 | Book 12 Chapter 242
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| 1 | śuka uvāca
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| 1 | yasmād dharmāt paro dharmo vidyate neha kaś cana
yo viśiṣṭaś ca dharmebhyas taṃ bhavān prabravītu me
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| 2 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 2 | dharmaṃ te saṃpravakṣyāmi purāṇam ṛṣisaṃstutam
viśiṣṭaṃ sarvadharmebhyas tam ihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu
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| 3 | indriyāṇi pramāthīni buddhyā saṃyamya yatnataḥ
sarvato niṣpatiṣṇūni pitā bālān ivātmajān
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| 4 | manasaś cendriyāṇāṃ ca hy aikāgryaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ
taj jyāyaḥ sarvadharmebhyaḥ sa dharmaḥ para ucyate
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| 5 | tāni sarvāṇi saṃdhāya manaḥṣaṣṭhāni medhayā
ātmatṛpta ivāsīta bahu cintyam acintayan
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| 6 | gocarebhyo nivṛttāni yadā sthāsyanti veśmani
tadā tvam ātmanātmānaṃ paraṃ drakṣyasi śāśvatam
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| 7 | sarvātmānaṃ mahātmānaṃ vidhūmam iva pāvakam
taṃ paśyanti mahātmāno brāhmaṇā ye manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 8 | yathā puṣpaphalopeto bahuśākho mahādrumaḥ
ātmano nābhijānīte kva me puṣpaṃ kva me phalam
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| 9 | evam ātmā na jānīte kva gamiṣye kuto nv aham
anyo hy atrāntar ātmāsti yaḥ sarvam anupaśyati
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| 10 | jñānadīpena dīptena paśyaty ātmānam ātmanā
dṛṣṭvā tvam ātmanātmānaṃ nirātmā bhava sarvavit
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| 11 | vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo muktatvaca ivoragaḥ
parāṃ buddhim avāpyeha vipāpmā vigatajvaraḥ
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| 12 | sarvataḥsrotasaṃ ghorāṃ nadīṃ lokapravāhinīm
pañcendriyagrāhavatīṃ manaḥsaṃkalparodhasam
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| 13 | lobhamohatṛṇacchannāṃ kāmakrodhasarīsṛpām
satyatīrthānṛtakṣobhāṃ krodhapaṅkāṃ saridvarām
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| 14 | avyaktaprabhavāṃ śīghrāṃ dustarām akṛtātmabhiḥ
pratarasva nadīṃ buddhyā kāmagrāhasamākulām
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| 15 | saṃsārasāgaragamāṃ yonipātāladustarām
ātmajanmodbhavāṃ tāta jihvāvartāṃ durāsadām
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| 16 | yāṃ taranti kṛtaprajñā dhṛtimanto manīṣiṇaḥ
tāṃ tīrṇaḥ sarvatomukto vipūtātmātmavic chuciḥ
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| 17 | uttamāṃ buddhim āsthāya brahmabhūyaṃ gamiṣyasi
saṃtīrṇaḥ sarvasaṃkleśān prasannātmā vikalmaṣaḥ
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| 18 | bhūmiṣṭhānīva bhūtāni parvatastho niśāmaya
akrudhyann aprahṛṣyaṃś ca nanṛśaṃsamatis tathā
tato drakṣyasi bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ prabhavāpyayau
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| 19 | evaṃ vai sarvadharmebhyo viśiṣṭaṃ menire budhāḥ
dharmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha munayas tattvadarśinaḥ
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| 20 | ātmano 'vyayino jñātvā idaṃ putrānuśāsanam
prayatāya pravaktavyaṃ hitāyānugatāya ca
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| 21 | ātmajñānam idaṃ guhyaṃ sarvaguhyatamaṃ mahat
abruvaṃ yad ahaṃ tāta ātmasākṣikam añjasā
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| 22 | naiva strī na pumān etan naiva cedaṃ napuṃsakam
aduḥkham asukhaṃ brahma bhūtabhavyabhavātmakam
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| 23 | naitaj jñātvā pumān strī vā punarbhavam avāpnuyāt
abhavapratipattyartham etad vartma vidhīyate
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| 24 | yathā matāni sarvāṇi na caitāni yathā tathā
kathitāni mayā putra bhavanti na bhavanti ca
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| 25 | tat prītiyuktena guṇānvitena; putreṇa satputraguṇānvitena
pṛṣṭo hīdaṃ prītimatā hitārthaṃ; brūyāt sutasyeha yad uktam etat
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