Chapter 21

upadeśakaraṇaṃ nāma sargaḥ |
ekaviṃśaḥ sargaḥ |
rāmaḥ |
bhagavannevaṃguṇaviśiṣṭe pare brahmaṇyeva vidyamāne kuta evāvidyācitrarūpāyāḥ sṛṣṭerāgama iti kathaya mahātman || 1 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
rājaputra brahmatattvamevedamāvartate | yasmātsarvaśakti tattasmātsarvaśaktayo brahmaṇi dṛśyante | sattvamasattvaṃ dvitvamekatvamādyatvamantatvamiti | tataśca nānyat || 2 ||
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yathā jalarāśau jalarāśaya ullāsapratyullāsairnānākāratāṃ darśayantaḥ prakaṭatāṃ gacchanti | tathā cidghana eva cidghanaścitaṃ cinvānaḥ sarvāśśaktīḥ karmamayīrvāṅmayīrmanomayīścinoti bibharti janayati kṣapayati ceti || 3 ||
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sarveṣāmeva jīvānāṃ sarvāsāmabhito dṛśām |
samagrāṇāṃ padārthānāmutpattirbrahmaṇo'niśam || 4 ||
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lokāḥ parādupāyānti tasmin sthitvā viśantyalam |
tanmayā eva satataṃ taraṅgā iva sāgare || 5 ||
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rāmaḥ |
bhagavaṃstavātigahaneyaṃ vacanavyaktiḥ | na khalu vākyārthamavagacchāmi | kva kilātītamanaṣṣaṣṭhendriyavṛtti brahmatattvaṃ | kva bhaṅgureyaṃ tajjā padārthaśrīriti vacanaracanā || 6 ||
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yadi cāyamārambho brahmaṇa āpatitastadanena tatsadṛśenaiva bhavitavyam | yo yasmājjāyate sa tatsadṛśo bhavati | yathā puruṣaḥ puruṣāt | dīpāddīpaḥ | sasyātsasyam | ato nirvikārād yadāgataṃ nirvikāreṇaiva tena bhavitavyam | athedaṃ vyatiriktaṃ cedātmanastanniṣkalaṅkasya kuta iyaṃ kalaṅkāpattiḥ || 7 ||
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ityākarṇya bhagavānbrahmarṣiruvāca || 8 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
brahmaivedaṃ sthitaṃ nānā malamastīha nānagha |
taraṅgormigaṇairambhaḥ sindhau sphurati no rajaḥ || 9 ||
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dvitīyā kalpanaiveha na raghūdvaha vidyate |
brahmamātrādṛte vahnāvauṣṇyamātrādṛte yathā || 10 ||
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rāmaḥ |
nirduḥkhaṃ brahma nirdharma tajjaṃ duḥkhamidaṃ jagat |
aspaṣṭārthamidaṃ brahmanna vedmi vacanaṃ tava || 11 ||
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vālmīkiḥ |
ityukte tatra rāmeṇa cintayāmāsa cetasā |
vasiṣṭho muniśārdūlo rāghavasyopadeśane || 12 ||
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paraṃ vikāsamāyātā nāsya tāvadiyaṃ matiḥ |
kiñcinnirmalatāṃ prāptā prohyate veha vastuni || 13 ||
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vyutpannamanasastvasya jñātajñeyasya dhīmataḥ |
mokṣopāyagirāṃ pāraṃ prayātasya vivekataḥ || 14 ||
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na kaścitkasyaciddoṣo nāstyavidyātmanītyalam |
yāvannoktaṃ na viśrāntiṃ tāvad yātyeva rāghavaḥ || 15 ||
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ardhavyutpannabuddhestu naitat vaktuṃ hi śobhanam |
dṛṣṭyānayā bhogadaśāṃ bhāvayanneṣa naśyati || 16 ||
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parāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ prayātasya bhogecchā nābhijāyate |
sarvaṃ brahmeti siddhāntakāle rāmasya yujyate || 17 ||
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ādau śamadamaprāyairguṇaiśśiṣyaṃ viśodhayet |
paścātsarvamidaṃ brahma śuddhastvamiti bodhayet || 18 ||
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ajñasyārdhaprabuddhasya sarvaṃ brahmeti yo vadet |
mahānarakajāleṣu sa tena viniyojitaḥ || 19 ||
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prabuddhabuddheḥ prakṣīṇabhogecchasya nirāśiṣaḥ |
nāstyavidyāmalamiti yuktaṃ vaktuṃ mahātmanaḥ || 20 ||
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iti sañcintya bhagavānajñānatimirāpahaḥ |
samuvāca muniśreṣṭho vasiṣṭho bhūmibhāskaraḥ || 21 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
kalaṅkakalanā brahmaṇyasti nāstīti rāghava |
siddhāntakāle vaktavyaṃ svayaṃ jñāsyasi vānagha || 22 ||
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brahma tu sarvaśakti sarvavyāpi sarvagataṃ sarvehaṃ sarvaṃ ceti || 23 ||
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yathendrajālinaḥ paśyasi vicitrarūpāḥ kriyā janayataḥ sadasattāṃ nayanti | asacca sattāṃ nayanti te | tathaivātmā | na māyāmayo'pi māyāmaya iva |
paramaindrajāliko ghaṭaṃ paṭaṃ karoti | śakaṭamavaṭaṃ karoti | upale latāmutpādayati | meroḥ kanakataṭe nandanamiva || 24 ||
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latāyāmupalamutpādayati | kalpapādapeṣu ratnastabakamiva | vyomni kānanamadhyāropayati | gāndharvamudyānamiva | kānanaṃ gaganatāṃ nayati | naṣṭacchāyaṃ janamiva | vyoma dharātalaṃ nayati | gandharvanagararājagṛhavipulājiramiva | bhūtale vyoma niveśayati | ratnakuṭṭimeṣvākāśapratibimbamiva || 25 ||
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kiṃ tadasti jagati babhūva bhaviṣyati vā yadīśvaro'vyaktarūpo'pi cittatāmupetya na darśayati | sarvameva sarvathā sarvatra sarvadā sambhavatyeva || 26 ||
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ekameveha vastu vidyate iti | tasmāddharṣāmarṣavismayānāṃ ka ivāvasaro rāma | samatayaiva satataṃ matimatā sthātavyam || 27 ||
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smayavismayasammohaharṣāmarṣavikāritām |
samatācalitastajjño na kadācana gacchati || 28 ||
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aparyavasānadeśakālavati citrā hi jagati yuktayo dṛśyante | etāśca yuktīrnāsāvātmā yatnena racayati | na hi samudraḥ prayatnena taraṅgaracanāṃ karoti | na cotpannāstiraskaroti sāgara iva vīcīḥ || 29 ||
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kiṃ tarhi kṣīra iva ghṛtaṃ | ghaṭa ivāṇavaḥ | paṭa iva tantavaḥ | vaṭā iva vaṭadhānāyāmātmanyeva sthitā etāśśaktayaḥ prakaṭatāmāgatā hriyante'viratameva taraṅgavat || 30 ||
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nātra kaścitkartā na bhoktā na vināśayiteti | kevalamātmatattve sākṣiṇi nirāmaye samatayātmani nityamakṣubdhaṃ tiṣṭhati satyevaṃ sampadyate || 31 ||
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sati dīpa ivālokaḥ satyarka iva vāsaraḥ |
sati puṣpa ivāmodaḥ svataḥ sampadyate jagat || 32 ||
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ābhāsamātramevedaṃ paridṛśyata eva vā |
spandaḥ samīraṇasyeva na sannāsadiva sthitam || 33 ||
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na kāsāñcideva jāgatīnāṃ dṛṣṭīnāṃ paramārthato bhagavānbhūtavinaṣṭānāṃ punaḥkartā kṛtānāṃ vā vināśayitā | kevalaṃ kadācitprakaṭāḥ kadācidalpaprakaṭāḥ kadācidatiprakaṭā vana iva kusumarāśayaḥ || 34 ||
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naśyatīha hi tadvastu nātmabhūtaṃ yadātmanaḥ |
kathaṃ naśyati tadvastu svātmabhūtaṃ yadātmanaḥ || 35 ||
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tasmādasamyagjñānavaśādbrahmaṇaḥ sarvapadārthānāmāgamaḥ | avatīrṇānāṃ ca teṣāmavataraṇasamakālamevāvidyodeti | tayājñānaṃ dṛdhatāmeti | tadataśśatasahasraskandho vicitraśubhāśubhavalito bhuvanabhūriśākhaḥ sphāratāmeti saṃsāradrumaḥ || 36 ||
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āśāmañjaritākṛtiṃ vivalitaṃ duḥkhāhibhirdāruṇairbhogaiḥ pallavitaṃ jarākusumitaṃ tṛṣṇālatābhāsuram |
saṃsāraṃ viṣavṛkṣamātmanigaḍaṃ chittvā vivekāsinā muktastvaṃ vihareha vāraṇapatiḥ stambhādivonmocitaḥ || 37 ||
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