Yoga Vasistha · Verses 6.9-2

navamaḥ sargaḥ

śrīrāma uvāca /
ākārajātamuditaṃ śuddhaṃ hariharādyapi /
avidyaivetyahaṃ śrutvā brahmanbhramamivāgataḥ

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca /
saṃvedyenāparāmṛṣṭaṃ śāntaṃ sarvātmakaṃ ca yat /
tatsaccidābhāsamayamastīha kalanojjhitam

samudeti svatastasmātkalā kalanarūpiṇī /
jalādāvartalekheva sphurajjalatayoditā

sūkṣmā madhyā tathā sthūlā ceti sā kalpyate tridhā /
paścānmanastayā tena jñātaiva vapuṣā punaḥ

tiṣṭhatyetāsvavasthāsu bhedataḥ kalpyate tridhā /
sattvaṃ rajastama iti eṣaiva prakṛtiḥ smṛtā

avidyāṃ prakṛtiṃ viddhi guṇatritayadharmiṇīm /
eṣaiva saṃsṛtirjantorasyāḥ pāraṃ paraṃ padam

atra te ye trayaḥ proktā guṇāste'pi tridhā smṛtāḥ /
sattvaṃ rajastama iti pratyekaṃ bhidyate guṇaḥ

navadhaivaṃ vibhakteyamavidyā guṇabhedataḥ /
yāvatkiṃcididaṃ dṛśyamanayaiva tadāśritam

ṛṣayo munayaḥ siddhā nāgā vidyādharāḥ surāḥ /
iti bhāgamavidyāyāḥ sāttvikaṃ viddhi rāghava

sāttvikasyāsya bhāgasya nāgavidyādharāstamaḥ /
rajastu munayaḥ siddhāḥ sattvaṃ devā harādayaḥ

sattvajātau devayonāvavidyā prākṛtairguṇaiḥ /
nirmalaṃ padamāyātāḥ sattvaṃ hariharādayaḥ

sāttvikaḥ prākṛto bhāgo rāma tajjño hi yo bhavet /
na samutpadyate bhūyastenāsau mukta ucyate/

tena rudrādayo hyete sattvabhāgā mahāmate /
tiṣṭhanti muktāḥ puruṣā yāvaddehaṃ jagatsthitau

yāvaddehaṃ mahātmāno jīvanmuktā vyavasthitāḥ /
videhamuktā dehānte sthāsyanti parameśvare

bhāga eṣa tvavidyāyā evaṃ vidyātvamāgataḥ /
bījaṃ phalatvamāyāti phalamāyāti bījatām

udetyavidyā vidyāyāḥ salilādiva budbudaḥ /
vidyāyāṃ līyate'vidyā payasīva hi budbudaḥ

payastaraṅgayordvitvabhāvanādeva bhinnatā /
vidyāvidyādṛśorbhedabhāvanādeva bhinnatā

payastaraṅgayoraikyaṃ yathaiva paramārthataḥ /
nāvidyātvaṃ na vidyātvamiha kiṃcana vidyate

vidyāvidyādṛśau tyaktvā yadastīha tadasti hi /
pratiyogivyavacchedavaśādetadraghūdvaha

vidyāvidyādṛśau na staḥ śeṣe baddhapado bhava /
nāvidyāsti na vidyāsti kṛtaṃ kalpanayānayā

kiṃcidasti nakiṃcidyaccitsaṃviditi tatsthitam /
tadevāviditābhāsaṃ sadavidyetyudāhṛtam

viditaṃ sattadevedamavidyākṣayasaṃjñitam /
vidyābhāvādavidyākhyāmithyaivodeti kalpanā

mithaḥ svānte tayorantaśchāyātapanayoriva /
avidyāyāṃ vilīnāyāṃ kṣīṇe dve eva kalpane

ete rāghava līyete avāpyaṃ pariśiṣyate /
avidyāsaṃkṣayātkṣīṇo vidyāpakṣo'pi rāghava

yacchiṣṭaṃ tanna kiṃcidvā kiṃcidvāpīdamātatam /
tatraivaṃ dṛśyate sarvaṃ na kiṃcana ca dṛśyate

vaṭaśca vaṭadhānāyāmiva puṣpaphalādimān /
sarvaśaktirhi kiṃcittvaṃ sarvaśaktisamudgakam

nabhaso'pyadhikaṃ śūnyaṃ naca śūnyaṃ cidātmakam /
sūryakānte yathā vahniryathā kṣīre ghṛtaṃ tathā

tatredaṃ saṃsthitaṃ sarvaṃ deśakālakramodaye /
yathā sphuliṅgā analādyathā bhāso divākarāt

tasmāttathemā niryānti sphurantyāḥ saṃvidaścitaḥ /
yathāmbhodhistaraṅgāṇāṃ yathāmalamaṇistviṣām

kośo nityamanantānāṃ tathā tatsaṃvidāṃ tviṣām /
sabāhyābhyantare sarvaṃ vastunyastyeva vastusat

sarvadaivāvināśātma kumbhānāṃ gaganaṃ yathā /
yathā maṇerayaḥspande ayaskāntasya kartṛtā

akartureva hi tathā kartṛtā tasya kathyate /
maṇisaṃnidhimātreṇa yathāyaḥ spandate jaḍama /
tatsattayā tathaivāyaṃ dehaścetatyacidvapuḥ

tatra sthitaṃ jagadidaṃ jagadekabīje
cinnāmni saṃviditakalpitakalpanena /
lolormijālamiva vāriṇi citrarūpaṃ
khādapyarūpavati yatra na kiṃcidasti

ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye devadūtokte mokṣopāyeṣu nirvāṇaprakaraṇe pū० vidyānirākaraṇaṃ nāma navamaḥ sargaḥ