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 VIII

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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
nākṛtirna ca karmāṇi na spando na parākramaḥ |
tanmithyājñānavadrūḍhaṃ daivaṃ nāma kimucyate || 1 ||
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svakarmaphalasaṃprāptāvidamitthamitīti yāḥ |
girastā daivanāmnaitāḥ prasiddhiṃ samupāgatāḥ || 2 ||
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tatraiva mūḍhamatibhirdaivamastīti niścayaḥ |
ātto duravabodhena rajjvāmiva bhujaṃgamaḥ || 3 ||
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hyastanī duṣkriyābhyeti śobhāṃ satkriyayā yathā |
adyaivaṃ prāktanī tasmādyatnātsatkāryavānbhavet || 4 ||
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mūḍhānumānasaṃsiddhaṃ daivaṃ yasyāsti durmateḥ |
daivāddāho'sti naiveti gantavyaṃ tena pāvake || 5 ||
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daivameveha cetkartuṃ puṃsaḥ kimiva ceṣṭayā |
snānadānāsanoccārāndaivameva kariṣyati || 5 ||
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kiṃvā śāstropadeśena mūko'yaṃ puruṣaḥ kila |
saṃcāryate tu daivena kiṃ kasyehopadiśyate || 7 ||
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na ca nispandatā loke dṛṣṭeha śavatāṃ vinā |
spandācca phalasaṃprāptistasmāddaivaṃ nirarthakam || 8 ||
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na cāmūrtena daivena mūrtasya sahakartṛtā |
puṃsaḥ saṃdṛśyate kācittasmāddaivaṃ nirarthakam || 9 ||
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mitho'ṅgāni samāsādya dvayorekaikakartṛtā |
hastādīnāṃ hatatve ha na daivena kvacitkṛtam || 10 ||
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manobuddhivadapyetaddaivaṃ nehānubhūyate |
āgopālaṃ kṛtaprajñaistena daivamasatsadā || 11 ||
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pṛthakcedbuddhiranyo'rthaḥ saiva cetkānyatā tayoḥ |
kalpanāyāṃ pramāṇaṃ cetpauruṣaṃ kiṃ na kalpyate || 12 ||
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nāmūrtestena saṅgo'sti nabhaseva vapuṣmataḥ |
mūrtaṃ ca dṛśyate lagnaṃ tasmāddaivaṃ na vidyate || 13 ||
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viniyokratha bhūtānāmastyanyaccejjagattraye |
śerate bhūtavṛndāni daivaṃ sarvaṃ kariṣyati || 14 ||
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daivena tvabhiyukto'haṃ tatkaromīdṛśaṃ sthitam |
samāśvāsanavāgeṣā na daivaṃ paramārthataḥ || 15 ||
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mūḍhaiḥ prakalpitaṃ daivaṃ tatparāste kṣayaṃ gatāḥ |
prājñāstu pauruṣārthena padamuttamatāṃ gatāḥ || 16 ||
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ye śūrā ye ca vikrāntā ye prājñā ye ca paṇḍitāḥ |
taistaiḥ kimiva loke'sminvada daivaṃ pratīkṣyate || 17 ||
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kālavidbhirvinirṇītā yasyāticirajīvitā |
sa cejjīvati saṃchinnaśirāstaddaivamuttamam || 18 ||
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kālavidbhirvinirṇītaṃ pāṇḍityaṃ yasya rāghava |
anadhyāpita evāsau tajjñaśceddaivamuttamam || 19 ||
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viśvāmitreṇa muninā daivamutsṛjya dūrataḥ |
pauruṣeṇaiva saṃprāptaṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ rāma nānyathā || 20 ||
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asmābhiraparai rāma puruṣairmunitāṃ gataiḥ |
pauruṣeṇaiva saṃprāptā ciraṃ gaganagāmitā || 21 ||
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utsādya devasaṃghātaṃ cakrustribhuvanodare |
pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena sāmrājyaṃ dānaveśvarāḥ || 22 ||
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ālūnaśīrṇamābhogi jagadājahrurojasā |
pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena dānavebhyaḥ sureśvarāḥ || 23 ||
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rāma pauruṣayuktyā ca salilaṃ dhāryate'nayā |
ciraṃ karaṇḍake cāru na daivaṃ tatra kāraṇam || 24 ||
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bharaṇādānasaṃrambhavibhramaśramabhūmiṣu |
śaktatā dṛśyate rāma na daivasyauṣadheriva || 25 ||
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sakalakāraṇakāryavivarjitaṃ nijavikalpavaśādupakalpitam |
tvamanapekṣya hi daivamasanmayaṃ śraya śubhāśaya pauruṣamuttamam || 26 ||
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