Chapter 18

aṣṭāvakra uvāca |
yasya bodhodaye tāvatsvapnavadbhavati bhramaḥ |
tasmai sukhaikarūpāya namaḥ śāntāya tejase || 1 ||
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arjayitvākhilānarthānbhogānāpnoti puṣkalān |
na hi sarvaparityāgamantareṇa sukhī bhavet || 2 ||
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kartavyaduḥkhamārtaṇḍajvālādagdhāntarātmanaḥ |
kutaḥ praśamapīyūṣadhārāsāramṛte sukham || 3 ||
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bhavo'yaṃ bhāvanāmātro na kiñcitparamārthataḥ |
nāstyabhāvaḥ svabhāvānāṃ bhāvābhāvavibhāvinām || 4 ||
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na dūraṃ na ca saṃkocāllabdhamevātmanaḥ padam |
nirvikalpaṃ nirāyāsaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam || 5 ||
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vyāmohamātraviratau svarūpādānamātrataḥ |
vītaśokā virājante nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ || 6 ||
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samastaṃ kalpanāmātramātmā muktaḥ sanātanaḥ |
iti vijñāya dhīro hi kimabhyasyati bālavat || 7 ||
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ātmā brahmeti niścitya bhāvābhāvau ca kalpitau |
niṣkāmaḥ kiṃ vijānāti kiṃ brūte ca karoti kim || 8 ||
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ayaṃ so'hamayaṃ nāhamiti kṣīṇā vikalpanā |
sarvamātmeti niścitya tūṣṇīṃbhūtasya yoginaḥ || 9 ||
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na vikṣepo na caikāgryaṃ nātibodho na mūḍhatā |
na sukhaṃ na ca vā duḥkhamupaśāntasya yoginaḥ || 10 ||
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svārājye bhaikṣyavṛttau ca lābhālābhe jane vane |
nirvikalpasvabhāvasya na viśeṣo'sti yoginaḥ || 11 ||
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kva dharmaḥ kva ca vā kāmaḥ kva cārthaḥ kva vivekatā |
idaṃ kṛtamidaṃ neti dvandvairmuktasya yoginaḥ || 12 ||
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kṛtyaṃ kimapi naivāsti na kā'pi hṛdi rañjanā |
yathā jīvanameveha jīvanmuktasya yoginaḥ || 13 ||
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kva mohaḥ kva ca vā viśvaṃ kva taddhyānaṃ kva muktatā |
sarvasaṃkalpasīmāyāṃ viśrāntasya mahātmanaḥ || 14 ||
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yena viśvamidaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sa nāstīti karotu vai |
nirvāsanaḥ kiṃ kurute paśyannapi na paśyati || 15 ||
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yena dṛṣṭaṃ paraṃ brahma so'haṃ brahmeti cintayet |
kiṃ cintayati niścinto dvitīyaṃ yo na paśyati || 16 ||
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dṛṣṭo yenātmavikṣepo nirodhaṃ kurute tvasau |
udārastu na vikṣiptaḥ sādhyā'bhāvātkaroti kim || 17 ||
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dhīro lokaviparyasto vartamāno'pi lokavat |
na samādhiṃ na vikṣepaṃ na lepaṃ svasya paśyati || 18 ||
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bhāvābhāvavihīno yastṛpto nirvāsano budhaḥ |
naiva kiñcitkṛtaṃ tena lokadṛṣṭyā vikurvatā || 19 ||
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pravṛttau vā nivṛttau vā naiva dhīrasya durgrahaḥ |
yadā yatkartumāyāti tatkṛtvā tiṣṭhataḥ sukham || 20 ||
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nirvāsano nirālambaḥ svacchando muktabandhanaḥ |
kṣiptaḥ saṃskāravātena ceṣṭate śuṣkaparṇavat || 21 ||
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asaṃsārasya tu kvāpi na harṣo na viṣādatā |
sa śītalamanā nityaṃ videha iva rājate || 22 ||
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kutrāpi na jihāsāsti hāśā vāpi na kutracit |
ātmārāmasya dhīrasya śītalācchatarātmanaḥ || 23 ||
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prakṛtyā śūnyacittasya kurvato'sya yadṛcchayā |
prākṛtasyeva dhīrasya na māno nāvamānatā || 24 ||
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kṛtaṃ dehena karmedaṃ na mayā śuddharūpiṇā |
iti cintānurodhī yaḥ kurvannapi karoti na || 25 ||
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atadvādīva kurute na bhavedapi bāliśaḥ |
jīvanmuktaḥ sukhī śrīmānsaṃsarannapi śobhate || 26 ||
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nānāvicārasuśrānto dhīro viśrāntimāgataḥ |
na kalpate na jānāti na śṛṇoti na paśyati || 27 ||
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asamādheravikṣepānna mumukṣurna cetaraḥ |
niścitya kalpitaṃ paśyanbrahmaivāste mahāśayaḥ || 28 ||
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yasyāntaḥ syādahaṃkāro na karoti karoti saḥ |
nirahaṃkāradhīreṇa na kiñcidakṛtaṃ kṛtam || 29 ||
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nodvignaṃ na ca santuṣṭamakartṛ spandavarjitam |
nirāśaṃ gatasandehaṃ cittaṃ muktasya rājate || 30 ||
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nirdhyātuṃ ceṣṭituṃ vāpi yaccittaṃ na pravartate |
nirnimittamidaṃ kintu nirdhyāyati viceṣṭate || 31 ||
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tattvaṃ yathārthamākarṇya mandaḥ prāpnoti mūḍhatām |
athavā'yāti saṃkocamamūḍhaḥ ko'pi mūḍhavat || 32 ||
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ekāgratā nirodho vā mūḍhairabhyasyate bhṛśam |
dhīrāḥ kṛtyaṃ na paśyanti suptavatsvapade sthitāḥ || 33 ||
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aprayatnātprayatnādvā mūḍho nāpnoti nirvṛtim |
tattvaniścayamātreṇa prājño bhavati nirvṛtaḥ || 34 ||
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śuddhaṃ buddhaṃ priyaṃ pūrṇaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ nirāmayam |
ātmānaṃ taṃ na jānanti tatrābhyāsaparā janāḥ || 35 ||
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nāpnoti karmaṇā mokṣaṃ vimūḍho'bhyāsarūpiṇā |
dhanyo vijñānamātreṇa muktastiṣṭhatyavikriyaḥ || 36 ||
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mūḍho nāpnoti tadbrahma yato bhavitumicchati |
anicchannapi dhīro hi parabrahmasvarūpabhāk || 37 ||
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nirādhārā grahavyagrā mūḍhāḥ saṃsārapoṣakāḥ |
etasyānarthamūlasya mūlacchedaḥ kṛto budhaiḥ || 38 ||
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na śāntiṃ labhate mūḍho yataḥ śamitumicchati |
dhīrastattvaṃ viniścitya sarvadā śāntamānasaḥ || 39 ||
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kvātmano darśanaṃ tasya yo dṛṣṭamavalambate |
dhīrāstaṃ taṃ na paśyanti paśyantyātmānamavyayam || 40 ||
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kva nirodho vimūḍhasya yo nirbandhaṃ karoti vai |
svārāmasyaiva dhīrasya sarvadā'sāvakṛtrimaḥ || 41 ||
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bhāvasya bhāvakaḥ kaścinna kiñcidbhāvako'paraḥ |
ubhayā'bhāvakaḥ kaścidevameva nirākulaḥ || 42 ||
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śuddhamadvayamātmānaṃ bhāvayanti kubuddhayaḥ |
na tu jānanti saṃmohādyāvajjīvamanirvṛtāḥ || 43 ||
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mumukṣorbuddhirālambamantareṇa na vidyate |
nirālambaiva niṣkāmā buddhirmuktasya sarvadā || 44 ||
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viṣayadvīpino vīkṣya cakitāḥ śaraṇārthinaḥ |
viśanti jhaṭiti kroḍaṃ nirodhaikāgryasiddhaye || 45 ||
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nirvāsanaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā tūṣṇīṃ viṣayadantinaḥ |
palāyante na śaktāste sevante kṛtacāṭavaḥ || 46 ||
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na muktikārikāṃ dhatte niḥśaṅko yuktamānasaḥ |
paśyañchṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnannāste yathāsukham || 47 ||
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vastuśravaṇamātreṇa śuddhabuddhirnirākulaḥ |
naivācāramanācāramaudāsyaṃ vā prapaśyati || 48 ||
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yadā yatkartumāyāti tadā tatkurute hyṛju |
śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vāpi tasya ceṣṭā hi bālavat || 49 ||
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svātantryātsukhamāpnoti svātantryāllabhate param |
svātantryānnirvṛtiṃ gacchetsvātantryātparamaṃ padam || 50 ||
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akartṛtvamabhoktṛtvaṃ svātmano manyate yadā |
tadā kṣīṇā bhavantyeva samastāścittavṛttayaḥ || 51 ||
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ucchṛṅkhalāpyākṛtikā sthitirdhīrasya rājate |
na tu saṃspṛhacittasya śāntirmūḍhasya kṛtrimā || 52 ||
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vilasanti mahābhogairviśanti girigahvarān |
nirastakalpanā dhīrā abaddhā muktabuddhayaḥ || 53 ||
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śrotriyaṃ devatāṃ tīrthamaṅganāṃ bhūpatiṃ priyam |
dṛṣṭvā saṃpūjya dhīrasya na kāpi hṛdi vāsanā || 54 ||
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bhṛtyaiḥ putraiḥ kalatraiśca dauhitraiścāpi gotrajaiḥ |
vihasya dhikkṛto yogī na yāti vikṛtiṃ manāk || 55 ||
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santuṣṭo'pi na santuṣṭaḥ khinno'pi na ca khidyate |
tasyāścaryadaśāṃ tāṃ tāṃ tādṛśā eva jānate || 56 ||
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kartavyataiva saṃsāro na tāṃ paśyanti sūrayaḥ |
śūnyākārā nirākārā nirvikārā nirāmayāḥ || 57 ||
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akurvannapi saṃkṣobhādvyagraḥ sarvatra mūḍhadhīḥ |
kurvannapi tu kṛtyāni kuśalo hi nirākulaḥ || 58 ||
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sukhamāste sukhaṃ śete sukhamāyāti yāti ca |
sukhaṃ vakti sukhaṃ bhuṅkte vyavahāre'pi śāntadhīḥ || 59 ||
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svabhāvādyasya naivārtirlokavadvyavahāriṇaḥ |
mahāhrada ivākṣobhyo gatakleśaḥ sa śobhate || 60 ||
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nivṛtterapi mūḍhasya pravṛttirupajāyate |
pravṛttirapi dhīrasya nivṛttiphaladāyinī || 61 ||
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parigraheṣu vairāgyaṃ prāyo mūḍhasya dṛśyate |
dehe vigalitāśasya kva rāgaḥ kva virāgatā || 62 ||
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bhāvanā'bhāvanāsaktā dṛṣṭirmūḍhasya sarvadā |
bhāvyabhāvanayā sā tu svasthasyādṛṣṭirūpiṇī || 63 ||
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sarvārambheṣu niṣkāmo yaścaredbālavanmuniḥ |
na lepastasya śuddhasya kriyamāṇe'pi karmaṇi || 64 ||
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sa eva dhanya ātmajñaḥ sarvabhāveṣu yaḥ samaḥ |
paśyañchṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnannistarṣamānasaḥ || 65 ||
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kva saṃsāraḥ kva cābhāsaḥ kva sādhyaṃ kva ca sādhanam |
ākāśasyeva dhīrasya nirvikalpasya sarvadā || 66 ||
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sa jayatyarthasaṃnyāsī pūrṇasvarasavigrahaḥ |
akṛtrimo'navacchinne samādhiryasya vartate || 67 ||
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bahunātra kimuktena jñātatattvo mahāśayaḥ |
bhogamokṣanirākāṅkṣī sadā sarvatra nīrasaḥ || 68 ||
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mahadādi jagaddvaitaṃ nāmamātravijṛmbhitam |
vihāya śuddhabodhasya kiṃ kṛtyamavaśiṣyate || 69 ||
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bhramabhūtamidaṃ sarvaṃ kiñcinnāstīti niścayī |
alakṣyasphuraṇaḥ śuddhaḥ svabhāvenaiva śāmyati || 70 ||
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śuddhasphuraṇarūpasya dṛśyabhāvamapaśyataḥ |
kva vidhiḥ kva ca vairāgyaṃ kva tyāgaḥ kva śamo'pi vā || 71 ||
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sphurato'nantarūpeṇa prakṛtiṃ ca na paśyataḥ |
kva bandhaḥ kva ca vā mokṣaḥ kva harṣaḥ kva viṣādatā || 72 ||
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buddhiparyantasaṃsāre māyāmātraṃ vivartate |
nirmamo nirahaṃkāro niṣkāmaḥ śobhate budhaḥ || 73 ||
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akṣayaṃ gatasantāpamātmānaṃ paśyato muneḥ |
kva vidyā kva ca vā viśvaṃ kva deho'haṃ mameti vā || 74 ||
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nirodhādīni karmāṇi jahāti jaḍadhīryadi |
manorathānpralāpāṃśca kartumāpnoti tatkṣaṇāt || 75 ||
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mandaḥ śrutvāpi tadvastu na jahāti vimūḍhatām |
nirvikalpo bahiryatnādantarviṣayalālasaḥ || 76 ||
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jñānādgalitakarmā yo lokadṛṣṭyāpi karmakṛt |
nāpnotyavasaraṃ kartuṃ vaktumeva na kiñcana || 77 ||
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kva tamaḥ kva prakāśo vā hānaṃ kva ca na kiñcana |
nirvikārasya dhīrasya nirātaṅkasya sarvadā || 78 ||
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kva dhairyaṃ kva vivekitvaṃ kva nirātaṅkatā'pi vā |
anirvācyasvabhāvasya niḥsvabhāvasya yoginaḥ || 79 ||
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na svargo naiva narako jīvanmuktirna caiva hi |
bahunātra kimuktena yogadṛṣṭyā na kiñcana || 80 ||
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naiva prārthayate lābhaṃ nā'lābhamanuśocati |
dhīrasya śītalaṃ cittamamṛtenaiva pūritam || 81 ||
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na śāntaṃ stauti niṣkāmo na duṣṭamapi nindati |
samaduḥkhasukhastṛptaḥ kiñcitkṛtyaṃ na paśyati || 82 ||
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dhīro na dveṣṭi saṃsāramātmānaṃ na didṛkṣati |
harṣāmarṣavinirmukto na mṛto na ca jīvati || 83 ||
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niḥsnehaḥ putradārādau niṣkāmo viṣayeṣu ca |
niścintaḥ svaśarīre'pi nirāśaḥ śobhate budhaḥ || 84 ||
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tuṣṭiḥ sarvatra dhīrasya yathāpatitavartinaḥ |
svacchandaṃ carato deśānyatrā'stamitaśāyinaḥ || 85 ||
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patatūdetu vā deho nāsya cintā mahātmanaḥ |
svabhāvabhūmiviśrāntivismṛtāśeṣasaṃsṛteḥ || 86 ||
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akiñcanaḥ kāmacāro nirdvandvaśchinnasaṃśayaḥ |
asaktaḥ sarvabhāveṣu kevalo ramate budhaḥ || 87 ||
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nirmamaḥ śobhate dhīraḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ |
subhinnahṛdayagranthirvinirdhūtarajastamāḥ || 88 ||
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sarvatrānavadhānasya na kiñcidvāsanā hṛdi |
muktātmano vitṛptasya tulanā kena jāyate || 89 ||
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jānannapi na jānāti paśyannapi na paśyati |
bruvannapi na ca brūte ko'nyo nirvāsanādṛte || 90 ||
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bhikṣurvā bhūpatirvāpi yo niṣkāmaḥ sa śobhate |
bhāveṣu galitā yasya śobhanā'śobhanā matiḥ || 91 ||
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kva svācchandyaṃ kva saṃkocaḥ kva vā tattvaviniścayaḥ |
nirvyājārjavabhūtasya caritārthasya yoginaḥ || 92 ||
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ātmaviśrāntitṛptena nirāśena gatārtinā |
antaryadanubhūyeta tatkathaṃ kasya kathyate || 93 ||
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supto'pi na suṣuptau ca svapne'pi śayito na ca |
jāgare'pi na jāgarti dhīrastṛptaḥ pade pade || 94 ||
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jñaḥ sacinto'pi niścintaḥ sendriyo'pi nirindriyaḥ |
sabuddhirapi nirbuddhiḥ sāhaṃkāro'nahaṃkṛtiḥ || 95 |||
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na sukhī na ca vā duḥkhī na virakto na saṅgavān |
na mumukṣurna vā mukto na kiñcinna ca kiñcana || 96 ||
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vikṣepe'pi na vikṣiptaḥ samādhau na samādhimān |
jāḍye'pi na jaḍo dhanyaḥ pāṇḍitye'pi na paṇḍitaḥ || 97 ||
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mukto yathāsthitisvasthaḥ kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ |
samaḥ sarvatra vaitṛṣṇyānna smaratyakṛtaṃ kṛtam || 98 ||
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na prīyate vandyamāno nindyamāno na kupyati |
naivodvijati maraṇe jīvane nābhinandati || 99 ||
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na dhāvati janākīrṇaṃ nāraṇyamupaśāntadhīḥ |
yathātathā yatratatra sama evāvatiṣṭhate || 100 ||
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