Yoga Vasistha · Chapter 3.110

daśottaraśatatamaḥ sargaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
paramātkāraṇādādau ciccetyapadapātinī /
kalanāpadamāsādya kalā kalilatāṃ gatā

asatsveva vimoheṣu rāmaivaṃprāyavṛttiṣu /
ghaneṣu tucchatāmetya cirāya parimūrcchati

asadeva manovṛttirmlānā vistārayatyalam/
duḥkhaṃ doṣasahasreṇa vetālāniva bālikā

sadeva hi mahāduḥkhamasattāṃ nayati kṣaṇāt /
niṣkalaṅkā manovṛttirandhakāramivārkaruk

nayatyabhyāśatāṃ dūraṃ dūramabhyāśatāṃ nayet /
mano valgati bhūteṣu bālo bālakhageṣviva

abhayaṃ bhayamajñasya cetaso vāsanāvataḥ /
dūrato mugdhapānthasya sthāṇuryāti piśācatām

śatrutvaṃ śaṅkate mitre kalaṅkamalinaṃ manaḥ /
madāviṣṭamatirjanturbhramatpaśyati bhūtalam

paryākule hi manasi śaśino jāyate'śaniḥ /
amṛtaṃ viṣabhāvena bhuktaṃ yāti viṣakriyām

surapattananirmāṇamasatsadiva paśyati /
vāsanāvalitaṃ cetaḥ svapnavajjāgradeva hi

mohaikakāraṇaṃ jantormanaso vāsanolvaṇā /
utkhātavyā prayatnena mūlocchedena saiva ca

vāsanāvāgurākṛṣṭo manohariṇako nṛṇām /
parāṃ vivaśatāmeti saṃsāravanagulmake

yena cchinnā vicāreṇa jīvasya jñeyavāsanā /
nirabhrasyeva sūryasya tasyāloko virājate

atastvaṃ mana evedaṃ naraṃ viddhi na dehakam /
jaḍo deho manaścātra na jaḍaṃ nājaḍaṃ viduḥ

yatkṛtaṃ manasā tāta tatkṛtaṃ viddhi rāghava /
yattyaktaṃ manasā tāvattattyaktaṃ viddhi cānagha

manomātraṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ manaḥ paryantamaṇḍalam /
mano vyoma mano bhūmirmano vāyurmano mahān

mano yadi padārthe tu tadbhāvena na yojayet /
tataḥ sūryodaye'pyete na prakāśāḥ kadācana

mano mohamupādatte yasyāsau mūḍha ucyate /
śarīre mohamāpanne na śavo mūḍha ucyate

manaḥ paśya bhavatyakṣi śrṛṇvacchravaṇatāṃ gatam /
tvagbhāvaṃ sparśanādeti ghrāṇatāmeti jighraṇāt

rasanādrasatāmeti vicitrāstatra vṛttiṣu /
nāṭake nūṭavaddehe mana evānuvartate

laghu dīrghaṃ karotyeva satye'sattāṃ prayacchati /
kaṭutāṃ nayati svādu ripuṃ nayati mitratām

ya eva pratibhāso'sya cetaso vṛttivartinaḥ /
tatastadeva pratyakṣaṃ tathātrānubhavādiha

pratibhāsavaśādeva svapnākulitacetasaḥ /
hariścandrasya saṃpannā rātrirdvādaśavārṣikī

cittānubhāvavaśato muhūrtatve gataṃ yugam /
indradyumnasya vairiñcyapurābhyantaravartinaḥ

manojñayā manovṛttyā sukhatāṃ yāti rauravam /
prātaḥprāptavyarājyasya subaddhasyeva bandhanam

jite manasi sarvaiva vijitā cendriyāvaliḥ /
śīryate ca yathā tantau dagdhe mauktikamālikā

sarvatra sthitayā svaccharūpayā nirvikārayā /
samayā sūkṣmayā nityaṃ cicchaktyā sākṣibhūtayā

sarvabhāvānugatayā na cetyārthavibhinnayā /
rāmātmasattayā mūkamapi dehasamaṃ jaḍam

mano'ntaścalati vyarthaṃ mananaiṣaṇamuhyayā /
bahirgirisaridvyomasamudrapuralīlayā

jāgraccābhimataṃ vastu nayatyamṛtamṛṣṭatām /
anīhitaṃ ca viṣatāṃ nayatyamṛtamapyalam

amṛṣṭasarvabhāvānāmalamātmacamatkṛtim /
manaḥ svābhimatākāraṃ rūpaṃ sṛjati vastuṣu

spandeṣu vāyutāmeti prakāśeṣu prakāśatām /
draveṣu dravatāmeti cicchaktisphuritaṃ manaḥ

pṛthvyāṃ kaṭhinatāmeti śūnyatāṃ śūnyadṛṣṭiṣu /
sarvatrecchāsthitiṃ yāti cicchaktisphuritaṃ manaḥ

śuklaṃ kṛṣṇīkarotyeva kṛṣṇaṃ nayati śuklatām /
vinaiva deśakālābhyāṃ śaktiṃ paśyāsya cetasaḥ

manasyanyatra saṃsakte carvitasyāpi jihvayā /
bhojanasyāpi mṛṣṭasya na svādo'syānubhūyate

yaccittadṛṣṭaṃ taddṛṣṭaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ tadalokitam /
andhakāre yathā rūpamindriyaṃ nirmitaṃ tathā

indriyeṇa mano dehi manasendriyamunmanaḥ /
indriyāṇi prasūtāni manaso nendriyānmanaḥ

atyantabhinnayoraikyaṃ yeṣāṃ cittaśarīrayoḥ /
jñātajñeyā mahātmāno manasyāste supaṇḍitāḥ

kusumollāsidhammillā helācalitalocanā /
kāṣṭhakuḍyopamāṅgeṣu lagnāpyamanaso'ṅganā

manasyanyatra saṃsakte vītarāgeṇa kānane /
kravyādacarvito'ṅkasthaḥ svakaro'pi na lakṣitaḥ

sukhīkartuṃ suduḥkhāni duḥkhīkartuṃ sukhāni ca /
sukhenaivāśu yujyante manaso'tiśayā muneḥ

manasyanyatra saṃsakte kathyamānāpi yatnataḥ /
latā paraśukṛtteva kathā vicchidyate bata

manasyadritaṭārūḍhe gṛhasthenāpi jantunā /
śubhrābhrakandarabhrāntiduḥkhaṃ samanubhūyate

manasyullasite svapne hṛdyeva puraparvatāḥ /
ākāśa iva vistīrṇe dṛśyante nirmitāḥ kṣamāḥ

mano vilulite svapne hṛdyevādripurāvalim /
tanoti calitāmbhodhirvīcīcayamivātmani

antarabdhijalādyadvattaraṅgāpīḍavīcayaḥ /
dehāntarmanasastadvatsvapnādripurarājayaḥ

aṅkurasya yathā patralatāpuṣpaphalaśriyaḥ /
manaso'sya tathā jāgratsvapnavibhramabhūmayaḥ

vyatiriktā yathā hemno na hemavanitā tathā /
jāgratsvapnakriyālakṣmīrvyatiriktā na cetasaḥ

dhārākaṇormiphenaśrīryathā saṃlakṣyate'mbhasaḥ /
tathā vicitravibhavā nānāteyaṃ hi cetasaḥ

svacittavṛttireveha jāgratsvapnadṛśoditam /
rasāveśādupādatte śailūṣa iva bhūmikām

caṇḍālatvaṃ hi lavaṇe pratibhāsavaśādyathā /
tathedaṃ jagadābhogi mano mananamātrakam

yadyatsaṃvedyate kiṃcittena tenāśu bhūyate /
mano manananirmāṇaṃ yathecchasi tathā kuru

nānāpurasaricchailarūpatāmetya dehinām /
tanotyantaḥsthamevedaṃ jāgratsvapnamayaṃ manaḥ

suratvāddaityatāmetya nāgatvānnagatāmapi /
pratibhāsavaśāccittamāpannaṃ lavaṇo yathā

naratvādeti nārītvaṃ pitṛtvātputratāṃ gataḥ /
yathā kṣipraṃ prati naraḥ svasaṃkalpāttathā manaḥ

saṃkalpataḥ pramriyate saṃkalpājjāyate punaḥ /
manaścirantanābhyastājjīvatāmetyanākṛti

mano mananasaṃmūḍhamūḍhavāsanamātatam /
saṃkalpādyonimāyāti sukhaduḥkhe bhayābhaye

sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca manasi tile tailamiva sthitam /
taddeśakālavaśato ghanaṃ vā tanu vā bhavet

tailaṃ tilasya cākrāntyā sphuṭatāmeti śāśvatīm /
cetaso mananāsaṃgādghanībhūte sukhāsukhe

deśakālābhidhānena rāma saṃkalpa eva hi /
kathyate tadvaśādyasmāddeśakālau sthitiṃ gatau

praśāmyatyullasatyeti yāti nandati valgati /
manaḥśarīrasaṃkalpe phalite na śarīrakam

nānāsphārasamullāsaiḥ svasaṃkalpopakalpitaiḥ /
mano valgati dehe'sminsādhvīvāntaḥpurājire

cāpale prasarastasmādantaryena nadīyate /
manovilayamādatte tasyālāna iva dvipaḥ

na spandate mano yasya śastrastambha ivottamaḥ /
sadvastuto'sau puruṣaḥ śiṣṭāḥ kardamakīṭakāḥ

yasyācapalatāṃ yātaṃ mana ekatra saṃsthitam /
anuttamapadenāsau dhyānenānugato'nagha

saṃyamānmanasaḥ śāntimeti saṃsāravibhramaḥ /
mandare'spandatāṃ yāte yathā kṣīramahārṇavaḥ

mānasyo vṛttayo yā yā bhogasaṃkalpavibhrabhaiḥ /
saṃsāraviṣavṛkṣasya tā evāṅkurayonayaḥ

cittaṃ calatkuvalayaṃ valayanta ete
mūḍhā mahājaḍajave madamohamandāḥ /
āvartavartini vilūnaviśīrṇacintā-
cakrabhrame puruṣadurbhramarāḥ patanti

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe mokṣopāyeṣūtpattiprakaraṇe cittacikitsāpūrvakaṃ cittavarṇanaṃ nāma daśottaraśatatamaḥ sargaḥ