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Brahmavidya Upanishad

(Chapter 50)

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Verse 1

atha brahmavidyopaniṣaducyate। prasādādbrahmaṇastasya viṣṇoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ। rahasyaṃ brahmavidyāyā dhruvāgniṃ saṃpracakṣate ॥

Verse 2

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma yaduktaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ । śarīraṃ tasya vakṣyāmi sthānaṃ kālatrayaṃ tathā ॥

Verse 3

tatra devāstrayaḥ proktā lokā vedāstrayo'gnayaḥ । tistro mātrārdhamātrā ca tryakṣarasya śivasya tu ॥

Verse 4

ṛgvedo gārhapatyaṃ ca pṛthivī brahma eva ca। akārasya śarīraṃ tu vyākhyātaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ ।।

Verse 5

yajurvedo'ntarikṣaṃ ca dakṣiṇāgnistathaiva ca। viṣṇuśca bhagavāndeva ukāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ ॥

Verse 6

sāmavedastathā dyauśāhavanīyastathaiva ca। īśvaraḥ paramo devo makāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ ॥

Verse 7

sūryamaṇḍalamadhye'tha hyakāraḥ śaṅkhamadhyagaḥ । ukāraścandrasaṃkāśastasya madhye vyavasthitaḥ ॥

Verse 8

makārastvagnisaṃkāśo vidhūmo vidyutopamaḥ। tistro mātrāstathā jñeyāḥ somasūryā gnirūpiṇaḥ ।।

Verse 9

śikhā tu dīpasaṃkāśā tasminnupari vartate । ardhamātrā tathā jñeyā praṇavasyopari sthitā ॥

Verse 10

padmasūtranibhā sūkṣmā śikhā sā dṛśyate parā। sā nāḍī sūryasaṃkāśā sūryaṃ bhittvā tathā parā ॥

Verse 11

dvisaptatisahastrāṇi nāḍīṃ bhittvā ca mūrdhani । varadaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvaṃ vyāpyeva tiṣṭhati ॥

Verse 12

kāṃsyaghaṇṭāninādastu yathā līyati śāntaye। oṅkārastu tathā yojyaḥ śāntaye sarvamicchatā ॥

Verse 13

yasminvilīyate śabdastatparaṃ brahma gīyate । dhiyaṃ hi līyate brahma so'mṛtatvāya kalpate ॥

Verse 14

vāyustejasthākāśastrividho jīvasaṃjñakaḥ । sa jīvaḥ prāṇa ityukto vālāgraśatakalpitaḥ ।।

Verse 15

nābhisthāne sthitaṃ viśva śuddhatattvaṃ sunirmalam। ādityamiva dīpyantaṃ raśmibhiścakhilaṃ śivam॥

Verse 16

sakāraṃ ca hakāraṃ ca jīvo japati sarvadā।nābhirandhrādviniṣkrāntaṃ viṣayavyāptivarjitam ॥

Verse 17

tenedaṃ niṣkalaṃ vidyātkṣīrātsarpiryathā tathā ।kāraṇenātmanā yuktaḥ prāṇāyāmaiśca pañcabhiḥ ॥

Verse 18

catuṣkalāsamāyukto bhrāmyate ca hṛdi sthitaḥ । golakastu yadā dehe kṣīradaṇḍena vā'hataḥ ॥

Verse 19

etasminvasate śīghramaviśrāntaṃ mahākhagaḥ । yāvanniḥśvasito jīvastāvanniṣkalatāṃ gataḥ ॥

Verse 20

nabhasthaṃ niṣkalaṃ dhyātvā mucyate bhavabandhanāt। anāhatadhvaniyutaṃ haṃsaṃ yo veda hṛdgatam ॥

Verse 21

svaprakāśacidānandaṃ sa haṃsa iti gīyate । recakaṃ pūrakaṃ muktvā kumbhakena sthitaḥ sudhīḥ ॥

Verse 22

nābhikande samau kṛtvā prāṇāpānau samāhitaḥ । mastakasthāmṛtāsvādaṃ pītvā dhyānena sādaram॥

Verse 23

dīpākāraṃ mahādevaṃ jvalantaṃ nābhimadhyame। abhiṣicyāmṛtenaiva haṃsahaṃseti yo japet ॥

Verse 24

jarāmaraṇarogādi na tasya bhuvi vidyate । evaṃ dine dine kuryādaṇimādivibhūtaye ॥

Verse 25

īśvaratvamavāpnoti sadābhyāsarataḥ pumān। bahavo naikamārgeṇa prāptā nityatvamāgatāḥ ॥

Verse 26

haṃsavidyāmṛte loke nāsti nityatvasādhanam। yo dadāti mahāvidyāṃ haṃsākhyāṃ pārameśvarīm॥

Verse 27

tasya dāsyaṃ sadā kuryātprajñayā parayā saha। śubhaṃ vā'śubhamanyadvā yaduktaṃ guruṇā bhuvi ॥

Verse 28

tatkuryādavicāreṇa śiṣyaḥ saṃtoṣasaṃyutaḥ । haṃsavidyāmimāṃ labdhvā guruśuśrūṣayā naraḥ ॥

Verse 29

ātmānamātmanā sākṣādbrahma buddhavā suniścalam।dehajātyādisaṃbandhānvarṇāśramasamanvitān॥

Verse 30

vedaśāstrāṇi cānyāni padapāṃsumiva tyajet । gurubhaktiṃ sadā kuryācchreyase bhūyase naraḥ ॥

Verse 31

gurureva hariḥ sākṣānnānya ityabravīcchrutiḥ ॥

Verse 32

śrutyā yaduktaṃ paramārthameva tatsaṃśayo nātra tataḥ samastam। śrutyā virodhe na bhavetpramāṇaṃ bhavedanarthāya vinā pramāṇam॥

Verse 33

dehastha: sakalo jñeyo niṣkalo dehavarjitaḥ । āptopadeśagamyo'sau sarvataḥ samavasthitaḥ ॥

Verse 34

haṃsahaṃseti yo brūyādaṃdhaso brahmā hariḥ śivaḥ। guruvaktrāttu labhyeta pratyakṣaṃ sarvatomukham ॥

Verse 35

tileṣu ca yathā tailaṃ puṣpe gandha ivāśritaḥ । puruṣasya śarīre'sminsa bāhyābhyantare tathā ॥

Verse 36

ulkāhasto yathāloke dravyamālokya tāṃ tyajet।jñānena jñeyamālokya paścājjñānaṃ parityajet ॥

Verse 37

puṣpavatsakalaṃ vidyādgandhastasya tu niṣkalaḥ ।vṛkṣastu sakalaṃ vidyācchāyā tasya tu niṣkalā ॥

Verse 38

niṣkalaḥ sakalo bhāvaḥ sarvatraiva vyavasthitaḥ । upāyaḥ sakalastadvadupeyaścaiva niṣkalaḥ ॥

Verse 39

sakale sakalo bhāvo niṣkale niṣkalastathā। ekamātra dvimātraśca trimātraścaiva bhedataḥ ॥

Verse 40

ardhamātrā parā jñeyā tata ūrdhvaṃ paratparam । pañcadhā pañcadaivatyaṃ sakalaṃ paripaṭhyate ॥

Verse 41

brahmaṇo hṛdayasthānaṃ kaṇṭhe viṣṇuḥ samāśritaḥ । tālumadhye sthito rudro lalāṭastho maheśvaraḥ ।।

Verse 42

nāsāgre acyutaṃ vidyāttasyānte tu paraṃ padam। paratvāttu paraṃ nāstītyevaṃ śāstrasya nirṇayaḥ ॥

Verse 43

dehātītaṃ tu taṃ vidyānnāsāgre dvādaśāṅgulam। tadantaṃ taṃ vijānīyāttatrastho vyāpayetprabhuḥ ॥

Verse 44

mano'pyanyatra nikṣiptaṃ cakṣuranyatra pātitam । tathāpi yogināṃ yogo hyavicchinnaḥ pravartate ।।

Verse 45

etattu paramaṃ guhyametattu paramaṃ śubham। nātaḥ parataraṃ kiṃcinnātaḥ parataraṃ śubham ॥

Verse 46

śuddhajñānāmṛtaṃ prāpya paramākṣaranirṇayam । guhyādhyatamaṃ gopyaṃ grahaṇīyaṃ prayatnataḥ ॥

Verse 47

nāputrāya pradātavyaṃ nāśiṣyāya kadācana। gurudevāya bhaktāya nityaṃ bhaktiparāya ca ॥

Verse 48

pradātavyamidaṃ śāstraṃ netarebhyaḥ pradāpayet। dātā'sya narakaṃ yāti sidhyate na kadācana ॥

Verse 49

gṛhastho brahmacārī vā vānaprastho'tha bhikṣukaḥ । yatra tatra sthito jñānī paramākṣaravitsadā ॥

Verse 50

viṣayī viṣayāsakto yāti dehāntare śubham।jñānādevāsya śāstrasya sarvāvastho'pi mānavaḥ ।।

Verse 51

brahmahatyāśvamedhādyaiḥ puṇyapāpairna lipyate । codako bodhakaścaiva mokṣadaśca paraḥ smṛtaḥ ।।

Verse 52

ityeṣāṃ trividho jñeya ācāryastu mahītale । codako darśayenmārgaṃ bodhakaḥ sthānamācaret ॥

Verse 53

mokṣadastu paraṃ tattvaṃ yajjñātvā paramaśnute । pratyakṣayajanaṃ dehe saṃkṣepācchṛṇu gautama ॥

Verse 54

teneṣṭvā sa naro yāti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam। svayameva tu saṃpaśyeddehe binduṃ ca niṣkalam॥

Verse 55

ayane dve ca viṣuve sadā paśyati mārgavit। kṛtvā yāmaṃ purā vatsa recapūrakakumbhakān॥

Verse 56

pūrvaṃ cobhayamuccārya arcayettu yathākramam।namaskāreṇa yogena mudrayārabhya cārcayet ॥

Verse 57

sūryasya grahaṇaṃ vatsa pratyakṣayajanaṃ smṛtam। jñānātsāyujyamevoktaṃ toye toyaṃ yathā tathā ॥

Verse 58

ete guṇāḥ pravartante yogābhyāsakṛtaśramaiḥ । tasmādyogaṃ samādāya sarvaduḥkhabahiṣkṛtaḥ ॥

Verse 59

yogadhyānaṃ sadā kṛtvā jñānaṃ tanmayatāṃ vrajet।jñānātsvarūpaṃ paramaṃ haṃsamantraṃ samuccaret ॥

Verse 60

prāṇināṃ dehamadhye tu sthito haṃsaḥ sadā'cyutaḥ ।haṃsa eva paraṃ satyaṃ haṃsa eva tu śaktikam ॥

Verse 61

haṃsa eva paraṃ vākyaṃ haṃsa eva tu vaidikam । haṃsa eva paro rudro haṃsa eva parātparam ॥

Verse 62

sarvadevasya madhyastho haṃsa eva maheśvaraḥ । pṛthivyādiśivāntaṃ tu akārādyāśca varṇakāḥ ॥

Verse 63

kūṭāntā haṃsa eva syānmātṛketi vyavasthitāḥ । mātṛkārahitaṃ mantramādiśante na kutracit ॥

Verse 64

haṃsajyotiranupamyaṃ deva madhye vyavasthitam । dakṣiṇāmukhamāśritya jñānamudrāṃ prakalpayet ॥

Verse 65

sadā samādhiṃ kurvīta haṃsamantramanusmaran । nirmalasphaṭikākāraṃ divyarūpamanuttamam ॥

Verse 66

madhyadeśe paraṃ haṃsaṃ jñānamudrātmarūpakam। prāṇo'pānaḥ samānaścodānavyānau ca vāyavaḥ ॥

Verse 67

pañcakarmendriyairyuktāḥ kriyāśaktibalodyatāḥ । nāga: kūrmaśca kṛkaro devadatto dhanaṃjayaḥ ।।

Verse 68

pañcajñānendriyairyuktā jñānaśaktibalodyatāḥ । pāvakaḥ śaktimadhye tu nābhicakre raviḥ sthitaḥ ॥

Verse 69

bandhamudrā kṛtā yena nāsāgre tu svalocane। akāre vahnirityāhurukāre hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ ॥

Verse 70

makāre ca bhruvormadhye prāṇaśaktyā prabodhayet । brahmagranthirakāre ca viṣṇugranthirhṛdi sthitaḥ ।।

Verse 71

rudragranthirbhruvormadhye bhidyate'kṣaravāyunā। akāre saṃsthito brahmā ukāre viṣṇurāsthitaḥ ॥

Verse 72

makāre saṃsthito rudrastato'syāntaḥ parātparaḥ।kaṇṭhaṃ saṃkucya nāḍyādau stambhite yena śaktitaḥ ॥

Verse 73

rasanā pīyamāneyaṃ ṣoḍaśī vordhvagāminī । trikūṭaṃ trividhā caiva golākhaṃ nikharaṃ tathā ॥

Verse 74

triśaṅkhavajramoṃkāramūrdhvanālaṃ bhruvormukham। kuṇḍalīṃ cālayaprāṇānbhedayanśaśimaṇḍalam ॥

Verse 75

sādhayanvajrakumbhāni nava dvārāṇi bandhayet । sumanaḥ pavanārūḍhaḥ sarāgo nirguṇastathā ।।

Verse 76

brahmasthāne tu nādaḥ syācchaṃkinyamṛtavarṣiṇī। ṣaṭcakramaṇḍaloddhāraṃ jñānadīpaṃ prakāśayet॥

Verse 77

sarvabhūtasthitaṃ devaṃ sarveśaṃ nityamarcayet। ātmarūpaṃ tamālokya jñānarūpaṃ nirāmayam ॥

Verse 78

dṛśyantaṃ divyarūpeṇa sarvavyāpī nirañjanaḥ । haṃsa haṃsa vadedvākyaṃ prāṇināṃ dehamāśritaḥ । sa prāṇāpānayorgranthirajapetyabhidhīyate ॥

Verse 79

sahastramekaṃ dvayayutaṃ ṣaṭśataṃ caiva sarvadā। uccaranpaṭhito haṃsaḥ so'hamityabhidhīyate ॥

Verse 80

pūrvabhāge hyadholiṅgaṃ śikhinyāṃ caiva paścimam।jyotirliṅgaṃ bhruvormadhye nityaṃ dhyāyetsadā yatiḥ ।।

Verse 81

acyuto'hamacintyo'hamatarkyo'hamajo'smyaham। avraṇo'hamakāyo'hamanaṅgo'smyabhayo'smyaham॥

Verse 82

aśabdo'hamarūpo'hamasparśo'smyahamadvayaḥ। araso'hamagandho'hamanādiramṛto'smyaham ॥

Verse 83

akṣayo'hamaliṅgo'hamajaro'smyakalo'smyaham। aprāṇo'hamamūko'hamacintyo'smyakṛto'smyaham॥

Verse 84

antaryāmyahamagrāhyo'nirdeśyo'hamalakṣaṇaḥ। agotro'hamagātro'hamacakṣuṣko'smyavāgaham ॥

Verse 85

adṛśyo'hamavarṇo'hamakhaṇḍo'smyahamadbhutaḥ । aśruto'hamadṛṣṭo'hamanveṣṭavyo'maro'smyaham॥

Verse 86

avāyurapyanākāśo'tejasko'vyabhicāryaham।amato'hamajāto'hamatisūkṣmo'vikāryaham॥

Verse 87

arajasko'tamasko'hamasattvo'smyaguṇo'smyaham।। amāyo'nubhavātmāhamananyo'viṣayo'smyaham॥

Verse 88

advaito'hamapūrṇo'hamabāhyo'hamanantaraḥ । aśrotro'hamadīrgho'hamavyakto'hamanāmayaḥ ॥

Verse 89

advayānandavijñānaghano'smyahamavikriyaḥ। aniccho'hamalepo'hamakartāsmyahamadvayaḥ ॥

Verse 90

avidyākāryahīno'hamavāḍmanasagocaraḥ । analpo'hamaśoko'hamavikalpo'smyavijvalan॥

Verse 91

ādimadhyāntahīno'hamākāśasadṛśo'smyaham। ātmacaitanyarūpo'hamamānandaciddhanaḥ ॥

Verse 92

ānandāmṛtarūpo'hamātmasaṃstho'hamantaraḥ । ātmakāmo'hamakāśātparamātmeśvaro'smyaham॥

Verse 93

īśāno'smyahamīḍyo'hamahamuttamapūruṣaḥ । utkṛṣṭo'hamupadraṣṭā'hamuttarataro'smyaham ॥

Verse 94

kevalo'haṃ kaviḥ karmādhyakṣo'haṃ karaṇādhipaḥ । guhāśayo'haṃ goptāhaṃ cakṣuṣaścakṣurasmyaham॥

Verse 95

cidānando'smyahaṃ cetā ciddhanaścinmayo'smyaham। jyotirmayo'smyahaṃ jyāyāñjyotiṣāṃ jyotirasmyaham ॥

Verse 96

tamasaḥ sākṣyahaṃ turyaturyo'haṃ tamasaḥ paraḥ ।divyo devo'smi durdarśo dṛṣṭādhyāyo dhruvo'smyaham॥

Verse 97

nityo'haṃ niravadyo'haṃ niṣkriyo'smi nirañjanaḥ। nirmalo nirvikalpo'haṃ nirākhyāto'smi niścalaḥ ॥

Verse 98

nirvikāro nityapūto nirguṇo nispṛho'smyaham।nirindriyo niyantāhaṃ nirapekṣo'smi niṣkalaḥ ॥

Verse 99

puruṣaḥ paramātmāhaṃ purāṇaḥ paramo'smyaham। parāvaro'smyahaṃ prājñaḥ prapañcopaśamo'smyaham॥

Verse 100

parāmṛto'smyahaṃ pūrṇaḥ prabhurasmi purātanaḥ । pūrṇānandaikabodho'haṃ pratyagekaraso'smyaham॥

Verse 101

prajñāto'haṃ praśānto'haṃ prakāśaḥ parameśvaraḥ ।ekadhā cintyamāno'haṃ dvaitādvaitavilakṣaṇaḥ ॥

Verse 102

buddho'haṃ bhūtapālo'haṃ bhārūpo bhagavānaham। mahādevo mahānasmi mahājñeyo maheśvaraḥ ॥

Verse 103

vimukto'haṃ vibhurahaṃ vareṇyo vyāpako'smyaham। vaiśvānaro vāsudevo viśvataścakṣurasmyaham॥

Verse 104

viśvādhiko'haṃ viśado viṣṇurviśvakṛdasmyaham। śuddho'smi śukraḥ śānto'smi śāśvato'smi śivo'smyaham ॥

Verse 105

sarvabhūtāntarātmāhamahamasmi sanātanaḥ। ahaṃ sakṛdvibhāto'smi sve mahimni sadā sthitaḥ ॥

Verse 106

sarvāntaraḥ svayaṃjyotiḥ sarvādhipatirasmyaham। sarvabhūtādhivāso'haṃ sarvavyāpī svarāḍaham ॥

Verse 107

samastasākṣī sarvātmā sarvabhūtaguhāśayaḥ । sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaḥ sarvendriyavivarjitaḥ ॥

Verse 108

sthānatrayavyatīto'haṃ sarvānugrāhako'smyaham। saccidānandapūrṇātmā sarvapremāspado'smyaham॥

Verse 109

saccidānandamātro'haṃ svaprakāśo'smi ciddhanaḥ। sattvasvarūpasanmātrasiddhasarvātmako'smyaham॥

Verse 110

sarvādhiṣṭhānasanmātraḥ sarvabandhaharo'smyaham। sarvagrāso'smyahaṃ sarvadraṣṭā sarvānubhūraham ॥ evaṃ yo veda tattvena sa vai puruṣa ucyate ityupaniṣat ॥