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 XXXIII

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
sarvātiśayasāphalyātsarvaṃ sarvatra sarvadā |
saṃbhavatyeva tasmāttvaṃ śubhodyogaṃ na saṃtyaja || 1 ||
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mitrasvajanabandhūnāṃ nandinānandadāyinā |
sarasīśānamāsādya mṛtyurapyupanirjitaḥ || 2 ||
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sarvotkarṣeṇa saṃpannā devā api vimarditāḥ |
dānavairdānavārthāḍhyairgajaiḥ padmākarā iva || 3 ||
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maruttanṛpateryajñe saṃvartena maharṣiṇā |
brahmaṇevāparaḥ sargo bhāvitaḥ sasurāsuraḥ || 4 ||
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mahātiśayayuktena viśvāmitreṇa vipratā |
bhūyobhūyaḥ prayuktena duṣprāpā tapasārjitā || 5 ||
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piṣṭasekāmbu duṣprāpaṃ rasāyanavadaśnatā |
durbhagenedṛśenāptaḥ kṣīroda upamanyunā || 6 ||
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trailokyamallāṃstṛṇavadaśnanviṣṇvalajādikān |
bhaktyātiśayadārḍhyena kālaḥ śvetena kālitaḥ || 7 ||
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praṇayena yamaṃ jitvā kṛtvā vacanasaṃgamam |
paralokādupānītaḥ sāvitryā satyavānpatiḥ || 8 ||
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na so'styatiśayo loke yasyāsti na phalaṃ sphuṭam |
bhavitavyaṃ vicāryāntaḥ sarvātiśayaśālinā || 9 ||
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ātmajñānamaśeṣāṇāṃ sukhaduḥkhadaśādṛśām |
mūlakāṣakaraṃ tasmādbhāvyaṃ tatrātiśāyinā || 10 ||
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nāśāyāpadgatārthinyā dṛṣṭyā dṛśyādidṛṣṭayaḥ |
duḥkhādṛte nirābādhaṃ sukhaṃ kiṃ cidavāpyate || 11 ||
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aśamaḥ paramaṃ brahma śamaśca paramaṃ padam |
yadyapyevaṃ tathāpyenaṃ prathamaṃ viddhi śaṃkaram || 12 ||
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abhimānaṃ parityajya śamamāśritya śāśvatam |
vicārya prajñayāryatvaṃ kuryātsajjanasevanam || 13 ||
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na tapāṃsi na tīrthāni na śāstrāṇi jayanti ca |
saṃsārasāgarottāre sajjanāsevanaṃ vinā || 14 ||
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lobhamoharuṣāṃ yasya tanutānudinaṃ bhavet |
yathāśāstraṃ viharati svasvakarmasu sajjanaḥ || 15 ||
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athātmaviduṣāṃ saṅgāttasya sādhoḥ pravartate |
atyantābhāva evāsya yathā dṛśyasya dṛśyate || 16 ||
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dṛśyātyantābhāvatastu paramevāvaśiṣyate |
anyābhāvavaśādāśu jīvastatraiva līyate || 17 ||
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nacotpannaṃ nacaivāsīddṛśyaṃ naca bhaviṣyati |
vartamāne'pi naivāsti paramevāstyavedhitam || 18 ||
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evaṃ yuktisahasreṇa darśitaṃ dṛśyate'pi ca |
sarvairevānubhūtaṃ ca darśayiṣyāmi cādhunā || 19 ||
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tathedamamalaṃ śāntaṃ trijagatsaṃvidambaram |
idaṃ tattvamatattvādi kuto'tra syātkathaṃ ca vā || 20 ||
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ciccamatkurute cāru cañcalā'cañcalātmani |
yattayaiva tadevedaṃ jagadityavabudhyate || 21 ||
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trailokyabhūyonubhavaścidādityāṃśumaṇḍalam |
ko vā svāṃśumatorbhedo nirvikalpaḥsa kathyatām || 22 ||
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svābhāvato'syāścidṛṣṭerye unmeṣanimeṣaṇe |
jagadrūpānubhūtestāvetāvastamayodayau || 23 ||
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ahamartho'parijñātaḥ paramārthāmbare malam |
parijñāto'hamarthastu paramātmāmbaraṃ bhavet || 24 ||
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ahaṃbhāvaḥ parijñāto nāhaṃbhāvo bhavatyalam |
ekatāmambunevāmbu yāti cinnabhasātmanā || 25 ||
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ahamādijagaddṛśyaṃ kila nāstyeva vastutaḥ |
avaśyameva tattasmācchiṣyate'haṃvicārataḥ || 26 ||
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bādhyate cāmaladhiyāmapiśāce piśācadhīḥ |
śiśūnāṃ tāvadādhvāntaḥkaraṇānāṃ vicāraṇā || 27 ||
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cijjyotsnā yāvadevāntarahaṃkāraghanāvṛtā |
vikāsayati no tāvatparamārthakumudvatīm || 28 ||
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pramārjite'hamityasminpade svārthe svayaṃ vinā |
narakasvargamokṣāditṛṣṇāyāḥ kalpanaiva kā || 29 ||
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hṛdi yāvadahaṃbhāvo vāridaḥ pravijṛmbhate |
tāvadvikāsamāyāti tṛṣṇākuṭajamañjarī || 30 ||
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ākramya cetanāṃ nityamahaṃkārāmbude sthite |
jāḍyameva sthitiṃ yāti na prakāśaḥ kadācana || 31 ||
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asannayamahaṃkāraḥ svayaṃ mithyā prakalpitaḥ |
duḥkhāyaiva na harṣāya bālasaṃbhramayakṣavat || 32 ||
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mudhaiva kalpito mohamahaṃbhāvaḥ prayacchati |
anantasaṃsārakaraṃ dāmādiṣviva durmatau || 33 ||
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ayaṃ so'hamiti sphārānmohādanyatarattamaḥ |
anarthabhūtaṃ saṃsāre na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati || 34 ||
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yatkiṃcididamāyāti sukhaduḥkhamalaṃ bhave |
tadahaṃkāracakrasya pravikāro vijṛmbhate || 35 ||
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ahaṃkārāṅkuraḥ kṛṣṭo hṛdayenāvaropitaḥ |
sahasraśākhaṃ duśchedaṃ tasya saṃsṛtināśanam || 36 ||
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ahaṃbhāvo'ṅkuro janma vṛkṣāṇāmakṣayātmanām |
mamedamiti vistīrṇāsteṣāṃ śākhāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 37 ||
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karaṭāpātavisphoṭā bhāntyarthā vāsanādayaḥ |
vicāryacāruravavattaraṅgavarapaṅkivat || 38 ||
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ahaṃbhāvanayā bhāti tvamahaṃbhāvavarjitaḥ |
saṃsāracakravahanamātmanaḥ parirodhayā || 39 ||
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ahaṃbhāvatamo yāvajjanmāraṇye vijṛmbhate |
tāvadetā vivalganti cintāmattāḥ piśācikāḥ || 40 ||
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ahaṃkārapiśācena gṛhīto yo narādhamaḥ |
na śāstrāṇi na mantrāśca tasyābhāvasya siddhaye || 41 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
kenopāyena bhagavannahaṃkāro na vardhate |
taṃ tvaṃ kathaya me brahmansaṃsārabhayaśāntaye || 42 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
cinmātradarpaṇākāre nirmale svātmani sthite |
iti bhāvānusaṃdhānādahaṃkāro na vardhate || 43 ||
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mithyeyamindrajālaśrīḥ kiṃ me snehavirāgayoḥ |
ityantarānusaṃdhānādahaṃkāro na jāyate || 44 ||
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nāhamātmani no yasya dṛśyaśriya iti svayam |
śāntena vyavahāreṇa nāhaṃkāraḥ pravardhate || 45 ||
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ahaṃ hi jagadityantarheyādeyadṛśoḥ kṣaye |
samatāyāṃ prasannāyāṃ nāhaṃbhāvaḥ pravardhate || 46 ||
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ahaṃ cijjagadityantarheyādeyadṛśoḥ kṣaye |
samatāyāṃ prasannāyāṃ nāhaṃbhāvaḥ pravardhate || 47 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
kimākṛtirahaṃkāraḥ kathaṃ saṃtyajyate prabho |
saśarīro'śarīraśca tyakte tasmiṃśca kiṃ bhavet || 48 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
trividho rāghavāstīha tvahaṃkāro jagattraye |
dvau śreṣṭhāvitarastyājyaḥ śrṛṇu tvaṃ kathayāmi te || 49 ||
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ahaṃ sarvamidaṃ viśvaṃ paramātmāhamacyutaḥ |
nānyadastīti paramā vijñeyā sā hyahaṃkṛtiḥ || 50 ||
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mokṣāyaiṣā na bandhāya jīvanmuktasya vidyate |
sarvasmādvyatirikto'haṃ bālāgraśatakalpitaḥ || 51 ||
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iti yā saṃvideṣāsau dvitīyāhaṃkṛtiḥ śubhā |
mokṣāyaiṣā na bandhāya jīvanmuktasya vidyate || 52 ||
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ahaṃkārābhidhā yā sā kalpyate natu vāstavī |
pāṇipādādimātro'yamahamityeṣa niścayaḥ || 53 ||
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ahaṃkārastṛtīyo'sau laukikastuccha eva saḥ |
varjya eva durātmāsau śatrureva paraḥ smṛtaḥ || 54 ||
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anenābhihato janturna bhūyaḥ parirohati |
ripuṇānena balinā vividhādhipradāyinā || 55 ||
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kaṣṭīkṛtamatirlokaḥ saṃkaṭeṣveva majjati |
anayā durahaṃkṛtyā bhāvātsaṃsaktayā ciram || 56 ||
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śiṣṭāhaṃkāravāñjanturbhagavānyāti muktatām |
lokāhaṃkāravaddoṣavapurasminnirūpaṇaḥ || 57 ||
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na deho'smīti nirṇīya varjanaṃ mahatāṃ matam |
prathamaṃ dvāvahaṃkārāvaṅgīkṛtyāntyalaukikau || 58 ||
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prathamaṃ dvāvahaṃkārāvaṅgīkṛtyāntyalaukikau |
tṛtīyāhaṃkṛtistyājyā laukikī duḥkhadāyinī || 59 ||
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anayā durahaṃkṛtyā dāmavyālakaṭāḥ kila |
tāṃ daśāṃ samanuprāptā yā kathāsvapi khedadā || 60 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
tṛtīyāṃ laukikīmetāṃ tyaktvā cittādahaṃkṛtim |
kiṃbhāvaḥ puruṣo brahmanprāpnuyādātmano hitam || 61 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
eṣā tāvatparityājyā tyaktvaitāṃ duḥkhadāyinīm |
yathā yathā pumāṃstiṣṭhetparameti tathā tathā || 62 ||
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ahaṃkāradṛśāvete pūrvokte bhāvayanyadi |
tiṣṭhedupaiti paramaṃ tatpadaṃ puruṣo'nagha || 63 ||
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atha te api saṃtyajya sarvāhaṃkṛtivarjitaḥ |
saṃtiṣṭheta tathātyuccaiḥ padamevādhirohati || 64 ||
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sarvadā sarvayatnena laukikī durahaṃkṛtiḥ |
paramānandabodhāya varjanīyā'nayā dhiyā || 65 ||
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śarīrāsthāmayāpuṇyadurahaṃkāravarjanam |
atyantaparamaṃ śreya etadeva paraṃ padam || 66 ||
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bhāvādahaṃkṛtiṃ tyaktvā sthūlāmetāṃ hi laukikīm |
tiṣṭhanvyavaharanvāpi na naraḥ prapatatyadhaḥ || 67 ||
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saṃśāntāhaṃkṛterjantorbhogā rogā mahāmate |
na svadante sutṛptasya yathā prativiṣā rasāḥ || 68 ||
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bhogeṣvasvadamāneṣu puṃsaḥ śreyaḥ puro gatam |
kṣīṇe'ndhakāre kiṃ nāma manaso'nyatpravartate || 69 ||
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ahaṃkārānusaṃdhānavarjanādeva rāghava |
pauruṣeṇa prayatnācca tīryate bhavasāgaraḥ || 70 ||
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nāhaṃ na tena mama kiṃcidapīti matvā sarvaṃ ca me sakalamapyahameva ceti |
labdhāspadaṃ manasi saṃvidamevamīḍyāṃ nītvā sthitiṃ paramupaiti padaṃ mahātmā || 71 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter XXXIII

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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