Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Chapter LXXIV

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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
tasya tatrordhvaśṛṅgasya tasyāṃ bhuvi mahāvanau |
dadarśa madhyamāṃ sūcīṃ protthitāṃ saśikhāmiva || 1 ||
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ekapādaṃ tapasyantīṃ śuṣyantīṃ śiraūṣmaṇā |
satatānaśanāṃ śuṣkapiṇḍībhūtodaratvacam || 2 ||
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sakṛdvikasitāsyena gṛhītvevātapānilān |
paścāttyajantīṃ hṛdaye me na māntītyanāratam || 3 ||
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śuṣkāṃ caṇḍāṃśukiraṇairjarjarāṃ vanavāyubhiḥ |
acalantīnijātsthānātsnāpitāminduraśmibhiḥ || 4 ||
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pūrvaṃ rajoṇunaikena saṃviṣṭacchannamastakām |
kṛtārthatvaṃ kathayatīṃ dadatānyasya nāspadam || 5 ||
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araṇyānyeva dattvārtha ciraṃ jātaśikhāmiva |
mūrdhnyavasthāpitaprāṇajaṭājūṭavalīmiva || 6 ||
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tāṃ prekṣya pavanaḥ sūcīṃ vismayākulacetanaḥ |
praṇamyālokya suciraṃ bhītabhīta ivāgataḥ || 7 ||
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mahātapasvinī sūcī kimarthaṃ tapyate tapaḥ |
neti praṣṭuṃ śaśākāsau tattejorāśinirjitaḥ || 8 ||
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bhagavatyā mahāsūcyā aho citraṃ mahātapaḥ |
ityeva kevalaṃ dhyāyanmāruto gaganaṃ yayau || 9 ||
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samullaṅghyābhramārga tu vātaskandhānatītya ca |
siddhavṛndānadhaḥ kṛtvā sūryamārgamupetya ca || 10 ||
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ūrdhvametya vimānebhyaḥ prāpa śakrapurāntare |
sūcīdarśanapuṇyaṃ tamāliliṅga puraṃdaraḥ || 11 ||
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pṛṣṭaśca kathayāmāsa dṛṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ mayetyasau |
sahadevanikāyāya śakrāyāsthānavāsine || 12 ||
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vāyuruvāca |
jambūdvīpe'sti śailendro himavānnāma sūnnataḥ |
jāmātā yasya bhagavānsākṣācchaśikalādharaḥ || 13 ||
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tasyottare mahāśṛṅgapṛṣṭhe paramarūpiṇī |
sthitā tapasvinī sūcī tapaścarati dāruṇam || 14 ||
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bahunātra kimuktena vātādyaśanaśāntaye |
yayā svodarasauṣiryaṃ piṇḍīkṛtvā nivāritam || 15 ||
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śāntasaṃkocasūkṣmārthaṃ vikāsyāsyaṃ rajoṇunā |
tayādya sthagitaṃ śītavātāśananivṛttaye || 16 ||
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tasyāstīvreṇa tapasā tuhinākaramutsṛjan |
agnyākāramayo gṛhṇan deva duḥsevyatāṃ gataḥ || 17 ||
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taduttiṣṭhāśu gacchāmaḥ sarva eva pitāmaham |
tadvarārthamanarthāya viddhi tatsumahattapaḥ || 18 ||
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iti vāteritaḥ śakraḥ sahadevagaṇena saḥ |
jagāma brahmaṇo lokaṃ prārthayāmāsa taṃ vibhum || 19 ||
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sūcyā varamahaṃ dātuṃ gacchāmi himavacchiraḥ |
brahmaṇeti pratijñāte śakraḥ svargamupāyayau || 20 ||
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etāvatātha kālena sā babhūvātipāvanī |
sūcī nijatapastāpatāpitāmaramandirā || 21 ||
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mukharandhrasthitārkāṃśudṛśā svacchāyayaiva sā |
vikāsinyā vivartisthā coditāntamavekṣitā || 22 ||
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kauśeyarūpayā sūcyā meruḥ sthairyeṇa nirjitaḥ |
majjanaṃ naiti vṛddhvaivaṃ muktamādyantayordine || 23 ||
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madhyāhne tāpabhītyeva viśantyā mārutāntaram |
anyadā gauravāddṛṣṭvā dūrataḥ prekṣamāṇayā || 24 ||
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sā tāmavekṣate kṣārāttāpādaṅge nimajjati |
saṃkaṭe vismaratyeva jano gauravasatkriyām || 25 ||
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chāyāsūcī tāpasūcī yaścātmā sa tṛtīyayā |
trikoṇaṃ tapasā pūtaṃ vārāṇasyā samaṃ kṛtam || 26 ||
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gatāstena trikoṇena trivarṇaparikhāvatā |
vāyavaḥ pāṃsavo ye'pi te parāṃ muktimāgatāḥ || 27 ||
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viditaparamakāraṇādya jātā svayamanucetanasaṃvidaṃ vicārya |
svamananakalanānusāra ekastviha hi guruḥ paramo na rāghavānyaḥ || 28 ||
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