Chapter I

athotpattiprakaraṇādanantaramidaṃ śrṛṇu |
sthitiprakaraṇaṃ rāma jñātaṃ nirvāṇakāri yat || 1 ||
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evaṃ tāvadidaṃ viddhi dṛśyaṃ jagaditi sthitam |
ahaṃ cetyādyanākāraṃ bhrāntimātramasanmayam || 2 ||
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akartṛkamaraṅgaṃ ca gagane citramutthitam |
adraṣṭṛkaṃ cānubhavamanidraṃ svapnadarśanam || 3 ||
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bhaviṣyatpuranirmāṇaṃ cittasaṃsthamivoditam |
markaṭānalatāpāntamasadevārthasādhakam || 4 ||
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brahmaṇyananyadanyābhamambvāvartavadāsthitam |
sadrūmapi niḥśūnyaṃ tejaḥ sauramivāmbare || 5 ||
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ratnābhāpuṃjamiva khe dṛśyamānamabhittimat |
gandharvāṇāṃ puramiva dṛśyaṃ nityamabhittimat || 6 ||
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mṛgatṛṣṇāmbvivāsatyaṃ satyavatpratyayapradam |
saṃkalpapuravatprauḍhamanubhūtamasanmayam || 7 ||
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kathārthapratibhānātma na kvacitsthitamasthitam |
niḥsāramapyatīvāntaḥsāraṃ svapnācalopamam || 8 ||
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bhūtākāśamivākārabhāsuraṃ śūnyamātrakam |
śaradabhramivāgrasthamalamakṣayamakṣatam || 9 ||
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varṇo vyomamalasyeva dṛśyamānamavastukam |
svapnāṅganāratākāramarthaniṣṭhamanarthakam || 10 ||
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citrodyānamivotphullamarasaṃ sarasākṛti |
prakāśamapi nistejaścitrārkānalavatsthitam || 11 ||
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anubhūtaṃ manorājyamivāsatyamavāstavam |
citrapadmākara iva sārasaugandhyavarjitam || 12 ||
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śūnye prakacitaṃ nānāvarṇamākāritātmakam |
apiṇḍagrahamāśūnyamindracāpamivotthitam || 13 ||
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parāmarśena śuṣyadbhirbhūtapelavapallavaiḥ |
kṛtaṃ jaḍamasārātma kadalīstambhabhāsuram || 14 ||
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sphuritekṣaṇadṛṣṭāndhakāracakrakavartanam |
atyantamabhavadrūpamapi pratyakṣavatsthitam || 15 ||
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vārbudbudamivābhogi śūnyamantaḥsphuradvapuḥ |
rasātmakaṃ cāpyarasamavicchinnakṣayodayam || 16 ||
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nīhāra iva vistāri gṛhītaṃ sanna kiṃcana |
jaḍaśūnyāspadaṃ śūnyaṃ keṣāṃcitparamāṇuvat || 17 ||
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kiṃcidbhūtamayo'smīti sthitaṃ śūnyamabhūtakam |
gṛhyamāṇo'pyasadrūpo niśācara ivāsthitam || 18 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
mahākalpakṣaye dṛśyamāste bīja ivāṅkuraḥ |
pare bhūya udetyetattata eveti kiṃ vada || 19 ||
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evaṃ bodhāḥ kimajñāḥ syuruta jñā iti ca sphuṭam |
yathāvadbhagavanbrūhi sarvasaṃśayaśāntaye || 20 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
idaṃ bīje'ṅkura iva dṛśyamāste mahāśaye |
brūte ya evamajñatvametattasyāsti śaiśavam || 21 ||
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śrṛṇvetatkimasaṃbandhaṃ kathametadavāstavam |
viparīto bodha eṣa vaktuḥ śrotuśca mohakṛt || 22 ||
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bīje kilāṅkura iva jagadāsta itīha yā |
buddhiḥ sā satpralāpārthaṃ mūḍhā śrṛṇu kathaṃ kila || 23 ||
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bījaṃ bhavetsvayaṃ dṛśyaṃ cittādīndriyagocaram |
yavadhānādidhānyāni yuktaḥ patrāṅkurodbhavaḥ || 24 ||
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manaḥṣaṣṭhendriyātītaṃ yatsyādatitarāmaṇu |
bījaṃ tadbhavituṃ śaktaṃ svayaṃbhūrjagatāṃ katham || 25 ||
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ākāśādapi sūkṣmasya parasya paramātmanaḥ |
sarvākhyānupalambhasya kīdṛśī bījatā katham || 26 ||
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tatsūkṣmamasadābhāsamasadeva hyatādṛśam |
kīdṛśī bījatā tatra bījābhāve kuto'ṅkuraḥ || 27 ||
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gaganāṅgādapi svacche śūnye tatra pare pade |
kathaṃ santi jaganmerusamudragaganādayaḥ || 28 ||
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na kiṃcidyatkathaṃ kiṃcittatrāste vastu vastuni |
asti cettatkathaṃ tatra vidyamānaṃ na dṛśyate || 29 ||
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na kiṃcidātmanaḥ kiṃcitkathameti kuto'thavā |
śūnyarūpāddhaṭākāśājjāto'driḥ kva kutaḥ kadā || 30 ||
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pratipakṣe kathaṃ kiṃcidāste cchāyātape yathā |
kathamāste tamo bhānau kathamāste himo'nale || 31 ||
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merurāste kathamaṇau kutaḥ kiṃcidanākṛtau |
tadatadrūpayoraikyaṃ kva cchāyātapayoriva || 32 ||
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sākāravaṭadhānādāvaṅkurāḥ santi yuktimat |
nākāre tanmahākāraṃ jagadastītyayuktikam || 33 ||
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deśāntare yacca narāntare ca buddhyādisarvendriyaśakti dṛśyam |
nāstyeva tattadvidhabuddhibodhe na kiṃcidityeva taducyate ca || 34 ||
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kāryasya tatkāraṇatāṃ prayātaṃ vaktīti yastasya vimūḍhabodhaḥ |
kairnāma tatkāryamudeti tasmātsvaiḥ kāraṇādyaiḥ sahakārirūpaiḥ || 35 ||
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durbuddhibhiḥ kāraṇakāryabhāvaṃ saṃkalpitaṃ dūratare vyudasya |
tadeva tatsatyamanādimadhyaṃ jagattadetatsthitamityavehi || 36 ||
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