Yoga Vasistha · Verses 6.25-2

pañcaviṃśaḥ sargaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
itthaṃ sa kathayanpakṣī pṛṣṭastatra punarmayā /
kīdṛśī prāṇavātasya gatirityeva rāghava

bhuśuṇḍa uvāca /
jānannapi mune sarva kiṃ māṃ pṛcchasi līlayā /
yathāpṛṣṭamahaṃ vacmi śṛṇu tatrāpi madvacaḥ

prāṇo'yamaniśaṃ brahmanspandaśaktiḥ sadāgatiḥ /
sabāhyābhyantare dehe prāṇo'yamupari sthitaḥ

apāno'pyaniśaṃ brahmanspandaśaktiḥ sadāgatiḥ /
sabāhyābhyantare dehe tvapāno'yamavāksthitaḥ

jāgrataḥ svapataścaiva prāṇāyāmo'yamuttamaḥ /
pravartate yatastajjña tattāvacchreyase śṛṇu

bāhyonmukhatvaṃ prāṇānāṃ yaddhṛdambujakoṭarāt /
svarasenāstayatnānāṃ taṃ dhīrā recakaṃ viduḥ

dvādaśāṅgulaparyantaṃ bāhyamākramatāmadhaḥ /
prāṇānāmaṅgasaṃsparśo yaḥ sa pūraka ucyate

bāhyātparāpatatyantarapāne yatnavarjitaḥ /
yo'yaṃ prapūraṇaḥ sparśo vidustamapi pūrakam

apāne'staṃgate prāṇo yāvannābhyudito hṛdi /
tāvatsā kumbhakāvasthā yogibhiryānubhūyate

recakaḥ kumbhakaścaiva pūrakaśca tridhā sthitaḥ /
apānasyodayasthāne dvādaśāntādadho bahiḥ

svabhāvāḥ sarvakālasthāḥ samyagyatnavivarjitāḥ /
ye proktāḥ sphāramatibhistāñchṛṇu tvaṃ mahāmate

dvādaśāṅgulaparyantādbāhyādabhyuditaḥ prabho /
yo vātastasya tatraiva svabhāvātpūrakādayaḥ

hṛdantarasthāniṣpannaghaṭavadyā sthitirbahiḥ /
dvādaśāṅgulaparyante nāsāgrasamasaṃmukhe

vyomni nityamapānasya taṃ viduḥ kumbhakaṃ budhāḥ /
bāhyonmukhasya vāyoryā nāsikāgrāvadhirgatiḥ

taṃ bāhyapūrakaṃ tvādyaṃ viduryogavido janāḥ /
nāsāgrādapi nirgatya dvādaśāntāvadhirgatiḥ

yā vāyostaṃ vidurdhīrā aparaṃ bāhyapūrakam /
vahirastaṃgate prāṇe yāvannāpāna udgataḥ

tāvatpūrṇaṃ samāvasthaṃ bahiṣṭhaṃ kumbhakaṃ viduḥ /
yattadantarmukhatvaṃ syādapānasyodayaṃ vinā

taṃ bāhyarecakaṃ vidyāccintyamānaṃ vimuktidam /
dvādaśāntādyadutthāya rūpapīvaratā parā

apānasya bahiṣṭhaṃ tamaparaṃ pūrakaṃ viduḥ /
bāhyānābhthantarāṃścaitānkumbhakādīnanāratam

prāṇāpānasvabhāvāṃstamabuddhvā bhūyo na jāyate /
aṣṭāvete mahābuddhe rātridivamanusmṛtāḥ

svabhāvā dehavāyūnāṃ kathitā muktidā mayā /
gacchatastiṣṭhato vāpi jāgrataḥ svapato'pi vā

ete nirodhamāyānti prakṛtyā'ticalānilāḥ /
yatkaroti yadaśnāti buddhyaivālamanusmaran

kumbhakādīnnaraḥ svāntastatra kartā na kiṃcana /
avyagramasminvyāpāre bāhyaṃ parijahanmanaḥ

dinaiḥ katipayaireva padamāpnoti kevalam /
etadabhyasataḥ puṃso bāhye viṣayavṛttiṣu

na baghnāti ratiṃ cetaḥ śvadṛtau brāhmaṇo yathā /
etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya ye sthitāḥ kṛtabuddhayaḥ

prāptaprāptavyamakhilaṃ tairakhinnāsta eva hi /
tiṣṭhatā gacchatā nityaṃ svapatā jāgratā tathā

eṣā cetprekṣyate dṛṣṭistanna bandhanamāpyate /
prāṇāpānānusaraṇaprāptabodhavatāmalam

saṃśāntamalamohena svasthenāntarihoṣyate /
sarvārambhānsadā svacchaḥ kurvanvāpi budho janaḥ

prāṇāpānagatiṃ prāpya susvasthaḥ sukhamedhate /
prāṇasyābhyudayo brahmanpadmapatrāddhṛdi sthitāt

dvādaśāṅgulaparyante prāṇo'staṃ yātyayaṃ bahiḥ /
apānasyodayo bāhyāddvādaśāntānmahāmune

astaṃgatirathāmbhojamadhye hṛdayasaṃsthite /
prāṇo yatra samāyāti dvādaśānte nabhaḥpade

padāttasmādapāno'yaṃ khādeti samanantaram /
bāhyākāśonmukhaḥ prāṇo vahatyagniśikhā yathā

hṛdākāśonmukho'pāno nimne vahati vārivat /
apānaścandramā dehamāpyāyayati bāhyataḥ

prāṇaḥ sūryo'gnirathavā pacatyantaridaṃ vapuḥ /
prāṇo hi hṛdayākāśaṃ tāpayitvā pratikṣaṇam

mukhāgragaganaṃ paścāttāpayatyuttamo raviḥ /
apānendurmukhāgraṃ tu plāvayitvā hṛdambaram

paścādāpyāyayatyeṣa nimeṣasamanantaram /
apānaśaśino'ntasthā kalā prāṇavivasvatā

yatra grastā tadāsādya padaṃ bhūyo na śocyate /
prāṇārkasya tathāntasthā yatrāpānasitāṃśunā

grastā tatpadamāsādya na bhūyo janmabhāṅnaraḥ /
prāṇa evārkatāṃ yāti sabāhyābhyantare'mbare

āpyāyanakarīṃ paścācchaśitāmadhitiṣṭhati /
prāṇa evendutāṃ tyaktvā śarīrāpyāyakāriṇīm

kṣaṇādāyāti sūryatvaṃ saṃśoṣaṇakaraṃ padam /
arkatāṃ saṃparityajya na yāvaccandratāṃ gataḥ

prāṇastāvadvicāryante'deśakāle na śocyate /
hṛdi candrārkayorjñātvā nityamastamayodayam

ānmano nijamādhāraṃ na bhūyo jāyate manaḥ /
sodayāstamayaṃ senduṃ saraśmiṃ sagamāgamam

hṛdaye bhāskaraṃ devaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati /
na kṣīṇaṃ nāparikṣīṇaṃ bahiṣṭhaṃ siddhaye tamaḥ

hārdaṃ tu kṣapayeddhvāntaṃ yatkṣaye siddhiruttamā /
bāhye tamasi saṃkṣīṇo lokālokaḥ prajāyate

hārde tu tamasi kṣīṇe svāloko jāyate mune /
hārdāndhakārakṣayadaṃ parijñātaṃ vimuktidam

sodayāstamayaṃ yatnātprāṇārkamavalokayet /
apānenduḥ prayātyastaṃ yatra hṛtpadmakoṭare

padāttasmādudetyantaḥ prāṇārko bahirunmukhaḥ /
apāne'staṃgate prāṇaḥ samudeti hṛdambujāt

chāyāyāṃ galitāṅgāyāṃ tatraivāśu yathātapaḥ /
prāṇe tvastaṃgate bāhyādapānaḥ proditaḥ kṣaṇāt

ātape parito naṣṭe chāyevānupadaṃ tathā /
prāṇajanmāvanau naṣṭamapānaṃ viddhi sanmate

apānajanmabhūmau ca prāṇaṃ naṣṭamavehi hi /
astaṃgatavati prāṇe tvapāne'bhyudayonmukhe

bahiḥ kumbhakamālambya ciraṃ bhūyo na śocyate /
apāne'staṃgate prāṇe kiṃcidabhyudayonmukhe

antaḥkumbhakamālambya ciraṃ bhūyo na śocyate /
prāṇarecakamālambya apānāddūrakoṭigam

svacchaṃ kumbhakamabhyasya na bhūyaḥ paritapyate /
apāne recakādhāraṃ prāṇapūrāntarāsthitam

svasaṃsthaṃ pūrakaṃ dṛṣṭvā na bhūyo jāyate naraḥ /
prāṇāpānāvubhāvantaryatraitau vilayaṃ gatau

tadālambya padaṃ śāntamātmānaṃ nānutapyate /
prāṇabhakṣonmukhe'pāne deśaṃ kālaṃ ca niṣkalam

vicārya bahirantarvā na bhūyaḥ pariśocyate /
apānabhakṣaṇapare prāṇe hṛdi tathā bahiḥ

deśaṃ kālaṃ ca saṃprekṣya na bhūyo jāyate manaḥ /
yatra prāṇo hyapānena prāṇenāpāna eva ca

nigīrṇau bahirantaśca deśakālau ca paśya tau /
kṣaṇamastaṃgataprāṇamapānodayavarjitam

ayatnasiddhabāhyasthaṃ kumbhakaṃ tatpadaṃ viduḥ /
ayatnasiddho hyantasthakumbhakaḥ paramaṃ padam

etattadātmano rūpaṃ śuddhaiṣā paramaiva cit /
etattattatsadābhāsametatprāpya na śocyate

puṣpasyāntarivāmodaḥ prāṇasyāntaravasthitam /
na sa prāṇaṃ na vā'pānaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe

jalasyāntarivāsvādamapānasyāntarasthitam /
na saprāṇaṃ na vā'prāṇaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe

prāṇakṣayasyopāntasthamapānakṣayakoṭigam /
apānaprāṇayormadhyaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe

prāṇasya prāṇanaṃ proccaiḥ paraṃ jīvasya jīvanam /
dehasya dhāraṇaṃ dhuryaṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe

manaso mananaṃ satyaṃ buddherekāvabodhanam /
ahaṃkṛterahaṃkāraṃ cidātmānamupāsmahe

yasminsarva yataḥ sarvaṃ yatsarvaṃ sarvataśca yat /
yacca sarvamayaṃ nityaṃ taccittattvamupāsmahe

ālokālokanaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāvanapāvanam /
na ca bhāvanamannūnaṃ taccittattvamupāsmahe

[ apāno'staṃ gato yatra prāṇo nābhyuditaḥ kṣaṇam /
kalākalaṅkarahitaṃ taccittattvamupāsmahe //]
nāpāno'bhyudito yatra prāṇaścāntamupāgataḥ /
nāsāgragaganāvartaṃ taccittattvamupāsmahe

yatra prāṇo'stamāyāti yatrāpāno'stameti ca /
yatra dvāvapyanutpannau taccittattvamupāsmahe

prāṇāpānodbhavasthāne bāhyābhyantaramāsthite /
ye dve yogipadādhārastaccittattvamupāsmahe

prāṇāpānarathārūḍhaṃ prāṇāpānamanātatam /
yacchaktirūpaṃ śaktīnāṃ taccittattvamupāsmahe

hṛtprāṇakumbhakaṃ devaṃ bahiścāpānakumbhakam /
pūrakāṃśavisṛṣṭaṃ yattaccittattvamupāsmahe

prāṇāpānaparāmarśaṃ sattābodhaṃ virūpakam /
yatprāpyaṃ prāṇamananāttaccittattvamupāsmahe

yatprāṇapavanaspando yatspandānandakārakam /
kāraṇaṃ kāraṇānāṃ yattaccittattvamupāsmahe

yadakhilakalanākalaṅkahīnaṃ
parivalitaṃ ca sadā kalāgaṇena /
svanubhavavibhavaṃ padaṃ tadagryaṃ
sakalasurapraṇataṃ paraṃ prapadye

ityārṣe śrīvā०rāmāyaṇe vālmī० de० mokṣopāyeṣu nirvāṇaprakaraṇe pū० bhuśuṇḍopākhyāne samādhivarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśaḥ sargaḥ