Yoga Vasistha · Chapter 2.6

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
tasmātprākpauruṣāddaivaṃ nānyattatprojjhya dūrataḥ /
sādhusaṃgamasacchāstrairjīvamuttārayedbalāt

yathā yathā prayatnaḥ syādbhavedāśu phalaṃ tathā /
iti pauruṣamevāsti daivamastu tadeva ca

duḥkhādyathā duḥkhakāle hā kaṣṭamiti kathyate /
hākaṣṭaśabdaparyāyastathā hā daivamityapi

prāksvakarmetarākāraṃ daivaṃ nāma na vidyate /
bālaḥ prabalapuṃseva tajjetumiha śakyate

hyastano duṣṭa ācāra ācāreṇādya cāruṇā /
yathāśu śubhatāmeti prāktanaṃ karma tattathā

tajjayāya yatante ye na lobhalavalampaṭāḥ /
te dīnāḥ prākṛtā mūḍhāḥ sthitā daivaparāyaṇāḥ

pauruṣeṇa kṛtaṃ karma daivādyadabhinaśyati /
tatra nāśayiturjñeyaṃ pauruṣaṃ balavattaram

yadekavṛntaphalayorathaikaṃ śūnyakoṭaram /
tatra prayatnaḥ sphuritastathā tadrasasaṃvidaḥ

yatprayānti jagadbhāvāḥ saṃsiddhā api saṃkṣayam /
kṣayakārakayatnasya hyatra jñeyaṃ mahadbalam

dvau huḍāviva yudhyete puruṣārthau parasparam /
ya eva balavāṃstatra sa eva jayati kṣaṇāt

bhikṣuko maṅgalebhena nṛpo yatkriyate balāt /
tadamātyebhapaurāṇāṃ prayatnasya balaṃ mahat

pauruṣeṇānnamākramya yathā dantena cūrṇyate /
anyaḥ pauruṣamāśritya tathā śūreṇa cūrṇyate

annabhūtā hi mahatāṃ laghavo yatnaśālinām /
yatheṣṭaṃ viniyojyante tena karmasu loṣṭavat

śaktasya pauruṣaṃ dṛśyamadṛśyaṃ vāpi yadbhavet /
taddaivamityaśaktena buddhamātmanyabuddhinā

bhūtānāṃ balavadbhūtaṃ yanna daivamiti sthitam /
tatteṣāmapyadhiṣṭhātṛ satāmetatsphuṭaṃ mithaḥ

śāstrāmātyebhapaurāṇāmavikalpā svabhāvadhīḥ /
yā sā bhikṣukarājyasya kartṛ dhartṛ prajāsthiteḥ

bhikṣuko maṅgalebhena nṛpo yatkriyate kvacit /
prāktanaṃ pauruṣaṃ tatra balavadvāpi kāraṇam

aihikaḥ prāktanaṃ hanti prāktano'dyatanaṃ balāt /
sarvadā puruṣaspandastatrānudvegavāñjayī

dvayoradyatanasyaiva pratyakṣādbalitā bhavet /
daivaṃ jetuṃ yato yatnairbālo yūneva śakyate

meghena nīyate yadvadvatsaropārjitā kṛṣiḥ /
meghasya puruṣārtho'sau jayatyadhikayatnavān

krameṇopārjite'pyarthe naṣṭe kāryā na kheditā /
na balaṃ yatra me śaktaṃ tatra kā paridevanā

yanna śaknomi tasyārthe yadi duḥkhaṃ karomyaham /
tadamāritamṛtyorme yuktaṃ pratyaharodanam

deśakālakriyādravyavaśato visphurantyamī /
sarva eva jagadbhāvā jayatyadhikayatnavān

tasmātpauruṣamāśritya sacchāstraiḥ satsamāgamaiḥ /
prajñāmamalatāṃ nītvā saṃsārajaladhiṃ taret

prāktanaścaihikaścemau puruṣārthau phaladdrumau /
saṃjātau puruṣāraṇye jayatyabhyadhikastayoḥ

karma yaḥ prāktanaṃ tucchaṃ na nihanti śubhehitaiḥ /
ajño janturanīśo'sāvātmanaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ

īśvaraprerito gacchetsvargaṃ narakameva vā /
sa sadaiva parādhīnaḥ paśureva na saṃśayaḥ

yastūdāracamatkāraḥ sadācāravihāravān /
sa niryāti jaganmohānmṛgendraḥ pañjarādiva

kaścinmāṃ prerayatyevamityanarthakukalpane /
yaḥ sthito'dṛṣṭamutsṛjya tyājyo'sau dūrato'dhamaḥ

vyavahārasahasrāṇi yānyupāyānti yānti ca /
yathāśāstraṃ vihartavyaṃ teṣu tyaktvā sukhāsukhe

yathāśāstramanucchinnāṃ maryādāṃ svāmanujjhataḥ /
upatiṣṭhanti sarvāṇi ratnānyambunidhāviva

svārthaprāpakakāryaikaprayatnaparatā budhaiḥ /
proktā pauruṣaśabdena sā siddhyai śāstrayantritā

kriyayā spandadharmiṇyā svārthasādhakatā svayam /
sādhusaṃgamasacchāstratīkṣṇayonnīyate dhiyā

anantaṃ samatānandaṃ paramārthaṃ vidurbudhāḥ /
sa yebhyaḥ prāpyate nityaṃ te sevyāḥ śāstrasādhavaḥ

devalokādihāgatya lokadvayahitaṃ bhavet /
prāktanaṃ pauruṣaṃ tadvai daivaśabdena kathyate

tadyuktametadetasminnāsti nāpavadāmahe /
mūḍhaiḥ prakalpitaṃ daivaṃ manyante ye kṣayaṃ gatāḥ

nityaṃ svapauruṣādeva lokadvayahitaṃ bhavet /
hyastanī duṣkriyābhyeti śobhāṃ satkriyayā yathā

adyaivaṃ prāktanī tasmādyatnādyaḥ kāryavānbhavet /
karāmalakavaddṛṣṭaṃ pauruṣādeva tatphalam /
mūḍhaḥ pratyakṣamutsṛjya daivamohe nimajjati

sakalakāraṇakāryavivarjitaṃ
nijavikalpabalādupakalpitam /
tadanapekṣya hi daivamasanmayaṃ
śraya śubhāśaya pauruṣamātmanaḥ

śāstraiḥ sadācaravijṛmbhitadeśadharmairya-
tkalpitaṃ phalamatīva ciraprarūḍham /
tasminhṛdi sphurati copanameti citta-
maṅgāvalī tadanu pauruṣametadāhuḥ

buddhvaiva pauruṣaphalaṃ puruṣatvameta-
dātmaprayatnaparataiva sadaiva kāryā /
neyā tataḥ saphalatāṃ paramāmathāsau
sacchāstrasādhujanapaṇḍitasevanena

daivapauruṣavicāracārubhi-
ścedamācaritamātmapauruṣam /
nityameva jayatīti bhāvitaiḥ
kārya āryajanasevayodyamaḥ

janmaprabandhamayamāmayameṣa jīvo
buddhvaihikaṃ sahajapauruṣameva siddhyai /
śāntiṃ nayatvavitathena varauṣadhena
mṛṣṭena tuṣṭaparapaṇḍitasevanena

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye mumukṣuvyavahāraprakaraṇe daivanirākaraṇaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ