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Pāśupata Upanishad

(Chapter 37)

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Verse 1

atha ha vai svayaṃbhūrbahmā prajāḥ sṛjānīti kāmakāmo jāyate kāmeśvaro vaiśravaṇaḥ ॥

Verse 2

vaiśravaṇo brahmaputro vālakhilyaḥ svayaṃbhuvaṃ paripṛcchati jagatāṃ kā vidyā kā devatā jāgratturīyayorasya ko devo yāni kasya vaśāni kālāḥ kiyatpramāṇāḥ kasyājñayā ravicandragrahādayo bhāsante kasya mahimā gaganasvarūpa etadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi nānyo jānāti tvaṃ brūhi brahman ॥

Verse 3

svayaṃbhūruvāca kṛtsnajagatāṃ mātṛkā vidyā॥

Verse 4

dvitrivarṇasahitā dvivarṇamātā trivarṇasahitā।caturmātrātmakoṅkāro mama prāṇātmikā devatā।।

Verse 5

ahameva jagatrayasyaikaḥ patiḥ ॥

Verse 6

mama vaśāni sarvāṇi yugānyapi ॥

Verse 7

ahorātrādayo matsaṃvardhitāḥ kālāḥ ॥

Verse 8

mama rūpā ravestejaścandranakṣatragrahatejāṃsi ca॥

Verse 9

gagano mama triśaktimāyāsvarūpo nānyo madasti ॥

Verse 10

tamomāyātmako rudraḥ sāttvikamāyātmako viṣṇū rājasamāyātmako brahmā ।indrādayastāma-sarājasātmikā na sāttvikaḥ ko'pi। aghoraḥ sarvasādhāraṇasvarūpaḥ ॥

Verse 11

samastayāgānāṃ rudraḥ paśupatiḥ kartā। rudro yāgadevo viṣṇuradhvaryurhotendro devatā yajñabhug mānasaṃ brahma maheśvaraṃ brahma ॥

Verse 12

mānaso haṃsaḥ so'haṃ haṃsa iti । tanmayayajño nādānusaṃdhānam। tanmayavikāro jīvaḥ ॥

Verse 13

paramātmasvarūpo haṃsaḥ। antarbahiścarati haṃsaḥ। antargato'navakāśāntargatasuparṇasvarūpo haṃsaḥ ॥

Verse 14

ṣaṇṇavatitattvatantuvaḍhyaktaṃ citsūtratrayacinmayalakṣaṇaṃ navatattvatrirāvṛtaṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśva- rātmakamagnitrayakalopetaṃ cidgranthibandhanam advaitagranthiḥ ॥

Verse 15

yajñasādhāraṇāṅgaṃ bahirantarjvalanaṃ yajñāṅgalakṣaṇabrahmasvarūpo haṃsaḥ ॥

Verse 16

upavītalakṣaṇasūtrabrahmagā yajñāḥ । brahmāṅgalakṣaṇayukto yajñasūtram । tadbrahmasūtram। yajñasūtra-saṃbandhī brahmayajñaḥ tatsvarūpaḥ ॥

Verse 17

aṅgāni mātrāṇi । manoyajñasya haṃso yajñasūtram। praṇavaṃ brahmasūtraṃ brahmayajñamayam। praṇavāntarvartī haṃso brahmasūtram । tadeva brahmayajñamayaṃ mokṣakramam ॥

Verse 18

brahmasaṃdhyākriyā manoyāgaḥ । saṃdhyākriyā manoyāgasya lakṣaṇam॥

Verse 19

yajñasūtrapraṇavabrahmayajñakriyāyukto brāhmaṇaḥ । brahmacaryeṇa caranti devāḥ । haṃsasūtracaryā yajñāḥ। haṃsapraṇavayorabhedaḥ ॥

Verse 20

haṃsasya prārthanāstrikālāḥ । trikālāstrivarṇāḥ । tretāgnyanusaṃdhāno yāgaḥ । tretāgnyātmā-kṛtivarṇoṅkārahaṃsānusaṃdhāno'ntaryāgaḥ ॥

Verse 21

citsvarūpavattanmayaṃ turīyasvarūpam। antarāditye jyotiḥsvarūpo haṃsaḥ

Verse 22

yajñāṅgaṃ brahāsaṃpattiḥ । brahmapravṛttau tatpraṇavahaṃsasūtreṇaiva dhyānamācaranti ॥

Verse 23

provāca punaḥ svayaṃbhuvaṃ pratijānīte brahmaputro ṛṣirvālakhilyaḥ । haṃsastrāṇi katisaṃkhyāni kiyadvā pramāṇam॥

Verse 24

hṛdyādityamarīcīnāṃ padaṃ ṣaṇṇavatiḥ । cisūtraghrāṇayoḥ svarnirgatā praṇavādhārā ṣaḍaṅguladaśāśītiḥ ॥

Verse 25

vāmabāhudakṣiṇakaṭyorantarati haṃsaḥ paramātmā brahmaguhyaprakāro nānyatra viditaḥ ॥

Verse 26

jānanti te'mṛtaphalakāḥ । sarvakālaṃ haṃsa prakāśakam। praṇavahaṃsāntardhyāprakṛtiṃ vinā na muktiḥ ।।

Verse 27

navasūtrānparicarcitān। te'pi yadbrahma caranti । antarādityaṃ na jñātaṃ manuṣyāṇām ॥

Verse 28

jagadādityo rocata iti jñātvā te martyā vibudhāstapanaprārthanāyuktā ācaranti ॥

Verse 29

vājapeyaḥ paśuhartā adhvaryurindro devatā ahiṃsā dharmayāgaḥ paramahaṃso'dhvaryuḥ paramātmā devatā paśupatiḥ ॥

Verse 30

brahmopaniṣado brahma। svādhyāyayuktā brāhmaṇāścaranti ॥

Verse 31

aśvamedho mahāyajñakathā। tadrājñā brahmacaryamācaranti । sarveṣāṃ pūrvoktabrahmayajñakrama muktikramamiti ॥

Verse 32

brahmaputraḥ provāca । udito haṃsa ṛṣiḥ । svayaṃbhūstirodadhe । rudro brahmopaniṣado haṃsajyotiḥ paśupatiḥ praṇavastārakaḥ sa evaṃ veda ॥

Verse 33

haṃsātmamālikāvarṇabrahmakālapracoditā। paramātmā pumāniti brahmasaṃpattikāriṇī ॥

Verse 34

adhyātmabrahmakalpasyākṛtiḥ kīdṛśī kathā। brahmajñānaprabhāsandhyā kālo gacchati dhīmatām। haṃsākhyo devamātmākhyamātmatattvaprajaḥ katham

Verse 35

antaḥ praṇavanādākhyo haṃsaḥ pratyayabodhakaḥ। antargatapramāgūḍhaṃ jñānanālaṃ virājitam ॥

Verse 36

śivaśaktayātmakaṃ rūpaṃ cinmayānandaveditam । nādabindukalā trīṇi netraviśvaviceṣṭitam ॥

Verse 37

triyaṃgāni śikhā trīṇi dvitrīṇi saṃkhyamākṛtiḥ। antagūṃḍhapramā haṃsaḥ pramāṇānnirgataṃ bahiḥ ॥

Verse 38

brahmasūtrapadaṃ jñeyaṃ brāhmayaṃ vidhyuktalakṣaṇam। haṃsārkapraṇavadhyānamityukto jñānasāgare ॥

Verse 39

etadvijñānamātreṇa jñānasāgarapāragaḥ । svataḥ śivaḥ paśupatiḥ sākṣī sarvasya sarvadā।।

Verse 40

sarveṣāṃ tu manastena preritaṃ niyamena tu । viṣaye gacchati prāṇaśceṣṭate vāgvadatyapi ॥

Verse 41

cakṣuḥ paśyati rūpāṇi śrotraṃ sarvaṃ śṛṇotyapi। anyāni khāni sarvāṇi tenaiva preritāni tu॥

Verse 42

svaṃ svaṃ viṣayamuddiśya pravartante nirantaram। pravartakatvaṃ cāpyasya māyayā na svabhāvataḥ ॥

Verse 43

śrotramātmani cāpyastaṃ svayaṃ paśupatiḥ pumān।anupraviśya śrotrasya dadāti śrotratāṃ śivaḥ ॥

Verse 44

manaḥ svātmani cādhyastaṃ praviśya parameśvaraḥ । manastvaṃ tasya sattvastho dadāti niyamena tu ॥

Verse 45

sa eva viditādanyastathaivāviditādapi। anyeṣāmindriyāṇāṃ tu kalpitānāmapīśvaraḥ ॥

Verse 46

tattadrūpamanuprāpya dadāti niyamena tu । tataścakṣuśca vākcaiva manaścānyāni khāni ca ॥

Verse 47

na gacchanti svayaṃjyotiḥ svabhāve paramātmani। akartṛviṣayapratyakprakāśaṃ svātmanaiva tu ॥

Verse 48

vinā tarkapramāṇābhyāṃ brahma yo veda veda saḥ । pratyagātmā paraṃjyotirmāyā sā tu mahattamaḥ ॥

Verse 49

tathā sati kartha māyāsaṃbhavaḥ pratyagātmani। tasmāttarkapramāṇābhyāṃ svānubhūtyāca cidghane ॥

Verse 50

svaprakāśaikasaṃsiddhe nāsti māyā parātmani । vyāvahārikadṛṣṭyeyaṃ vidyāvidyā na cānyathā ॥

Verse 51

tattvadṛṣṭyā tu nāstyeva tattvamevāsti kevalam। vyāvahārikadṛṣṭistu prakāśāvyabhicārataḥ ॥

Verse 52

prakāśa eva satataṃ tasmādadvaita eva hi । advaitamiti coktiśca prakāśāvyabhicārataḥ ॥

Verse 53

prakāśa evaṃ satataṃ tasmānmaunaṃ hi yujyate । ayamartho mahānyasya svayameva prakāśitaḥ ॥

Verse 54

na sa jīvo na ca brahma na cānyadapi kiṃcana। na tasya varṇā vidyante nāśramāśca tathaiva ca ॥

Verse 55

na tasya dharmo'dharmaśca na niṣedho vidhirna ca। yadā brahmātmakaṃ sarvaṃ vibhāti tata eva tu ॥

Verse 56

tadā duḥkhādibhedo'yamābhāso'pi na bhāsate। jagajjīvādirūpeṇa paśyannapi parātmavit॥

Verse 57

na tatpaśyati cidrūpaṃ brahmavastveva paśyati। dharmadharmitvavārtā ca bhede sati hi bhidyate ॥

Verse 58

bhedābhedastathā bhedābhedaḥ sākṣātparātmanaḥ । nāsti svātmātirekeṇa svayamevāsti sarvadā ॥

Verse 59

brahmaiva vidyate sākṣādvastuto'vastuto'pi ca । tathaiva brahmavijjñānī kiṃ gṛhṇāti jahāti kim ॥

Verse 60

adhiṣṭhānamanaupamyamavāṅmanasagocaram। yattadadreśyamagrāhyamagotraṃ rūpavarjitam ॥

Verse 61

acakṣuḥśrotramatyarthaṃ tadapāṇipadaṃ tathā। nityaṃ vibhuṃ sarvagataṃ susūkṣmaṃ ca tadavyayam॥

Verse 62

brahmaivedamamṛtaṃ tatpurastādbrahmānandaṃ paramaṃ caiva paścāt । brahmānandaṃ paramaṃ dakṣiṇe ca brahmānandaṃ paramaṃ cottare ca॥

Verse 63

svātmanyeva svayaṃ sarvaṃ sadā paśyati nirbhayaḥ । tadā mukto na muktaśca baddhasyaiva vimuktatā ॥

Verse 64

evaṃrūpā parā vidyā satyena tapasāpi ca।brahmacaryādibhirdharmairlabhyā vedāntavarmanā॥

Verse 65

svaśarīre svayaṃjyotiḥsvarūpaṃ pāramārthikam । kṣīṇadoṣāḥ prapaśyanti netare māyayā''vṛtāḥ ।।

Verse 66

evaṃ svarūpavijñānaṃ yasya kasyāsti yoginaḥ । kutracidgamanaṃ nāsti tasya saṃpūrṇarūpiṇaḥ ।।

Verse 67

ākāśamekaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ kutracinna hi gacchati । tadvadbrahmātmavicchreṣṭhaḥ kutracinnaiva gacchati ।।

Verse 68

abhakṣyasya nivṛttyā tu viśuddhaṃ hṛdayaṃ bhavet। āhāraśuddhau cittasya viśuddhirbhavati svataḥ ।।

Verse 69

cittaśuddhau kramājjñānaṃ truṭasanti granthayaḥ sphuṭam। abhakṣyaṃ brahmavijñānavihīnasyaiva dehinaḥ ॥

Verse 70

na samyagjñāninastadvatsvarūpaṃ sakalaṃ khalu । ahamannaṃ sadānnāda iti hi grāvedanam॥

Verse 71

brahmavidgrasati jñānātsarvaṃ brahmātmanaiva tu । brahmakṣatrādikaṃ sarvaṃ yasya syādodanaṃ sadā॥

Verse 72

yasyopasecanaṃ mṛtyustaṃ jñānī tādṛśaḥ khalu। brahmasvarūpavijñānājjagadbhojyaṃ bhavetkhalu॥

Verse 73

jagadātmatayā bhāti yadā bhojyaṃ bhavettadā। brahmasvātmatayā nityaṃ bhakṣitaṃ sakalaṃ tadā ॥

Verse 74

yadābhānena rūpeṇa jagabhojyaṃ bhavettu tat।mānataḥ svātmanā bhātaṃ bhakṣitaṃ bhavati dhruvam ॥

Verse 75

svasvarūpaṃ svayaṃ bhuṅkte nāsti bhojyaṃ pṛthak svataḥ । asti cedastitārūpaṃ brahmaivāstitvala-kṣaṇam॥

Verse 76

astitālakṣaṇā sattā sattā brahma na cāparā । nāsti sattātirekeṇa nāsti māyā ca vastutaḥ।।

Verse 77

yogināmātmaniṣṭhānāṃ māyā svātmani kalpitā।sākṣirūpatayā bhāti brahmajñānena bādhitā॥

Verse 78

brahmavijñānasaṃpannaḥ pratītamakhilaṃ jagat। paśyannapi sadā naiva paśyati svātmanaḥ pṛthak ॥