Chapter XXIII

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
ya uttamapadālambī cakrabhramavadāsthitaḥ |
śarīranagarīrājyaṃ kurvannapi na lipyate || 1 ||
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tasyeyaṃ bhogamokṣārthaṃ tajjñasyopavanopamā |
sukhāyaiva na duḥkhāya svaśarīramahāpurī || 2 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
nagarītvaṃ śarīrasya kathaṃ nāma mahāmune |
etāṃ cādhivasanyogī kathaṃ rājasukhaikabhāk || 3 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
ramyeyaṃ dehanagarī rāma sarvaguṇānvitā |
jñasyānantavilāsāḍhyā svālokārkaprakāśitā || 4 ||
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netravātāyanoddyotaprakāśabhuvanāntarā |
karapratolīvistāraprāptapādopajāṅgalā || 5 ||
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romarājīlatāgulmā tvacājālakamālitā |
gulphāṅgulyāṃ praviśrāntajaṅghorustambhamaṇḍalā || 6 ||
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rekhāvibhaktapādāgraśilāprathamanirmitā |
carmamarmaśirāsārasaṃdhisīmāmanoramā || 7 ||
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urūrutanubhāgāgranirmitopasthanimnagā |
kacatkeśāvalīkācadalaprasthavanāvṛtā || 8 ||
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bhrūlalāṭoṣṭhasacchāyavadanodyānaśobhitā |
dṛṣṭipātotpalākīrṇakapolavipulasthalī || 9 ||
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vakṣaḥsthalasaraḥsyūtakucapaṅkajakorakā |
ghanaromāvalīcchannaskandhakrīḍāśiloccayā || 10 ||
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udaraśvabhranikṣiptasvānneṣṭā bhakṣyatatparā |
dīrghakaṇṭhabilodgīrṇavātasaṃrambhaśabditā || 11 ||
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hṛdayāpaṇanirṇītayathāprāptārthabhūṣitā |
anāratanavadvārapravahatprāṇanāgarā || 12 ||
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āsyasphāravadādṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalākulā |
mukhāspadābhramajjihvācaṇḍīcarvitabhojanā || 13 ||
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romaśaṣpataracchannā karṇakoṭarakūpakā |
sphikśrṛṃkhalāsthitopāntapṛṣṭhavistīrṇajaṅgalā || 14 ||
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gudotthānāraghaṭṭāntapradrutānantakardamā |
cittodyānamahīvalgadātmacintāvarāṅganā || 15 ||
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dhīvaratrādṛḍhābaddhacapalendriyamarkaṭā |
vadanodyānahasanapuṣpodgamamanoramā || 16 ||
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svaśarīramanojñasya sarvasaubhāgyasundarī |
sukhāyaiva na duḥkhāya paramāya hitāya ca || 17 ||
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ajñasyeyamanantānāṃ duḥkhānāṃ kośamālikā |
jñasya tviyamanantānāṃ sukhānāṃ kośamālikā || 18 ||
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kiṃcidasyāṃ pranaṣṭāyāṃ jñasya naṣṭamarindama |
sthitāyāṃ saṃsthitaṃ sarvaṃ teneyaṃ jñasukhāvahā || 19 ||
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yadenāṃ jñaḥ samāruhya saṃsāre viharatyalam |
aśeṣabhogamokṣārthaṃ teneyaṃ jñarathaḥ smṛtaḥ || 20 ||
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śabdarūparasasparśagandhabandhuśriyo yataḥ |
anayaiva hi labhyante teneyaṃ jñasya lābhadā || 21 ||
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sukhaduḥkhakriyājālaṃ yadeṣodvahati svayam |
tadeṣā rāma sarvajñasarvavastubharakṣamā || 22 ||
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tasyāṃ śarīrapuryāṃ hi rājyaṃ kurvangatajvaraḥ |
jñastiṣṭhati gatavyagraḥ svapuryāmiva vāsavaḥ || 23 ||
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na kṣipatyavaṭāṭope manomattaturaṅgamam |
na lobhadurdrumādāya prajñāputrīṃ prayacchati || 24 ||
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ajñānapararāṣṭraṃ ca na randhraṃ tvasya paśyati |
saṃsārāribhayasyāntarmūlānyeva nikṛntati || 25 ||
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tṛṣṇāsāraparāvarte kāmasaṃbhogadurgrahe |
na nimajjati paryastaḥ sukhaduḥkhapradevane || 26 ||
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karotyavirataṃ snānaṃ bahirantaravīkṣaṇāt |
saritsaṃgamatīrtheṣu manorathagataḥ kramāt || 27 ||
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sakalākṣajanādṛśyasukhaprekṣāparāṅmukhaḥ |
dhyānanāmni sukhaṃ nityaṃ tiṣṭhatyantaḥpurāntare || 28 ||
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sukhāvahaiṣā nagarī nityaṃ vai viditātmanaḥ |
bhogamokṣapradā caiṣā śakrasyevāmarāvatī || 29 ||
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sthitayā saṃsthitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃcinnaṣṭaṃ na naṣṭayā |
yayā puryā mahīyasyā sā kathaṃ na sukhāvahā || 30 ||
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vinaṣṭe dehanagare jñasya naṣṭaṃ na kiṃcana |
ākrāntakumbhākāśasya khasya kumbhakṣaye yathā || 31 ||
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vidyamānaṃ ghaṭaṃ vāyuḥ kiṃcitspṛśati nāsthitam |
yathā tathaiva dehī svāṃ śarīranagarīmimām || 32 ||
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atrasthaḥ puruṣo bhogānātmā sarvagato'pi san |
viśvakalpakṛtānbhuktvā puṃsāmadhigatārthabhāk || 33 ||
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kurvannapi na kurvāṇaḥ samastārthakriyonmukhaḥ |
kadācitprakṛtānsarvānkāryārthānanutiṣṭhati || 34 ||
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kadācillīlayā lolaṃ vimānamadhirohati |
anāhatagatiḥ kāntaṃ vihartumamalaṃ manaḥ || 35 ||
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tatrastho lokasundaryā satataṃ śītalāṅgayā |
ramate rāmayā maitryā nityaṃ hṛdayasaṃsthitaḥ || 36 ||
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dve kānte tiṣṭhataḥ samyak pārśvayoḥ satyataikate |
indoriva viśākhe dve samāhlāditacetasī || 37 ||
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kṣapitānakhilānlokānduḥkhakrakacadāritān |
vallīvanasthānnabhasaḥ pṛṣṭhādarka ivekṣate || 38 ||
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ciraṃ pūritasarvāśaḥ sarvasaṃpattisundaraḥ |
apunaḥkhaṇḍanāyenduḥ pūrṇāṅga iva rājate || 39 ||
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sevyamāno'pi bhogaugho na khedāyāsya jāyate |
kālakūṭaḥ kileśasya kaṇṭhe pratyuta rājate || 40 ||
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parijñātopabhukto hi bhogo bhavati tuṣṭaye |
vijñāya sevito maitrīmeti coro na śatrutām || 41 ||
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naranārīnaṭaughānāṃ virahe dūragāminām |
jñena yātreva subhagā bhogaśrīravalokyate || 42 ||
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aśaṅkitopasaṃprāptā grāmayātrā yathādhvagaiḥ |
prekṣyante tadvadeva jñairvyavahāramayāḥ kriyāḥ || 43 ||
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ayatnopanate'pyakṣi padārtheṣu yathā punaḥ |
nīrāgameva patati tadvatkāryeṣu dhīradhīḥ || 44 ||
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indriyāṇāṃ na harati prāptamarthaṃ kadācana |
nādadāti tathā'prāptaṃ saṃpūrṇo jño'vatiṣṭhate || 45 ||
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aprāptacintāḥ saṃprāptasamupekṣāśca sanmatim |
na kampayanti taralāḥ picchāghātā ivācalam || 46 ||
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saṃśāntasarvasaṃdeho galitākhilakautukaḥ |
saṃkṣīṇakalpanādeho jñaḥ samrāḍiva rājate || 47 ||
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ātmanyeva na mātyantaḥ svātmanātmani jṛmbhate |
saṃpūrṇo'pāraparyantaḥ kṣīrārṇava ivārṇave || 48 ||
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bhogecchākṛpaṇāñjantūndīnāndīnendriyāṇi ca |
anunmattamanāḥ śānto hasatyunmattakāniva || 49 ||
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icchato'nyojjhitāṃ jāyāṃ yathaivānyena hasyate |
indriyasyecchato bhogaṃ tadvajjñena vihasyate || 50 ||
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tyajatsvātmasukhaṃ saumyaṃ mano viṣayavidrutam |
aṅkuśeneva nāgendraṃ vicāreṇa vaśaṃ nayet || 51 ||
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bhogeṣu prasaro yasyā manovṛtteśca dīyate |
sāpyādāveva hantavyā viṣasyevāṅkurodgatiḥ || 52 ||
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tāḍitasya hi yaḥ paścātsaṃmānaḥ so'pyanantakaḥ |
śālergrīṣmābhitaptasya kuseko'pyamṛtāyate || 53 ||
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anārtena hi sanmāno bahumāno na budhyate |
pūrṇānāṃ saritāṃ prāvṛṭpūraḥ svalpo na rājate || 54 ||
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pūrṇastu prākṛto'pyanyatpunarapyabhivāñchate |
jagatpūraṇayogyāmburgṛhṇātyevārṇavo jalam || 55 ||
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manaso'bhigṛhītasya yā paścādbhogamaṇḍanā |
tāmevālabdhavistārāṃ kliṣṭatvādbahu manyate || 56 ||
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bandhamukto mahīpālo grāsamātreṇa tuṣyati |
parairabaddho nākrānto na rājyaṃ bahu manyate || 57 ||
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hastaṃ hastena saṃpīḍya dantairdantānvicūrṇya ca |
aṅgānyaṅgairivākramya jayeścendriyaśātravān || 58 ||
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jetumanyaṃ kṛtotsāhaiḥ puruṣairiha paṇḍitaiḥ |
pūrvaṃ hṛdayaśatrutvājjetavyānīndriyāṇyalam || 59 ||
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etāvati dharaṇitale subhagāste sādhucetanāḥ puruṣāḥ |
puruṣakalāsu ca gaṇyā na jitā ye cetasā svena || 60 ||
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hṛdayabile kṛtakuṇḍala kalanāvivaśo manomahābhujagaḥ |
yasyopaśāntimāgatamalamuditaṃ taṃ sunirmalaṃ vande || 61 ||
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