Yoga Vasistha · Chapter 2.4

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
saumyāmbutve taraṅgatve salilasyāmbutā yathā /
samaivābdhau tathā'dehasadehamunimuktatā

sadehā vāstvadehā vā muktatā viṣaye na ca /
anāsvāditabhogasya kuto bhojyānubhūtayaḥ

jīvanmukta muniśreṣṭhaṃ kevalaṃ hi padārthavat /
paśyāmaḥ purato nāsya punarvighno'ntarāśayam

sadehādehamuktānāṃ bhedaḥ ko bodharūpiṇām /
yadevāmbutaraṅgatve saumyatve'pi tadeva tat

na manāgapi bhedo'sti sadehādehamuktayoḥ /
saspando'pyathavā'spando vāyureva yathānilaḥ

sadehā vā videhā vā muktatā na pramāspadam /
asmākamapi tasyāsti svaikatāstyavibhāginī

tasmātprakṛtamevedaṃ śṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam /
mayopadiśyamānaṃ tvaṃ jñānamajñāndhyanāśanam

sarvameveha hi sadā saṃsāre raghunandana /
samyakprayuktātsarveṇa pauruṣātsamavāpyate

iha hīndorivodeti śītalāhlādanaṃ hṛdi /
parispandaphalaprāptau pauruṣādeva nānyataḥ

pauruṣaṃ spandaphalavaddṛṣṭaṃ pratyakṣato nayat /
kalpitaṃ mohitairmandairdaivaṃ kiṃcinna vidyate

sādhūpadiṣṭamārgeṇa yanmanoṅgaviceṣṭitam /
tatpauruṣaṃ tatsaphalamanyadunmattaceṣṭitam

yo yamarthaṃ prārthayate tadarthaṃ cehate kramāt /
avaśyaṃ sa tamāpnoti na cedardhānnivartate

pauruṣeṇa prayatnena trailokyaiśvaryasundarām /
kaścitprāṇiviśeṣo hi śakratāṃ samupāgataḥ

pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena sahasāmbhoruhāspadam /
kaścideva cidullāso brahmatāmadhitiṣṭhati

sāreṇa puruṣārthena svenaiva garuḍadhvajaḥ /
kaścideva pumāneva puruṣottamatāṃ gataḥ

pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena lalanāvalitākṛtiḥ /
śarīrī kaścideveha gataścandrārdhacūḍatām

prāktanaṃ caihikaṃ ceti dvividhaṃ viddhi pauruṣam /
prāktano'dyatanenāśu puruṣārthena jīyate

yatnavadbhirdṛḍhābhyāsaiḥ prajñotsāhasamanvitaiḥ /
meravo'pi nigīryante kaiva prākpauruṣe kathā

śāstraniyantritapauruṣaparamā puruṣasya puruṣatā yā syāt /
abhimataphalabharasiddhyai bhavati hi saivānyathā tvanarthāya

kasyāṃcitsvayamātmaduḥsthitivaśātpuṃso daśāyāṃ śanai
raṅgulyagranipīḍitaikaculukādāvāpabindurbahuḥ /
kasyāṃcijjalarāśiparvatapuradvīpāntarālīkṛtā
bhartavyocitasaṃvibhāgakaraṇe pṛthvī na pṛthvī bhavet //
ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye mumukṣuvyavahāraprakaraṇe pauruṣaprakaraṇaṃ nāma caturthaḥ sargaḥ