Chapter 8

aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ |
vijñānopāyata tapaścaryā svarūpapraśnaḥ |
brahmāḥ |
vijñānopāyārūpeṇa tapaścaryā ca kīrtitā |
bhagavan tattapaḥ krīdṛk kiṃ vā tatkathyatāṃ mama || 1 ||
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śrībhagavān |
vācikādi tapastraivadhyam |
vāṅmanaḥ kāyajatvena tapastattri vidhaṃ matam |
devadvijaguruprājña pūjanaṃ śaucamārjavam || 2 ||
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kārya |
ahiṃsanaṃ brahmacarmaṃ tapaśśārīramīritam |
anugrahaparaṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ bhūto pakārakam || 3 ||
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svādhyā yābhyasanaṃ ceti vācikaṃ kathitaṃ tapaḥ |
santoṣassatataṃ brahmacivtayā'tmavinigrahaḥ || 4 ||
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yavyasanam |
bhāvaśuddhi ssaumyatā ca tapo mānasa mīritam |
sātvikādibhedena punastrai vidhyam |
śraddhadhānaiḥ kṛtaṃ samyagaphalākāṅkṣibhirnaraiḥ || 5 ||
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paumyabhāvaḥ naiva vijñānotpattikāraṇam || 7 ||
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caina |
sṛṣṭikāraṇa layādhiṣṭhāna sthitikālānāṃ nirūpaṇam |
brahmāḥ |
kutaḥ prasūtirjagatāṃ teṣāṃ nāśaḥ kvasaṃmataḥ |
kiyantaṃ kālameteṣāṃ sthitirma bhagavan vada || 8 ||
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śrībhagavān |
āpannā prakṛtirvyaktiṃ sūte sarvaṃ carācaram |
tatraiva līyate sarvaṃ brāhme āyuṣi ca sthitiḥ || 9 ||
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caturmukhāyaḥ parimāṇam |
kālo yugasahastrākhyaḥ divārātriśca tāvatī |
brahmaṇasaina mānena śatamāyuśca vatsarāḥ || 10 ||
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brahmaṇa ekasmin dine caturdaśamanavaḥ |
bhavanti manavastasya dine tatra caturdaśa |
ekonasaptatiḥ kālo manorekasya kīrtitaḥ || 11 ||
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parasmin brahmaṇi brahman arvācine layaṃ gate |
pralayo mahadākhyoyaṃ caturānana kīrtitaḥ || 12 ||
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pare |
avāntara layo dainandinaḥ |
avāntarāśca pralayā dinānāmavasānajāḥ |
avāntaraśca pralayo dinaṃdinamatho janāḥ |bhavanti tustairmahā pralayaśca punaḥ punaḥ cakravatpralayaḥ kālo |
sṛṣṭhisthitilayānāma viśrāntiḥ |
bhavantidhātṛbhistaistairma hāṃśca pralayaḥ punaḥ || 13 ||
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cakravadvartate kālo na virāmosti karhicit |
loko |
brahmāḥ |
kiṃrūpā prakṛtirdeva sūte kathamidaṃ jagate |
brūhi sarvamaśeṣeṇabha vagavan bhūtabhāvana || 14 ||
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prakṛtisvarūpa nirūpaṇam |
śrībhagavān |
asyūnādhikarūpāṇāṃ satvādhīnāṃ caturmukha |
guṇānāṃ saṃhatiryā sā prakṛtissadbhirucyate || 15 ||
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bhagavadadhiṣṭhitāyāstasyā jagadyonitvam |
acetanā sā viśvasya yoni ravyākṛtā svayam |
nityā sūte jagatsarvaṃ niyogātparamātmanaḥ || 16 ||
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ravyākṛtissvayaṃ |
avibhaktā vibhaktā ca dadhni sarpiriva sthitā |
saṅkarṣaṇākhyo bhagavān prakṛtāveva tāḥ prajāḥ || 17 ||
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nityaṃ nūte. sṛjatprajāḥ || 18 ||
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sṛjaṃ mahat |
lokakartāsvayaṃ brahmā yathā pūrvaṃ yathākramam |
ityevaṃ sargasaṃhārau mayā samyagudīratau || 19 ||
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brahmā |
aiśvaryamaṣṭaguṇavatkiṃ tadhyadbhaktimān pumān |
āproti kīdṛksāyujyaṃ yuñjānasya sumedhasaḥ |
dadhadbhaktimān. tadyasmahimā |
labdhvā caiśvaryamakhilaṃ kena pratinivartate || 20 ||
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śrībhagavān |
aṇimādyaiśvaryanirūpaṇam |
aṇimā mahimā cāpi yāvānevāsya kāmyate |
tāva ntamiṣṭamāpnoti garimā laghimāpi vā || 21 ||
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yāvatevāsya |
iṣyamāṇamavāpnoti laghimnātena pūraṣaḥ |
deśaṃ vidūramapyeṣa kṣaṇamātreṇa gacchati || 22 ||
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dūraṃ vidūra |
yathā śālmanitūlasya tathā dehasya lāghasam |
garimṇā tena dehasya parvatasyena noddhṛtiḥ || 23 ||
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āhāreṣu vihāreṣu yathākāmaṃ pravartate |
saṅkalpenaina bhūtāni vaśyāni kamalāsana || 24 ||
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yathākarma |
parakāyapraveśaṃ ca yatheṣṭaṃ pratipadyate |
ebhiraṣṭabhirevaite viharanti yathepsitam || 25 ||
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yadi māṃ visma reyusai sukhanidrāvimohitāḥ |
madbhakri kṣaraṇādeva pratisroto vahā janāḥ || 26 ||
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smaraṇādeva |
jāyante punarutkṛṣṭavaṃ śeṣu mahatāṃ satām |
punarbha jeyurmā meva yajante siddhikāmyayā || 27 ||
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yadite |
mucyante matprasādena janmano'smādvigarhitāt |
sāyujyādibhedena mukaistraividyam |
bhedena cāpyabhedena miśreṇa ca caturmukha || 28 ||
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tridhaina muktiruditā bhede kaiṅkaryalakṣaṇā |
muktiryatheha lokeṣu paricaryāparā narāḥ || 29 ||
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devasya tadvadenai te vai kuṇṭhe paramātmanaḥ |
loke tasya samīpasthā muktātmāna ssamāhitāḥ || 30 ||
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vasanti kiṅkarāssanta statprasādaparāssadā |
abheda muktiratyanta maikyaṃ syātparajīvayoḥ || 31 ||
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ātmano bhāvanā caikye sohamityevamātmikā |
yasya tasyaikatāpatti rmuktirjīvavarātmanoḥ || 32 ||
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nātmaikatāpattiḥnāsyaikatāpatti rjīvātmaparamātmanoḥ itipāṭhāntaramadhikaṃ dṛśyate |
siddhāntemiśrarūpe tu bhedesthitvārcanādibhiḥ |
toṣayitvā paraṃ devaṃ tato yuktassamāhitaḥ || 33 ||
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vijñānentekatānena paramātmani cidghane |
aikyaṃ prāpnoti sā muktiruktā sāyujyalakṣaṇā || 34 ||
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aiśvaryamaṇimādyaṣṭa guṇāvāptissudurlabhā |
muktirvā varamānandaprāptirūpā yadīptitam |
puṃsāṃ tadubhayaṃ muktiḥ prasūte paramātmani || 35 ||
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paramaiśvaryaṃ rūpaṃ nā sarvamīpsitam |
tatvapraśnaḥ |
brahmāḥ |
bahūni tatvānyuktāni śāstrairbahubhiracyuta |
teṣu tatyeṣu narveṣu bhāvanā vihitā kramāt || 36 ||
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satveṣu |
samādhirekatānaiva śāstravijñānamuttamam |
prasūte yena tadbrahma tatvebhyaḥ paramaṃ matam || 37 ||
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samādhiḥ ityardhasya sthāne samihitaiva sarveṣāṃ phalānāmuttamo ttamam itīyavadhikamasti. vaktavyāni tatastāni heto stānyavadhāraya || 40 ||
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avyaktāni. tanmātrapañcakānyekādaśa coktānyanukramāt || 41 ||
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tanmātrāpaṃcadhā hyevaṃ daśacāṃ bhorugasana. iti kvacit |
pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni pañcaivakamalāsana |
māyākālakalārāgavidyādīni yataḥ kramāt || 42 ||
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nandaścaiva mahānando mahāvidyā samīritā |
kṣetrajñaśca śivo brahmā puruṣastadanantaram || 43 ||
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satyācyutau tathā'nanto viṣṇussarvaśca nirvṛtiḥ |
śiro. catvāriṃśaddaśacaikaṃ caturmukha || 45 ||
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catvāri daśacaiva |
tataḥ proktamidaṃ sarvaṃ yatrotpannaṃ carācaram |
tasya prapañco rupāṇi teṣāṃ nāmāni kaḥ kṣamaḥ || 46 ||
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tataḥ ityardasyasthāne. otaprotamidaṃ sarvaṃ yatrotpattiḥ kṣayastridhā itikvacit pāṭhaḥ ityeṣā kathitā tubhyaṃ tatvānāṃ nāmapaddhatiḥ || 47 ||
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digeṣā kadhitā |
saṃjñāvikalpaistatvāni bhāvayanta ssamādhibhiḥ |
yuñjānā yoginaśśaśvatprāpnu panti paraṃ padaṃ || 48 ||
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