Yoga Vasistha · Chapter 4.24

caturviṃśaḥ sargaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
mahānarakasāmrājye mattaduṣkṛtavāraṇāḥ /
āśāśaraśalākāḍhyā durjayā hīndriyārayaḥ

svāśrayaṃ prathamaṃ dehaṃ kṛtaghnā nāśayanti ye /
te kukāryamahākośā durjayāḥ svendriyārayaḥ

kalevarālayaṃ prāpya viṣayāmiṣagṛdhnukāḥ /
akṣagṛdhrā vivalganti kāryākāryograpakṣiṇaḥ

vivekatantujālena gṛhītā yena te śaṭhāḥ /
tasyāṅgāni na lumpanti pāśā nāgabalaṃ yathā

āpātaramaṇīyeṣu ramate viṣayeṣu yaḥ /
vivekadhanavānasminkukalevarapattane

indriyāribhirantasthairavaśo nābhibhūyate /
na tathā sukhitā bhūpā mṛnmayograpurījuṣaḥ

yathā svādhīnamanasaḥ svaśarīrapurīśvarāḥ /
ākrāntendriyabhṛtyasya sugṛhītamanoripoḥ

vasanta iva mañjaryo vardhante śuddhabuddhayaḥ /
prakṣīṇacittadarpasya nigṛhītendriyadviṣaḥ

padminya iva hemante kṣīyante bhogavāsanāḥ /
tāvanniśīthavetālā valganti hṛdi vāsanāḥ

ekatattvadṛḍhābhyāsādyāvanna vijitaṃ manaḥ /
bhṛtyo'bhimatakartṛtvānmantrī satkāryakāraṇāt

sāmantaścendriyākrāntermano manye vivekinaḥ /
lālanātsnigdhalalanā pālanātpāvanaḥ pitā

suhṛduttamaviśvāsānmano manye manīṣiṇām /
svālokitaḥ śāstradṛśā buddhyāntaḥ svānubhāvitaḥ

prayacchati parāṃ siddhiṃ tyaktvātmānaṃ manaḥpitā /
sudṛṣṭaḥ suparāmṛṣṭaḥ sudṛḍhaḥ suprabodhitaḥ

suguṇe yojito bhāti hṛdi hṛdyo manomaṇiḥ /
janmavṛkṣakuṭhārāṇi tathodarkodayāni ca

diśatyevaṃ manomantrī karmāṇi śubhakarmaṇi /
evaṃ manomaṇiṃ rāma bahupaṅkakalaṅkitam

vivekavāriṇā siddhye prakṣālyālokavānbhava /
bhavabhūmiṣu bhīmāsu vivekavikalo vasan

mā patotpātapūrṇāsu vivaśaḥ prākṛto yathā /
saṃsāramāyāmuditāmanarthaśatasaṃkulām

mā mahāmohamihikāmimāṃ tvamavadhīraya /
vivekaṃ paramāśritya buddhyā satyamavekṣya ca

indriyārīnalaṃ jitvā tīrṇo bhava bhavārṇavāt /
asatyeva śarīre'sminsukhaduḥkheṣvasatsu ca

dāmavyālakaṭanyāyo mā te bhavatu rāghava /
bhīmabhāsadṛḍhasthityā tvaṃ yāsyasi viśokatām

ayamahamiti niścayo vṛthā ya-
stamalamapāsya mahāmate svabuddhyā /
yaditaradavalambya tatpadaṃ tvaṃ
vraja piba bhuṅkṣva na badhyase manaskaḥ

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye mo. sthitiprakaraṇe manasyasattāpratipādanaṃ nāma caturviṃśaḥ sargaḥ