Yoga Vasistha · Chapter 6.163

triṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamaḥ sargaḥ

śrīrāma uvāca /
vinendriyajayenedaṃ nājñatvamupaśāmyati /
tadindriyāṇi jīyante kathaṃ kathaya me mune

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
na ca prabhūtabhogeṣu na puṃstve na ca jīvite /
na cendriyajayonmuktau dīpastanudṛśo yathā

tadindriyajaye yuktimimāmavikalāṃ śrṛṇu /
siddhimeti svayatnena sukhena tanuretayā

cinmātraṃ puruṣaṃ viddhi cetanājjīvanāmakam /
yaccetati sa jīvo'ntastanmayo bhavati kṣaṇāt

saṃvitprayatnasaṃbodhaniśitāṅkuśakarṣaṇaiḥ /
manomataṅgajaṃ mattaṃ jitvā jayati nānyathā

cittamindriyasenāyā nāyakaṃ tajjayājjayaḥ /
upānadgūḍhapādasya nanu carmāvṛtaiva bhūḥ

saṃvidaṃ saṃvidākāśe saṃropya hṛdi tiṣṭhataḥ /
svayameva manaḥ śāmyennīhāra iva śāradaḥ

svasaṃvidyatnasaṃrodhādyathā cetaḥ praśāmyati /
na tathāṅga tapastīrthavidyāyajñakriyāgaṇaiḥ

yacca saṃvedyate kiṃcittattatsaṃvidi saṃvidā /
nūnaṃ vismāryate yatnādbhogānāmiti tajjayaḥ

svasaṃvedanayatnena viṣayāmiṣato'niśam /
kiṃcitsaṃrodhitā saṃvittatprāptaṃ vaibudhaṃ padam

svadharmavyavahāreṇa yadāyāti tadeva me /
rocate nānyadityeva pade vajradṛḍhībhava

saṃvitpravṛttimartheṣu viruddheṣu vivarjayan /
arjayañchamasaṃtoṣau yaḥ sthitaḥ sa jitendriyaḥ

saṃvidrasikatāsvantastathā nīrasatāsu ca /
yasya nodvegamāyāti manastasyopaśāmyati

saṃvitprayatnasaṃrodhānmanaḥ svāyanamujjhati /
cetaścapalatonmuktaṃ vivekamanudhāvati

vivekavānudārātmā vijitendriya ucyate /
vāsanāvīcivegena bhavābdhau na sa muhyate

sādhusaṃparkasacchāstrasamālokanato'niśam /
jitendriyo yathāvastu jagatsatyaṃ prapaśyati

satyāvalokanācchāntimeti saṃsārasaṃbhramaḥ /
marāviva jalajñānaṃ mithyāpatanaduḥkhadam

acetyameva cinmātramidaṃ jagaditi sthitam /
ityeva satyabodhasya bandhamokṣadṛśau kutaḥ

anākāraṃ yathā vāri kṣīṇaṃ vahati no punaḥ /
akāraṇaṃ tathā dṛśyaṃ jñānacchinnaṃ na rohati

vedanaṃ vyomamātraṃ tvamahamityādirūpadhṛk /
varjayitvaitadanyatsyādahamityādikaṃ jagat

avidyāmātramevedamahamityādikaṃ jagat /
cidvyomnyeva sthitaṃ śāntaṃ śūnyamātraśarīrakam

idaṃ cidvyomni cicchāyā jagadityeva bhāsate /
śūnyaśūnyaiva ciccāsau śūnyā cetyeva niścayaḥ

svapnadarśanadṛṣṭāntaḥ kena nāmātra khaṇḍyate /
asanmayo'nubhūtaśca svānubhūto'pyasanmayaḥ

so'ṅga saṃvittimātrātmā yadyadrājyaṃ mahīyate /
nakartṛkarmakaraṇaṃ rūpaṃ tadvajjagacciteḥ

akartṛkarmakaraṇamahaṃ ciddhanamātrakam /
jagaccedamanirdeśyaṃ svasaṃvedanalakṣaṇam

yathā svapneṣu maraṇamanubhūtaṃ na vidyate /
marau jalecchā'vidyeyaṃ vidyamānā na vidyate

cidvyomnā kācakacyaṃ svaṃ sargādau vyomni cetitam /
jagadityeva nirmūlaṃ kākatālīyavatsvayam

nirmūlameva bhātīdamabhātamapi bhātavat /
tasmādyadbhāsuramidaṃ tattadeva padaṃ viduḥ

jīvādikacanaṃ tvatra yadbhātīdaṃ tadeva tat /
śūnyataiva bhavedvyoma vāryevāvartavṛttayaḥ

yathāvayavino rūpamekaṃ sāvayavaṃ bhavet /
ekaṃ jīvādyavayavaṃ brahmānavayavaṃ tathā

ābhāsamātraṃ dṛśyātma cinmātraṃ śāntamavyayam /
sthitamāsthāḥ kimetasminsvabhāve sve vicāryate

nādyantamantaḥkalanāḥ kāścitsanti pare pade /
tadrūpamevāvidyeyaṃ nāvidyā tviha vidyate

jīvaḥ svapnādviśañjāgrajjāgrataḥ svapnamāviśan /
prabuddho vāstvabuddho vāpyekarūpatayā sthitaḥ

sthite suṣuptaturye dve sadā svapne'tha jāgrati /
jāgratsvapnāvekameva turyaṃ vetti tu buddhadhīḥ

jāgratsvapnaḥ suṣuptaṃ ca sarvaṃ turyaṃ prabodhinaḥ /
nāvidyā vidyate tasya dvayastho'pyeva so'dvayaḥ

dvaitamadvaitamityetadahaṃtvamidamityapi /
niravidyasya kalanā kutaḥ kāpyambaraṃ kutaḥ

dvaitādvaitasamudbhedairvākyasaṃdarbhavibhramaiḥ /
krīḍantyabuddhāḥ śiśavo bodhavṛddhā hasanti tān

dvaitādvaitavivādehā hṛdayākāśamañjarī /
vinaitayeha nodeti prabodhākāśamārjanam

suhṛdbhūtvā vivādena dvaitādvaitavicāraṇā /
kṛtā hṛdayagehe'ntaravidyābhasmamārjanī

taccittāstadgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam /
kathayantaśca tannityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca

teṣāṃ satatayuktānāṃ bhajatāṃ prītipūrvakam /
jāyate buddhiyogo'sau yena te yānti tatpadam

kilopakurute yatnāttṛṇamātrāvagopane /
kathaṃ sidhyatyayatnena trailokyagaṇagopanam

adhyātmavyasanonmuktaṃ tataṃ hṛtsthā'dhamā'prabhu /
upahāsāspadaṃ yasyā jagadapyuttamasthiteḥ

kiṃ nāmedaṃ kila sukhaṃ yadrājyādimanoṅkuram /
tattvajñānaikaviśrāntau devarājapadaṃ tṛṇam

suptāḥ prabuddhāḥ paśyanti dṛśyaṃ dṛśye ratā yathā /
tathā dṛśye'ratāḥ śāntāḥ santaḥ paśyanti tatpadam

vinā yatnabhareṇedaṃ na kadācana siddhyati /
mahato'bhyāsavṛkṣasya phalaṃ viddhi paraṃ padam

idaṃ bahūktametena kimeteneti durmatiḥ /
na grāhyaitāvatāpyukte nādatte nedamajñadhīḥ

bhūyobhūyaḥ parāvṛttyā ciramāsvādyate yadi /
śrūyate kathyate cedaṃ tajjñenājñena bhūyate

yastvekavāramālokya dṛṣṭamityeva saṃtyajet /
idaṃ sa nāma śāstrebhyo bhasmāpyāpnoti nādhamaḥ

idamuttamamākhyānamadhyeyaṃ vedavatsadā /
vyākhyeyaṃ pūjanīyaṃ ca puruṣārthaphalapradam

yadasmātprāpyate śāstrāttattadvedādavāpyate /
asminjñāte kriyā jñānaṃ dvayaṃ yāti pavitratām

vedāntatarkasiddhāntastvasminjñāte ca budhyate /
idamuttamamākhyānaṃ vyākhyātaṃ śāstradṛṣṭiṣu

kāruṇyādbhavatāmetadahaṃ vacmi na māyayā /
bhavantastvavagacchanti māyāmetadvicāryatām

asmācchāstravarādvodhā jāyante ye vicāritāt /
lavaṇairvyañjanānīva bhānti śāstrāntarāṇi taiḥ

anāryamidamākhyānamityanādṛtya dṛśyadhīḥ /
mā bhavaṃtvātmahantāro bhavanto bhavabhāginaḥ

tātasya kūpo'yamiti bruvāṇāḥ
kṣāraṃ jalaṃ kāpuruṣāḥ pibanti /
yathā bhavanto vivicāravanta-
stathāniśaṃ mā bhavatājñatāptyai

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmī० de० mo० nivā० u० indriyajayopāyaśāstravarṇanaṃ nāma triṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamaḥ sargaḥ