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 XIII
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
evaṃ janakavadrāma vicāryātmānamātmanā |
padaṃ viditavedyānāmavighnenādhigacchasi || 1 ||
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ye hi pāścātyajanmānaḥ prājñā rājasasāttvikāḥ |
prāpnuvanti svayaṃ prāpyaṃ te janā janakā iva || 2 ||
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tāvattāvadvijityārīnindriyākhyānpunaḥpunaḥ |
yāvadātmātmanaivāyamātmanyeva prasīdati || 3 ||
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prasanne sarvage deve deveśe paramātmani |
svayamālokite sarvāḥ kṣīyante duḥkhadṛṣṭayaḥ || 4 ||
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muṣṭayo mohabījānāṃ vṛṣṭayo vividhāpadām |
kudṛṣṭayaḥ kṣayaṃ yānti dṛṣṭe tasminparāvare || 5 ||
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sadā janakavadrāma sarvārambhavadātmanā |
prajñayātmānamālakṣya lakṣmīvānuttamo bhava || 6 ||
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nityamantarvicārasya paśyataścañcalaṃ jagat |
janakasyeva kālena svayamātmā prasīdati || 7 ||
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na daivaṃ naca karmāṇi na dhanāni na bāndhavāḥ |
śaraṇaṃ bhavabhītānāṃ svaprayatnādṛte nṛṇām || 8 ||
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ye daivaniṣṭhāḥ kṛtyādau kuvikalpaparāyaṇāḥ |
teṣāṃ mandā matistāta nānugamyā vināśanī || 9 ||
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vivekaṃ paramāśritya vilokyātmānamātmanā |
dhiyā virāgoddhurayā saṃsārajaladhiṃ taret || 10 ||
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eṣā sā kathitā rāma nabhaḥphalanipātavat |
sukhadā jñānasaṃprāptirajñānataruśātanī || 11 ||
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janakasyeva sadbuddheḥ svayameva vilokinaḥ |
vikāsametyayaṃ dehī devaḥ prātarivāmbujam || 12 ||
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saṃsāramananaṃ citraṃ vicāreṇa vilīyate |
galadvaśīkṛtasparśamātapena himaṃ yathā || 13 ||
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ayamevāhamityasyā niśāyā udite kṣaye |
svayaṃ sarvagataḥ sphāraḥ svālokaḥ saṃpravartate || 14 ||
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ayamevāhamityasminsaṃkoce vilayaṃ gate |
anantabhuvanavyāpī vistāra upajāyate || 15 ||
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janakena parityaktā yathāhaṃkāravāsanā |
tathā tvamapi sadbuddhe vicāryāntaḥ parityaja || 16 ||
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ahaṃkārāmbude kṣīṇe cidvyomni vimale tate |
nūnaṃ saṃprauḍhatāmeti svāloko bhāskaraḥ paraḥ || 17 ||
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etāvadevātitamo yadahaṃbhāvabhāvanam |
tasmiṃśca śamamānīte prakāśa upajāyate || 18 ||
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nāhamasti na cānyosti naca nāstīti bhāvitam |
manaḥ praśāntimāyātaṃ nopādeyeṣu majjati || 19 ||
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upādeyānupatanaṃ heyaikāntavivarjanam |
yadetanmanaso rāma tadbandhaṃ viddhi netarat || 20 ||
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mā khedaṃ bhaja heyeṣu nopādeyaparo bhava |
heyādeyadṛśau tyaktvā śeṣasthaḥ svacchatāṃ vraja || 21 ||
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yeṣāmidamupādeyamidaṃ heyamiti sthitiḥ |
vilīnā te na vāñchanti ta tyajantīha kiṃcana || 22 ||
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heyopādeyakalane kṣīṇe yāvanna cetasaḥ |
na tāvatsamatā bhātisābhre vyomnīvacandrikā || 23 ||
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avastvidamidaṃ vastu yasyeti lulitaṃ manaḥ |
tasminnodeti samatā śākhoṭa iva mañjarī || 24 ||
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yuktāyuktaiṣaṇā yatra lābhālābhavilāsinī |
samatā svacchatā tatra kuto vairāgyabhāsinī || 25 ||
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ekasminbrahmatattve'sminvidyamāne nirāmaye |
nānā'nānātayā nityaṃ kimayuktaṃ kva yuktatā || 26 ||
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īpsitānīpsitāśaṅke markaṭyau cittapādape |
cañcale sphurato yasminkutastasyeha saumyatā || 27 ||
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nirāśatā nirbhayatā nityatā samatā jñatā |
nirīhatā niṣkriyatā saumyatā nirvikalpatā || 28 ||
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dhṛtirmaitrī matistuṣṭirmṛdutā mṛdubhāṣitā |
heyopādeyanirmukte jñe tiṣṭhantyapavāsanam || 29 ||
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dhāvamānamadhobhāge cittaṃ pratyāharedbalāt |
pratyāhāreṇa patitamadho vārīva setunā || 30 ||
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bāhyānarthānimāṃstyaktvā tiṣṭhangacchansvapanśvasan |
sarvathā sarvadā sarvānāntarāṃśca vicāraya || 31 ||
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gṛhītatṛṣṇāśaphari vāsanājālamāvilam |
saṃsāravāriprasṛtaṃ cintātantubhirātatam || 32 ||
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anayā tīkṣṇayā tāta cchindhi buddhiśalākayā |
vātyayevāmbudaṃ kāle vahantyā vitate pade || 33 ||
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asya saṃsāravṛkṣasya mūlaṃ doṣāṅkurāspadam |
bhavyadhīreṇa dhairyeṇa proddharoddhurayā dhiyā || 34 ||
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manasaiva manaśchittvā kuṭhāreṇeva pādapam |
padaṃ pāvanamāsādya sadya eva sthiro bhava || 35 ||
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manasaiva manacchittvā vismṛtyā caramaṃ manaḥ |
vartamānamapi cchittvā cchinnasaṃsāratāṃ vraja || 36 ||
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moho vismṛtya saṃsāraṃ na bhūyaḥ parirohati |
cittaṃ vismṛtya saṃsāro na bhūyaḥ parirohati || 37 ||
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tiṣṭhangacchansvapañjāgrannivasannutpatanpatan |
asadevedamityantarniścityāsthāṃ parityaja || 38 ||
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samatāmalamāśritya saṃprāptaṃ kāryamāharan |
acintayaṃstathā'prāptaṃ vihareha hi rāghava || 39 ||
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yathā śarvo'pi liṅgāni na bibharti bibharti ca |
tvamevamiha kāryāṇi kuru mā kuru cānagha || 40 ||
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tvameva vettā tvamajastvamātmā tvaṃ maheśvaraḥ |
ātmano'vyatiriktaḥ saṃstvayetthamidamātatam || 41 ||
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yenātmadṛśyasadbhāvādabhito bhāvanojjhitā |
sa na saṃgṛhyate doṣairharṣāmarṣaviṣādajaiḥ || 42 ||
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rāgadveṣavinirmuktaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ |
yukta ityucyate yogī tyaktasaṃsāravāsanaḥ || 45 ||
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sa yatkaroti yadbhuṅkte yaddadāti nihanti yat |
tatra muktadhiyastasya samatā sukhaduḥkhayoḥ || 44 ||
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prāptaṃ kartavyameveti tyakteṣṭāniṣṭabhāvanaḥ |
pravartate yaḥ kāryeṣu na sa majjati kutracit || 45 ||
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citsattāmātramevedamiti niścayavanmanaḥ |
tyaktabhogābhimananaṃ śamameti mahāmate || 46 ||
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manaḥ prakṛtyaiva jaḍaṃ cittattvamanudhāvati |
māṃsagardhena mārjāro vane mṛgapatiṃ yathā || 47 ||
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siṃhavīryavaśāllabdhaṃ māṃsaṃ bhuṅkte'nugo hareḥ |
cidvīryavaśataḥ prāptaṃ dṛśyamāśrayate manaḥ || 48 ||
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mana evamasatkalpaṃ citprasādena jīvati |
bhāvayanviśvamevaikaṃ cintāmetya cidapyuta || 49 ||
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jaḍaṃ yatkila nirhīnaṃ citā dīpikayaujasā |
tanmanaḥ śavasaṃkāśamaciduttiṣṭhate katham || 50 ||
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citsvabhāvaparāmṛṣṭā spandaśaktirasanmayī |
kalpanā cittamityuktyā kathyate śāstradṛṣṭibhiḥ || 51 ||
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yaścittaphaṇikūtkāraḥ saiveyaṃ kalanocyate |
cidevāhamiti jñātvā sā cittāmeva gacchati || 52 ||
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cetyena rahitā yaiṣā cittadbrahma sanātanam |
cetyena sahitā yaiṣā citseyaṃ kalanocyate || 53 ||
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kiṃcidāmṛṣṭarūpaṃ yadbrahma tacca sthiraṃ manaḥ |
kalpanā satsadaivaitatsadivopasthitā hṛdi || 54 ||
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cittamityeva rūḍheyaṃ yadaiva kalanoditā |
tadaiva cittvaṃ vismṛtya sā jaḍeva vyavasthitā || 55 ||
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saṃpannā kalanānāmnī saṃkalpānuvidhāyinī |
avacchedavatī vāgrā heyopādeyadharmiṇī || 56 ||
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saiṣā cideva jagatāmāgateva svaśaktitaḥ |
na saṃprabodhitā yāvadrūpaṃ tāvanna budhyate || 57 ||
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ataḥ śāstravicāreṇa vairāgyeṇa pareṇa ca |
nigraheṇendriyāṇāṃ ca bodhayetkalanāṃ svayam || 58 ||
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kalanā sarvajantūnāṃ vijñānena śamena ca |
prabuddhā brahmatāmeti bhramatītarathā jagat || 59 ||
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vyāmohamadirāmattāṃ luṭhitāṃ viṣayāvaṭe |
ātmāvedanasaṃsuptāṃ kalanāmeva bodhayet || 60 ||
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aprabuddhā yadā hyeṣā na kiṃcidavabudhyate |
saṃkalpakalanevāntardṛśyamānāpyasanmayī || 61 ||
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tayā paramayā dṛṣṭyā kalanaiṣāntarasthayā |
mañjarī gandhaśaktyeva padārtheṣu virājate || 62 ||
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tanuḥ saṃkalpitā yaiṣā kalaneti jagattraye |
sā hi kiṃcidvijānāti nityaṃ jñānaikadharmiṇī || 63 ||
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cetanena jaḍā rāma kalanopalarūpiṇī |
padminīvātapenāsau pareṇaiva prabodhyate || 64 ||
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yathā śilāmayī kanyā coditāpi na nṛtyati |
tatheyaṃ kalanā dehe na kiṃcidavabudhyate || 65 ||
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lipikarmanṛpairyuddhaṃ kva kṛtaṃ ghargharāravam |
kvacinna candrakiraṇairoṣadhyaḥ pratibodhitāḥ || 66 ||
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asṛgāliptagātraiśca śavaiḥ kva parivalgitam |
kva gītaṃ madhuradhvānaṃ vanapāṣāṇakhaṇḍakaiḥ || 67 ||
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kva puṃsā vihitairarkaiḥ kṣapitaṃ yāminītamaḥ |
kva saṃkalpamayaiśchāyā kriyate vyomakānanaiḥ || 68 ||
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kva jaḍairupalākārairmithyābhramabharotthitaiḥ |
mṛgatṛṣṇāmayairebhirmanobhiḥ kriyate kriyā || 69 ||
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yathātape kṣate sphāre mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇī |
kalanā tadvadeveyaṃ sphuratyātmani satyalam || 70 ||
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yadetatspanditaṃ nāma tanmano'dhigataṃ śaṭhaiḥ |
marutāṃ viddhi tāṃ śaktimantaḥ prāṇaśarīriṇīm || 71 ||
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yeṣāṃ saṃvidanākrāntā saṃkalpalavaniścayaiḥ |
anākṣiptarasākārā prabhaiṣā pāramātmikī || 72 ||
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ayaṃ so'hamidaṃ tanma iti yā kalanāvilā |
prāṇātmatattvayostasyāḥ saṃjñā jīveti kathyate || 73 ||
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dhīścittaṃ jīva ityetāḥ saṃkalpasyāsato matāḥ |
saṃjñāḥ saṃkalpitāstajjñairna rāma paramārthataḥ || 74 ||
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mano no na matirnāpi dhīreṣā na śarīrakam |
astīha paramārthena svātmaivehāsti sarvadā || 75 ||
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ātmaivedaṃ jagatsarvamātmā kālakramastathā |
sa cākāśādacchataro nāstīvāstyeva cāmalaḥ || 76 ||
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acchatvādasadābhāsaḥ saṃvidrūpatayā tu sat |
ātmā sarvapadātītaḥ svānubhūtyānubhūyate || 77 ||
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manastatra parikṣīṇaṃ yatra saṃvitparātmanaḥ |
andhakārakṣayastatra yatrālokaḥ pravartate || 78 ||
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yatrātmasaṃvido'cchāyāḥ saṃkalpotthatayā matāḥ |
tatrātmano vismaraṇaṃ smaraṇaṃ cittajanmanaḥ || 79 ||
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parasya puṃsaḥ saṃkalpamayatvaṃ cittamucyate |
acittatvamasaṃkalpānmokṣastenābhijāyate || 80 ||
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etāvaccetaso janma bījaṃ saṃsārabhūtaye |
saṃkalponmukhatāṃ yātaḥ saṃvido vā kilātmanaḥ || 81 ||
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nirvikalpāccitaḥ sattā saṃkalpāṅkakalaṅkitā |
kalanetyucyate tena puṃstvavadbuddhyate manaḥ || 82 ||
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prāṇaśaktau niruddhāyāṃ mano rāma vilīyate |
dravyacchāyānu taddravyaṃ prāṇarūpaṃ hi mānasam || 83 ||
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deśāntarānubhavanaṃ prāṇo vetti hṛdi sthitam |
spandavedanato yattanmana ityabhidhīyate || 84 ||
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vairāgyātkāraṇābhyāsādyuktito vyasanakṣayāt |
paramārthāvabodhācca rodhyante prāṇavāyavaḥ || 85 ||
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dṛṣado vidyate śaktiḥ kadāciccalanaidhasām |
na punarmanasāmasti śaktiḥ spandāvabodhane || 86 ||
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spandaḥ prāṇamarucchaktiścaladrūpaiva sā jaḍā |
cicchaktiḥ svātmanaḥ svacchā sarvadā sarvagaiva sā || 87 ||
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cicchakteḥ spandaśakteśca saṃbandhaḥ kalpyate manaḥ |
mithyaiva tatsamutpannaṃ mithyā jñānaṃ taducyate || 88 ||
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eṣā hyavidyā kathitā māyaiṣā sā nigadyate |
parametattadajñānaṃ saṃsārādiviṣapradam || 89 ||
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cicchakteḥ spandaśakteśca saṅge saṃkalpakalpanam |
na kṛtaṃ cetparikṣīṇāstadimā bhavabhītayaḥ || 90 ||
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vāyutaḥ spandaśaktiryā sā citā cetyate yadā |
sacetyā cittadaivāntaḥ saṃkalpādyāti cittatām || 91 ||
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cittataiṣā cito mithyā kalpitā bālayakṣavat |
akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraspandarūpā cideva yat || 92 ||
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saiṣā cittā tadanyena kena saṃbādhyate kila |
akhaṇḍaśakterindrasya kena syātsaha saṃgaraḥ || 93 ||
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ataḥ saṃbandhino'bhāvātsaṃbandho'tra na vidyate |
saṃbandhena vinā kasya siddhaṃ tatkīdṛśaṃ manaḥ || 94 ||
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citspandayorekatāyāṃ kiṃ nāma mana ucyate |
kā senā hayamātaṅgasaṅgasaṃghaṭṭanaṃ vinā || 95 ||
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tasmānnāstyeva duṣṭātma cittaṃ rāma jagattraye |
saiṣā samyakparijñānāccetaso jāyate kṣatiḥ || 96 ||
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mudhā maivamanarthāya manaḥ saṃkalpayānagha |
mano mithyāsamuditaṃ nāstyatra paramārthataḥ || 97 ||
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mā tvamantaḥ kvacitkiṃcitsaṃkalpaya mahāmate |
manaḥ saṃkalpakaṃ rāma yasmānnāstīha kutracit || 98 ||
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asamyagjñānasaṃbhūtā kalpanā mṛgatṛṣṇikā |
hṛnmarau tava saṃśāntā samyagālokanānmune || 99 ||
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jaḍatvānniḥsvarūpatvātsarvadaiva mṛtaṃ manaḥ |
mṛtena māryate lokaścitreyaṃ maurkhyacakrikā || 100 ||
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yasya nātmā na deho'sti nādhāro nāpi cākṛtiḥ |
tenedaṃ bhakṣyate sarvaṃ citreyaṃ maurkhyavāgurā || 101 ||
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sarvasāmagryahīnena hanyate manasāpi yaḥ |
nīlotpaladalāghātairmanye dalitamastakam || 102 ||
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jaḍena mūkenāndhena nihato manasāpi yaḥ |
manye sa dahyate mūḍhaḥ pūrṇacandramarīcibhiḥ || 103 ||
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vidyamāno'pi yaḥ śūro lokastenābhibhūyate |
avidyamānamevedaṃ hanyate mugdhatoditā || 104 ||
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mithyāsaṃkalpakalitaṃ mithyāvasthitimāgatam |
anviṣṭamapi no dṛṣṭaṃ kā tasya kila śaktatā || 105 ||
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aho nu khalu citreyaṃ māyāmayavidhāyinī |
cetasāpyatilolena loko'yamabhibhūyate || 106 ||
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maurkhyaṃ yadāpadānviṣṭaḥ kā hi nāpadajānataḥ |
paśya maurkhyādiyaṃ sṛṣṭirajñānenaiva janyate || 107 ||
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hā kaṣṭamapi durbuddheḥ sṛṣṭirmaurkhyavaśaṃ gatā |
asataiva yadetena jīvenāpyupapādyate || 108 ||
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manye maurkhyamayī sṛṣṭiriyamatyantapelavā |
vāstaraṅgapravāheṇa kaṇaśaḥ pariśīryate || 109 ||
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nīlāñjanālavālena yantreṇaiva vicūrṇyate |
indorābhogapūrṇasya karasparśena muhyati || 110 ||
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ripubhirnayanonmuktairdṛṣṭaḥ sūtrairnibadhyate |
saṃkalpakṛtayā śūrasenayā paribhūyate || 111 ||
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tasmātkileyaṃ manasā na sthitenaiva kutracit |
kalpitena mudhānyena kṛpaṇena nihanyate || 112 ||
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mūrkhalokamayī sṛṣṭirmana evāsadutthitam |
yaḥ śakto na vaśīkartuṃ nāsau rāmopadiśyate || 113 ||
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abhijātā'svarūpaiṣā prajñā kṣodeṣu na kṣamā |
nopadeśagirāṃ yogyā paripūrṇeva saṃsthitā || 114 ||
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vibhetyeṣāpi vīṇāyāstantrīguṇatanudhvaneḥ |
bandhorapi sanidrasya vibheti vadanadyuteḥ || 115 ||
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asato'pi janāduccairgītādbhītā palāyate |
svenaiva manasāpyajñā kilaiṣā vivaśīkṛtā || 116 ||
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sukhalavavivaśā dviṣeva taptā hṛdayagatena nijena cetasaiva |
vidhuritadhiṣaṇā na vetti satyaṃ tadapi kathaṃ parimohito mudhaiva || 117 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter XIII
Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)
Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)
[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.
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Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)
Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.
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The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)
Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.
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