Chapter XL

śrībhagavānuvāca |
sthairyaṃ dehasya dṛṣṭasya jīvitaṃ procyate janaiḥ |
dehāntarārthaṃ dehasya saṃtyāgo maraṇaṃ smṛtam || 1 ||
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dvābhyāṃ caivāsi pakṣābhyāmābhyāṃ mukto mahāmate |
kiṃ te maraṇamastīha kiṃ vā jīvitamasti te || 2 ||
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nidarśanārthametattu mayoktamarimardana |
na tvaṃ jīvasi sarvajña mriyase na kadācana || 3 ||
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dehasaṃstho'pyadehatvādadeho'si videhadṛk |
vyomasaṃstho'pyasaktatvādavyomeva hi mārutaḥ || 4 ||
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sparśasaṃbodhakāritvāddeha evāsti suvrata |
utsedhārodhakatvena khamutsedhasya kāraṇam || 5 ||
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prabuddho jñātavastutvāddehaḥ kva śamināmiha |
idaṃ tvekaṃ paricchinnaṃ rūpamajñeṣu duḥsthitam || 6 ||
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sarvadā sarvamevāsi citprakāśaḥ paraikadhīḥ |
ko dehaḥ ko'pyadehaste yaṃ gṛhṇāsi jahāsi ca || 7 ||
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samudetu vasanto vā vātu vā pralayānilaḥ |
bhāvābhāvavihīnasya kimabhyāgatamātmanaḥ || 8 ||
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praluṭhatsvapi śaileṣu kalpāgniṣu dahatsvapi |
vahatsūtpātavāteṣu svātmanyeva hi tiṣṭhati || 9 ||
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sarvabhūtāni tiṣṭhantu sarvameva prayātu vā |
naśyantu vātha vardhantāmātmanyevābhitiṣṭhati || 10 ||
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kṣīyate na kṣayaṃ prāpte vardhamāne na vardhate |
na spandate spandamāne dehe'sminparameśvaraḥ || 11 ||
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dehasyāhamahaṃ dehīti kṣīṇe cittavibhrame |
tyajāmi na tyajāmīti kiṃ mudhā kalanoditā || 12 ||
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idaṃ kṛtvā karomīdamidaṃ tyaktvedamityalam |
iti tattvavidāṃ tāta saṃkalpāḥ saṃkṣayaṃ gatāḥ || 23 ||
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prabuddhāḥ sarvakartāraḥ kariṣyantīha kiṃcana |
na tasyākaraṇe nityamakartṛtvapadaṃ gatāḥ || 14 ||
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akartṛtvādabhoktṛtvamarthādeva samāgatam |
saṃgṛhītaṃ kilānuptaṃ keneha bhuvanatraye || 15 ||
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śānte kartṛtvabhoktṛtve śāntireveha śiṣyate |
prauḍhimabhyāgatā saiva muktirityucyate budhaiḥ || 16 ||
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prabuddhāścinmayāḥ śuddhāḥ sarvamākramya saṃsthitāḥ |
kiṃ tyaktaṃ parigṛhṇantu kiṃ gṛhītaṃ tyajantu vā || 17 ||
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grāhyagrāhakasaṃbandhapramitāvayavikramaiḥ |
hīnaḥ prameyāvayavaiḥ kiṃ gṛhṇātu jahātu kim || 18 ||
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grāhyagrāhakasaṃbandhe kṣīṇe śāntirudetyalam |
sthitimabhyāgatā śāntirmokṣanāmnābhidhīyate || 19 ||
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tatra sthitāḥ sadā śāntāstvādṛśāḥ puruṣottamāḥ |
suṣuptāvayavaspandasādharmyeṇa caranti hi || 20 ||
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parāvabodhaviśrāntavāsano jagati sthitim |
ardhasupta ivehemāṃ tvaṃ paśyātmasthayā dhiyā || 21 ||
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na ramante hi ramyeṣu svātmanyeva gatāśayāḥ |
nodvijante'nyaduḥkheṣu svātmanyekarasāyanāḥ || 22 ||
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nityaprabuddhā gṛhṇanti kāryāṇīmānyasaṅginaḥ |
mukurā iva bimbāni yathāprāptānyavāñchayā || 23 ||
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jāgrati svātmani svasthāḥ suptāḥ saṃsārasaṃsthitau |
bālavatpravivepante suṣuptasadṛśāśayāḥ || 24 ||
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tvamajitapadavīmupāgato'ntaḥ kamalajavāsaramekameva bhuktvā |
guṇagaṇakalitāmihaiva lakṣmīṃ vraja paramāspadamacyutaṃ mahātman || 25 ||
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