇe

40.40.23

vinivṛtte tadā sarge prakṛtyāvasthitena vai /
tadādyantaparokṣatvā dadṛṣṭatvācca kasyacit

40.40.24

anākhyānādabodhatvādajñānājjñānināmapi/
āgatāgatikatvācca grahaṇaṃ tanna vidyate

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bhāvagrāhyānumānācca cintayitvedamucyate/
sthite tu kāraṇe tasminnitye sadasadātmike

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anirddeśyā pravṛttirvai svātmikā kāraṇe na tu/
evaṃ saptādayo'bhyastātkramātprakṛtayastu vai

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pratyāhāre tadā sarge praviśyanti parasparam/
yenedamāvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ maṇḍalantu pralīyate

40.40.28

saptadvīpasamudrāntaṃ saptalokaṃ saparvatam/
udakāvaraṇaṃ yacca jyotiṣāṃ līyate tu tat

40.40.29

yattaijasaṃ cāvaraṇamākāśaṃ grasate tu tat/
yadvāyavyaṃ cāvaraṇamākāśaṃ grasate tu tat

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ākāśāvaraṇaṃ yacca bhūtādirgrasate tu tat/
bhūtādiṃ grasate cāpi mahānvai buddhi lakṣaṇaḥ

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mahāntaṃ grasate'vyaktaṃ guṇasāmyaṃ tataḥ param/
etau saṃhāravistārau brahmāvyaktau tataḥ punaḥ

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sṛjate grasate caiva vikārānsargasaṃyame/
saṃhārakāryakaraṇāḥ saṃsiddhā jñāninastu ye

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gatvā javañjavībhāve sthāneṣveṣu prasaṃyamān/
pratyāhāre viyujyante kṣetrajñāḥ karaṇaiḥ punaḥ

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avyaktaṃ kṣetramityāhurbrahma kṣetrajña ucyate/
sādharmyavaidharmmakṛtasaṃyogo'nādimāṃstayoḥ

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evaṃ sargeṣu vijñeyaṃ kṣetrajñeṣviha brāhmaṇāḥ /
brahmaviccaiva vijñeyaḥ kṣetrajñānātpṛthakpṛthak

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viṣayāviṣayatvañca kṣetrakṣetrajñayoḥ smṛtam/
brahmā tu viṣayo jñeyo'viṣayaḥ kṣetramucyate

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kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ kṣetraṃ kṣetrajñārthaṃ pracakṣate/
bahutvācca śarīrāṇāṃ śarīrī bahudhā smṛtaḥ

40.40.38

avyūhā śaṅkarāccaiva jyotirvacca vyavasthitaḥ/
yasmātpratiśarīraṃ hi sukhaduḥkhopalabdhitā/
tasmātpuruṣanānātvaṃ vijñeyaṃ tu vijānatā

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yadā pravarttate caiṣāṃ bhedānāṃ caiva saṃyamāḥ/
svabhāvakāritāḥ sarve kālena mahatā tadā

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nivarttate tadā tasya sthitirāgaḥ svayambhuvaḥ/
sahasā yojyakaiḥ sarvairbrahmaloka nivāsibhiḥ

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vinivṛtte tadā rāge sthitāvātmanivāsinām/
tatkālavāsināṃ teṣāṃ tadā taddoṣadarśinām

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utpadyate'tha vairāgyamātmavāda praṇāśanam/
bhojyabhoktṛtvanānātve teṣāṃ tadbhavadarśinām

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pṛthagjñānena kṣetrajñāstataste brahmalaukikāḥ/
prakṛtau karaṇā nītāḥ sarve nānāpradarśinaḥ

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svātmanyevāvatiṣṭhante praśāntā darśanātmakāḥ/
śuddhā nirañjanāḥ sarve cetanācetanāstathā

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tatraiva parinirvāṇāḥ smṛtā nāgāminastu te/
nirguṇatvānirātmānaḥ prakṛtyante vyatikramāt

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ityevaṃ prākṛtaḥ proktaḥ pratisargaḥ svayambhuvaḥ/
bhidyante sarvabhūtānāṃ karaṇāni prasaṃyame

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ityeṣa saṃyamaścaiva tattvānāṃ karaṇaiḥ saha/
tattvaprasaṃyamo hyeṣa smṛto hyāvarttako dvijāḥ

40.40.48

sūta uvāca//
dharmādharmau tapo jñānaṃ śubhe satyānṛte tathā/
ūrddhva bhāvo hyadhobhāvo sukhaduḥkhe priyāpriye

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sarvametatprayātasya guṇamātrātmakaṃ smṛtam/
nirindriyāṇāṃ ca tadā jñānināṃ yacchubhāśubham

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prakṛtyāṃ caiva tatsarvaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ pratiṣṭhati/
yonyavasthā svabhāve ca dehināṃ tu niṣicyate

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jantūnāṃ pāpapuṇyantu prakṛtau yatpratiṣṭhitam /
avyakta sthāni tānyeva puṇyapāpāni jantavaḥ/
ye jayanti punardehe dehānyatve tathaiva ca

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dharmādharmau tu jantūnāṃ guṇamātrātmakāvubhau /
karaṇaiḥ svaiḥ pracīyete kāyatveneha jantubhiḥ

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sucetanāḥ pralīyante kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitā guṇāḥ/
sarge ca pratisarge ca saṃsāre caiva jantavaḥ/
saṃyujyante viyujyante karaṇaiḥ sañcaranti ca

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rājasī tāmasī caiva sātvikī caiva vṛttayaḥ/
guṇamātrāḥ pravarttante puruṣādhiṣṭhitāstridhā

40.40.55

ūrddhvaṃ devātmakaṃ sattvamadhobhāgātmakaṃ tamaḥ/
tayoḥ pravarttakaṃ madye ihaivāvarttakaṃ rajaḥ

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ityevaṃ parivarttante trayaḥ srotoguṇātmakāḥ/
lokeṣu sarvabhūtānāṃ tanna kāryaṃ vijānatā

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avidyāpratyayārambhā ārabhyante hi mānavaiḥ /
etāstu gatayastisraḥ śubhāḥ pāpātmikāḥ smṛtāḥ

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tama sābhibhavājjanturyāthātathyaṃ na vindati/
atatddarśanātso'tha trividhaṃ badhyate tataḥ

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prākṛtena ca bandhena tathā vaikārikena ca/
dakṣiṇābhistṛtīyena baddho'tyantaṃ vivarttate

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ityete vai trayaḥ proktā bandhā hyajñānahetukāḥ/
anitye nityasaṃjñā ca duḥkhe ca sukhadarśanam

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asve svamiti ca jñānamaśucau śuciniścayaḥ/
yeṣāmete manodoṣā jñānadoṣā viparyyayāt

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rāgadveṣanivṛttiśca tajjñānaṃ samudāhṛtam/
ajñānaṃ tamaso mūlaṃ karmmadvayaphalaṃ rajaḥ/
karmmajastu punardeho mahāduḥkhaṃ pravarttate

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śrotrajā netrajā caiva tvagjihvāghrāṇatastathā/
punarbhavakarī duḥkhā karmmaṇāṃ jāyate tu sā

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satṛṣṇo'bhihito bālaḥ svakṛtaiḥ karmmaṇaḥ phalaiḥ/
tailapālīkavajjīvastatraiva pari varttate

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tasmātsthūlamanarthānāmajñānamupadiśyate /
taṃ śaktamavadhāryyaikaṃ jñāne yatnaṃ samācaret

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jñānādvijayate sarvaṃ tyāgād‌buddhirvirajyate/
vairāgyācchuddhyate cāpi śuddhaḥ sattvena mucyate

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ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi rāgaṃ bhūtāpahāriṇam/
abhiṣaṅgāya yo yasmādviṣayo'pyavaśātmanaḥ

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aniṣṭamabhiṣaṅgaṃ hi prītitāpaviṣādanam/
duḥkhalābhe na tāpañca sukhānusmaraṇaṃ tathā

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ityeṣa vaiṣayo rāgaḥ sambhūtyāḥ kāraṇaṃ smṛtam/
brahmādau sthāvarānte vai saṃsāre hyādhibhautike/
ajñānapūrvakaṃ tasmādajñānantu vivarjayet

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yasya cārṣaṃ na pramāṇaṃ śiṣṭācāraṃ tathaiva ca/
varṇāśramavirodhī yaḥ śiṣṭaśāstravirodhakaḥ

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eṣa mārgo hi niradhitiryagyonau ca kāraṇam/
tiryagyonigatañcaiva kāraṇaṃ sa nirucyate

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vividhā yātanā sthāne tiryagyonau ca ṣaḍvidhe/
kāraṇe viṣaye caiva pratighātastu sarvaśaḥ

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anaiśvaryyantu tatsarvaṃ pratighātātmakaṃ smṛtam /
ityeṣā tāmasī vṛttirbhūtādīnāṃ caturvidhā

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sattvasthamātrakaṃ cittaṃ yathā sattvapradarśanāt/
tattvānāñca tathā tattvaṃ dṛṣṭvā vai tattvadarśanāt

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sattvakṣetrajñanānātvametajjñānārthadarśanam/
nānātvadarśanaṃ jñānaṃ jñānādvai yogamucyate

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tena baddhasya vai bandho mokṣo muktasya tena ca /
saṃsāre vinivṛtte tu mukto liṅgena mucyate

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niḥsambandho hyacaitanyaḥ svātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate/
svātmavyavasthitaścāpi virūpākhyena likhyate

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ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ samāsājjñānamokṣayo/
sa cāpi trividhaḥ prokto mokṣo vai tattvadarśibhiḥ

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pūrvaṃ viyogo jñānena dvitīyo rāgasaṃkṣayāt/
liṅgābhāvāttu kaivalyaṃ kaivatyāttu nirañjanam

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nirañjanatvācchuddhastu tato netā na vidyate/
tṛṣṇākṣayāttṛtīyastu vyākhyātaṃ mokṣakāraṇam

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nimittamapratīghāte iṣṭaśabdādilakṣaṇe/
aṣṭāvetāni rūpāṇi prākṛtāni yathākramam

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kṣetrajñeṣvavasajyante guṇamātrātmakāni tu/
ata urddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi vairāgyaṃ doṣadarśanāt

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divye ca mānuṣe caiva viṣaye pañcalakṣaṇe/
apradveṣo'nabhiṣvaṅgaḥ karttavyo doṣadarśanāt

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tāpaprītiviṣādānāṃ kāryyantu parivarjanam/
evaṃ vairāgyamāsthāya śarīrī nirmamo bhavet

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anityamaśivaṃ duḥkhamiti buddhyānucintya ca/
viśuddhaṃ kāryyakaraṇaṃ satvābhyeti tarāntu yaḥ

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paripavkakaṣāyo hi kṛtsnāndoṣānprapaśyati/
tataḥ prayāṇakāle hi doṣairnaimittikaistathā

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ūṣmā prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ/
sa śarīramupāśritya kṛtsnāndoṣānruṇaddhi vai

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prāṇasthānāni bhindanhi chindanmarmāṇyatītya ca/
śaityātprakupito vāyurūrddhvantu kramate tataḥ

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sa cāyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ prāṇasthāneṣvavasthitaḥ/
samāsātsaṃvṛte jñāne saṃvṛteṣu ca karmmasu

40.40.90

sa jīvo'nabhyadhiṣṭānaḥ karmmabhiḥ svaiḥ purākṛtaiḥ/
aṣṭāṅgaprāṇavṛttīrvai sa vicyāvayate punaḥ

40.40.91

śarīraṃ prajahaṃso vai nirucchvāsastato bhavet/
evaṃ prāṇaiḥ parityakto mṛta ityabhidhīyate

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yatheha loke khadyotaṃ nīyamānamitastataḥ /
rañjanaṃ tadvadhe yattu netā netā na vidyate

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tṛṣṇākṣayastṛtīyastu vyākhyātaṃ mokṣalakṣaṇam/
śabdādye viṣaye doṣaviṣaye pañcalakṣaṇe

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apradveṣo'nabhiṣvaṅgaḥ prītitāpavivarjanam /
vairāgyakāraṇaṃ hyete prakṛtīnāṃ layasya ca

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aṣṭau prakṛtayo jñeyāḥ pūrvoktā vai yathākramam/
avyaktādyastu vijñeyā bhūtāntāḥ prakṛterlayāḥ

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varṇāśramācārayuktāḥ śiṣṭāḥ śāstrāvirodhinaḥ/
varṇāśramāṇāṃ dharmmo'yaṃ devasthāneṣu kāraṇam

40.40.97

brahmādīni piśācāntānyaṣṭau sthānāni devatā/
aiśvaryyamaṇimādyaṃ hi kāraṇaṃ hyaṣṭalakṣaṇam

40.40.98

nimittamapratīghāta iṣṭe śabdādilakṣaṇe/
aṣṭāvetāni rūpāṇi prākṛtāni yathākramam

40.40.99

kṣetrajñeṣvanusajyante gaṇamātrātmakāni tu/
prāvṛṭ‌kāle pṛthaktvena paśyantīha na cakṣuṣā

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paśyantyevaṃvidhaṃ siddhā jīvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā/
śvāviti śvānapānaśca yonīḥ praviśatastathā

40.40.102

tiryyagūrddhvamadhastācca dhāvato'pi yathākramam/
jīvaprāṇāstathā liṅgaṃ kāraṇañca catuṣṭayam //. ४०.१०१ //
paryyāyavācakaiḥ śabdairekārthaiḥ so'bhilikhyate/
vyaktāvyakte pramāṇo'yaṃ sa vai rūpaṃ tu kṛtsnaśaḥ

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avyaktānta gṛhītaṃ ca kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitañca yat /
evaṃ jñātvā śucirbhūttvā jñānādvai vipramucyate

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naṣṭañcaiva yathā tattvaṃ tattvānāṃ tattvadarśanam/
yatheṣṭaṃ pariniryyāti bhinne dehe sunirvṛte

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bhidyate karaṇañcāpi hyavyaktājñāninastataḥ/
mukto guṇaśarīreṇa prāṇādyena tu sarvaśaḥ

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nānyaccharīramādatte dagdhe bīje yathāṅkuraḥ/
jīvikaḥ sarvasaṃsārādbījaśārīramānasaḥ

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jñānāccaturddaśācchuddhaḥ prakṛtiṃ so'nuvarttate/
prakṛtiṃ satyamityāhu rvikāro'nṛtamucyate

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tatsadbhāvo'nṛtaṃ jñeyaṃ sadbhāvaḥ satyamucyate/
anāmarūpakṣetrajñanāmarūpaṃ pracakṣate

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yasmātkṣetraṃ vijānāti tasmātkṣetrajña ucyate/
kṣetrapratyayato yasmātkṣetrajñaḥ śubha ucyate

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kṣetrajñaḥ smaryyate tasmātkṣetraṃ tajjñairvibhāṣyate/
kṣetratvapratyayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kṣetrajñaḥ pratyayī sadā

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kṣayaṇāt karaṇāccaiva kṣatatrāṇāttathaiva ca/
bhojyatvādviṣayatvācca kṣetraṃ kṣetravido viduḥ

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mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ savairūpyaṃ vilakṣaṇam/
vikāralakṣaṇaṃ tadvai sākṣarakṣarameva ca

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tameva ca vikārantu yasmādvai kṣarate punaḥ/
tasmācca kāraṇāccaiva kṣaramityabhidhīyate

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sukhaduḥkhamohabhāvā bhojyamityabhidhīyate/
acetatvāddhi viṣayastaddhi dharmmavibhuḥ smṛtaḥ

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na kṣīyate na kṣarati vikāraprasṛtantu tat/
akṣaraṃ tena cāpyuktamakṣīṇatvāttathaiva ca

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yasmātpuryyanuśete ca tasmātpuruṣa ucyate/
purapratyayiko yasmātpūruṣetyabhidhīyate

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puruṣaṃ kathayasvātha kathantajjñairvibhāṣyate/
śuddho nirañjanābhāso jñānājñānavivarjitaḥ

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asti nāstīti so'nyo vā baddho mukto gataḥ sthitaḥ/
nairhetikāntanirddeśyasūktastasminna vidyate

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śuddhatvānna tu deśyo vai dṛṣṭatvātsamadarśanaḥ/
ātmapratyayakārī sāranūnañcāpi hetukam/
bhāvagrāhyamanumānyaṃ cintayanna pramuhyate

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yadā paśyati jñātāraṃ śāntārthaṃ darśanātmakam/
dṛśyādṛśyeṣu nirddeśyaṃ tadā taduddharaṃ varam

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evaṃ jñātvā sa vijñātā tataḥ śāntiṃ niyacchati/
kāryye ca kāraṇe caiva buddhyādau bhautike tadā

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saṃprayukto viyukto vā jīvato vā mṛtasya ca/
vijñātā na ca dṛśyeta pṛthaktveneha sarvvaśaḥ

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svenātmānaṃ tamātmānaṃ kāraṇātmā niyacchati/
prakṛtau kāraṇe caiva svātmanyevopatiṣṭhati

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asti nāstīti so'nyo vā ihāmutreti vā punaḥ/
ekatvaṃ vā pṛthaktvaṃ vā kṣetrajñapuruṣeti vā

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ātmavān sa nirātmā vā cetano'cetano'pi vā/
karttā vā so'pyakarttā vā bhoktā vā bhojyameva vā

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yajjñātvā na nivarttante kṣetrajñe tu nirañjane/
avācyaṃ tadanākhyānādagrāhyatvādahetuni

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apratarkyamacintyatvādavāpyatvācca sarvaśaḥ/
nābhilimpati tattattvaṃ samprāpya manasā saha

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kṣetrejñe nirguṇe śuddhe śānte kṣīṇe nirañjane/
vyape(ye)tasukhaduḥkhe ca niruddhe śāntimāgate

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nirātmake punastasminvācyāvācyo na vidyate/
etau saṃhāravistārau vyaktāvyaktau tataḥ punaḥ

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sṛjate grasate caiva grastaḥ paryavatiṣṭhate/
kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ sarvaṃ punaḥ sarvaṃ pravarttate

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adhiṣṭhānapravṛttena tasya te buddhipūrvakam/
sādharmyavaidharmyakṛtasaṃyogo vidhitastayoḥ/
anādimān sa saṃyogo mahāpuruṣajaḥ smṛtaḥ

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yāvacca sargapratisargakālastāvacca tiṣṭhati susannirudhya/
pūrvaṃ hitavye tadabuddhipūrvaṃ pravarttate tatpuruṣārthameva

40.40.133

eṣā nisargapratisargapūrvaṃ pradhānikī ceśvarakāritā ca/
anādyanantā hyabhimānapūrvakaṃ vitrāsayantī jagadabhyupaiti

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ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargastṛtīyo hetulakṣaṇaḥ/
ukto hyasmiṃstadātyantaṃ kavibhistatpramucyate

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ityeṣa pratisargovastrividhaḥ kīrttito mayā//
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bhūyaḥ kiṃ varttayāmyaham

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iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

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