Chapter II

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
idamākāśajākhyānaṃ śrṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam |
utpattyākhyaṃ prakaraṇaṃ yena rāghava budhyase || 1 ||
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asti hyākāśajo nāma dvijaḥ paramadhārmikaḥ |
dhyānaikaniṣṭhaḥ satataṃ prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ || 2 ||
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sa ciraṃ jīvati yadā tadā mṛtyuracintayat |
sarvāṇyeva krameṇāha bhūtānyadmi kilākṣayaḥ || 3 ||
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enamākāśajaṃ vipraṃ na kasmādbhakṣayāmyaham |
atra me kuṇṭhitā śaktiḥ khaṅgadhārā ivopale || 4 ||
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iti saṃcintya taṃ hantumagacchattatpuraṃ tadā |
tyajantyudyamamudyuktā na svakarmāṇi kecana || 5 ||
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tatastatsadanaṃ yāvanmṛtyuḥ praviśati svayam |
tāvadenaṃ dahatyagniḥ kalpāntajvalanopamaḥ || 6 ||
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agnijvālāmahāmālāṃ vidāryāntargato hyasau |
dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā samādātuṃ hastenaicchatprayatnataḥ || 7 ||
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nacāśakatpuro dṛṣṭamapi hastaśatairdvijam |
balavānapyavaṣṭabdhuṃ saṃkalpapuruṣaṃ yathā || 8 ||
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athāgatya yamaṃ mṛtyurapṛcchatsaṃśayacchidam |
kimityahaṃ na śaknomi bhoktumākāśajaṃ vibho || 9 ||
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yama uvāca |
mṛtyo na kiṃcicchaktastvameko mārayituṃ balāt |
māraṇīyasya karmāṇi tatkartṛṇīti netarat || 10 ||
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tasmādetasya viprasya māraṇīyasya yatnataḥ |
karmāṇyanviṣya teṣāṃ tvaṃ sāhāyyenainamatsyasi || 11 ||
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tataḥ sa mṛtyurbabhrāma tatkarmānveṣaṇādṛtaḥ |
maṇḍalāni digantāṃśca sarāṃsi sarito diśaḥ || 12 ||
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vanajaṅgalajālāni śailānabdhitaṭāni ca |
dvīpāntarāṇyaraṇyāni nagarāṇi purāṇi ca || 13 ||
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grāmāṇyakhilarāṣṭrāṇi deśāntargahanāni ca |
evaṃ bhūmaṇḍalaṃ bhrāntvā na kutaścitsa kānicit || 14 ||
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tānyākāśajakarmāṇi labdhavānmṛtyurudyataḥ |
vandhyāputramiva prājñaḥ saṃkalpādrimivāparaḥ || 15 ||
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samapṛcchadathāgatya yamaṃ sarvārthakovidam |
parāyaṇaṃ hi prabhavaḥ saṃdeheṣvanujīvinām || 16 ||
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mṛtyuruvāca |
ākāśajasya karmāṇi kva sthitāni vada prabho |
dharmarājo'tha saṃcintya suciraṃ proktavānidam || 17 ||
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dharmarāja uvāca |
ākāśajasya karmāṇi mṛtyo santi na kānicit |
eṣa ākāśajo vipro jātaḥ khādeva kevalāt || 18 ||
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ākāśādeva yo jātaḥ sa vyomaivāmalaṃ bhavet |
sahakārīṇi no santi na karmāṇyasya kānicit || 19 ||
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saṃbandhaḥ prāktanenāsya na manāgapi karmaṇā |
asti vandhyāsutasyeva tathā'jātākṛteriva || 20 ||
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kāraṇānāmabhāvena tasmādākāśameva saḥ |
naitasya pūrvakarmāsti nabhasīva mahādrumaḥ || 21 ||
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naitadasyāvaśaṃ cittamabhāvātpūrvakarmaṇām |
adya tāvadanenādyaṃ na kiṃcitkarma saṃcitam || 22 ||
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evamākāśakośātmā viśadākāśarūpiṇi |
svakāraṇe sthito nityaḥ kāraṇāni na kānicit || 23 ||
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prāktanāni na santyasya karmāṇyadya karoti no |
kiṃcidapyevameṣo'tra vijñānākāśamātrakaḥ || 24 ||
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prāṇaspando'sya yatkarma lakṣyate cāsmadādibhiḥ |
dṛśyate'smābhireva tanna tvasyāstyatra karmadhīḥ || 25 ||
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saṃsthitā bhāvayantīva cidrūpaiva parātpadāt |
bhinnamākāramātmīyaṃ citstambhe śālabhañjikā || 26 ||
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tathaiva paramārthātsakhātmabhūtaḥ sthito dvijaḥ |
yathā dravatvaṃ payasi śūnyatvaṃ ca yathāmbare || 27 ||
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spandatvaṃ ca yathā vāyostathaiṣa parame pade |
karmāṇyadyatanānyasya saṃcitāni na santi hi || 28 ||
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na pūrvāṇyeṣa teneha na saṃsāravaśaṃ gataḥ |
sahakārikāraṇānāmabhāve yaḥ prajāyate || 29 ||
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nāsau svakāraṇādbhinno bhavatītyanubhūyate |
kāraṇānāmabhāvena tasmādeṣa svayaṃbhavaḥ || 30 ||
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kartā na pūrvaṃ nāpyadya kathamākramyate vada |
yadaiṣa kalpanāṃ buddhyā mṛtināmnīṃ kariṣyati || 31 ||
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pṛthvyādimānayamahamiti yasya ca niścayaḥ |
sa pārthivo bhavatyāśu grahītuṃ sa ca śakyate || 32 ||
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pṛthvyādikalanābhāvādeṣa vipro na rūpavān |
dṛḍharajjveva gaganaṃ grahītuṃ naiva yujyate || 33 ||
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mṛtyuruvāca |
bhagavañjāyate śūnyātkathaṃ nāma vadeti me |
pṛthvyādayaḥ kathaṃ santi na santi vada vā katham || 34 ||
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yama uvāca |
na kadācana jāto'sau na ca nāsti kadācana |
dvijaḥ kevalavijñānabhāmātraṃ tattathā sthitaḥ || 35 ||
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mahāpralayasaṃpattau na kiṃcidavaśiṣyate |
brahmāste śāntamajaramanantātmaiva kevalam || 36 ||
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śūnyaṃ nityoditaṃ sūkṣmaṃ nirupādhi paraṃ sthitam |
tadā tadanu yenāsya nikaṭe'drinibhaṃ mahaḥ || 37 ||
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saṃvinmātrasvabhāvatvāddeho'hamiti cetati |
kākatālīyavadbhrāntamākāraṃ tena paśyati || 38 ||
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sa eṣa brāhmaṇastasminsargādāvambarodare |
nirvikalpaścidākāśarūpamāsthāya saṃsthitaḥ || 39 ||
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nāsya deho na karmāṇi na kartṛtvaṃ na vāsanā |
eṣa śuddhacidākāśo vijñānaghana ātataḥ || 40 ||
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prāktanaṃ vāsanājālaṃ kiṃcidasya na vidyate |
kevalaṃ vyomarūpasya bhārūpasyeva tejasaḥ || 41 ||
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vedanāmātrasaṃśāntāvīdṛśo'pi na dṛśyate |
tasmādyathā cidākāśastathā tatpratipattayaḥ || 42 ||
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kutaḥ kilātra pṛthvyādeḥ kīdṛśaḥ saṃbhavaḥ katham |
etadākramaṇe mṛtyo tasmānmā yatnavānbhava || 43 ||
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grahītuṃ yujyate vyoma na kadācana kenacit |
śrutvaitadvismito mṛtyurjagāma nijamandiram || 44 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
brahmaiṣa kathito devastvayā me prapitāmahaḥ |
svayaṃbhūraja ekātmā vijñānātmeti me matiḥ || 45 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
evametanmayā rāma brahmaiṣa kathitastava |
vivādamakaronmṛtyuryamenaitatkṛte purā || 46 ||
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manvantare sarvabhakṣo yadā mṛtyurharanprajāḥ |
balametyabjajākrāntāvārambhamakarotsvayam || 47 ||
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tadaiva dharmarājena yamenāśvanuśāsitaḥ |
yadeva kriyate nityaṃ ratistatraiva jāyate || 48 ||
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brahmā kila parākāśavapurākramyate katham |
manomātraṃ ca saṃkalpaḥ pṛthvyādirahitākṛtiḥ || 49 ||
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yaścidvyomacamatkāraḥ kilākārānubhūtimān |
sa cidvyomaiva no tasya kāraṇatvaṃ na kāryatā || 50 ||
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ākāśasphuradākāraḥ saṃkalpapuruṣo yathā |
pṛthvyādirahito bhāti svayaṃbhūrbhāsate tathā || 51 ||
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nirmale vyomni muktālīsaṃkalpasvapnayoḥ puram |
apṛthvyādi yathā bhāti svayaṃbhūrbhāsate tathā || 52 ||
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na dṛśyamasti na draṣṭā paramātmani kevale |
svayaṃcittā tathāpyeṣa svayaṃbhūriti bhāsate || 53 ||
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saṃkalpamātramevaitanmano brahmeti kathyate |
saṃkalpākāśapuruṣo nāsya pṛthvyādi vidyate || 54 ||
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yathā citrakṛdantaḥsthā nirdehā bhāti putrikā |
tathaiva bhāsate brahmā cidākāśāccharañjanam || 55 ||
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cidvyomakevalamanantamanādimadhyaṃ brahmeti bhāti nijacittavaśātsvayaṃbhūḥ |
ākāravāniva pumāniva vastutastu vandhyātanūja iva tasya tu nāsti dehaḥ || 56 ||
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