Yoga Vasistha · Verses 6.113-2

trayodaśottaraśatatamaḥ sargaḥ

śrīrāma uvāca /
mithyānaraprasaṅgena kiṃ māyāpuruṣaḥ prabho /
kathito'yaṃ tvayā vyomarakṣaṇa ca kimucyate

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
śrṛṇu rāma yathābhūtametatprakaṭayāmi te /
mithyāpuruṣavṛttāntakathā yā kathitādhunā

māyāyantramayaḥ prokto yaḥ pumānraghunandana /
enaṃ tvaṃ tamahaṃkāraṃ viddhi śūnyāmbarotthitam

yasminnākāśakośe'sminsādho jagadidaṃ sthitam /
tadanantamasacchūnyaṃ sargādau bhavati svayam

antaḥsthitasudurlakṣyabrahma vyomno'tha śabdavat /
tasmādudetyahaṃkāraḥ pūrvaṃ spanda ivānilāt

vṛddhiṃ yātaḥ sa gagane kalpayatyātmatāṃ gataḥ /
anātmātmābhidhānena tenāsau yatate tataḥ

anātmātmaikarakṣārthaṃ dehānnānāvidhānasau /
bhūyobhūyo vināśe'pi sṛjatyākulatāṃ gataḥ

sa eva māyāpuruṣo mithyāpuruṣa eva saḥ /
asadevodito vyartho'pyahaṃkāro hi māyayā

kūpakuṇḍacatuḥśālakumbhādīndehakānasau /
kṛtvā rakṣita ātmeti yāti tadvyomni bhāvanam

ahaṃkārasya tasyāsya nāmānīmāni rāghava /
śrṛṇu yairjagadākāravibhramairmohayatyasau

jīvo buddhirmanaścittaṃ māyā prakṛtirityapi /
saṃkalpaḥ kalanā kālaḥ kalā cetyapi viśrutaiḥ

evamādyaistathānyaiśca nāmabhirbahutāṃ gataiḥ /
sahasrarūpo'haṃkāraḥ kalpitārthairvijṛmbhate

bhūtākāśe tate śūnye jagannirbhitti niścitam /
sukhaduḥkhānyanubhavanmithyaiva puruṣaḥ sthitaḥ

yathaiva mithyāpuruṣo rakṣanvyomātmaśaṅkayā /
ghaṭākāśādiṣu kliṣṭa evaṃ mā kleśavānbhava

ākāśādapi vistīrṇaḥ śuddhaḥ sūkṣmaḥ śivaḥ śubhaḥ /
ya ātmā sa kathaṃ kena gṛhyate rakṣyate'thavā

hṛdayākāśamātrasya śarīrakṣayasaṃkṣaye /
vyarthaṃ bhūtāni śocanti naṣṭa ātmeti śaṅkayā

ghaṭādiṣu praṇaṣṭeṣu yathākāśādyakhaṇḍitam /
tathā deheṣu naṣṭeṣu dehī nityamalepakaḥ

śuddhaścinmātra ātmāyamākāśādapyaṇoraṇuḥ /
svānubhūtyaṃśamātraṃ hi khavadrāma na naśyati

na jāyate na mriyate kvacitkiṃcitkadācana /
jagadvivartarūpeṇa kevalaṃ brahma jṛmbhate

satyamekaṃ padaṃ śāntamādimadhyāntavarjitam /
bhāvābhāvavinirmuktamiti matvā sukhī bhava

sarvāpadāṃ nilayamadhruvamasvatantra-
māsannapātamavivekamanāryamajñam /
bodhādahaṃkṛtipadaṃ sakalaṃ vimucya
śeṣe subaddhapadamuttamatāṃ prayāsi

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vā० de० mo० nirvāṇaprakaraṇe pū० mithyāpuruṣopākhyānaṃ nāma trayodaśottaraśatatamaḥ sargaḥ