 | Book 12 Chapter 243
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| 1 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 1 | gandhān rasān nānurundhyāt sukhaṃ vā; nālaṃkārāṃś cāpnuyāt tasya tasya
mānaṃ ca kīrtiṃ ca yaśaś ca necchet; sa vai pracāraḥ paśyato brāhmaṇasya
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| 2 | sarvān vedān adhīyīta śuśrūṣur brahmacaryavān
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni na tena na sa brāhmaṇaḥ
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| 3 | jñātivat sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvavit sarvavedavit
nākāmo mriyate jātu na tena na ca brāhmaṇaḥ
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| 4 | iṣṭīś ca vividhāḥ prāpya kratūṃś caivāptadakṣiṇān
naiva prāpnoti brāhmaṇyam abhidhyānāt kathaṃ cana
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| 5 | yadā cāyaṃ na bibheti yadā cāsmān na bibhyati
yadā necchati na dveṣṭi brahma saṃpadyate tadā
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| 6 | yadā na kurute bhāvaṃ sarvabhūteṣu pāpakam
karmaṇā manasā vācā brahma saṃpadyate tadā
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| 7 | kāmabandhanam evaikaṃ nānyad astīha bandhanam
kāmabandhanamukto hi brahmabhūyāya kalpate
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| 8 | kāmato mucyamānas tu dhūmrābhrād iva candramāḥ
virajāḥ kālam ākāṅkṣan dhīro dhairyeṇa vartate
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| 9 | āpūryamāṇam acalapratiṣṭhaṃ; samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
sa kāmakānto na tu kāmakāmaḥ; sa vai lokāt svargam upaiti dehī
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| 10 | vedasyopaniṣat satyaṃ satyasyopaniṣad damaḥ
damasyopaniṣad dānaṃ dānasyopaniṣat tapaḥ
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| 11 | tapasopaniṣat tyāgas tyāgasyopaniṣat sukham
sukhasyopaniṣat svargaḥ svargasyopaniṣac chamaḥ
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| 12 | kledanaṃ śokamanasoḥ saṃtāpaṃ tṛṣṇayā saha
sattvam icchasi saṃtoṣāc chāntilakṣaṇam uttamam
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| 13 | viśoko nirmamaḥ śāntaḥ prasannātmātmavittamaḥ
ṣaḍbhir lakṣaṇavān etaiḥ samagraḥ punar eṣyati
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| 14 | ṣaḍbhiḥ sattvaguṇopetaiḥ prājñair adhikamantribhiḥ
ye viduḥ pretya cātmānam ihasthāṃs tāṃs tathā viduḥ
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| 15 | akṛtrimam asaṃhāryaṃ prākṛtaṃ nirupaskṛtam
adhyātmaṃ sukṛtaprajñaḥ sukham avyayam aśnute
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| 16 | niṣpracāraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā pratiṣṭhāpya ca sarvataḥ
yām ayaṃ labhate tuṣṭiṃ sā na śakyam ato 'nyathā
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| 17 | yena tṛpyaty abhuñjāno yena tuṣyaty avittavān
yenāsneho balaṃ dhatte yas taṃ veda sa vedavit
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| 18 | saṃgopya hy ātmano dvārāṇy apidhāya vicintayan
yo hy āste brāhmaṇaḥ śiṣṭaḥ sa ātmaratir ucyate
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| 19 | samāhitaṃ pare tattve kṣīṇakāmam avasthitam
sarvataḥ sukham anveti vapuś cāndramasaṃ yathā
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| 20 | saviśeṣāṇi bhūtāni guṇāṃś cābhajato muneḥ
sukhenāpohyate duḥkhaṃ bhāskareṇa tamo yathā
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| 21 | tam atikrāntakarmāṇam atikrāntaguṇakṣayam
brāhmaṇaṃ viṣayāśliṣṭaṃ jarāmṛtyū na vindataḥ
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| 22 | sa yadā sarvato muktaḥ samaḥ paryavatiṣṭhate
indriyāṇīndriyārthāṃś ca śarīrastho 'tivartate
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| 23 | kāraṇaṃ paramaṃ prāpya atikrāntasya kāryatām
punarāvartanaṃ nāsti saṃprāptasya parāt param
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