Chapter XCVI

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
pāṣāṇākhyānametatte kathitaṃ kāryakovida |
anayemāḥ sphuraddṛṣṭyā sṛṣṭayo nabhasi sthitāḥ || 1 ||
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na ca sthitaṃ kiṃcanāpi kvacanāpi kadācana |
sthitaṃ brahmaghane brahma yathāsthitamakhaṇḍitam || 2 ||
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brahma cinmātrakaṃ viddhi tadyathā svapnadṛṣṭiṣu |
puraṃ bhavannijādrūpānna kadācana bhidyate || 3 ||
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svayaṃbhūtvasamāpattau tathā dṛśyavyavasthitau |
svarūpamajahattveva cidākāśamajaṃ sthitam || 4 ||
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na svayaṃbhūrna ca jaganna svapnapuramastyalam |
sthitaṃ saṃvinmahādṛṣṭyā brahma cinmātrametayā || 5 ||
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yathā puraṃ bhavatsvapne cidrūpaṃ svātmani sthitam |
akhaṇḍamevamāsṛṣṭerāmahāpralayasthiteḥ || 6 ||
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hemahemāśmanoḥ svapnapuracetanayoryathā |
bhedo na saṃbhavatyeva na bhedaścitisargayoḥ || 7 ||
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citirekāsti no sargo hemāsti na tadūrmikā |
svapnācale cidevāsti na tu kācana śailatā || 8 ||
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cideva śailavadbhāti yathā svapne nirāmayā |
tathā brahma nirākāraṃ sargavadbhāti netarat || 9 ||
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cinmātramidamākāśamanantamajamavyayam |
mahākalpasahasreṣu nodeti na ca śāmyati || 10 ||
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cidākāśo hi puruṣaścidākāśo bhavānayam |
cidākāśo'hamajaraścidākāśo jagattrayam || 11 ||
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cidākāśaṃ varjayitvā śavameva śarīrakam |
acchedyo'sāvadāhyo'sau cidākāśo na śāmyati || 12 ||
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ato na kiṃcinmriyate na ca kiṃcana jāyate |
cittvāttataścitkacanaṃ jagadityanubhūyate || 13 ||
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cinmātrapuruṣo janturmriyate yadi nāma vā |
tato mariṣyattatputro niḥsaṃdehaṃ piturmṛtau || 14 ||
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ekasminpramṛte jantāvamariṣyaṃstu sarvadā |
sarva eva janāḥ śūnyamabhaviṣyanmahītalam || 15 ||
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na cādyāpi mṛtaṃ rāma cinmātraṃ kasyacitkvacit |
na ca śūnyā sthitā bhūmistasmāccitpuruṣo'kṣayaḥ || 16 ||
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ekaṃ cinmātramevāhaṃ na śarīrādayo mama |
iti satyanusaṃdhāne kva janmamaraṇādayaḥ || 17 ||
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ahaṃ cinmātramamalamityātmānubhavaṃ svayam |
apahantyātmahantāro nimajjantyāpadarṇave || 18 ||
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cidahaṃ gaganādacchā nityānantā nirāmayā |
kiṃ jīvitaṃ me kiṃ vāpi maraṇaṃ vā sukhāsukhe || 19 ||
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vyomātmacetanamahaṃ ke śarīrādayo mama |
ityātmahāpahnute'ntaryo'nubhūtaṃ dhigastu tam || 20 ||
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cidākāśamahaṃ svacchamanubhūtiriti sphuṭā |
yasyāstamāgatā mūḍhaṃ taṃ jīvantaṃ śavaṃ viduḥ || 21 ||
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ahaṃ vedanamātrātmā kāni dehendriyāṇi me |
labdhātmānamiti svacchaṃ pravilumpanti nāpadaḥ || 22 ||
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cinmātraṃ śuddhamātmānaṃ yo'valambya sthiraḥ sthitaḥ |
nādhayastaṃ vilumpanti mahopalamiveṣavaḥ || 23 ||
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cittvaṃ svabhāvaṃ vismṛtya baddhāsthā ye śarīrake |
taiḥ suvarṇaṃ parityajya gṛhītaṃ bhasma vastutaḥ || 24 ||
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balaṃ buddhiśca tejaśca deho'hamiti bhāvanāt |
naśyatyudetyetadeva cidevāhamiti sthiteḥ || 25 ||
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cidākāśamahaṃ śuddhaṃ ke me maraṇajanmanī |
evaṃ sthite syuḥ kiṃniṣṭhā lobhamohamadādayaḥ || 26 ||
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cidākāśādṛte dehānyo'nyatsāramavāpnuyāt |
tasmai tadyujyate vaktuṃ santi lobhādayastviti || 27 ||
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na cchidye na ca dahye'haṃ cinmātraṃ vajravacciti |
na dehī niścayo yasya taṃ pratyantakarastṛṇam || 28 ||
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aho nu mugdhatā jñānadṛṣṭīnāṃ yadvidantyalam |
śarīraśakalābhāve naśyāma iti mohitāḥ || 29 ||
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ahaṃ cinnabha eveti satye bhāve sthire sati |
vajrapātayugāntāgnidāhāḥ puṣpotkaropamāḥ || 30 ||
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cinmātramamaraṃ nāhaṃ yannaśyāmīti roditi |
anaṣṭa eva taddeho jātāpūrvā kharolikā || 31 ||
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idaṃ cetanamevāhaṃ nāhaṃ dehādidṛṣṭayaḥ |
iti niścayavānyo'ntarna sa muhyati karhicit || 32 ||
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ahaṃ cetanamākāśo nāśo me nopapadyate |
cetanena jagatpūrṇaṃ keva saṃdehitātra vaḥ || 33 ||
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cetanaṃ varjayitvānyatkiṃcidyūyaṃ janā yadi |
yaducyatāṃ mahāmūḍhāḥ svātmā kimapalapyate || 34 ||
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taccetanaṃ cenmriyate tajjanāḥ pratyahaṃ mṛtāḥ |
brūta kiṃ na mṛtā yūyaṃ tanmṛtaṃ kila cetanam || 35 ||
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tasmānna mriyate kiṃcinna ca jīvati kiṃcana |
jīvāmīti mṛto'smīti ciccetati na naśyati || 36 ||
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ciccetati yathā vā yattattathā sāśu paśyati |
ābālameṣo'nubhavo na kvacitsā ca naśyati || 37 ||
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paripaśyati saṃsāraṃ paripaśyati muktatām |
sukhaduḥkhāni jānāti svarūpāttanna bhidyate || 38 ||
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aparijñātadehāttu dhatte mohābhidhāṃ svayam |
parijñātasvarūpāttu dhatte mokṣābhidhāṃ svayam || 39 ||
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nāstameti na codeti na kadācana kiṃcana |
sarvameva ca cinmātramākāśaviśadaṃ yataḥ || 40 ||
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na tadasti na yatsatyaṃ na tadasti na yanmṛṣā |
yadyathā yena nirṇītaṃ tattathā taṃ prati sthitam || 41 ||
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yadyadyathā jagati cetati cetanātmā tattattathānubhavatītyanubhūtisiddham |
dṛṣṭaṃ viṣāmṛtadṛśeva padārthajātaṃ nātosti saṃvidavidheyamitiprasiddham || 42 ||
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