Yoga Vasistha · Chapter 3.9

navamaḥ sargaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
taccittāstadgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam /
kathayantaśca tannityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca

teṣāṃ jñānaikaniṣṭhānāmātmajñānavicāriṇām /
sā jīvanmuktatodeti videhānmuktataiva yā

śrīrāma uvāca /
brahmanvidehamuktasya jīvanmuktasya lakṣaṇam /
brūhi yena tathaivāhaṃ yate śāstradṛśā dhiyā

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
yathāsthitamidaṃ yasya vyavahāravato'pi ca /
astaṃ gataṃ sthitaṃ vyoma jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate

bodhaikaniṣṭhatāṃ yāto jāgratyeva suṣuptavat /
yā āste vyavahartaiva jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate

nodeti nāstamāyāti sukhe duḥkhe mukhaprabhā /
yathāprāptasthiteryasya jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate

yo jāgarti suṣuptastho yasya jāgranna vidyate /
yasya nirvāsano bodhaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyate

rāgadveṣabhayādīnāmanurūpaṃ carannapi /
yo'ntarvyomavadacchasthaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyate

yasya nāhaṃkṛto bhāvo yasya buddhirna lipyate /
kurvato'kurvato vāpi sa jīvanmukta ucyate

yasyonmeṣanimeṣārdhādvidaḥ pralayasaṃbhavau /
paśyettrilokyāḥ svasamaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyate

yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ /
harṣāmarṣabhayonmuktaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyate

śāntasaṃsārakalanaḥ kalāvānapi niṣkalaḥ /
yaḥ sacitto'pi niścittaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyate

yaḥ samastārthajāteṣu vyavahāryapi śītalaḥ /
padārtheṣvapi pūrṇātmā sa jīvanmukta ucyate

jīvanmuktapadaṃ tyaktvā dehe kālavaśīkṛte /
viśatyadehamuktatvaṃ pavano'spandatāmiva

videhamukto nodeti nāstameti na śāmyati /
na sannāsanna dūrastho na cāhaṃ na ca netaraḥ

sūryo bhūtvā pratapati viṣṇuḥ pāti jagattrayam /
rudraḥ sarvānsaṃharati sargānsṛjati padmajaḥ

khaṃ bhūtvā pavanaskandhaṃ dhatte sarṣisurāsuram /
kulācalagato bhūtvā lokapālapurāspadaḥ

bhūmirbhūtvā bibhartīmāṃ lokasthitimakhaṇḍitām /
tṛṇagulmalatā bhūtvā dadāti phalasaṃtatim

bibhrajjalānalākāraṃ jvalati dravati drutam /
candro'mṛtaṃ prasavati mṛtaṃ hālāhalaṃ viṣam

tejaḥ prakaṭayatyāśāstanotyāndhyaṃ tamo bhavat /
śūnyaṃ sadvyomatāmeti giriḥ san rodhayatyalam

karoti jaṃgamaṃ cittaḥ sthāvaraṃ sthāvarākṛtiḥ /
bhūtvārṇavo valayati bhūstriyaṃ valayo yathā

paramārkavapurbhūtvā prakāśāntaṃ visārayan /
trijagattrasareṇvoghaṃ śāntamevāvatiṣṭhate

yatkiṃcididamābhāti bhātaṃ bhānamupaiṣyati /
kālatrayagataṃ dṛśyaṃ tadasau sarvameva ca

śrīrāma uvāca /
kathamevaṃ vada brahmanbhūyate viṣamā hi me /
dṛṣṭireṣātha duṣprāpyā durākramyeti niścayaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
muktireṣocyate rāma brahmaitatsamudāhṛtam /
nirvāṇametatkathitaṃ śrṛṇu tatprāpyate katham

yadidaṃ dṛśyate dṛśyamahantvantādisaṃyutam /
sato'pyasyātyanutpattyā buddhayaitadavāpyate

śrīrāma uvāca /
videhamuktāstrailokyaṃ saṃpadyante yadā tadā /
manyete sargatāmeva gatā vedyavidāṃvara

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
vidyate cettribhuvanaṃ tattattāṃ saṃprayāntu te /
yatra trailokyaśabdārtho na saṃbhavati kaścana

etattrilokatāṃ yātaṃ brahmetyuktārthadhīḥ kutaḥ /
tasmānno saṃbhavatyeṣā jagacchabdārthakalpanā

ananyacchāntamābhāsamātramākāśanirmalam /
brahmaiva jagadityetatsarvaṃ sattvāvabodhataḥ

ahaṃ hi hemakaṭake vicāryāpi na dṛṣṭavān /
kaṭakatvaṃ kvacinnāma ṛte nirmalahāṭakāt

jalādṛte payovīcau nāhaṃ paśyāmi kiṃcana /
vīcitvaṃ tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ yatra nāstyeva tatra hi

spandatvaṃ pavanādanyanna kadācana kutracit /
spanda eva sadā vāyurjagattasmānna bhidyate

yathā śūnyatvamākāśe tāpa eva marau jalam /
teja eva sadā loke brahmaiva trijagattathā

śrīrāma uvāca /
atyantābhāvasaṃpattyā jagaddṛśyasya muktatā /
yayodeti mune yuktyā tāṃ mamopadiśottamām

mithaḥsaṃpannayordraṣṭradṛśyayorekasaṃkhyayoḥ /
dvayābhāve sthitiṃ yāte nirvāṇamavaśiṣyate

dṛśyasya jagatastasmādatyantāsaṃbhavo yathā /
brahmaivetthaṃ svabhāvasthaṃ budhyate vada me tathā

kayaitajjñāyate yuktyā kathametatprasiddhyati /
etasmiṃstu mune siddhe na sādhyamavaśiṣyate

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
bahukālamiyaṃ rūḍhā mithyājñānaviṣūcikā /
nūnaṃ vicāramantreṇa nirmūlamupaśāmyati

na śakyate jhaṭityeṣā samutsādayituṃ kṣaṇāt /
samaprapatane hyadrau samarohāvarohaṇe

tasmādabhyāsayogena yuktyā nyāyopapattibhiḥ /
jagadbhrāntiryathā śāmyettavedaṃ kathyate śrṛṇu

vakṣyāmyākhyāyikāṃ rāma yāmimāṃ bodhasiddhaye /
tāṃ cecchṛṇoṣi tatsādho mukta evāsi bodhavān

athotpattiprakaraṇaṃ mayedaṃ tava kathyate /
yatkilotpadyate rāma tena muktena bhūyate

iyamitthaṃ jagadbhrāntirbhātyajātaiva khātmikā /
ityutpattiprakaraṇe kathyate'sminmayādhunā

yadidaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcijjagatsthāvarajaṅgamam /
sarvaṃ sarvaprakārāḍhyaṃ sasurāsurakinnaram

tanmahāpralaye prāpte rudrādipariṇāmini /
bhavatyasadadṛśyātma kvāpi yāti vinaśyati

tataḥ stimitagambhīraṃ na tejo na tamastatam /
anākhyamanabhivyaktaṃ satkiṃcidavaśiṣyate

na śūnyaṃ nāpi cākāraṃ na dṛśyaṃ na ca darśanam /
na ca bhūtapadārthaugho yadanantatayā sthitam

kimapyavyapadeśātma pūrṇātpūrṇatarākṛti /
na sannāsanna sadasanna bhāvo bhavanaṃ na ca

cinmātraṃ cetyarahitamanantamajaraṃ śivam /
anādimadhyaparyantaṃ yadanādi nirāmayam

yasmiñjagatprasphurati dṛṣṭamauktikahaṃsavat /
yaścedaṃ yaśca naivedaṃ devaḥ sadasadātmakaḥ

akarṇajihvānāsātvagnetraḥ sarvatra sarvadā /
śrṛṇotyāsvādayati yo jighretspṛśati paśyati

sa eva sadasadrūpaṃ yenālokena lakṣyate /
sargacitramanādyantaṃ svarūpaṃ cāpya rañjanam

ardhonmīlitadṛśyabhrūmadhye tārakavajjagat /
vyomātmaiva sadābhāsaṃ svarūpaṃ yo'bhipaśyati

yasyānyadasti na vibhoḥ kāraṇaṃ śaśaśṛṅgavat /
yasyedaṃ ca jagatkāryaṃ taraṅgaugha ivāmbhasaḥ

jvalataḥ sarvato'jasraṃ cittasthāneṣu tiṣṭhataḥ /
yasya cinmātradīpasya bhāsā bhāti jagattrayam

yaṃ vinā'rkādayo'pyete prakāśāstimiropamāḥ /
sati yasminpravartante trijaganmṛgatṛṣṇikāḥ

saspande samudetīva niḥspandāntargate na ca /
iyaṃ yasmiñjagallakṣmīralāta iva cakratā

jagannirmāṇavilayavilāso vyāpako mahān /
spandāspandātmako yasya svabhāvo nirmalo'kṣayaḥ

spandāspandamayī yasya pavanasyeva sarvagā /
sattā nāmnaiva bhinneva vyavahārānna vastutaḥ

sarvadaiva prabuddho yaḥ supto yaḥ sarvadaiva ca /
na supto na prabuddhaśca yaḥ sarvatraiva sarvadā

yadaspandaṃ śivaṃ śāntaṃ yatspandaṃ trijagatsthitiḥ /
spandāspandavilāsātmā ya eko bharitākṛtiḥ

āmoda iva puṣpeṣu na naśyati vināśiṣu /
pratyakṣastho'pyathāgrāhyaḥ śauklyaṃ śuklapaṭe yathā

mūkopamo'pi yo'mūko mantā yo'pyupalopamaḥ /
yo bhoktā nityatṛpto'pi kartā yaścāpyakiṃcanaḥ

yo'naṅgo'pi samastāṅgaḥ sahasrakaralocanaḥ /
na kiṃcitsaṃsthitenāpi yena vyāptamidaṃ jagat

nirindriyabalasyāpi yasyāśeṣendriyakriyāḥ /
yasya nirmananasyaitā manonirmāṇarītayaḥ

yadanālokanādbhāntisaṃsāroragabhītayaḥ /
yasmindṛṣṭe palāyante sarvāśāḥ sarvabhītayaḥ

sākṣiṇi sphāra ābhāse dhruve dīpa iva kriyāḥ /
sati yasminpravartante cittehāḥ spandapūrvikāḥ

yasmāddhaṭapaṭākārapadārthaśatapaṅkatayaḥ /
taraṅgagaṇakallolavīcayo vāridheriva

sa evānyatayodeti yatpadārthaśatabhramaiḥ /
kaṭakāṅgadakeyūranūpurairiva kāñcanam

yastvameko'vabhāsātmā yo'hamete janāśca ye /
yaśca na tvamabuddhātmā nāhaṃ naite janāśca yaḥ

anyevāpyatirikteva saivāseva ca bhaṅgurā /
payasīva taraṅgālī yasmātphurati dṛśyabhūḥ

yataḥ kālasya kalanā yato dṛśyasya dṛśyatā /
mānasī kalanā yena yasya bhāsā vibhāsanam

kriyāṃ rūpaṃ rasaṃ gandhaṃ śabdaṃ sparśaṃ ca cetanam /
yadvetsi tadasau devo yena vetsi tadapyasau

draṣṭuradarśanadṛśyānāṃ madhye yaddarśanaṃ sthitam /
sādhyo tadavadhānena svātmānamavabudhyase

ajamajaramanādyaṃ śāśvataṃ brahma nityaṃ
śivamamalamamoghaṃ vanyamuccairanindyam /
sakalakalanaśūnyaṃ kāraṇaṃ kāraṇānā-
manubhavanamavedyaṃ vedanaṃ viśvamantaḥ

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye utpattiprakaraṇe paramakāraṇavarṇanaṃ nāma navamaḥ sargaḥ