Yoga Vasistha · Verses 6.68-2

aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamaḥ sargaḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
suṣuptamaunavānbhūtvā tyaktvā cittavilāsitām /
kalanāmalanirmuktastiṣṭhāvaṣṭabdhatatpadaḥ

śrīrāma uvāca /
vāṃgmaunamakṣamaunaṃ ca kāṣṭhamaunaṃ ca vedmyaham /
suṣuptamaunaṃ mauneśa brahmanbrūhi kimucyate

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
dvividhaḥ procyate rāma munirmunivarairiha /
ekaḥ kāṣṭhatapasvī syājjīvanmuktastathetaraḥ

abhāvitāyāṃ śuṣkāyāṃ kriyāyāṃ baddhaniścayaḥ /
haṭhājjitendriyagrāmo muniḥ syātkāṣṭhatāpasaḥ

yathābhūtamidaṃ buddhvā bhāvitātmātmani sthitaḥ /
lokopamopi tṛpto'ntaryaḥ sa muktamuniḥ smṛtaḥ

etayoryo bhavedbhāvaḥ śāntayormunināthayoḥ /
cittaniścayarūpātmā maunaśabdena sa smṛtaḥ

catuṣprakāramāhustaṃ maunaṃ maunavido janāḥ /
vāṃgmaunamakṣamaunaṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ sauṣuptameva ca

vāṃgmaunaṃ vacasāṃ rodho balādindriyanigrahaḥ /
akṣamaunaṃ parityāgaśceṣṭānāṃ kāṣṭhasaṃjñakam

manomaunaṃ pañcamaṃ ca tanmṛtau kāṣṭhatāpase /
bhāve suṣuptamaunākhyaṃ jīvanmukto'nujīvati

triṣu maunaviśeṣeṣu viṣayaḥ kāṣṭhatāpasaḥ /
suṣuptamaunāvasthāyāṃ sā turyā saiva muktadhīḥ

vāṃgmaunaṃ maunamityetatsiddhaṃ tacca manaḥ kila /
malinaṃ jīvabandhāya tatrasthaḥ kāṣṭhatāpasaḥ

asmatsaṃsmaraṇaṃ vāpi dṛśyaṃ vāṅmayamaspṛśan /
apaśyanneva paśyan hi kāṣṭhamaunī tu tiṣṭhati

prasphuraccittakalanametanmaunatrayaṃ smṛtam /
bhavanti mauninastatra na tajjñāstatsthalīlayā

nātropādeyatājñānametanmaunatraye kila /
līlayā kathitaṃ tena tajjñāḥ kupyantu vā na vā

idaṃ suṣuptamaunaṃ tu jīvanmuktamitisthitam /
apunarjanmano jantoḥ śrṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam

nātra saṃyamyate prāṇastrividho nāpi yojyate /
nollasyante na glāyante samastendriyasaṃvidaḥ

nānātākalaneyaṃ ca na valgati na śāmyati /
ceto na ceto nāceto na sannāsanna cetarat

avibhāgamanabhyāsaṃ yadanādyantamāsthitam /
dhyāyato'dhyāyataścaitatsauṣuptaṃ maunamucyate

yathābhūtamidaṃ buddhvā jagannānātvavibhramam /
yathāsthitamasaṃdehaṃ sauṣuptaṃ maunameva tat

anekasaṃvidrūpātma śivenaivedamātatam /
ityāsthitamanantaṃ yatsauṣuptaṃ maunamucyate

ākāśaṃ naiva cākāśaṃ sarvamasti ca nāsti ca /
iti cittaṃ samaṃ śāntaṃ yattanmaunaṃ suṣuptavat

sarvaśūnyaṃ nirālambaṃ śāntivijñaptimātrakam /
na sannāsaditi yasyāmāsitaṃ maunamuttamam

bhāvābhāvādaśādeśaviśeṣairvitathotthitaiḥ /
saṃvido yadanābhāsastanmaunaṃ paramaṃ viduḥ

atyantamasataivāntaścetasā'vṛttirūghiṇā /
yadanāvartanaṃ saṃvidvṛttestanmaunamakṣayam

nāhamasmi na cānyo'sti na mano na ca mānasam /
iti saṃvidasaṃvittiravicchinnātimaunitā

ahamasmi jagatyasminsvasti śabdārthamātrakam /
sattāsāmānyameveti sauṣuptaṃ maunamucyate

yasmātsaṃvidameva syātsvānyādikalanā kutaḥ /
anantameva sauṣuptaṃ sarvaṃ maunamatastatam

suṣuptamaunamevedamanantatvātprabodhavat /
turyamevāmalaṃ viddhi turyātītamathāpi ca

sauṣuptaikasamādhānastathā turyasamādhikaḥ /
turyātītasamādhirvā jāgratyapi bhavanti vai

turyasya eva sakalāmalaśāntivṛtti-
rjāgratyapi vyavaharannipuṇaṃ samantāt /
nityaṃ sadeha uta vāpi videha eva
brahmannabhobhavata eva kilāsti sādho

oṃmityudastabhavavāsanamekamāssva
na tvaṃ na cāhamapi nānyadihāsti satyam /
sarvaṃ ca vidyata itīha kilāntarābhaṃ
jñastiṣṭha cidgaganakośakalaikaniṣṭhaḥ

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye de० mokṣopāyeṣu nirvāṇaprakaraṇe pū० mahāmaunayatnopadeśo nāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭitamaḥ sargaḥ