Chapter XCVIII

śikhidhvaja uvāca |
cittaṃ nāstīti me bodho yathā yuktyā sphuṭaṃ bhavet |
tāmanyāmathavā brūhi buddhaṃ na nipuṇaṃ mayā || 1 ||
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kumbha uvāca |
cittaṃ nāstyeva he rājankadācitkiṃcana kvacit |
yaccedaṃ cittavadbhāti tadbrahmābhidhamavyayam || 2 ||
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ato'jñānātmakaṃ yattajjagadeva na vidyate |
tatrāhaṃtvaṃtadityādikalpitāḥ kalanāḥ kutaḥ || 3 ||
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nāstyeva jagadevedaṃ yaccedaṃ kiṃcanoditam |
brahmaivāstīha sakalaṃ kena tadbudhyate katham || 4 ||
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mahāpralayasargādāvevedaṃ noditaṃ jagat |
nirdeśastvidamityatra tvadbodhāya mayā kṛtaḥ || 5 ||
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upādānātmakādīnāṃ kāraṇānāmabhāvataḥ |
akāraṇaṃ ca bhāvānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ tvasaṃbhavāt || 6 ||
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evamajñānabuddhyātma jagattasmānna vidyate |
tasmādyadidamābhāti bhāsanaṃ brahma netarat || 7 ||
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anākhye'nākṛtau deve karotīdamiti tvasat |
bhāṣitaṃ nopapattyātma na satyaṃ nānubhūyate || 8 ||
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anākhyo'pratighaḥ svātmā nirākāro ya īśvaraḥ |
sa karoti jagaditi hāsāyaiva vaco'dhiyām || 9 ||
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anenaiva prayogeṇa rājaṃścittaṃ na vidyate |
jagadeva na satsādho kutaścittādi tadgatam || 10 ||
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ceto hi vāsanāmātraṃ vāsye tu sati vāsanā |
vāsyaṃ jagattadevāsadataścittāstitā kutaḥ || 11 ||
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yadidaṃ kacati brahma svayamātmātmanātmani |
kṛtaṃ tasyaiva tenaiva cittamityādināmakam || 12 ||
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jagaddṛśyamidaṃ vāsyaṃ tadevotpannameva no |
kāraṇābhāvataḥ pūrvamevātaścittatā kutaḥ || 13 ||
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ataścidvyomamātrātma paramākāśanāmakam |
sphāraṃ vedanamevedaṃ kacatyasti kuto jagat || 14 ||
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yatkiṃcitparamākāśa īṣatkacakacāyate |
cidādarśe na jātatvānna cittaṃ no jagatkriyā || 15 ||
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ahaṃ tvaṃ jagadityeṣā pratipattirna vāstavī |
mithyā svapna ivābhāti nūnaṃ me'śeṣakāriṇī || 16 ||
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vāsyasya jagato'bhāvādyato nāstyeva vāsanā |
atastadātmakaṃ cittaṃ kīdṛśaṃ kva kutaḥ katham || 17 ||
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aprabuddhairavagataṃ cittaṃ dṛśyamidaṃ jagat |
asaccittaṃ nirākāraṃ pūrvamutpannameva no || 18 ||
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notpannaṃ kāraṇābhāvātsargādāveva sarvadā |
lokaśāstrānubhavato na ca dṛśyasya vastunaḥ || 19 ||
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anāditvamajatvaṃ vā sthairyaṃ vāpyupapadyate |
sākārasyāsya jagataḥ sthūlasya pratighākṛteḥ || 20 ||
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samastakāraṇābhāvāllokaśāstrānubhūtibhiḥ |
yujyante ca nirākartuṃ na mahāpralayādayaḥ || 21 ||
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śāstrānubhavavedārthasiddhāntaiste trayo'pi vā |
pralayāśca na santīti vaktyunmattaka eva ca || 22 ||
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lokaḥ śāstrāṇi vedāśca pramāṇaṃ yasya no mateḥ |
asadbhyo hyatimūḍhaḥ sa sajjanastaṃ na saṃśrayet || 23 ||
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na ca sapratighasyāsya dṛśyasyāpratighaṃ kvacit |
kāraṇaṃ bhavituṃ śaktaṃ sākārasya nirākṛti || 24 ||
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itthamālakṣyamāṇaṃ tattadevaṃ satataṃ mune |
na ca nārthakriyākāri bhavennetthamidaṃ jagat || 25 ||
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tasmādidaṃ niraṃśasya cidvyomno'pratighākṛteḥ |
nirākṛteranantasya pūrvātpūrvaniraṃśataḥ || 26 ||
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brahmaṇaḥ sarvarūpasya śāntasyāttasya yatsamam |
svata evātmakacanaṃ sargapralayarūpadhṛk || 27 ||
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svakaṃ vapuśca tenaiva jñātaṃ jagadiva kṣaṇāt |
kṣaṇāntarānubuddhaṃ sadbrahmaivāste nirātmani || 28 ||
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brahmaivedamataḥ sarvaṃ kvacinna jagadādidhīḥ |
kvācittādi kvacittādi kva dvaitaikyādikalpanā || 29 ||
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sarvaṃ nirālambamajaṃ praśāntamanādirityātma yathāsthitaṃ sat |
idaṃ tu nāneva na cāpyanānā yathāsthitaṃ tiṣṭha sukāṣṭhamaunam || 30 ||
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