Yoga Vasistha · Verses 6.28-2

aṣṭāviṃśaḥ sargaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
evaṃ bhuśuṇḍavṛttāntaḥ kathitaste mayānagha /
anayā prajñayā tīrṇo bhuśuṇḍo mohasaṃkaṭāt

etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya svaprāṇābhyāsapūrvikām /
bhuśuṇḍavanmahābāho bhava tīrṇamahārṇavaḥ

yathā jñānena yogena saṃtatābhyāsajanmanā /
bhuśuṇḍaḥ prāptavānprāpyaṃ tathāsādaya tatpadam

asaktabuddhayaḥ sarve bhuśuṇḍavadavasthitim /
prāpnuvanti pare tattve prāṇāpānāvalokinaḥ

etā vicitrā bhavatā śrutā vijñānadṛṣṭayaḥ /
idānīṃ dhiyamālambya yathecchasi tathā kuru

śrīrāma uvāca /
bhagavanbhavatā bhūmibhāsvatā jñānaraśmibhiḥ /
hārdamuddāmadaurātmyaṃ pramṛṣṭamakhilaṃ tamaḥ

prabuddhāḥ smaḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ smaḥ praviṣṭāḥ smaḥ svamāspadam /
sthitāḥ smo jñātavijñeyā bhavanto hyaparā iva

aho bhuśuṇḍacaritaṃ paraṃ vismayakārakam /
bhagavanbhavatā proktamuttamārthāvabodhanam

bhuśuṇḍacarite brahmannetasminkathite tvayā /
yaccharīragṛhaṃ proktaṃ māṃsacarmāsthinirmitam

tatkena nāma racitaṃ kuto vā tatsamutthitam /
kathaṃ vā sthitimāyātaṃ ko vā tatrāvatiṣṭhate

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
paramārthāvabodhāya doṣāpākaraṇāya ca /
śrṛṇu rāghava tattvena vakṣyamāṇamidaṃ mayā

asthisthūṇaṃ navadvāraṃ raktamāṃsāvalepanam /
śarīrasadanaṃ rāma na kenacididaṃ kṛtam

ābhāsamātramevedamitthamevāvabhāsate /
dvicandravibhramākāraṃ sadasacca vyavasthitam

dvicandradarśanavidhau candradvitvaṃ sadaiva hi /
vastutaścaika evenduḥ sthito dehastathaiva hi

dehapratyayakāle hi deho'yaṃ samavasthitaḥ /
asanneva ca sattasmātproktaḥ sadasadātmakaḥ

svapne svapnāvabodhaḥ saṃstvanyadā sa mudhaiva hi /
budbudo budbudavidhau satyo mithyaiva cānyadā

deho dehavidhau satyo hyasatya itaradvidhau /
pratibhāsavidhau tāvajjalaṃ sadasadanyadā

pratibhāsavidhau dehaḥ sannasaṃścānyadā smṛtaḥ /
ābhāsamātramevedamitthaṃ saṃprati bhāsate

ayaṃ nāmāhamityantargṛhītamananaṃ sthitam /
māṃsāsthimayanirmāṇadeho'hamiti vibhramam

tyaja saṃkalpanirmāṇadehāḥ santi sahasraśaḥ /
sukhatalpagato yena svapnadehena diktaṭān

paribhramasi he rāma sa dehaste kva saṃsthitaḥ /
jāgarāyāṃ manorājye yena svargapurāntaram

paribhramasi meruṃ vā sa dehaste kva saṃsthitaḥ /
svapneṣvapi ca yaḥ svapnastatra yena mahītaṭān

paribhramasi he rāma sa dehaste kva saṃsthitaḥ /
manorājyaṃ manorājye mahadvibhavabhūmiṣu

paribhramasi yeneha sa dehaste kva saṃsthitaḥ /
gatairdehairmanorājye yā vicitrā jagatkriyāḥ

prakaroṣi mahābāho te dehāste kva saṃsthitāḥ /
vilāsinyānurāgiṇyā yena saṃkalpakāntayā

nirvṛtiṃ yāsi dehena sa dehaste kva saṃsthitaḥ /
ete rāma yathā dehā manasaḥ sadasanmayāḥ

tathaiva tādṛśācāro deho'yaṃ manasaḥ smṛtaḥ /
idaṃ dhanamayaṃ deho deśo'yamiti vibhramaḥ

tatsarvaṃ cittavīryasya saṃkalpasya vijṛmbhitam /
dīrghasvapnamimaṃ viddhi dīrghaṃ vā cittavibhramam

dīrghaṃ vāpi manorājyaṃ saṃsāraṃ raghunandana /
prabodhameṣyasi yadā paramātmecchayā svayā

drakṣyasi tvaṃ tadā samyagidamarkodaye yathā /
svapnasaṃkalpajālena yathānyaiva jagatsthitiḥ

tathaiveyaṃ hi saṃkalpakalanā kācideva hi /
yathā pūrvaṃ mayotpattiḥ proktā kamalajanmanaḥ

manasaḥ svayamevāntaḥsaṃkalpakalanodbhavā /
vicitraracanopetaṃ manastatrāttavibhramam

saṃkalpakalanāmātraṃ tathedamavabhāsanam /
yathā kalpita ābhāso manaso'bjajatāṃ gataḥ

dehādvicintito dehaḥ sthito'nyastadvadeva hi /
prākpravāhacirābhyasto vāsanātiśayena yaḥ

tathaiva dṛśyate dehastathā''kṛtyudayena saḥ /
pauruṣeṇa prayatnena saṃkalpo hyayameva cit

anyathā bhāvyate rāma bhūyate tadihānyathā /
ayaṃ so'yaṃ mamāyaṃ ca saṃsāra iti bhāvite

satyo yo bhāvyate rāma bhāvanādārḍhyasaṃbhavaḥ /
bhāvitaṃ tīvravegena yadevāśu tadeva hi

sarvatra dṛśyate rāma kāntevātyantavallabhā /
aharvyāvṛttirabhyastā yathā svapneṣu dṛśyate

tathāyaṃ bhāvanābhyastaḥ saṃsāro'pyavalokyate /
yathā svapnāvanau kṣipramaharyadavabhāsate

tathedamalpakālasthamapi saṃlakṣyate sthiram /
vyomanyeva yathā tāpatapte saṃdṛśyate sarit

dharāpyavidyamānāpi saṃkalpāddṛśyate tathā /
dṛśyate dṛṣṭivairūpyādyathā vyomani picchikā

tathaiveyaṃ jagallakṣmīrdurjñānādavabhāsate /
dṛśyate samayā dṛṣṭyā na yathā vyomni picchikā

samyagdṛṣṭyā jagallakṣmīstatheyaṃ nāvabhāsate /
bhīrurabhyeti na yathā svasaṃkalpeṣu saṃbhramam

svasaṃkalpe hi saṃsāre na tathaiti bhayaṃ sudhīḥ /
sva eva hi svabhāvo'yamitthaṃ saṃprati bhāsate

saṃsārasaraṇisthityāṃ kasmātko'tra vibheti kim /
sa eva kiṃcitsaṃśodhyaḥ śuddhyā vimalatāṃ gate

tasminna dṛśyate rāma moho'yaṃ jagataḥ sthitaḥ /
samyagālokamātreṇa svabhāvaḥ śuddhimṛcchati

na gṛhṇāti malaṃ bhūyastāmratāmiva kāñcanam /
ābhāsamātramevedaṃ na sannāsajjagattrayam

ityanyakalanātyāgaḥ samyagālokanaṃ viduḥ /
maraṇaṃ jīvitaṃ svargo jñānamajñānameva ca

cidābhāsādṛte nāstītyekatā samyagīkṣaṇam /
tvamahaṃtādisaṃsāra iti me na diśo daśa

sarvaṃ svābhāsameveti samyagālokanaṃ viduḥ /
sadasanmayasaṃsāre yathā bhūtārthadarśanāt

nāstameti na codeti samyagālokanānmanaḥ /
nirṇīya sarvabhāvānāmasattvaṃ sattvameva ca

niṣkāmaṃ śāntimabhyeti samyagālokanānmanaḥ /
na nindati na ca stauti na hṛṣyati na śocati

śītalāṃ satyatāmeti samyagālokanānmanaḥ /
avaśyameva martavyaṃ sarvaireva hi bandhubhiḥ

iti bandhuviyogeṣu kiṃ vṛthā paritapyase /
avaśyameva ca mayā martavyamiti niścayaḥ

ityātmamaraṇaprāptau kiṃ mudhā paritapyase /
avaśyameva jātena kiṃcitsuvibhavādikam

prāptavyaṃ puruṣeṇeti harṣasyāvasaro hi kaḥ /
sarvasyaiva hi saṃsāre narasya vyavahāriṇaḥ

arthāyātā bhavatyāpacchokasyāvasaro hi kaḥ /
bṛṃhatyudeti sphurati budbudaugha ivārṇave

idaṃ hi jagatāṃ jālaṃ kimatra paridevanā /
satsadeva sadaivaitadasadevāsadeva hi

kriyāvaicitryamātre tu kimanyatparidevyate /
nāhamasmi na cābhūvaṃ bhaviṣyāmi na so'dhunā

deho'yaṃ citradoṣotthaḥ kimanyatparidevyate /
dehāccedanya evāhaṃ cidābhāsastadaṅga he

kau tau me sadasadbhāvau yanniṣṭhaṃ paritapyate /
iti niścayavatsvāntaṃ samyagjñānātmano muneḥ

nāstameti na codeti na śāntaṃ paritapyate /
paratāmeva nāśāntāmanuttamapade sthitaḥ

ādatte tittirī mṛdvīṃ tṛṇakoṭimivāmalām /
etadarthamasatye'sminnāsthā kāryā manāgapi

surajjveva balīvardo badhyate janturāsthayā /
atastvayā dṛḍhamidamiti nirṇīya buddhitaḥ

āsthārahitayā buddhyā vihartavyamihānagha /
kartavyameva kartavyamakartavyamupekṣyate

āsthānāsthe parityajya līlayaiva mahādhiyā /
ābhāsamātramevedaṃ yasya ca pratibhāsate

so'ntaḥ śītalatāmeti dinānte bhuvanaṃ yathā /
pratibhāsaṃ parityajya padārthapaṭalavraje

ābhāsamātrasāmānyamidamālokayānagha /
ābhāsamātrakaṃ rāma cittāmarśakalaṅkitam

tatastadapi saṃtyajya nirābhāso bhavottama /
cidākāśamayo nityaṃ sarvagaḥ sarvavarjitaḥ

ābhāsasya parityāge bhavasyekāntanirmalaḥ /
nāhamasmi na me bhogāḥ satyā ityabhibhāvite

nedamāḍambaraṃ vyarthamanarthāyāvabhāsate /
ahameva hi vā sarvaṃ cidityevaṃ vibhāvite

nedamāḍambaraṃ vyarthamanarthāyāvabhāsate /
darśanadvayamapyetatsatyamatyantasiddhidam

yadekametayovetsi ramyaṃ tadrāma saṃśraya /
dvābhyāmevātha vai tābhyāṃ darśanābhyāmihānagha

viharankuru kalyāṇa rāgadveṣaparikṣayam /
yatkiṃciduditaṃ loke yannabhasyatha vā divi

tatsarvaṃ prāpyate rāma rāgadveṣaparikṣayāt /
rāgādihatayā buddhyā yādṛgrāma viceṣṭitam

tattadeva prayātyāśu mūḍhānāṃ viparītatām /
dveṣadoṣormiruddhāsu na guṇāścittavṛttiṣu

padaṃ kurvanti dagdhāsu sthalīṣu hariṇā iva /
rāgo dveṣaśca sarpau dvau na vilīnau manovile

yasya kalpatarostasmātkiṃ nāmāṅga na labhyate /
ye hi prājñāḥ svaniyatā vidagdhāḥ śāstraśālinaḥ

rāgadveṣamayāste vai jambukāste dhigastu tān /
maddhanaṃ bhuktamanyena dhanaṃ tyaktaṃ mayā'nyataḥ

iti saṃvyavahārehāḥ ke rāgadveṣayoḥ kramāḥ /
dhanāni bandhavo mitraṃ punarāyānti yānti ca

kimeteṣu naraḥ prājño rajyate vā virajyate /
bhāvābhāvabhavābhogā māyeyaṃ pārameśvarī

saṃsāraracanā sarvā saṃsaktaṃ pātayatyalam /
na dhanaṃ na jano nātmā satyaṃ rāghava vastutaḥ

mithyaiva mithyāvasitamitīdaṃ parilakṣyate /
ādyantayoḥ sarvamasanmadhye'pyasthiramādhimat

kva baghnāti ratiṃ prājño hyanyakalpitakhadrume /
ekena kalpitā khe strī bhuṅkte tāṃ dūrago'paraḥ

itīyamaṅga saṃsāraracanā tena mā bhrama /
bhūtājavaṃ javībhāvamimamātatamākulam

gandharvapuranirmāṇavilāsena samaṃ viduḥ /
svapnasaṃkalpapuravadasadevedamutthitam

sarvatra saṃsthamevedaṃ suṣuptamiva vicyutam /
paripaśyasi saṃsāradīrghasvapnapuradrumam

ajñānanidrāluṭhanasvabhāvātmakamacyutam /
saṃsārasvapnasaṃbhrānto bhavānayamiha sthitaḥ

tadenāṃ vitatāṃ nidrāṃ ghanājñānamayātmikām /
tyajālakṣmīmivāvāptanidhānaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

prabodhamehi paśya svamātmānamuditaṃ sadā /
nirvikalpaṃ cidābhāsaṃ prātaḥpadmaṃ raviṃ yathā

prabudhyasva prabudhyasva punaḥpunarayaṃ mayā /
prabodhyase mahābāho paśyātmārkamanāmayam

mayaitenābhivṛṣṭena śītena jñānavāriṇā /
suśabdaśālinā rāma hyanenaivāsi bodhitaḥ

bodhamāsādaya paraṃ prabodho'dyaiva rāghava /
satyamālokayālīkaṃ tyaktvemaṃ jāgataṃ bhramam

na te janma na te duḥkhaṃ na doṣāste na te bhramāḥ /
sarvaṃ saṃkalpamutsṛjya tiṣṭhātmani susaṃsthitaḥ

parigalitavikalpadoṣajāla-
stvamasi susārasuṣuptasaumyadṛṣṭiḥ /
ativitatamidaṃ suśuddhaye tvaṃ
samupaśamātmani tiṣṭha he mahātman

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye de० mokṣopāyeṣu nirvāṇaprakaraṇe pū० paramārthayogopadeśo nāmāṣṭāviṃśaḥ sargaḥ