Chapter X

śrīrāma uvāca |
mahāpralayasaṃpattau yadetadavaśiṣyate |
bhavatyetadanākāraṃ nāma nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ || 1 ||
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na śūnyaṃ kathametatsyānna prakāśaḥ kathaṃ bhavet |
kathaṃ vā na tamorūpaṃ kathaṃ vā naiva bhāsvaram || 2 ||
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kathaṃ vā naiva cidrūpaṃ jīvo vā na kathaṃ bhavet |
kathaṃ na buddhitattvaṃ syātkathaṃ vā na mano bhavet || 3 ||
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kathaṃ vā naiva kiṃcitsyātkathaṃ vā sarvamityapi |
anayaiva vacobhaṅgyā mama moha ivoditaḥ || 4 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
viṣamo'yamatipraśno bhavatā samudāhṛtaḥ |
bhettāsmyahaṃ tvayatnena naiśaṃ tama ivāṃśumān || 5 ||
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mahākalpāntasaṃpattau yattatsadavaśiṣyate |
tadrāma na yathā śūnyaṃ tadidaṃ śrṛṇu kathyate || 6 ||
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anutkīrṇā yathā stambhe saṃsthitā śālabhañjikā |
tathā viśvaṃ sthitaṃ tatra tena śūnyaṃ na tatpadam || 7 ||
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ayamitthaṃ mahābhogo jagadākhyo'vabhāsate |
satyo bhavatvasatyo vā yatra tatra tvaśūnyatā || 8 ||
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yathā na putrikāśūnyaḥ stambho'nutkīrṇaputrikaḥ |
tathā bhātaṃ jagadbrahma tena śūnya na tatpadam || 9 ||
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saumyāmbhasi yathā vīcirna cāsti naca nāsti ca |
tathā jagadbrahmaṇīdaṃ śūnyāśūnyapadaṃ gatam || 10 ||
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deśakālādi śāntatvātputrikāracanaṃ drume |
saṃbhavatyayathā'to vai tenānante vimuhyate || 11 ||
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tatstambhaputrikādyetatparamārthe jagatsthiteḥ |
ekadeśena sadṛśamupamānaṃ na sarvathā || 12 ||
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na kadācidudetīdaṃ parasmānna ca śāmyati |
 itthaṃ sthitaṃ kevalaṃ sadbrahma svātmani saṃsthitam || 13 ||
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aśūnyāpekṣayā śūnyaśabdārthaparikalpanā |
aśūnyatvātsaṃbhavataḥ śūnyatāśūnyate kutaḥ || 14 ||
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brahmaṇyayaṃ prakāśo hi na saṃbhavati bhūtajaḥ |
sūryānalendutārādiḥ kutastatra kilāvyaye || 15 ||
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mahābhūtaprakāśānāmabhāvastama ucyate |
mahābhūtābhāvajaṃ tu tenātra na tamaḥ kvacit || 16 ||
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svānubhūtiḥ prakāśo'sya kevalaṃ vyomarūpiṇaḥ |
yo'ntarasti sa tenaiva natvanyenānubhūyate || 17 ||
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muktaṃ tamaḥprakāśābhyāmityetadajaraṃ padam |
ākāśakośamevedaṃ viddhi kośaṃ jagatsthiteḥ || 18 ||
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bilvasya bilvamadhyasya yathā bhedo na kaścana |
tathāsti brahmajagatorna manāgapi bhinnatā || 19 ||
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salilāntaryathā vīcirmṛdantarghaṭako yathā |
tathā yatra jagatsattā tatkathaṃ khātmakaṃ bhavet || 20 ||
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bhūrjalādyupamānaśrīḥ sākārāntā samānasā |
brahma tvākāśaviśadaṃ tasyāntasthaṃ tathaiva tat || 21 ||
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tasmādyādṛkcidākāśamākāśādapi nirmalam |
tadantasthaṃ tādṛgeva jagacchabdārthabhāgapi || 22 ||
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marīce'ntaryathā taikṣṇyamṛte bhokturna lakṣyate |
cinmātratvaṃ cidākāśe tathā cetyakalāṃ vinā || 23 ||
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tasmāccidapyacidrūpaṃ cetyariktaṃ tadātmani |
jagattā tādṛgeveyaṃ tāvanmātrātmatāvaśāt || 24 ||
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rūpālokamanaskārāstanmayā eva netarat |
yathāsthitamato viśvaṃ suṣuptaṃ turyameva vā || 25 ||
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tena yogī suṣuptātmā vyavahāryapi śāntadhīḥ |
āste brahma nirābhāsaṃ sarvābhāsasamudgakaḥ || 26 ||
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ākāriṇi yathā saumye sthitāstoye mahormayaḥ |
anākṛtau tathā viśvaṃ sthitaṃ tatsadṛśaṃ pare || 27 ||
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pūrṇātpūrṇaṃ prasarati yattatpūrṇaṃ nirākṛti |
brahmaṇo viśvamābhātaṃ taddhi svārthaṃ vicakṣitam || 28 ||
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pūrṇātpūrṇaṃ prasarati saṃsthitaṃ pūrṇameva tat |
ato viśvamanutpannaṃ yaccotpannaṃ tadeva tat || 29 ||
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cetyāsaṃbhavatastasminyadekā jagadarthatā |
āsvādakā saṃbhavato marīce kaiva tīkṣṇatā || 30 ||
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satyeveyamasatyaiva cittacetyāditā pare |
tadbhāvātpratibimbasya pratibimbārhatā kutaḥ || 31 ||
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paramāṇorapi paraṃ tadaṇīyo hyaṇīyasaḥ |
śuddhaṃ sūkṣmaṃ paraṃ śāntaṃ tadākāśodarādapi || 32 ||
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dikkālādyanavacchinnarūpatvādativistṛtam |
tadanādyantamābhāsaṃ bhāsanīyavivarjitam || 33 ||
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cidrūpameva no yatra labhyate yatra jīvatā |
kathaṃ syāccittatākārā vāsanā nityarūpiṇī || 34 ||
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cidrūpānudayādeva tatra nāstyeva jīvatā |
na buddhitā cittatā vā nendriyatvaṃ na vāsanā || 35 ||
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evamitthaṃ mahārambhapūrṇamapyajaraṃ padam |
asmaddṛṣṭyā sthitaṃ śāntaṃ śūnyamākāśato'dhikam || 36 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
paramārthasya kiṃ rūpaṃ tasyānantacidākṛteḥ |
punaretanmamācakṣva nipuṇaṃ bodhavṛddhaye || 37 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
mahāpralayasaṃpattau sarvakāraṇakāraṇam |
śiṣyate paramaṃ brahma tadidaṃ varṇyate śrṛṇu || 38 ||
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nāśayitvā svamātmānaṃ manaso vṛttisaṃkṣaye |
sadrūpaṃ yadanākhyeyaṃ tadrūpaṃ tasya vastunaḥ || 39 ||
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nāsti dṛśyaṃ jagaddraṣṭā dṛśyābhāvādvilīnavat |
bhātīti bhāsanaṃ yatsyāttadrūpaṃ tasya vastunaḥ || 40 ||
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citerjīvasvabhāvāyā yadacetyonmukhaṃ vapuḥ |
cinmātraṃ vimalaṃ śāntaṃ tadrūpaṃ paramātmanaḥ || 41 ||
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aṅgalagne'pi vātādau sparśādyanubhavaṃ vinā |
jīvataścetaso rūpaṃ yattadvai paramātmanaḥ || 42 ||
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asvapnāyā anantāyā ajaḍāyā manaḥsthiteḥ |
yadrūpaṃ ciranidrāyāstattadānagha śiṣyate || 43 ||
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yadvyomno hṛdayaṃ yadvā śilāyāḥ pavanasya ca |
tasyācetyasya cidvyomnastadrūpaṃ paramātmanaḥ || 44 ||
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acetyasyāmanaskasya jīvato yā svabhāvataḥ |
syātsthitiḥ sā parā śāntā sattā tasyādyavastunaḥ || 45 ||
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citprakāśasya yanmadhyaṃ prakāśasyāpi khasya vā |
darśanasya ca yanmadhyaṃ tadrūpaṃ brahmaṇo viduḥ || 46 ||
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vredanasya prakāśasya dṛśyasya tamasastathā |
vedanaṃ yadanādyantaṃ tadrūpaṃ paramātmanaḥ || 47 ||
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yato jagadudetīva nityānuditarūpyapi |
vibhinnavadivābhinnaṃ tadrūpaṃ paramārthakam || 48 ||
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vyavahāraparasyāpi yatpāṣāṇavadāsanam |
avyomna eva vyomatvaṃ tadrūpaṃ paramātmanaḥ || 49 ||
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vedyavedanavettṛtvarūpatrayamidaṃ puraḥ |
yatrodetyastamāyāti tattatparamadurlabham || 50 ||
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vedyavedanavettṛtvaṃ yatredaṃ pratibimbati |
abuddhyādau mahādarśe tadrūpaṃ paramaṃ smṛtam || 51 ||
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manaḥ svapnendriyairmuktaṃ yadrūpaṃ syānmahāciteḥ |
jaṅgame sthāvare vāpi tatsarvānte'vaśiṣyate || 52 ||
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sthāvarāṇāṃ hi yadrūpaṃ taccedbodhamayaṃ bhavet |
manobuddhyādinirmuktaṃ tatpareṇopamīyate || 53 ||
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brahmārkaviṣṇuharaśakrasadāśivādi śāntau śivaṃ paramametadihaikamāste |
sarvopadhivyayavaśādavikalparūpaṃ caitanyamātramayamujjhitaviśvasaṅgam || 54 ||
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