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 XXI

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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
evaṃ prabodhitastena tadā puṇyena pāvanaḥ |
prabodhamāpa prākāśyaṃ prabhāta iva bhūtalam || 1 ||
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ubhāvapi tataḥ siddhau jñānavijñānapāragau |
viceraturvane tasminyāvadicchamaninditau || 2 ||
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tataḥ kadācitkālena nirvāṇapadamāgatau |
tau videhau gatasnehau dīpāviva śamaṃ gatau || 3 ||
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evaṃ prāgbhuktadehānāmanantā janabandhutā |
āḥ kaiḥ kiṃ gṛhyate tābhyaḥ kiṃ vā saṃtyajyate'nagha || 4 ||
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tasmādāsāmanantānāṃ tṛṣṇānāṃ raghunandana |
upāyastyāga evaiko na nāma paripālanam || 5 ||
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cintanenaidhate cintā tvindhaneneva pāvakaḥ |
naśyatyacintatenaiva vinendhanamivānalaḥ || 6 ||
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dhyeyatyāgarathārūḍhaḥ karuṇodārayā dṛśā |
lokamālokayandīnamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha rāghava || 7 ||
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eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ svacchā niṣkāmā vigatāmayā |
enāṃ prāpya mahābāho vimūḍho'pi na muhyati || 8 ||
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ekaṃ vivekaṃ suhṛdamekāṃ prauḍhasakhīṃ dhiyam |
ādāya viharanneva saṃkaṭeṣu na muhyati || 9 ||
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vinivāritasarvārthādapahastitabāndhavāt |
na svadhairyādṛte kaścidabhyuddharati saṃkaṭāt || 10 ||
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vairāgyeṇātha śāstreṇa mahattvādiguṇairapi |
yatnenāpadvighātārthaṃ svayamevonnayenmanaḥ || 11 ||
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na tattribhuvanaiśvaryānna kośādratnadhāriṇaḥ |
phalamāsādyate cittādyanmahattvopabṛṃhitāt || 12 ||
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tadetasmiñjagatkukṣau pātotpātanadolanaiḥ |
patanti puruṣā ye vai manasteṣāṃ gatajvaram || 13 ||
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pūrṇe manasi saṃpūrṇaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sudhādravaiḥ |
upānadrūḍhapādasya nanu carmāstṛtaiva bhūḥ || 14 ||
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vairāgyātpūrṇatāmeti mano nāśāvaśānugam |
āśayā riktatāmeti śaradeva saromalam || 15 ||
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hṛdayaṃ śūnyatāmeti prakaṭīkṛtakoṭaram |
agastipītārṇavavadāśāvivaśacetasām || 16 ||
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yasya cittatarau sphāre tṛṣṇācapalamarkaṭī |
na valgati mahattasya rājate hṛdvanaṃ tatam || 17 ||
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padmākṣakośaṃ trijagadgoṣpadaṃ yojanavrajam |
nimeṣārdhaṃ mahākalpaḥ spṛhārahitacetasām || 18 ||
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śītatā sā na śītāṃśorna himācalakandare |
na rambhācandanāvalyāṃ niḥspṛheṣu manaḥsu yā || 19 ||
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na tathā bhāti pūrṇendurna pūrṇaḥ kṣīrasāgaraḥ |
na lakṣmīvadanaṃ kāntaṃ spṛhāhīnaṃ yathā manaḥ || 20 ||
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yathābdalekhā śaśinaṃ sudhālepaṃ maṣī yathā |
dūṣayatyevamevāntarnaramāśāpiśācikā || 21 ||
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āśākhyāścittavṛkṣasya śākhāḥ sthagitadiktaṭāḥ |
tāsu cchinnāsvarūpatvaṃ yāti cittamahādrumaḥ || 22 ||
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chinnatṛṣṇāmahāśākhe cittasthāṇau sthitiṃ gate |
ekarūpatayā dhairyaṃ prayāti śataśākhatām || 23 ||
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anastamitadhairyeṇa tena citte kṣayaṃ gate |
tatpadaṃ prāpyate rāma yatra nāśo na vidyate || 24 ||
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etāsāṃ cittavṛttīnāmāśānāmuttamāśayaḥ |
na dadāsi prarohaṃ cettadbhayaṃ nāsti rāghava || 25 ||
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cittaṃ vṛttivihīnaṃ te yadā yātamacittatām |
tadā mokṣamayīmantaḥ sattāmāpnoṣi tāṃ tatām || 26 ||
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cittakauśikapakṣiṇyā tṛṣṇayā kṣubdhayāntare |
amaṅgalāni vistāramalamāyānti rāghava || 27 ||
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cintanaṃ vṛttirityuktaṃ vartate cittamāśayā |
cittavṛttimato hyāśāṃ tyaktvā niścittatāṃ vraja || 28 ||
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yo yayā vartate vṛttyā sa tayaiva vinā kṣayī |
ataścittopaśāntyarthaṃ tadvṛttiṃ prakṣayaṃ naya || 29 ||
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praśamitasakalaiṣaṇo mahātmanbhava bhavabandhamapāsya muktacittaḥ |
manasi nigaḍarajjavaḥ kadāśāḥ parigalitāsu ca tāsu ko na muktaḥ || 30 ||
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