Book 14 Chapter 17 | |
1 | vāsudeva uvāca |
1 | tatas tasyopasaṃgṛhya pādau praśnān sudurvacān
papraccha tāṃś ca sarvān sa prāha dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |
2 | kāśyapa uvāca |
2 | kathaṃ śarīraṃ cyavate kathaṃ caivopapadyate
kathaṃ kaṣṭāc ca saṃsārāt saṃsaran parimucyate |
3 | ātmānaṃ vā kathaṃ yuktvā tac charīraṃ vimuñcati
śarīrataś ca nirmuktaḥ katham anyat prapadyate |
4 | kathaṃ śubhāśubhe cāyaṃ karmaṇī svakṛte naraḥ
upabhuṅkte kva vā karma videhasyopatiṣṭhati |
5 | brāhmaṇa uvāca |
5 | evaṃ saṃcoditaḥ siddhaḥ praśnāṃs tān pratyabhāṣata
ānupūrvyeṇa vārṣṇeya yathā tan me vacaḥ śṛṇu |
6 | siddha uvāca |
6 | āyuḥkīrtikarāṇīha yāni karmāṇi sevate
śarīragrahaṇe 'nyasmiṃs teṣu kṣīṇeṣu sarvaśaḥ |
7 | āyuḥkṣayaparītātmā viparītāni sevate
buddhir vyāvartate cāsya vināśe pratyupasthite |
8 | sattvaṃ balaṃ ca kālaṃ cāpy aviditvātmanas tathā
ativelam upāśnāti tair viruddhāny anātmavān |
9 | yadāyam atikaṣṭāni sarvāṇy upaniṣevate
atyartham api vā bhuṅkte na vā bhuṅkte kadā cana |
10 | duṣṭānnaṃ viṣamānnaṃ ca so 'nyonyena virodhi ca
guru vāpi samaṃ bhuṅkte nātijīrṇe 'pi vā punaḥ |
11 | vyāyāmam atimātraṃ vā vyavāyaṃ copasevate
satataṃ karmalobhād vā prāptaṃ vegavidhāraṇam |
12 | rasātiyuktam annaṃ vā divāsvapnaṃ niṣevate
apakvānāgate kāle svayaṃ doṣān prakopayan |
13 | svadoṣakopanād rogaṃ labhate maraṇāntikam
atha codbandhanādīni parītāni vyavasyati |
14 | tasya taiḥ kāraṇair jantoḥ śarīrāc cyavate yathā
jīvitaṃ procyamānaṃ tad yathāvad upadhāraya |
15 | ūṣmā prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ
śarīram anuparyeti sarvān prāṇān ruṇaddhi vai |
16 | atyarthaṃ balavān ūṣmā śarīre parikopitaḥ
bhinatti jīvasthānāni tāni marmāṇi viddhi ca |
17 | tataḥ savedanaḥ sadyo jīvaḥ pracyavate kṣaran
śarīraṃ tyajate jantuś chidyamāneṣu marmasu vedanābhiḥ parītātmā tad viddhi dvijasattama |
18 | jātīmaraṇasaṃvignāḥ satataṃ sarvajantavaḥ
dṛśyante saṃtyajantaś ca śarīrāṇi dvijarṣabha |
19 | garbhasaṃkramaṇe cāpi marmaṇām atisarpaṇe
tādṛśīm eva labhate vedanāṃ mānavaḥ punaḥ |
20 | bhinnasaṃdhir atha kledam adbhiḥ sa labhate naraḥ
yathā pañcasu bhūteṣu saṃśritatvaṃ nigacchati śaityāt prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ |
21 | yaḥ sa pañcasu bhūteṣu prāṇāpāne vyavasthitaḥ
sa gacchaty ūrdhvago vāyuḥ kṛcchrān muktvā śarīriṇam |
22 | śarīraṃ ca jahāty eva nirucchvāsaś ca dṛśyate
nirūṣmā sa nirucchvāso niḥśrīko gatacetanaḥ |
23 | brahmaṇā saṃparityakto mṛta ity ucyate naraḥ
srotobhir yair vijānāti indriyārthāñ śarīrabhṛt tair eva na vijānāti prāṇam āhārasaṃbhavam |
24 | tatraiva kurute kāye yaḥ sa jīvaḥ sanātanaḥ
teṣāṃ yad yad bhaved yuktaṃ saṃnipāte kva cit kva cit tat tan marma vijānīhi śāstradṛṣṭaṃ hi tat tathā |
25 | teṣu marmasu bhinneṣu tataḥ sa samudīrayan
āviśya hṛdayaṃ jantoḥ sattvaṃ cāśu ruṇaddhi vai tataḥ sa cetano jantur nābhijānāti kiṃ cana |
26 | tamasā saṃvṛtajñānaḥ saṃvṛteṣv atha marmasu
sa jīvo niradhiṣṭhānaś cāvyate mātariśvanā |
27 | tataḥ sa taṃ mahocchvāsaṃ bhṛśam ucchvasya dāruṇam
niṣkrāman kampayaty āśu tac charīram acetanam |
28 | sa jīvaḥ pracyutaḥ kāyāt karmabhiḥ svaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ
aṅkitaḥ svaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṇyaiḥ pāpair vāpy upapadyate |
29 | brāhmaṇā jñānasaṃpannā yathāvac chrutaniścayāḥ
itaraṃ kṛtapuṇyaṃ vā taṃ vijānanti lakṣaṇaiḥ |
30 | yathāndhakāre khadyotaṃ līyamānaṃ tatas tataḥ
cakṣuṣmantaḥ prapaśyanti tathā taṃ jñānacakṣuṣaḥ |
31 | paśyanty evaṃvidhāḥ siddhā jīvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā
cyavantaṃ jāyamānaṃ ca yoniṃ cānupraveśitam |
32 | tasya sthānāni dṛṣṭāni trividhānīha śāstrataḥ
karmabhūmir iyaṃ bhūmir yatra tiṣṭhanti jantavaḥ |
33 | tataḥ śubhāśubhaṃ kṛtvā labhante sarvadehinaḥ
ihaivoccāvacān bhogān prāpnuvanti svakarmabhiḥ |
34 | ihaivāśubhakarmā tu karmabhir nirayaṃ gataḥ
avāk sa niraye pāpo mānavaḥ pacyate bhṛśam tasmāt sudurlabho mokṣa ātmā rakṣyo bhṛśaṃ tataḥ |
35 | ūrdhvaṃ tu jantavo gatvā yeṣu sthāneṣv avasthitāḥ
kīrtyamānāni tānīha tattvataḥ saṃnibodha me tac chrutvā naiṣṭhikīṃ buddhiṃ budhyethāḥ karmaniścayāt |
36 | tārārūpāṇi sarvāṇi yac caitac candramaṇḍalam
yac ca vibhrājate loke svabhāsā sūryamaṇḍalam sthānāny etāni jānīhi narāṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām |
37 | karmakṣayāc ca te sarve cyavante vai punaḥ punaḥ
tatrāpi ca viśeṣo 'sti divi nīcoccamadhyamaḥ |
38 | na tatrāpy asti saṃtoṣo dṛṣṭvā dīptatarāṃ śriyam
ity etā gatayaḥ sarvāḥ pṛthaktve samudīritāḥ |
39 | upapattiṃ tu garbhasya vakṣyāmy aham ataḥ param
yathāvat tāṃ nigadataḥ śṛṇuṣvāvahito dvija |