Chapter 11

jñānāvataraṇaṃ nāma sargaḥ |
ekādaśaḥ sargaḥ |
vasiṣṭhaḥ |
etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ jñānāvataraṇaṃ bhuvi |
mayā svamīhitaṃ caiva kamalodbhavakalpitam || 1 ||
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tadidaṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ śrotumadya tavānagha |
bhṛśamutkaṇṭhitaṃ ceto mahataḥ sukṛtodayāt || 2 ||
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rāmaḥ |
kathaṃ brahmanbhagavato loke jñānāvatāraṇe |
sargādanantaraṃ buddhiḥ pravṛttā parameṣṭhinaḥ || 3 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
parame brahmaṇi brahmā svabhāvavaśataḥ svayam |
jātaḥ spandamayo nityamūrmirambunidhāviva || 4 ||
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sṛṣṭvaivamātataṃ sargaṃ sargasya sakalā gatīḥ |
bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyatsthā dadarśa parameśvaraḥ || 5 ||
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satkriyākramakālasya kṛtādeḥ kṣaya āgate |
mohamālokya lokānāṃ kāruṇyamagamatprabhuḥ || 6 ||
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tato māmīśvaraḥ sṛṣṭvā jñānenāyojya cāsakṛt |
visasarja mahīpīṭhe lokasyājñānaśāntaye || 7 ||
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yathāhaṃ prahitastena tathānye'pi maharṣayaḥ |
sanatkumārapramukhā nāradādyāśca bhūriśaḥ || 8 ||
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kriyākrameṇa puṇyena tathā jñānakrameṇa ca |
manomahāmayottabdhamuddhartuṃ lokamīritāḥ || 9 ||
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maharṣibhistatastaistu kṣīṇe kṛtayuge purā |
kramātkriyākrame śuddhe pṛthivyāṃ tanutāṃ gate || 10 ||
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kriyākramavidhānārthaṃ maryādāniyamāya ca |
pṛthagdeśavibhāgena bhūpālāḥ parikalpitāḥ || 11 ||
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bahūni smṛtiśāstrāṇi yajñaśāstrāṇi cāvanau |
dharmakāmārthasiddhyarthaṃ kalpitānyuditānyatha || 12 ||
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kālacakre vahatyasmiṃstato vigalite krame |
pratyahaṃ bhojanapare jane śālyarjanonmukhe || 13 ||
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dvandvāni sampravṛttāni viṣayārthaṃ mahībhujām |
daṇḍyatāṃ samprayātāni bhūtāni bhuvi bhūriśaḥ || 14 ||
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tato yuddhaṃ vinā bhūpā mahīṃ pālayituṃ kramāt |
asamarthāstadāyātāḥ prajābhiḥ saha dīnatām || 15 ||
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teṣāṃ dainyāpanodārthaṃ samyaksṛṣṭikramāya ca |
tato'smadādibhiḥ proktā mahatyo jñānadṛṣṭayaḥ || 16 ||
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adhyātmavidyā teneyaṃ pūrvaṃ rājasu varṇitā |
tadanu prasṛtā loke rājavidyetyudāhṛtā || 17 ||
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rājavidyā rājaguhyamadhyātmagranthamuttamam |
jñātvā rāghava rājānaḥ parāṃ nirduḥkhatāṃ gatāḥ || 18 ||
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atha rājasvatīteṣu bahuṣvamalakīrtiṣu |
asmāddaśarathād rāma jāto'dya tvamihāvanau || 19 ||
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tava cātiprasanne'smiñjātaṃ manasi pāvanam |
nirnimittamidaṃ cāru vairāgyamarimardana || 20 ||
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sarvasyaiva hi bhavyasya sādhorapi vivekinaḥ |
nimittapūrvaṃ vairāgyaṃ jāyate rāma rājasam || 21 ||
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idaṃ tvapūrvamutpannaṃ camatkārakaraṃ satām |
tavānimittaṃ vairāgyaṃ sāttvikaṃ svavivekajam || 22 ||
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bībhatsaṃ viṣamaṃ dṛṣṭvā ko nāma na virajyate |
satāṃ tūttamavairāgyaṃ vivekādeva jāyate || 23 ||
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te mahānto mahāprajñā nimittena vinaiva hi |
vairāgyaṃ jāyate yeṣāṃ ta evāmalamānasāḥ || 24 ||
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svavivekacamatkāraparāmarśaviraktayā |
rājate hi dhiyā janturyuveva vanamālayā || 25 ||
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parāmṛśya vivekena saṃsāraracanāmimām |
virāgaṃ ye'dhigacchanti ta eva puruṣottamāḥ || 26 ||
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svavivekavaśādeva vicāryedaṃ punaḥ punaḥ |
indrajālaṃ parityājyaṃ sabāhyābhyantaraṃ balāt || 27 ||
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śmaśānamāpadaṃ dainyaṃ dṛṣṭvā ko na virajyate |
tadvairāgyaṃ paraṃ śreyaḥ svato yadabhijāyate || 28 ||
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akṛtrimavirāgastvaṃ mahattāmalamāgataḥ |
yogyo'si jñānasārasya bījasyeva mṛdusthalam || 29 ||
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prasādātparameśasya nāthasya paramātmanaḥ |
tvādṛśasya śubhā buddhirvivekamanudhāvati || 30 ||
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kriyākrameṇa mahatā tapasā niyamena ca |
dānena tīrthayātrābhiścirakālavivekataḥ || 31 ||
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duṣkṛte kṣayamāpanne paramārthavicāraṇe |
kākatālīyayogena buddhirjantoḥ pravartate || 32 ||
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kriyāparāstāvadalaṃ cakrāvṛttibhirādṛtāḥ |
bhramantīha janā yāvanna paśyanti paraṃ padam || 33 ||
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yathābhūtamimaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃsāraṃ tanmayīṃ dhiyam |
parityajya paraṃ yānti nirālānā gajā iva || 34 ||
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viṣameyamanantehā rāma saṃsārasaṃsṛtiḥ |
dehamuktā mahātanturvinā jñānaṃ na naśyati || 35 ||
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jñānayuktiplavenaiva saṃsārābdhiṃ sudustaram |
mahādhiyaḥ samuttīrṇā netareṇa raghūdvaha || 36 ||
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tāmimāṃ jñānayuktiṃ tvaṃ saṃsārāmbhodhitāriṇīm |
śṛṇuṣvāvahito buddhyā nityāvahitayānayā || 37 ||
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yasmādanantasaṃrambhā jagato duḥkharītayaḥ |
cirāyāntardahantyetā vinā yuktimanindita || 38 ||
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śītavātātapādīni dvandvaduḥkhāni rāghava |
jñānayuktiṃ vinā kena sahyatāṃ yānti sādhuṣu || 39 ||
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āpatanti pratipadaṃ yathākālaṃ dahanti ca |
duḥkhacintā naraṃ mūḍhaṃ tṛṇamagniśikhā iva || 40 ||
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prājñaṃ vijñātavijñānaṃ samyagdarśinamādhayaḥ |
na dahanti vanaṃ varṣadabdamagniśikhā iva || 41 ||
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ādhivyādhiparāvarte saṃsāramarumārute |
kṣubhite'pi na tattvajño bhajyate kalpavṛkṣavat || 42 ||
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tattvaṃ jñātumato yatnāddhīmāneva hi dhīmatā |
prāmāṇikaḥ prabuddhātmā praṣṭavyaḥ praṇayānvitaṃ || 43 ||
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prāmāṇikasya pṛṣṭasya vakturuttamacetasā |
yatnena vacanaṃ grāhyamaṃśukeneva kuṅkumam || 44 ||
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atattvajñamanādeyavacanaṃ vāgvidāṃ vara |
yaḥ pṛcchati naraṃ tasmānnāsti mūḍhataro'paraḥ || 45 ||
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prāmāṇikasya tajjñasya vaktuḥ pṛṣṭasya yatnataḥ |
nānutiṣṭhati yo vākyaṃ nānyastasmānnarādhamaḥ || 46 ||
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tajjñatātajjñate pūrvaṃ vakturnirṇīya kāryataḥ |
yaḥ karoti naraḥ praśnaṃ pṛcchakaḥ sa mahāmatiḥ || 47 ||
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anirṇīya pravaktāraṃ bālaḥ praśnaṃ karoti yaḥ |
adhamaḥ pṛcchakaḥ sa syānna mahārthasya bhājanam || 48 ||
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pūrvāparasamādhānakṣamabuddhāvanindite |
pṛṣṭaṃ prājñena vaktavyaṃ nādhame paśudharmiṇi || 49 ||
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prāmāṇikārthayogyatvaṃ pṛcchakasyāvicārya vā |
yo vakti tamiha prājñāḥ prāhurmūḍhatamaṃ naram || 50 ||
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tvamatīva guṇādhāraḥ pṛcchako raghunandana |
ahaṃ ca vaktuṃ jānāmi sa ca yogo'yamāvayoḥ || 51 ||
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yadahaṃ vacmi tad yatnāttvayā śabdārthakovida |
etadvastviti nirṇīya hṛdi kāryamakhaṇḍitaṃ || 52 ||
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mahānasi virakto'si tajjño'si janatāsthitau |
tvayi vastu lagatyantaḥ kuṅkumāmbu yathāṃśuke || 53 ||
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uktāvadhānaparamā paramārthavivecanī |
viśatyarthaṃ tava prajñā jalamadhyamivārkabhā || 54 ||
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yad yadvacmi tavādeyaṃ hṛdi kāryaṃ prayatnataḥ |
na cetpraṣṭavya evāhaṃ na tvayeha nirarthakam || 55 ||
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mano hi capalaṃ rāma saṃsāravanamarkaṭam |
saṃrodhya hṛdi yatnena śrotavyā paramārthadhīḥ || 56 ||
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avivekinamajñānamasajjanaratiṃ janam |
ciraṃ dūrataraṃ kṛtvā pūjanīyā hi sādhavaḥ || 57 ||
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nityaṃ sajjanasamparkādviveka upajāyate |
vivekapādapasyaite bhogamokṣau phale smṛte || 58 ||
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mokṣadvāre dvārapālāścatvāraḥ parikīrtitāḥ |
śamo vicāraḥ santoṣaścaturthaḥ sādhusaṅgamaḥ || 59 ||
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ete sevyāḥ prayatnena catvāro dvau trayo'tha vā |
dvāramudghāṭayantyete mokṣarājagṛhe balāt || 60 ||
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ekaṃ vā sarvayatnena prāṇāṃstyaktvā samāśrayet |
etasminvaśage yānti catvāro'pi vaśaṃ yataḥ || 61 ||
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saviveko hi śāstrasya jñānasya tapaso dyuteḥ |
bhājanaṃ bhūṣaṇākāro bhāskarastejasāmiva || 62 ||
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ghanatāmupayātaṃ hi prajñāmāndyamacetasām |
yāti sthāvaratāmambu jāḍyātpāṣāṇatāmiva || 63 ||
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tvaṃ tu rāghava saujanyaguṇaśāstrārthadṛṣṭibhiḥ |
vikāsitāntaḥkaraṇaḥ sthitaḥ padma ivodaye || 64 ||
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imāṃ jñānadṛśaṃ śrotumavaboddhuṃ ca sanmate |
arhasyuddhṛtakarṇastu janturvīṇādhvaniṃ yathā || 65 ||
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vairāgyābhyāsayogena samasaujanyasampadā |
tatpadaṃ prāpyate rāma yatra nāśo na vidyate || 66 ||
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śāstraiḥ sujanasamparkapūrvakaiḥ sutapodamaiḥ |
ādau saṃsāramuktyarthaṃ prajñāmevābhivardhayet || 67 ||
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saṃsāraviṣavṛkṣograsekamāspadamāpadām |
añjanaṃ mohayāminyā maurkhyaṃ yatnena nāśayet || 68 ||
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etadeva ca maurkhyasya paramaṃ viddhi nāśanam |
yadidaṃ prekṣyate śāstraṃ kiñcitsaṃskṛtayā dhiyā || 69 ||
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durāśāsarpagartena maurkhyeṇa hṛdi valgatā |
cetaḥ sañkocamāyāti carmāgnāviva yojitam || 70 ||
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prājñe yathārthabhūteyaṃ vastudṛṣṭiḥ prasīdati |
dṛgivendau nirambhodasakalāmalamaṇḍale || 71 ||
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pūrvāparavicārārthacārucāturyaśālinī |
savikāsā matiryasya sa pumāniti kathyate || 72 ||
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vikasitena sitena manomuṣā varavicāraṇaśītalarociṣā |
guṇavatā hṛdayena virājase tvamamalena nabhaśśaśinā yathā || 73 ||
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