Yoga Vasistha · Chapter 3.40

catvāriṃśaḥ sargaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
evaṃ niśācarācāraciraghore raṇāṅgaṇe /
ahanīva janācāre sthite yāmāvarehite

hastahāryatamaḥpiṇḍasphuṭakuḍye niśāgṛhe /
lābhocchadoccalacate bhūtasaṅghe pravalgati

niḥśabde dhvāntasaṃcāre nidrāruddhakakubgaṇe /
līlāpatirudārātmā kiṃcitkhinnamanā iva

prātaḥkāryaṃ vicāryāśu mantribhirmantrakovidaiḥ /
dīrghacandrasamākāre śayane himaśītale

candrodaranibhe cārugṛhe śiśirakoṭare /
nidrāṃ muhūrtamagamanmudritekṣaṇapuṣkaraḥ

atha te lalane vyoma tatparityajya tadgṛham /
randhrairviviśaturvātalekhe'bjamukulaṃ yathā

śrīrāma uvāca /
kiyanmātramidaṃ sthūlaṃ śarīraṃ vāgvidāṃvara /
randhreṇa tantutanunā kathamāśvāviśatprabho

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
ādhibhautikadeho'hamiti yasya matibhramaḥ /
tasyāsāvaṇurandhreṇa gantuṃ śaknoti nānagha

rodhito'hamaneneti na māmyatreti yasya dhīḥ /
anubhūtānubhavatī bhavatītyanubhūyate

yenānubhūtaṃ pūrvārdhaṃ gacchāmīti sa tatkriyaḥ /
kathaṃ bhavati paścārdhaṃ gamanonmukhacetanaḥ

nahi vāryūrdhvamāyāti nādho gacchati pāvakaḥ /
yā yathaiva pravṛttā citsā tathaiva pratiṣṭhitā

chāyāyāmupaviṣṭasya kutastāpānubhūtayaḥ /
yasya saṃvedane'nyo'rthaḥ kenacinnānubhūyate

yathā saṃvittathā cittaṃ sā tathāvasthitiṃ gatā /
parameṇa prayatnena nīyate'nyadaśāṃ punaḥ

sarpaikapratyayo rajjvāmasarpapratyaye balāt /
nivartate'nyathā tveṣa tiṣṭhatyeva yathāsthitaḥ

yathā saṃvittathā cittaṃ yathā cittaṃ tathehitam /
bālaṃ pratyapi saṃsiddhametatko nānubhūtavān

yaḥ punaḥ svapnasaṃkalpapuruṣaḥ pratimākṛtiḥ /
ākāśamātrakākāraḥ sa kathaṃ kena rodhyate

cittamātraṃ śarīraṃ tu sarvasyaiva hi sarvataḥ /
vidyate vedanāccaitatkvacidetīva hṛdgatāt

yathābhimatamevāsya bhavatyastamayodayam /
ādisarge svabhāvotthaṃ paścāddvaitaikyakāraṇam

cittākāśaṃ cidākāśamākāśaṃ ca tṛtīyakam /
viddhyetattrayamekaṃ tvamavinābhāvanāvaśāt

etaccittaśarīratvaṃ viddhi sarvagatodayam /
yathāsaṃvedanecchatvādyathāsaṃvedanodayam

vasati trasareṇvantardhriyate gaganodare /
līyate'ṅkurakośeṣu rasībhavati pallave

ullasatyambuvīcitve pranṛtyati śilodare /
pravarṣatyambudo bhūtvā śilībhūyāvatiṣṭhate

yathecchamambare yāti jaṭhare'pi ca bhūbhṛtām /
anantarākāśavapurdhatte'tha paramāṇutām

dehasyāntarbahirapi dadhadvanatanūruham

bhavatyākāśamādhatte koṭīḥ padmajasadmanām /
ananyāḥ svātmano'mbhodhirāvartaracanā iva

anudvignaprabodho'sau sargādau cittadehakaḥ /
ākāśatmā mahānbhūtvā vetti prakṛtatāṃ tataḥ

asatyameva vāritvaṃ buddhyodetīva tattathā /
vandhyāputro'yamastīti yathā svapne bhramo naraḥ

śrīrāma uvāca
kiṃ cittametadbhavati kiṃvā bhavati nau katham /
kathameva na sadrūpaṃ nānyadbhavati vīkṣaṇāt

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca
pratyekameva yaccittaṃ tadevaṃrūpaśaktikam /
pṛthakpratyekamuditaḥ praticittaṃ jagadbhramaḥ

kṣaṇakalpajagatsaṃghā samudyanti galanti ca /
nimeṣātkasyacitkalpātkasyacicca kramaṃ śrṛṇu

maraṇādimayī mūrcchā pratyekenānubhūyate /
yaiṣā tāṃ viddhi sumate mahāpralayayāminīm

tadante tanute sargaṃ sarva eva pṛthakpṛthak /
sahajasvapnasaṃkalpānsaṃbhramācalanṛtyavat

mahāpralayarātryante cirādātmamanovapuḥ /
yathedaṃ tanute tadvatpratyekaṃ mṛtyanantaram

śrīrāma uvāca
mṛteranantaraṃ sargo yathā smṛtyānubhūyate /
cirāttathānubhavati nāto viśvamakāraṇam

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca
mahati pralaye rāma sarve hariharādayaḥ /
videhamuktatāṃ yānti smṛteḥ ka iva saṃbhava

asmadādiḥ prabuddhātmā kilāvaśyaṃ vimucyate /
kathaṃ bhavantu no muktā videhāḥ padmajātayaḥ

anye tvamiva ye jīvāsteṣāṃ maraṇajanmasu /
smṛtiḥ kāraṇatāmeti mokṣābhāvavaśādiha

bhavatyadrirdharādhāro baddhapīṭho nabhaḥ śirāḥ /
jīvo hi mṛtimūrcchānte yadantaḥ pronmiṣanniva /
anunmiṣita evāste tatpradhānamudāhṛtam

tadvyomaprakṛtiḥ proktā tadavyaktaṃ jaḍājaḍam /
saṃsmṛterasmṛteścaiva krama eṣa bhavodaye

bodhonmukhatve hi mahattatprabuddhaṃ yadā bhavet /
tadā tanmātradikkālakriyā bhūtādyudeti khāt

tadevocchūnamābuddhaṃ bhavatīndriyapañcakam /
tadeva budhyate dehaḥ sa eṣo'syātivāhikaḥ

cirakālapratyayataḥ kalpanāparipīvaraḥ /
ādhibhautikatābodhamādhatte caiṣa bālavat

tato dikkālakalanāstadādhāratayā sthitāḥ /
udyantyanuditā eva vāyoḥ spandakriyā iva

vṛddhimitthamayaṃ yāto mudhaiva bhuvanabhramaḥ /
svapnāṅganāsaṅgasamastvanubhūto'pyasanmayaḥ

yatraiva mriyate jantuḥ paśyatyāśu tadeva saḥ /
tatraiva bhuvanābhogamimamitthamiva sthitam

vyomaivānubhavatyacchamahaṃ jagaditi bhramam /
vyomarūpaṃ vyomarūpī jīvo jāta ivātmavān

surapattanaśailārkatārānikarasundaram /
jarāmaraṇavaiklavyavyādhisaṃkaṭakoṭaram

svabhāvābhāvasaṃrambhasthūlasūkṣmacarācaram /
sāvdhyadvyurvīnadīśāhorātrikalpakṣaṇakṣayam

ahaṃ jāto'munā pitrā kilātretyāptaniścayam /
iyaṃ mātā dhanamidaṃ mametyuditavāsanam

sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ cedaṃ mameti kṛtakalpanam /
bālo'bhūvamahaṃ tvadya yuveti vilasaddhṛdi

pratyekamevamuditaḥ saṃsāravanakhaṇḍakaḥ /
tārākusumito nīlameghacañcalapallavaḥ

carannaramṛgānīkaḥ surāsuravihaṃgamaḥ /
ālokakausumarajāḥ śyāmāgahanakuñjakaḥ

abdhipuṣkariṇīpūrṇo mervādyacalaloṣṭakaḥ /
cittapuṣkarabījāntarnilīnānubhavāṅkuraḥ

yatraiṣa mriyate jīvastatraivaṃ paśyati kṣaṇāt /
pratyekamuditeṣvevaṃ jagatkhaṇḍeṣu bhūriśaḥ

koṭayo brahmarudrendramarudviṣṇuvivasvatām /
giryabdhimaṇḍaladvīpalokāntaradṛśāṃ gatāḥ

yātā yāsyanti yāntyetā dṛṣṭayo naṣṭarūpiṇīḥ /
yā brahmaṇyupabṛṃhāḍhyāstāḥ ke gaṇayituṃ kṣamāḥ

evaṃ kuḍyamayaṃ viśvaṃ nāstyeva mananādṛte /
manane calamevāntastadidānīṃ vicāraya

yadeva taccidākāśaṃ tadeva mananaṃ smṛtam /
yadeva ca cidākāśaṃ tadeva paramaṃ padam

yadevāmbu sa āvarto natvasyāvarta vastu san /
draṣṭaivāste dṛśyamiva dṛśyaṃ natvasti vastu sat

cidvyomno bhūtanabhasi kacanaṃ yanmaṇeriva /
tajjagadbhāvinānāsattattvaṃ śvabhramivāmbare

madbuddhārtho jagacchabdo vidyate paramāmṛtam /
tvadbuddhārarthastu nāstyeva tvamahaṃśabdakādapi

tasmāllīlāsarasvatyāvākāśavapuṣau sthite /
sarvage paramātmācche sarvatrāpratighe'naghe

yatra yatra sadā vyomni yathākāmaṃ yathepsitam /
udayaṃ kurutastena tadgehe'sti gatistayoḥ

sarvatra saṃbhavati cidgaganaṃ tadatra
sadvedanaṃ kalanamāmananaṃ visāri /
taccātivāhikamihāhurakuḍyameva
dehaṃ kathaṃ ka iva taṃ vada kiṃ ruṇaddhi

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye utpattiprakaraṇe līlopākhyāne
samarasamanantarasaṃsmṛtyanubhavavarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśaḥ sargaḥ