Yoga Vasistha · Verses 6.100-2

śatatamaḥ sargaḥ

śikhidhvaja uvāca /
evaṃ cettanmahābuddhe yādṛśaṃ kāraṇaṃ param /
kāryaṃ tādṛśamevedaṃ jagadityeva vedmyaham

kumbha uvāca /
yatra kāraṇatā tasya kāryaṃ tadupapadyate /
yanna kāraṇamevādau tasmātkāryaṃ kuto bhavet

nehāsti kāraṇaṃ kiṃcinna ca kāryaṃ kadācana /
vidyamānamidaṃ sarvaṃ sarvaṃ śāntamajaṃ jagat

jāyate kāraṇātkāryaṃ yattatkāraṇavadbhavet /
yanna jāyata eveha tasminsadṛśatā kutaḥ

bījameva na yasyāsti tatkathaṃ vada jāyate /
apratarkyamanākhyaṃ ca yattasya kveva bījatā

deśakālavaśātsarve hetumantaḥ pramāṇagāḥ /
akartṛbrahmaviṣayaḥ pramā kāraṇayoḥ katham

akartṛkarmakaraṇe nāsti kāraṇatā śive /
tasmāttatkāraṇaṃ nāsti jagacchabdārthavedanam

brahmaiva tvaṃ svarūpaṃ sadyatsthitaṃ dhārayasva tat /
asamyagdarśiviṣayaṃ tadeva jagadācitam

cinmātramajaraṃ śāntaṃ yadekaṃ tatpramīyate /
tenaivāyaṃ jagadbrahma sacchāntaṃ buddhyate vapuḥ

anyathaiva ca yo bhāvaścetasaḥ pṛthivīpate /
sa eva nāśaḥ kathitaḥ svānubhūtaśca paṇḍitaiḥ

cittaṃ nāśasvabhāvaṃ tadviddhi nāśātmakaṃ nṛpa /
kṣaṇanāśo yataḥ kalpacittaśabdena kathyate

asaṃkalpanamātreṇa samyagjñānodayātmanā /
saṃkalpaḥ kṣīyate siddhyai svayamevāsadātmakaḥ

nāmnaivāṅgīkṛtābhāvaṃ yadi viśvaṃ hi kathyate /
vidyamānaṃ kathaṃ tatsyānnanu tāmarasekṣaṇa

hastāvutkṣipya yo brūte śadro'smīti bhṛśaṃ girā /
kathaṃ sa vipro bhavati vipratvaṃ tvasya kīdṛśam

vivṛttadhāturatyuccairmṛto'smīti virauti yaḥ /
mṛtimevāgataṃ viddhi jīvanaṃ tasya saṃbhrama

bhramākṛti yadastīha dṛśyate'lātacakravat /
mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandrādibālavetālakādivat

tatkathaṃ kila nāma syātsatyaṃ śramabharātmakam /
ajñānabhrāntirevāntaścittamityeva kathyate

ajñānamucyate cittamasatsadiva saṃsthitam /
asaṃvedanamajñānaṃ jñānaṃ saṃvedanaṃ bhavet

ajñānasattvasaṃvitterjñānātsaṃvedanātkṣayaḥ /
jalajñānaṃ mudhā bhrāntiḥ sādho marumarīciṣu

naitajjalamiti jñānātsaṃvitteḥ pravilīyate /
idaṃ cittamiti prauḍhaṃ yadajñānamalaṃ hṛdi

nāsti cittamiti jñānāttatsamūlaṃ vinaśyati /
yathā rajjvāṃ bhujaṅgatvamajñānabhramasaṃbhavam

na sarpo'yamiti jñānādhṛdi rūḍhātpraṇaśyati /
tathātmani manobhūtamajñānabhramasaṃbhavam

cittaṃ nāstīti vijñānādhṛdi rūḍhādvinaśyati /
cittaṃ mano'hamityantaryāvadajñānasaṃbhavam

na cittamasti no caivamahaṃkārādisaṃyutam /
kiṃcideva jagatyasminsaṃvidekāntanirmalā

tayā saṃkalpacittādi kṛtamāsīdvimūḍhayā /
adyāsaṃkalpataḥ sarvaṃ parityaktaṃ prabuddhayā

saṃkalpena yadā yāti tvasaṃkalpena gacchati /
pavanena mahābāho jvālājālamivānale

ātmatattvaikaghanayā tatayā brahmasattayā /
jagatsarvamiti vyāptaṃ samudra iva vāriṇā

nāhamasmi na cānyosti na tvaṃ naite na cittakam /
nendriyāṇi na cākāśamātmā tveko'sti nirmalaḥ

ghaṭādyākārarūpeṇa sa evāyaṃ vilokyate /
idaṃ cittamayaṃ cāhamiti kaiva kukalpanā

na jāyate na mriyate kiṃcidasmiñjagattraye /
kevalo'yaṃ cidullāsaḥ sadasadbhāvanātmanā

sarvamātmā paraṃbrahma sakṛtprakaṭamātatam /
dvitvaikatve na vidyete na bhrāntirna ca saṃbhramaḥ

sarvendriyagaṇākāre sannevāsi sakhe tataḥ /
na dahyase mahābuddhe na ca kvacana lipyase

na te vinaśyati sakhe na ca kiṃcidvivardhate /
nirmalākāśarūpasya kaivalyānantarūpiṇaḥ

icchānicchātmike śaktī yetarāpi tvameva ca /
na hyaṃśuvyatirekeṇa śaśāṅka upalabhyate

ajamajaramanādyajasvabhāvaṃ
sakṛdamalaṃ vilasatsadaikarūpam /
vigalitakalanaṃ kalākhyalīlaṃ
saduditamādyamajaṃ tadātmatattvam

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmī० de० mokṣo० nirvāṇaprakaraṇe pū० cū० śikhidhvajaparamāvabodhanaṃ nāma śatatamaḥ sargaḥ