 | Book 12 Chapter 231
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | ity ukto 'bhipraśasyaitat paramarṣes tu śāsanam
mokṣadharmārthasaṃyuktam idaṃ praṣṭuṃ pracakrame
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| 2 | śuka uvāca
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| 2 | prajāvāñ śrotriyo yajvā vṛddhaḥ prajño 'nasūyakaḥ
anāgatam anaitihyaṃ kathaṃ brahmādhigacchati
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| 3 | tapasā brahmacaryeṇa sarvatyāgena medhayā
sāṃkhye vā yadi vā yoge etat pṛṣṭo 'bhidhatsva me
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| 4 | manasaś cendriyāṇāṃ cāpy aikāgryaṃ samavāpyate
yenopāyena puruṣais tac ca vyākhyātum arhasi
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| 5 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 5 | nānyatra vidyātapasor nānyatrendriyanigrahāt
nānyatra sarvasaṃtyāgāt siddhiṃ vindati kaś cana
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| 6 | mahābhūtāni sarvāṇi pūrvasṛṣṭiḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ
bhūyiṣṭhaṃ prāṇabhṛdgrāme niviṣṭāni śarīriṣu
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| 7 | bhūmer deho jalāt sāro jyotiṣaś cakṣuṣī smṛte
prāṇāpānāśrayo vāyuḥ kheṣv ākāśaṃ śarīriṇām
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| 8 | krānte viṣṇur bale śakraḥ koṣṭhe 'gnir bhuktam archati
karṇayoḥ pradiśaḥ śrotre jihvāyāṃ vāk sarasvatī
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| 9 | karṇau tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī
darśanānīndriyoktāni dvārāṇy āhārasiddhaye
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| 10 | śabdaṃ sparśaṃ tathā rūpaṃ rasaṃ gandhaṃ ca pañcamam
indriyāṇi pṛthak tv arthān manaso darśayanty uta
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| 11 | indriyāṇi mano yuṅkte vaśyān yanteva vājinaḥ
manaś cāpi sadā yuṅkte bhūtātmā hṛdayāśritaḥ
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| 12 | indriyāṇāṃ tathaiveṣāṃ sarveṣām īśvaraṃ manaḥ
niyame ca visarge ca bhūtātmā manasas tathā
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| 13 | indriyāṇīndriyārthāś ca svabhāvaś cetanā manaḥ
prāṇāpānau ca jīvaś ca nityaṃ deheṣu dehinām
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| 14 | āśrayo nāsti sattvasya guṇaśabdo na cetanā
sattvaṃ hi tejaḥ sṛjati na guṇān vai kadā cana
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| 15 | evaṃ saptadaśaṃ dehe vṛtaṃ ṣoḍaśabhir guṇaiḥ
manīṣī manasā vipraḥ paśyaty ātmānam ātmani
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| 16 | na hy ayaṃ cakṣuṣā dṛśyo na ca sarvair apīndriyaiḥ
manasā saṃpradīptena mahān ātmā prakāśate
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| 17 | aśabdasparśarūpaṃ tad arasāgandham avyayam
aśarīraṃ śarīre sve nirīkṣeta nirindriyam
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| 18 | avyaktaṃ vyaktadeheṣu martyeṣv amaram āśritam
yo 'nupaśyati sa pretya kalpate brahmabhūyase
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| 19 | vidyābhijanasaṃpanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ
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| 20 | sa hi sarveṣu bhūteṣu jaṅgameṣu dhruveṣu ca
vasaty eko mahān ātmā yena sarvam idaṃ tatam
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| 21 | sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani
yadā paśyati bhūtātmā brahma saṃpadyate tadā
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| 22 | yāvān ātmani vedātmā tāvān ātmā parātmani
ya evaṃ satataṃ veda so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate
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| 23 | sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya sarvabhūtahitasya ca
devāpi mārge muhyanti apadasya padaiṣiṇaḥ
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| 24 | śakunīnām ivākāśe jale vāricarasya vā
yathā gatir na dṛśyeta tathaiva sumahātmanaḥ
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| 25 | kālaḥ pacati bhūtāni sarvāṇy evātmanātmani
yasmiṃs tu pacyate kālas taṃ na vedeha kaś cana
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| 26 | na tad ūrdhvaṃ na tiryak ca nādho na ca tiraḥ punaḥ
na madhye pratigṛhṇīte naiva kaś cit kutaś cana
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| 27 | sarve 'ntaḥsthā ime lokā bāhyam eṣāṃ na kiṃ cana
yaḥ sahasraṃ samāgacched yathā bāṇo guṇacyutaḥ
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| 28 | naivāntaṃ kāraṇasyeyād yady api syān manojavaḥ
tasmāt sūkṣmāt sūkṣmataraṃ nāsti sthūlataraṃ tataḥ
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| 29 | sarvataḥpāṇipādāntaṃ sarvatokṣiśiromukham
sarvataḥśrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati
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| 30 | tad evāṇor aṇutaraṃ tan mahadbhyo mahattaram
tad antaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ dhruvaṃ tiṣṭhan na dṛśyate
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| 31 | akṣaraṃ ca kṣaraṃ caiva dvaidhībhāvo 'yam ātmanaḥ
kṣaraḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu divyaṃ hy amṛtam akṣaram
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| 32 | navadvāraṃ puraṃ gatvā haṃso hi niyato vaśī
īśaḥ sarvasya bhūtasya sthāvarasya carasya ca
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| 33 | hānibhaṅgavikalpānāṃ navānāṃ saṃśrayeṇa ca
śarīrāṇām ajasyāhur haṃsatvaṃ pāradarśinaḥ
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| 34 | haṃsoktaṃ cākṣaraṃ caiva kūṭasthaṃ yat tad akṣaram
tad vidvān akṣaraṃ prāpya jahāti prāṇajanmanī
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