Chapter I

vāgbhābhirbrahmavidbrahma bhāti svapna ivātmani |
yadidaṃtatsvaśabdotthairyo yadvetti sa vetti tat || 1 ||
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nyāyenānena loke'sminsarge brahmāmbare sati |
kimidaṃ kasya kutreti codyamūce nirākṛtam || 2 ||
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ahaṃ tāvadyathājñānaṃ yathāvastu yathākramam |
yathāsvabhāvaṃ tatsarvaṃ vacmīdaṃ śrūyatāṃ budha || 3 ||
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svapnavatpaśyati jagaccinnabhodehavitsvayam |
svapnasaṃsāradṛṣṭānta evāhaṃ tvaṃ samanvitam || 4 ||
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mumukṣuvyavahāroktimayātprakaraṇātparam |
athotpattiprakaraṇaṃ mayedaṃ parikathyate || 5 ||
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bandho'yaṃ dṛśyasadbhāvāddṛśyābhāvena bandhanam |
na saṃbhavati dṛśyaṃ tu yathedaṃ tacchraṇu kramāt || 6 ||
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utpadyate yo jagati sa eva kila vardhate |
sa eva mokṣamāpnoti svargaṃ vā narakaṃ ca vā || 7 ||
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ataste svāvabodhārthaṃ tattāvatkathayāmyaham |
utpattiḥ saṃsṛtāveti pūrvameva hi yo yathā || 8 ||
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idaṃ prakaraṇārthaṃ tvaṃ saṃkṣepācchṛṇu rāghava |
tataḥ saṃkathayiṣyāmi vistaraṃ te yathepsitam || 9 ||
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yadidaṃ dṛśyate sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam |
tatsuṣuptāviva svapnaḥ kalpānte pravinaśyati || 10 ||
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tataḥ stimitagambhīraṃ na tejo na tamastatam |
anākhyamanabhivyaktaṃ satkiṃcidavaśiṣyate || 11 ||
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ṛtamātmā paraṃ brahma satyamityādikā budhaiḥ |
kalpitā vyavahārārthaṃ tasya saṃjñā mahātmanaḥ || 12 ||
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sa tathābhūta evātmā svayamanya ivollasan |
jīvatāmupayātīva bhāvināmnā kadarthitām || 13 ||
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tataḥ sa jīvaśabdārthakalanākulatāṃ gataḥ |
mano bhavati bhūtātmā mananānmantharībhavan || 14 ||
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manaḥ saṃpadyate tena mahataḥ paramātmanaḥ |
susthirādasthirākārastaraṅga iva vāridheḥ || 15 ||
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tatsvayaṃ svairamevāśu saṃkalpayati nityaśaḥ |
tenetthamindrajālaśrīrvitateyaṃ vitanyate || 16 ||
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yathā kaṭakaśabdārthaḥ pṛthaktvārho na kāñcanāt |
na hema kaṭakāttadvajjagacchabdārthatā pare || 17 ||
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brahmaṇyevāstyanantātma yathāsthitamidaṃ jagat |
na jagacchabdakārthe'sti hemnīva kaṭakātmatā || 18 ||
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satī vāpyasatī tāpanadyeva laharī calā |
manasehendrajālaśrīrjāgatī pravitanyate || 19 ||
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avidyā saṃsṛtirbandho māyā moho mahattamaḥ |
kalpitānīti nāmāni yasyāḥ sakalavedibhiḥ || 20 ||
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bandhasya tāvadrūpaṃ tvaṃ kathyamānamidaṃ śrṛṇu |
tataḥ svarūpaṃ mokṣasya jñāsyasīndunibhānana || 21 ||
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draṣṭurdṛśyasya sattāṅga bandha ityabhidhīyate |
draṣṭā dṛśyabalādbaddho dṛśyābhāve vimucyate || 22 ||
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jagattvamahamityādirmithyātmā dṛśyamucyate |
yāvadetatsaṃbhavati tāvanmokṣo na vidyate || 23 ||
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nedaṃ nedamiti vyarthapralāpairnopaśāmyati |
saṃkalpajanakairdṛśyavyādhiḥ pratyuta vardhate || 24 ||
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na ca tarkabharakṣodairna tīrthaniyamādibhiḥ |
sato dṛśyasya jagato yasmādeti vicārakāḥ || 25 ||
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jagaddṛśyaṃ tu yadyasti na śāmyatyeva kasyacit |
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ || 26 ||
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acetyacitsvarūpātmā yatra yatraiva tiṣṭhati |
draṣṭā tatrāsya dṛśyaśrīḥ samudetyapyaṇūdare || 27 ||
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tasmādasti jagaddṛśyaṃ tatpramṛṣṭamidaṃ mayā |
tyaktaṃ tapodhyānajapairiti kāñjikatṛptivat || 28 ||
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yadi rāma jagaddṛśyamasti tatpratibimbati |
paramāṇūdare'pyasmiṃścidādarśe tathaiva hi || 29 ||
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yatra tatra sthite yadvaddarpaṇe pratibimbati |
adyabdhyurvīnadīvāri cidādarśe tathaiva hi || 30 ||
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tatastatra punarduḥkhaṃ jarā maraṇajanmanī |
bhāvābhāvagrahotsargaḥ sthūlasūkṣmacalācalaḥ || 31 ||
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idaṃ pramārjitaṃ dṛśyaṃ mayā cātrāhamāsthitaḥ |
etadevākṣayaṃ bījaṃ samādhau saṃsṛtismṛteḥ || 32 ||
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sati tvasminkuto dṛśye nirvikalpasamādhitā |
samādhau cetanatvaṃ tu turyaṃ cāpyupapadyate || 33 ||
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vyutthāne hi samādhānātsuṣuptānta ivākhilam |
jagadduḥkhamidaṃ bhāti yathāsthitamakhaṇḍitam || 34 ||
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prāptaṃ bhavati he rāma tatkiṃ nāma samādhibhiḥ |
bhūyo'narthanipāte hi kṣaṇasāmye hi kiṃ sukham || 35 ||
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yadi vāpi samādhāne nirvikalpe sthitiṃ vrajet |
tadakṣayasuṣuptābhaṃ tanmanyetāmalaṃ padam || 36 ||
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prāpyate sati dṛśye'sminna ca kiṃnāma kenacit |
yatra yatra kilāyāti cittatāsya jagadbhramaḥ || 37 ||
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draṣṭātha yadi pāṣāṇarūpatāṃ bhāvayanbalāt |
kilāste tattadante'pi bhūyo'syodeti dṛśyatā || 38 ||
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na ca pāṣāṇatātulyā nirvikalpasamādhayaḥ |
keṣāṃcitsthitimāyānti sarvairityanubhūyate || 39 ||
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na ca pāṣāṇatātulyā rūḍhiṃ yātāḥ samādhayaḥ |
bhavantyagrapadaṃ śāntaṃ cidrūpamajamakṣayam || 40 ||
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tasmādyadīdaṃ saddṛśyaṃ tanna śāmyetkadācana |
śāmyettapojapadhyānairdṛśyamityajñakalpanā || 41 ||
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ālīnavallarīrūpaṃ yathā padmākṣakoṭare |
āste kamalinībījaṃ tathā draṣṭari dṛśyadhīḥ || 42 ||
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yathā rasaḥ padārtheṣu yathā tailaṃ tilādiṣu |
kusumeṣu yathā''modastathā draṣṭari dṛśyadhīḥ || 43 ||
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yatra tatra sthitasyāpi karpūrādeḥ sugandhitā |
yathodeti tathā dṛśyaṃ ciddhātorudare jagat || 44 ||
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yathā cātra tava svapnaḥ saṃkalpaścittarājyadhīḥ |
svānubhūtyaiva dṛṣṭāntastathā hṛdyasti dṛśyabhūḥ || 45 ||
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tasmāccittavikalpasthapiśāco bālakaṃ yathā |
vinihantyevamapyetaṃ draṣṭāraṃ dṛśyarūpikā || 46 ||
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yathāṅkuro'ntarbījasya saṃsthito deśakālataḥ |
karoti bhāsuraṃ dehaṃ tanotyevaṃ hi dṛśyadhīḥ || 47 ||
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dravyasya hṛdyeva camatkṛtiryathā sadoditāstyastamitojjhitodare |
dravyasya cinmātraśarīriṇastathā svabhāvabhūtāstyudare jagatsthitiḥ || 48 ||
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