 | Book 12 Chapter 291
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kiṃ tad akṣaram ity uktaṃ yasmān nāvartate punaḥ
kiṃ ca tat kṣaram ity uktaṃ yasmād āvartate punaḥ
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| 2 | akṣarakṣarayor vyaktim icchāmy ariniṣūdana
upalabdhuṃ mahābāho tattvena kurunandana
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| 3 | tvaṃ hi jñānanidhir viprair ucyase vedapāragaiḥ
ṛṣibhiś ca mahābhāgair yatibhiś ca mahātmabhiḥ
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| 4 | śeṣam alpaṃ dinānāṃ te dakṣiṇāyanabhāskare
āvṛtte bhagavaty arke gantāsi paramāṃ gatim
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| 5 | tvayi pratigate śreyaḥ kutaḥ śroṣyāmahe vayam
kuruvaṃśapradīpas tvaṃ jñānadravyeṇa dīpyase
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| 6 | tad etac chrotum icchāmi tvattaḥ kurukulodvaha
na tṛpyāmīha rājendra śṛṇvann amṛtam īdṛśam
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| 7 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 7 | atra te vartayiṣye 'ham itihāsaṃ purātanam
vasiṣṭhasya ca saṃvādaṃ karālajanakasya ca
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| 8 | vasiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭham āsīnam ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāskaradyutim
papraccha janako rājā jñānaṃ naiḥśreyasaṃ param
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| 9 | param adhyātmakuśalam adhyātmagatiniścayam
maitrāvaruṇim āsīnam abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ
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| 10 | svakṣaraṃ praśritaṃ vākyaṃ madhuraṃ cāpy anulbaṇam
papraccharṣivaraṃ rājā karālajanakaḥ purā
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| 11 | bhagavañ śrotum icchāmi paraṃ brahma sanātanam
yasmān na punarāvṛttim āpnuvanti manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 12 | yac ca tat kṣaram ity uktaṃ yatredaṃ kṣarate jagat
yac cākṣaram iti proktaṃ śivaṃ kṣemyam anāmayam
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| 13 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 13 | śrūyatāṃ pṛthivīpāla kṣaratīdaṃ yathā jagat
yan na kṣarati pūrveṇa yāvat kālena cāpy atha
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| 14 | yugaṃ dvādaśasāhasraṃ kalpaṃ viddhi caturguṇam
daśakalpaśatāvṛttaṃ tad ahar brāhmam ucyate
rātriś caitāvatī rājan yasyānte pratibudhyate
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| 15 | sṛjaty anantakarmāṇaṃ mahāntaṃ bhūtam agrajam
mūrtimantam amūrtātmā viśvaṃ śaṃbhuḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ
aṇimā laghimā prāptir īśānaṃ jyotir avyayam
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| 16 | sarvataḥpāṇipādāntaṃ sarvatokṣiśiromukham
sarvataḥśrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati
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| 17 | hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān eṣa buddhir iti smṛtaḥ
mahān iti ca yogeṣu viriñca iti cāpy uta
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| 18 | sāṃkhye ca paṭhyate śāstre nāmabhir bahudhātmakaḥ
vicitrarūpo viśvātmā ekākṣara iti smṛtaḥ
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| 19 | vṛtaṃ naikātmakaṃ yena kṛtsnaṃ trailokyam ātmanā
tathaiva bahurūpatvād viśvarūpa iti smṛtaḥ
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| 20 | eṣa vai vikriyāpannaḥ sṛjaty ātmānam ātmanā
ahaṃkāraṃ mahātejāḥ prajāpatim ahaṃkṛtam
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| 21 | avyaktād vyaktam utpannaṃ vidyāsargaṃ vadanti tam
mahāntaṃ cāpy ahaṃkāram avidyāsargam eva ca
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| 22 | avidhiś ca vidhiś caiva samutpannau tathaikataḥ
vidyāvidyeti vikhyāte śrutiśāstrārthacintakaiḥ
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| 23 | bhūtasargam ahaṃkārāt tṛtīyaṃ viddhi pārthiva
ahaṃkāreṣu bhūteṣu caturthaṃ viddhi vaikṛtam
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| 24 | vāyur jyotir athākāśam āpo 'tha pṛthivī tathā
śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhas tathaiva ca
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| 25 | evaṃ yugapad utpannaṃ daśavargam asaṃśayam
pañcamaṃ viddhi rājendra bhautikaṃ sargam arthavat
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| 26 | śrotraṃ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā ghrāṇam eva ca pañcamam
vāk ca hastau ca pādau ca pāyur meḍhraṃ tathaiva ca
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| 27 | buddhīndriyāṇi caitāni tathā karmendriyāṇi ca
saṃbhūtānīha yugapan manasā saha pārthiva
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| 28 | eṣā tattvacaturviṃśā sarvākṛtiṣu vartate
yāṃ jñātvā nābhiśocanti brāhmaṇās tattvadarśinaḥ
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| 29 | etad dehaṃ samākhyātaṃ trailokye sarvadehiṣu
veditavyaṃ naraśreṣṭha sadevanaradānave
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| 30 | sayakṣabhūtagandharve sakiṃnaramahorage
sacāraṇapiśāce vai sadevarṣiniśācare
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| 31 | sadaṃśakīṭamaśake sapūtikṛmimūṣake
śuni śvapāke vaiṇeye sacaṇḍāle sapulkase
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| 32 | hastyaśvakharaśārdūle savṛkṣe gavi caiva ha
yac ca mūrtimayaṃ kiṃ cit sarvatraitan nidarśanam
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| 33 | jale bhuvi tathākāśe nānyatreti viniścayaḥ
sthānaṃ dehavatām asti ity evam anuśuśruma
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| 34 | kṛtsnam etāvatas tāta kṣarate vyaktasaṃjñakam
ahany ahani bhūtātmā tataḥ kṣara iti smṛtaḥ
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| 35 | etad akṣaram ity uktaṃ kṣaratīdaṃ yathā jagat
jagan mohātmakaṃ prāhur avyaktaṃ vyaktasaṃjñakam
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| 36 | mahāṃś caivāgrajo nityam etat kṣaranidarśanam
kathitaṃ te mahārāja yasmān nāvartate punaḥ
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| 37 | pañcaviṃśatimo viṣṇur nistattvas tattvasaṃjñakaḥ
tattvasaṃśrayaṇād etat tattvam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 38 | yad amūrty asṛjad vyaktaṃ tat tan mūrty adhitiṣṭhati
caturviṃśatimo vyakto hy amūrtaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ
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| 39 | sa eva hṛdi sarvāsu mūrtiṣv ātiṣṭhate 'tmavān
cetayaṃś cetano nityaḥ sarvamūrtir amūrtimān
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| 40 | sargapralayadharmiṇyā asargapralayātmakaḥ
gocare vartate nityaṃ nirguṇo guṇasaṃjñakaḥ
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| 41 | evam eṣa mahān ātmā sargapralayakovidaḥ
vikurvāṇaḥ prakṛtimān abhimanyaty abuddhimān
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| 42 | tamaḥsattvarajoyuktas tāsu tāsv iha yoniṣu
līyate 'pratibuddhatvād abuddhajanasevanāt
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| 43 | sahavāso nivāsātmā nānyo 'ham iti manyate
yo 'haṃ so 'ham iti hy uktvā guṇān anu nivartate
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| 44 | tamasā tāmasān bhāvān vividhān pratipadyate
rajasā rājasāṃś caiva sāttvikān sattvasaṃśrayāt
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| 45 | śuklalohitakṛṣṇāni rūpāṇy etāni trīṇi tu
sarvāṇy etāni rūpāṇi jānīhi prākṛtāni vai
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| 46 | tāmasā nirayaṃ yānti rājasā mānuṣāṃs tathā
sāttvikā devalokāya gacchanti sukhabhāginaḥ
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| 47 | niṣkaivalyena pāpena tiryagyonim avāpnuyāt
puṇyapāpena mānuṣyaṃ puṇyenaikena devatāḥ
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| 48 | evam avyaktaviṣayaṃ kṣaram āhur manīṣiṇaḥ
pañcaviṃśatimo yo 'yaṃ jñānād eva pravartate
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