Chapter III

śrīrāma uvāca |
avedanaṃ vedanasya munīndra kriyate katham |
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ || 1 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ |
yadā tadaiva sukaraṃ vedanāvedanaṃ svayam || 2 ||
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etau vedanaśabdārthau rajjusarpabhramopamau |
asatyāvuditau viddhi mṛgatṛṣṇāmbhasā samau || 3 ||
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abodhastvanayoḥ śreyānbodho duḥkhāya caitayoḥ |
tasmātsadeva buddhyasva mā'sadbuddhyasva rāghava || 4 ||
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jantorvedanaśabdārthabodho duḥkhakaraḥ paraḥ |
niṣkṛtya jñaptiśabdārthabodhaṃ tiṣṭha yathāsthitam || 5 ||
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sarvāvabodhāvasare jñaptiśabdārthayoriha |
nirvāṇodaya ityeva paramomiti śāmyatām || 6 ||
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śubhāśubhātmakarma svaṃ nāśanīyaṃ vivekinā |
tannāstītyavabodhena tattvajñānena sidhyati || 7 ||
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karmamūlanikāṣeṇa saṃsāraḥ pariśāmyati |
suvicāritamanviṣṭaṃ yāvatkarma na vidyate || 8 ||
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cidrūpo bilvamajjāntaścittasaṃjñāṃ yadātmani |
karoti tadyathā bilvānna svalpamapi bhidyate || 9 ||
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na yathā saṃniveśāntaḥ saṃniveśastataḥ pṛthak |
tathā nabhorthādi pṛthaṅ na parasmānmanāgapi || 10 ||
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yadevāmbhastadevāntardravatvamapṛthagyathā |
cittvameva tathā cittaṃ tadrūpatvāttadarthayoḥ || 11 ||
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yathā dravatvaṃ payasi yathā''lokaśca tejasi |
tathā brahmaṇyatadbhāvaṃ cittvaṃ cittaṃ ca vidyate || 12 ||
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cetanaṃ karma tatsvāntarnnirmūlaṃ bhramayakṣavat |
udetyahetukaṃ taccennoditaṃ tanna vidyate || 13 ||
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cetanaṃ karma taccetadbhāti spanda ivānilaḥ |
ahetukaṃ yadātmaitadbahirantaśca sārthadhīḥ || 14 ||
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vistāraḥ karmaṇāṃ dehaḥ so'haṃtātmā sasaṃsṛtiḥ |
acetanānahantvena śāmyatyaspandavātavat || 15 ||
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acetanādanantātmā bhūtvā jño'pyupalopamaḥ |
saṃsāramūlakaṣaṇaṃ kuru kroḍamukhāgravat || 16 ||
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karmabījakalākośatyāga evaṃ kṛto bhavet |
nānyathā rāghavāntaste śāntamastu sadā sthitam || 17 ||
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karmabījakalātyāge tvetasmāditarātmani |
avidyamāne jīvasya tajjñairviditavastubhiḥ || 18 ||
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śāntairna gṛhyate kiṃcinna ca saṃtyajyate'pi ca |
tyāgādānena jānanti tatastaiḥ śāntamānasam || 19 ||
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ākāśaśūnyahṛdayairjñairyathāsthitamāsyate |
kriyate ca yathāprāptaṃ nāpyetaiḥ kriyatepi ca || 20 ||
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pravāhapatitaṃ sarvaṃ spandate śāntamānasam |
teṣāṃ karmendriyāṇyevamardhasaṃsuptabālavat || 21 ||
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rase nirvāsane labdhe rasā apyatinīrasāḥ |
nāntastiṣṭhanti na bahirajñānanipuṇā iva || 22 ||
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karmaṇo vedanaṃ tyāgaḥ sa ca siddhaḥ prabodhataḥ |
avastu netareṇārthaḥ kiṃ kṛtenākṛtena vā || 23 ||
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avedanamasaṃvedyaṃ yadavāsanamāsitam |
śāntaṃ samamanullekhaṃ sa karmatyāga ucyate || 24 ||
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apunaḥsmaraṇaṃ samyak ciravismṛtakarma tat |
sthitaṃ stambhodarasamaṃ sa karmatyāga ucyate || 25 ||
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atyāgaṃ tyāgamiti ye kurvate vyarthabodhinaḥ |
sā bhuṅkte tānpaśūnajñānkarmatyāgapiśācikā || 26 ||
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samūlakarmasaṃtyāgenaiva ye śāntimāsthitāḥ |
naiva teṣāṃ kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana || 27 ||
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samūlamalamuddhṛtya karmabījakalāmiti |
nityamekasamādhānāstajjñāstiṣṭhantyataḥ sukham || 28 ||
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pravāhapatite kārye īṣatspandā atanmayāḥ |
ghūrṇamānā iva kṣībā yantrasaṃcāritā iva || 29 ||
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mokṣalakṣmyā vilāsinyā vyasanopahatā iva |
ardhasuptaprabuddhābhāḥ kāmapyavanimāgatāḥ || 30 ||
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yatsamūlaṃ parityaktaṃ tattyaktamiti kathyate |
amūlakāṣastyāgo yaḥ sa śākhālavanopamaḥ || 31 ||
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akṛṣṭamūlaśākhāgralavanaḥ karmapādapaḥ |
punaḥ śākhāsahasreṇa duḥkhāya parivardhate || 32 ||
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avedanātmanā tena karmatyāgo'ṅga sidhyati |
krameṇa netareṇāta etadevāharanbhava || 33 ||
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ye tvevaṃ karmasaṃtyāgamakṛtvānyatprakurvate |
atyāgaṃ tyāgarūpātma gaganaṃ mārayanti te || 34 ||
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bodhātmakatayā karmatyāgaḥ saṃpadyate svayam |
dagdhabījā niricchoccairakriyaiva bhavetkriyā || 35 ||
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buddhīndriyehitaṃ karma saphalaṃ rasabhāvanāt |
veṣṭitavyaṃ kudāmneva spando'nyo niṣphalo'ṅgajaḥ || 36 ||
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karmatyāge sthite bodhājjīvanmukto vivāsanaḥ |
gṛhe tiṣṭhatvaraṇye vā śāmyatvabhyetu vodayam || 37 ||
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gehamevopaśāntasya vijanaṃ dūrakānanam |
aśāntasyāpyaraṇyāni vijanā sajanā purī || 38 ||
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pariśāntamaterjñasya svapne'pyaprāptamānavā |
nirmalā vitatā hṛdyā hṛdyeva vanabhūmikā || 39 ||
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jñasya nirvāṇadṛśyasya nispandārthā nabhomayī |
śāntāśeṣaviśeṣārthā jagadeva mahāṭavī || 40 ||
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anantasaṃkalpavato hṛdayasthajagatsthiteḥ |
hṛdyevāvartate bhūmirajñasyākhilasāgarā || 41 ||
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janasyājñasya dīnasya vividhadvandvasaṃkaṭā |
sārambhā vividhākārā hṛdyeva grāmamaṇḍalī || 42 ||
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vividhakāryavikāradaśāmayī sapurapattanamaṇḍalaparvatā |
mukurakośa iva pratibimbitā hṛdi bhavatyamalā maline mahī || 43 ||
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