Yoga Vasistha · Verses 6.11-2

ekādaśaḥ sargaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
punaḥpunaridaṃ rāma prabodhārthaṃ mayocyate /
abhyāsena vinā sādho nābhyudetyātmabhāvanā

ajñānametadbalavadavidyetaranāmakam /
janmāntarasahasrotthaṃ ghanaṃ sthitimupāgatam

sabāhyābhyantaraṃ sarvairindriyairanubhūyate /
bhāvābhāveṣu dehasya tenātighanatāṃ gatam

ātmajñānaṃ tu sarveṣāmindriyāṇāmagocaram /
sattāṃ kevalamāyāti manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyakṣaye

prollaṅghayendriyajāṃ vṛttiṃ yatsthitaṃ tatkathaṃ kila /
yāti pratyakṣatāṃ jantoḥ pratyakṣātītavṛttimat

tvamavidyālatāmetāṃ prarūḍhāṃ hṛdayadrume /
jñānābhyāsavilāsāsipātaiśchindhi svasiddhaye

yathā viharati jñātajñeyo janakabhūpatiḥ /
ātmajñānābhyāsaparastathā vihara rāghava

niścayo'yamabhūttasya kāryākāryavihāriṇaḥ /
jāgratastiṣṭhato vāpi tajjñānāṃ tena satyatā

niścayena hariryena vividhācārakāriṇā /
yoniṣvavataratyurvyāṃ tattajjñatvamudāhṛtam

niścayo yastrinetrasya kāntayā saha tiṣṭhataḥ /
brahmaṇo vāpyarāgasya sa te bhavatu rāghava

yo niścayaḥ suragurorvākpaterbhārgavasya ca /
divākarasya śaśinaḥ pavanasyānalasya ca

nāradasya pulastyasya mama cāṅgirasastathā /
pracetaso bhṛgoścaiva kratoratreḥ śukasya ca

anyeṣāmeva viprendra rājarṣīṇāṃ ca rāghava /
yo niścayo vimuktānāṃ jīvatāṃ te bhavatvasau

śrīrāma uvāca /
yenaite bhagavandhīrā niścayena mahādhiyaḥ /
viśokāḥ saṃsthitāstanme brahmanprabrūhi tattvataḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
rājaputra mahābāho viditākhilavedya he /
sphuṭaṃ śrṛṇu yathā pṛṣṭamayameṣāṃ hi niścayaḥ

yadidaṃ kiṃcidābhogi jagajjālaṃ pradṛśyate /
tatsarvamamalaṃ brahma bhavatyetadvyavasthitam

brahma cidbrahma bhuvanaṃ brahma bhūtaparamparāḥ /
brahmāhaṃ brahma macchatrurbrahma sanmitrabāndhavāḥ

brahma kālatrayaṃ tacca brahmaṇyeva vyavasthitam /
taraṅgamālayāmbhodhiryathātmani vivardhate

tathā padārthalakṣmyetthamidaṃ brahma vivardhate /
gṛhyate brahmaṇā brahma bhujyate brahma brahmaṇā

brahma brahmaṇi bṛṃhābhirbrahmaśaktyeva bṛṃhati /
brahma macchatrurūpaṃ me brahmaṇo'priyakṛdyadi

tadbrahmaṇi brahmaniṣṭhaṃ kimanyatkasyacitkṛtam /
rāgādīnāmavasthānaṃ kalpitānāṃ khavṛkṣavat

asaṃkalpena naṣṭānāṃ kaḥ prasaṅgo'tra vardhate /
brahmaṇyeva hi sarvasmiṃścaraṇaspandanādikam

sphurati brahma sakalaṃ sukhitāduḥkhite kutaḥ /
brahma brahmaṇi saṃtṛptaṃ brahma brahmaṇi saṃsthitam

sphurati brahmaṇi brahma nāhamasmītarātmakaḥ /
ghaṭo brahma paṭo brahma brahmāhamidamātatam

ato rāgavirāgāṇāṃ mṛṣeva kalaneha kā /
maraṇabrahmaṇi svairaṃ dehabrahmaṇi saṃgate

duḥkhitānāma kaiva syādrajjusarpabhramopamā /
saṃbhogādau sukhaṃ brahmaṇyāsthite dehabrahmaṇi

saṃpannametanma iti mudhā syātkalanā kutaḥ /
vīcyambhasoḥ spandavatorna tvanyadambuno yathā

tvattāmatte tathā na sto brahmaṇi spandarūpiṇi /
yathāvartamṛte toye na kiṃcinmriyate kvacit

mṛtibrahmatvamāyāte dehabrahmaṇi vai tathā /
yathā calācale toye tvattāmatte na tiṣṭhataḥ

tathā jaḍājaḍe rūpe na sthite paramātmani /
kaṭakatvaṃ yathā hemno yathāvarto jalasya ca

tadatadbhāvarūpeyaṃ tathā prakṛtirātmanaḥ /
idaṃ hi jīvabhūtātma jaḍarūpamidaṃ bhavet

ityajñānātmano moho naca jñānātmanaḥ kvacit /
ajñasya duḥkhaughamayaṃ jñasyānandamayaṃ jagat

andhaṃ bhuvanamandhasya prakāśaṃ tu sacakṣuṣaḥ /
jagadekātmakaṃ jñasya mūrkhasyātīva duḥkhadam

śiśoriva sphuradyakṣā niśā puṃsastu kevalā /
asminbrahmaghaṭe nityamekasminsarvataḥ sthite

na kiṃcinmriyate nāma na ca kiṃcana jīvati /
yathollāsavilāseṣu na naśyati na jāyate

taraṅgādimahāmbhodhau bhūtavṛndaṃ tathātmani /
idaṃ nāstīdamastīti bhrāntirnāmātmanātmani

śaktirnirhetukaivāntaḥ sphurati sphaṭikāṃśuvat /
jagacchaktyātmanātmaiva brahma svātmani saṃsthitam

taraṅgakaṇajālena payasīva payo ghanam /
śarīranāśena kathaṃ brahmaṇo mṛtadhīrbhavet

brahmaṇo vyatiriktaṃ hi na śarīrādi vidyate /
payaso vyatirekeṇa taraṅgādi mahārṇave

yaḥ kaṇo yā ca kaṇikā yā vīciryastaraṅgakaḥ /
yaḥ pheno yā ca laharī tadyathā vāri vāriṇi

yo deho yā ca kalanā yaddṛśyaṃ yau kṣayākṣayau /
yā bhāvaracanā yo'rthastayā tadbrahma brahmaṇi

saṃsthānaracanā citrā brahmaṇaḥ kanakādiva /
nānyarūpā vimūḍhānāṃ mṛṣaiva dvitvabhāvanā

mano buddhirahaṃkārastanmātrāṇīndriyāṇi ca /
brahmaiva sarvaṃ nānātma sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ na vidyate/

ayaṃ so'hamidaṃ cittamityādyarthotthayā girā /
śabdapratiśraveṇādrāvivātmātmani jṛmbhate

brahmaivājñātamajñatvamabhyāgatamiva sthitam /
tathā hi dṛśyate svapne cetasātmātmanātmanaḥ

abhāvitaṃ brahmatayā brahmājñānamalaṃ bhavet /
abhāvitaṃ hematayā yathā hema ca mṛdbhavet

svayaṃ prabhurmahātmaiva brahma brahmavido viduḥ /
aparijñātamajñānamajñānāmiti kathyate

jñātaṃ brahmatayā brahma brahmaiva bhavati kṣaṇāt /
jñātaṃ hematayā hema hemaiva bhavati kṣaṇāt

brahmātmā sarvaśaktirhi tadyathā bhāvayatyalam /
nirhetukaḥ svayaṃ śaktyā tattathāśu prapaśyati

akarmakartṛkaraṇamakāraṇamanāmayam /
svayaṃprabhuṃ mahātmānaṃ brahma brahmavido viduḥ

aparijñātamajñānāmajñānamiti kathyate /
parijñātaṃ bhavejjñānamajñānaparināśanam

bandhurevāparijñāto hyabandhuriti kathyate
parijñāto bhavedbandhurabandhubhramanāśanāt

idaṃ tvayuktamityantarjñāte sodeti bhāvanā /
yasmādayuktādvairasyādyayā kila virajyate

dvaitaṃ tvasatyamityantarjñāte sodeti bhāvanā /
tasmādvaitācca vairasyādyayā kila virajyate

ayaṃ nāhamiti jñāte sphuṭe sodeti bhāvanā /
mithyāhaṃkāratā tasmādyayā nūnaṃ virajyate

brahmaivāhamiti jñāne satye sodeti bhāvanā /
tasminsatye nije rūpe yathāntaḥ parilīyate

sati vistāraje tasminbrahmedamiti vedmyaham /
tvamahaṃtvādibādhe tatsadityādi jagadgatam

satyaṃ sarvaprakārāḍhyaṃ brahmedamiti vedmyaham //
na me duḥkhaṃ na karmāṇi na me moho na vāñchitam

samaḥ svastho viśoko'smi brahmāhamiti satyatā /
kalākalaṅkamukto'smi sarvamasmi nirāmayaḥ

na tyajāmi na vāñchāmi brahmāhamiti satyatā /
ahaṃ raktamahaṃ māṃsamahamasthīnyahaṃ vapuḥ

cidahaṃ cetanaṃ cāhaṃ brahmāhamiti satyatā /
dyaurahaṃ khamahaṃ sārkamahamāśā bhuvo'pyaham

ahaṃ ghaṭapaṭākāro brahmāhamiti satyatā /
ahaṃ tṛṇamahaṃ corvī gulmo'haṃ kānanādyaham

śailasāgarasārtho'haṃ brahmaikatvaṃ kila sthitam /
ādānadānasaṃkocapūrvikā bhūtaśaktayaḥ

sarvameva cidātmāsmi brahmaṇyātatarūpadhṛk /
latāgulmāṅkurādīnāmahaṃsaṃbhavanaiṣiṇām

cidātmāntargataṃ śāntaṃ paraṃ brahma rasātmakam /
yasminsarvaṃ yataḥ sarvaṃ yatsarvaṃ sarvataśca yat

yo mataḥ sarva ekātmā paraṃ brahmeti niścayaḥ /
cidātmā brahma satsatyamṛtaṃ jña iti nāmabhiḥ

procyate sarvagaṃ tattvaṃ cinmātraṃ cetyavarjitam /
ābhāsamātramamalaṃ sarvabhūtātmabodhakam

sarvatrāvasthitaṃ śāntaṃ cidbrahmetyanubhūyate /
manobuddhīndriyavrātasamastakalanānvitam

bhedaṃ tyaktvā svamābhāsaṃ cidbrahmāhamanāmayam /
śabdādīnāmaśeṣāṇāṃ kāraṇānāṃ jagatsthiteḥ

tattvāvakāśakaṃ svacchaṃ cidbrahmāsmi na me kṣayaḥ /
anāratagalatsvacchaciddhārāgahanātmakam

ālokaḥ sumanomaunaṃ cidbrahmāsmyamṛtaṃ param /
anāratagaladrūpaṃ nityaṃ cānubhavāmṛtam

ahaniḥśeṣacakrāṇi cidbrahmāhamalepakam /
suṣuptasadṛśaṃ śāntamālokavimalātmakam

saṃbhogottamamābhāsaṃ cidbrahmāsmyapavāsanam /
khaṇḍādisvādusaṃvittirīṣanmātrā tu tiṣṭhati

cittādiṣvavabuddheṣu taddhi brahmāhamacyutaḥ /
kāntāsaṃsaktacittasya candre samudite sati

candrapratyayasattvātma cidbrahmāhamanāmayam /
bhūmiṣṭhanaradṛṣṭīnāṃ lagnānāṃ khe niśākare

yā khasthā nanu cicchaktistaccidbrahmāsti nirmalam /
sukhaduḥkhādikalanāvikalo nirmalastathā

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satyānubhavarūpātma cidbrahmātmāsmi śāśvataḥ /
asaṃstutādhvagāloke manasyanyatra saṃsthite

yā pratītiranāgaskā taccidbrahmāsmi sarvagaḥ /
bhūvāryanilabījānāṃ saṃbandhe'ṅkurakarmasu

śaktirudgamanīyāntastaccidbrahmāhamātatam /
kharjūranimbabimbānāṃ svayamātmani tiṣṭhatām

yā svādasattā līnāntastadbrahma cidahaṃ samaḥ /
khedānandavimuktāntaḥ saṃvittirmananodayā

lābhālābhavidhau tulyā cidbrahmāsmi nirāmayam /
yāvadbhūmyarkametāvaddṛṣṭisūtraṃ yadātatam

tanmadhyasadṛśaṃ śāntaṃ nirmalaṃ cidahaṃ tatam /
jāgratyapi suṣupte'pi tatsvapne'pi tathoditam

turyaṃ rūpamanādyantaṃ cidbrahmāhamanāmayam /
puṃsāṃ kṣetraśatotthānāmikṣūṇāṃ svāduvatsthitam

sarveṣāmekarūpaṃ taccidbrahmāsmi samaḥ sthitaḥ /
sarvagā prakṛtā svaccharūpā bhānoriva prabhā

ālokakāriṇī kāntā cidbrahmedamahaṃ tatam /
saṃbhogānandalavavadamṛtāsvādaśaktivat

svānubhūtyaikamātraṃ yaccidbrahmāsmi tadavyayam /
protāṅgamapi guptāsyaṃ dehe tanturbise yathā

chede bhede sphuradrūpaṃ cidbrahmāhamanāmayam /
ākrāntabhuvanāpyabhramāleva spandaśālinī

durlakṣyāṇumayākārā cicchaktirahamātatā /
anubhūtimayāntasthā snehamātropalakṣitā

kṣīrāddhṛtasya satteva cidahaṃ kṣayavarjitā /
kaṭakāṅgadakeyūraracanā tadatanmayī

hemnīva saṃsthitā dehe cidbrahmātmāsmi sarvagaḥ /
padārthaughasya śailāderbahirantaśca sarvadā

sattāsāmānyarūpeṇa yā citso'hamalepakaḥ /
sarvāsāmanubhūtīnāmādarśo yo hyakṛtrimaḥ

agamyo malalekhānāṃ taccittattvamahaṃ mahat /
sarvasaṃkalpaphaladaṃ sarvatejaḥprakāśakam

sarvopādeyasīmāntaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe /
sarvāvayavaviśrāntaṃ samastāvayavātigam

anāratakacadrūpaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe /
ghaṭe paṭe taṭe kūpe spandamānaṃ sadā tanau

jāgratyapi suṣuptasthaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe /
uṣṇamagnau hime śītaṃ mṛṣṭamanne śitaṃ kṣure

kṛṣṇaṃ dhvānte sitaṃ candre cidātmānamupāsmahe /
ālokaṃ bahirantasthaṃ sthitaṃ ca svātmavastuni

adūramapi dūrasthaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe /
mādhuryādiṣu mādhuryaṃ tīkṣṇādiṣu ca tīkṣṇatām

gataṃ padārthajāteṣu cidātmānamupāsmahe /
jāgratsvapnasuṣupteṣu turyāturyātige pade

samaṃ sadaiva sarvatra cidātmānamupāsmahe /
praśāntasarvasaṃkalpaṃ vigatākhilakautukam

vigatāśeṣasaṃrambhaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe /
niṣkautukaṃ nirārambhaṃ nirīhaṃ sarvameva ca

niraṃśaṃ nirahaṃkāraṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe /
sarvasyāntaḥsthitaṃ sarvamapyapāraikarūpiṇam

aparyantacidārambhaṃ cidātmānamupāgataḥ /
trailokyadehamuktānāṃ tantumunnatamātatam

pracārasaṃkocakaraṃ cidātmānamupāgataḥ /
līnamantarbahiḥsvāptānkroḍīkṛtya jagatkhagān

citraṃ bṛhajjālamiva cidātmānamupāgataḥ /
sarvaṃ yatredamastyeva nāstyeva ca manāgapi

sadasadrūpamekaṃ taṃ cidātmānamupāgataḥ /
paramapratyayaṃ pūrṇamāspadaṃ sarvasaṃpadām

sarvākāravihārasthaṃ cidātmānamupāgataḥ /
snehādhāramatho'śāntaṃ jaḍavātāhatibhramaiḥ

yuktaṃ muktaṃ ca ciddīpaṃ bahirantarupāsmahe /
hṛtsaraḥpadminīkandaṃ tantuṃ sarvāṅgasundaram

janatājīvanopāyaṃ cidātmānamupāgataḥ /
akṣīrārṇavasaṃbhūtamaśaśāṅkamupasthitam

ahāryamamṛtaṃ satyaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe /
śabdarūparasasparśagandhairābhāsamāgatam

taireva rahitaṃ śāntaṃ cidātmānamupāgataḥ /
ākāśakośaviśadaṃ sarvalokasya rañjanam

na rañjanaṃ na cākāśaṃ cidātmānamupāgataḥ /
mahāmahimnā sahitaṃ rahitaṃ sarvabhūtibhiḥ /
kartṛtve vāpyakartāraṃ cidātmānamupāgataḥ

akhilamidamahaṃ mamaiva sarvaṃ
tvahamapi nāhamathetaracca nāham /
iti viditavato jagatkṛtaṃ me
sthiramathavāstu gatajvaro bhavāmi

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