Yoga Vasistha · Chapter 6.1

prathamaḥ sargaḥ

śrīrāma uvāca /
naiṣkarmyātkalpanātyāgāttanuḥ patati dehinaḥ /
kathametadato brahmansaṃbhavatyāśu jīvataḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
jīvataḥ kalpanātyāgo yujyate na tvajīvataḥ /
rūpamasya yathātattvaṃ śrṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam

ahaṃbhāvanamevāhuḥ kalpanaṃ kalpanāvidaḥ /
nabhorthabhāvanaṃ tasya saṃkalpatyāga ucyate

padārtharasamevāhuḥ kalpanaṃ kalpanāvidaḥ /
nabhorthabhāvanaṃ tasya saṃkalpatyāga ucyate

idaṃ vastviti saṃvegamāhuḥ kalpanamuttamāḥ /
nabhorthabhāvanaṃ tasya saṃkalpatyāga ucyate/

smaraṇaṃ viddhi saṃkalpaṃ śivamasmaraṇaṃ viduḥ /
tacca prāganubhūtaṃ ca nānubhūtaṃ ca bhāvyate

anubhūtāṃ nānubhūtāṃ smṛtiṃ vismṛtya kāṣṭhavat /
sarvamevāśu vismṛtya gūḍhastiṣṭha mahāmate

sarvāsmaraṇamātrātmā tiṣṭhāyāteṣu karmasu /
ardhasuptaśiśuspanda ivābhyastopapattiṣu

niḥsaṃkalpapravāheṇa cakraṃ praspandate yathā /
spandasvakarmasvanaghaprāksaṃskāravaśāttathā

avidyamānacittastvaṃ sattvasaṃskāramāgataḥ /
pravāhapatiteṣveva spandasva sveṣu karmasu

ūrdhvabāhurviraumyeṣa na ca kaścicchṛṇoti me /
asaṃkalpaḥ paraṃ śreyaḥ sa kimantarna bhāvyate

aho mohasya māhātmyaṃ yadayaṃ sarvaduḥkhahā /
cintāmaṇirvicārākhyo hṛtstho'pi tyajyate janaiḥ

avedanamasaṃkalpastanmayenaiva bhūyatām /
etāvatparamaṃ śreyaḥ svayamevānubhūyatām

kila tūṣṇīṃ sthitenaiva tatpadaṃ prāpyate param /
paramaṃ yatra sāmrājyamapi rāma tṛṇāyate

gamyadeśaikaniṣṭhasya yathā pānthasya pādayoḥ /
spando vigatasaṃkalpastathā spandasva karmasu

sarvakarmaphalābhogamalaṃ vismṛtya suptavat /
pravāhapatite kārye spandasva gatavedanam

spandasvākṛtasaṃkalpaṃ sukhaduḥkhānyabhāvayan /
pravāhapatite kārye ceṣṭitonmuktaśaṣpavat

rasabhāvanamantaste mālaṃ bhavatu karmasu /
dāruyantramayasyeva parārthamiva kurvataḥ

nīrasā eva te santu samastendriyasaṃvidaḥ /
ākāramātrasaṃlakṣyā hemantartau latā iva

bodhārkapītarasayā spandan ṣaḍvargasattayā /
yantraspandopamastiṣṭha vallyeva śiśire drumaḥ

cidāntararasānyeva pravṛttānyapi dhāraya /
svayatnenendriyāṇyāśu hemantartustarūniva

sarasendriyavṛtteste kurvato'kurvatastathā /
saṃsārānarthasārtho'yaṃ na kadācana śāmyati

niḥsaṃkalpamarujjvālāyantrāmbuspandavadyadi /
spandase tadanantāya śreyase parikalpase

etadeva paraṃ dhairyaṃ janmajvaranivāraṇam /
yadavāsanamabhyastā nijakarmasu kartṛtā

avāsanamasaṃkalpaṃ yathāprāptānuvṛttimān /
śanaiścakrabhramābhoga iva spandasva karmasu

mā karmaphalabuddhirbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi /
ubhayaṃ vā tyajaitattvamubhayaṃ vā samāśraya

bahunātra kimuktena saṃkṣepādidamucyate /
saṃkalpanaṃ manobandhastadabhāvo vimuktatā

neha kāryaṃ na vā'kāryamasti kiṃcinna kutracit /
sarvaṃ śivamajaṃ śāntamanantaṃ prāgvadāsyatām

paśyankarmaṇyakarmatvamakarmaṇi ca karmatām /
yathābhūtārthacidrūpaḥ śāntamāsva yathāsukham

avedanaṃ viduryogaṃ cittakṣayamakṛtrimam /
atyantaṃ tanmayo bhūtvā tathā tiṣṭha yathāsi bhoḥ

same śānte śive sūkṣme dvaitaikyaparivarjite /
tate'nante pare śuddhe kiṃ kena kila khidyate

nodetu tvayi saṃkalpo marubhūmāvivāṅkuraḥ /
icchā nodetu bhavati latikevopalodare

avedanasya śāntasya jīvato vāpyajīvataḥ /
neha kiṃcitkṛtenārtho nākṛtenāpi kaścana

yatkarmākarma śānte'ntaḥ śāśvatābhedarūpiṇi /
na karmaṇi ca karmāṇi na kartaryapi kartṛtā

ahaṃmameti saṃvidanna duḥkhato vimucyase /
asaṃvidanvimucyase yadīpsitaṃ tadācara

ahaṃ mameti nāstyalaṃ yadasti tacchivaṃ param /
parātparaṃ tvidaṃ śivādaśabdamartharūpakam

yaddṛśyate jagadidaṃ khalu kiṃcideta-
dhemno'ṅgadatvamiva bhāti na vidyamānam /
asya kṣayaṃ viduravedanameva paścā-
tsatyaṃ tadeva paramārthamathāvaśiṣṭam

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye de० mo० nirvāṇaprakaraṇe uttarārdhe icchādicikitsāyogopadeśo nāma prathamaḥ sargaḥ