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The Yoga of the Spiritual Arrangement of Worlds

(Chapter 12)

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

athārkāśasamudbhūtaṃ praṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ | bhaktyā paramayā'bhyarcya papracchedaṃ mayāsuraḥ ||

Verse 2

bhagavan kimpramāṇā bhūḥ kimākārā kimāśrayā | kiṃvibhāgā kathaṃ cātra sapta pātālabhūmayaḥ

Verse 3

ahorātravyavasthāṃ ca vidadhāti kathaṃ raviḥ | kathaṃ paryeti vasudhāṃ bhuvanāni vibhāvayan ||3||

Verse 4

devāsurāṇām anyonyam ahorātraṃ viparyāt | kimarthaṃ tat kathaṃ vā syād bhānorbhagaṇapūraṇāt

Verse 5

pitryaṃ māsena bhavati nāḍīṣaṣṭhayā tu mānuṣam | tadeva kila sarvatra na bhavet kena hetunā 5

Verse 6

dinābdamāsahorāṇām adhipā na samāḥ kutaḥ | kathaṃ paryeti bhagaṇaḥ sagraho'yaṃ kimāśrayaḥ

Verse 7

bhūmeruparyuparyurdhvāḥ kimutsedhāḥ kimantarāḥ | graharttakakṣāḥ kiṃmātrāḥ sthitāḥ kena krameṇa tāḥ

Verse 8

grīṣme tīvrakaro bhānurna hemante tathāvidhaḥ | kiyatī tatkaraprāptirmānāni kati kiñca taiḥ

Verse 9

etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ chindhi bhagavan bhūtabhāvana | anyo na tvāmṛte chettā vidyate sarvadarśivān

Verse 10

iti bhaktyoditaṃ śrutvā mayoktaṃ vākyamasya hi | rahasyamparamadhyāyaṃ tataḥ prāha punaḥ sa tam ||10||

Verse 11

śṛṇuṣvaikamanā bhūtvā guhyamadhyātmasaṃjñitam | pravakṣyāmyatibhaktānāṃ nādeyaṃ vidyate mama ||11||

Verse 12

vāsudevaḥ paraṃ brahma tanmūrtiḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ | avyakto nirguṇaḥ śāntaḥ pañcaviṃśātparo'vyayaḥ

Verse 13

prakṛtyantargato devo bahirantaśca sarvagaḥ | saṅkarṣaṇo'paḥ sṛṣṭvādau tāsu vīryamavāsṛjat 13

Verse 14

tadaṇḍam abhavaddhaimaṃ sarvatra tamasāvṛtam | tatrāniruddhaḥ prathamaṃ vyaktībhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ

Verse 15

hiraṇyagarbho bhagavāneṣa cchandasi paṭhyate | ādityo hyādibhūtatvāt prasūtyā sūrya ucyate

Verse 16

paraṃ jyotistamaḥpāre sūryo'yaṃ saviteti ca | paryeti bhuvanānyeṣa bhāvayan bhūtabhāvanaḥ ||

Verse 17

prakāśātmā tamohantā mahānityeṣa viśrutaḥ | ṛco'sya maṇḍalaṁ sāmānyusrā mūrtir yajūṁṣi ca

Verse 18

trayīmayo'yaṃ bhagavān kālātmā kālavṛd-vibhuḥ | sarvātmā sarvagaḥ sūkṣmaḥ sarvam asmin pratiṣṭhitam

Verse 19

rathe viśvamaye cakraṃ kṛtvā saṃvatsarātmakam | chandāṃsy-aśvaḥ sapta yuktāḥ paryaṭaty-eṣa sarvadā

Verse 20

tripādam amṛtaṃ guhyaṃ pādo 'yaṃ prakaṭo 'bhavat | so 'haṅkāraṃ jagat-sṛṣṭyai brahmāṇam asṛjat prabhuḥ ||