⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−    pathyā Śloka The pathyā form of the metre should be presumed in the Śloka verses unless otherwise indicated.⁰¹
tataḥ śamavihārasya munerikṣvākucaṁdramāḥ |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
arāḍasyāśramaṁ bheje vapuṣā pūrayanniva || 12.1

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sa kālāmasagotreṇa tenālokyaiva dūrataḥ |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
uccaiḥ svāgatamityuktaḥ samīpamupajagmivān || 12.2

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tāvubhau nyāyataḥ pṣṭvā dhātusāmyaṁ parasparam |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
dāravyormedhyayorvṣyoḥ śucau deśe niṣīdatuḥ || 12.3

 

⏑−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
tamāsīnaṁ npasutaṁ so 'bravīnmunisattamaḥ |

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
bahumānaviśālābhyāṁ darśanābhyāṁ pibanniva Written pivanniva in the text, which must be a misprint.⁰² || 12.4

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
viditaṁ me yathā saumya niṣkrāṁto bhavanādasi |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
chittvā snehamayaṁ pāśaṁ pāśaṁ dpta iva dvipaḥ || 12.5

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
sarvathā dhtimaccaiva prājñaṁ caiva manastava |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yastvaṁ prāptaḥ śriyaṁ tyaktvā latāṁ viṣaphalāmiva || 12.6

 

−−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
nāścaryaṁ jīrṇavayaso yajjagmuḥ pārthivā vanam |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
apatyebhyaḥ śriyaṁ dattvā bhuktocchiṣṭāmiva srajam || 12.7

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
idaṁ me matamāścaryaṁ nave vayasi yadbhavān |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
abhuktveva śriyaṁ prāptaḥ sthito viṣayagocare || 12.8

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tadvijñātumimaṁ dharmaṁ paramaṁ bhājanaṁ bhavān |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
jñānapūrvamadhiṣṭhāya śīghraṁ duḥkhārṇavaṁ tara || 12.9

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
śiṣye yadyapi vijñāte śāstraṁ kālena vartate |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
gāṁbhīryādvyavasāyācca suparīkṣyo bhavān mama || 12.10

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
iti vākyamarāḍasya vijñāya sa narādhipaḥ |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
babhūva paramaprītaḥ provācottarameva ca || 12.11

 

⏑−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
viraktasyāpi yadidaṁ saumukhyaṁ bhavataḥ param |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
aktārtho 'pyanenāsmi ktārtha iva saṁprati || 12.12

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
didkṣuriva hi jyotiryiyāsuriva daiśikam |

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tvaddarśanādahaṁ manye titīrṣuriva ca plavam || 12.13

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tasmādarhasi tadvaktuṁ vaktavyaṁ yadi manyase |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
jarāmaraṇarogebhyo yathāyaṁ parimucyate || 12.14

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ityarāḍaḥ kumārasya māhātmyādeva coditaḥ |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
saṁkṣiptaṁ kathayāṁ cakre svasya śāstrasya niścayam || 12.15

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
śrūyatāmayamasmākaṁ siddhāṁtaḥ śṇvatāṁ vara |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yathā bhavati saṁsāro yathā vai parivartate || 12.16

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
praktiśca vikāraśca janma mtyurjaraiva ca |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tattāvatsattvamityuktaṁ sthirasattva parehi naḥ || 12.17

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tatra tu praktirnāma viddhi praktikovida |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
paṁca bhūtānyahaṁkāraṁ buddhimavyaktameva ca || 12.18

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
vikāra iti buddhiṁ tu viṣayāniṁdriyāṇi ca |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
pāṇipādaṁ ca vādaṁ ca pāyūpasthaṁ tathā manaḥ || 12.19

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
asya kṣetrasya vijñānāt kṣetrajña iti saṁjñi ca |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
kṣetrajña iti cātmānaṁ kathayaṁtyātmaciṁtakāḥ || 12.20

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
saśiṣyaḥ kapilaśceha pratibuddha iti smtiḥ |

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
saputraḥ pratibuddhaśca prajāpatirihocyate || 12.21

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
jāyate jīryate caiva budhyate mriyate ca yat |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tadvyaktamiti vijñeyamavyaktaṁ tu viparyayāt || 12.22

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ajñānaṁ karma tṣṇā ca jñeyāḥ saṁsārahetavaḥ |

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sthito 'smiṁstritaye yastu tatsattvaṁ nābhivartate || 12.23

 

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
vipratyayādahaṁkārātsaṁdehādabhisaṁplavāt |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
aviśeṣānupāyābhyāṁ saṁgādabhyavapātataḥ || 12.24

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tatra vipratyayo nāma viparītaṁ pravartate |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
anyathā kurute kāryaṁ maṁtavyaṁ manyate 'nyathā || 12.25

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
bravīmyahamahaṁ vedmi gacchāmyahamahaṁ sthitaḥ |

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
itīhaivamahaṁkārastvanahaṁkāra vartate || 12.26

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yastu bhāvena saṁdigdhānekībhāvena paśyati |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
mtpiṁḍavadasaṁdeha saṁdehaḥ sa ihocyate || 12.27

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ya evāhaṁ sa evedaṁ mano buddhiśca karma ca |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yaścaivaṁ sa gaṇaḥ so 'hamiti yaḥ so 'bhisaṁplavaḥ || 12.28

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
aviśeṣaṁ viśeṣajña pratibuddhāprabuddhayoḥ |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
praktīnāṁ ca yo veda so 'viśeṣa iti smtaḥ || 12.29

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
namaskāravaṣaṭkārau prokṣaṇābhyukṣaṇādayaḥ |

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
anupāya iti prājñairupāyajña praveditaḥ || 12.30

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sajjate yena durmedhā manovākkarmabuddhibhiḥ |

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
viṣayeṣvanabhiṣvaṁga so 'bhiṣvaṁga iti smtaḥ || 12.31

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
mamedamahamasyeti yadduḥkhamabhimanyate |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
vijñeyo 'bhyavapātaḥ sa saṁsāre yena pātyate || 12.32

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
ityavidyā hi vidvāṁsaḥ paṁcaparvā samīhate |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tamo mohaṁ mahāmohaṁ tāmisradvayameva ca || 12.33

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
tatrālasyaṁ tamo viddhi mohaṁ mtyuṁ ca janma ca |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
mahāmohastvasaṁmoha kāma ityavagamyatām || 12.34

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yasmādatra ca bhūtāni pramuhyaṁti mahāṁtyapi |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tasmādeṣa mahābāho mahāmoha iti smtaḥ || 12.35

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tāmisramiti cākrodha krodhamevādhikurvate |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
viṣādaṁ cāṁdhatāmisramaviṣāda pracakṣate || 12.36

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
anayāvidyayā bālaḥ saṁyuktaḥ paṁcaparvayā |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
saṁsāre duḥkhabhūyiṣṭhe janmasvabhiniṣicyate || 12.37

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
draṣṭā śrotā ca maṁtā ca kāryaṁ karaṇameva ca |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ahamityevamāgamya saṁsāre parivartate || 12.38

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ityebhirhetubhirdhīman tamaḥsrotaḥ pravartate |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
hetvabhāve phalābhāva iti vijñātumarhasi || 12.39

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tatra samyagmatirvidyānmokṣakāma catuṣṭayam |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
pratibuddhāprabuddhau ca vyaktamavyaktameva ca || 12.40

 

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
yathāvadetadvijñāya kṣetrajño hi catuṣṭayam |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ārjavaṁ javatāṁ hitvā prāpnoti padamakṣaram || 12.41

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
ityarthaṁ brāhmaṇā loke paramabrahmavādinaḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
brahmacaryaṁ caraṁtīha brāhmaṇān vāsayaṁti ca || 12.42

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
iti vākyamidaṁ śrutvā munestasya npātmajaḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
abhyupāyaṁ ca papraccha padameva ca naiṣṭhikam || 12.43

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
brahmacaryamidaṁ caryaṁ yathā yāvacca yatra ca |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
dharmasyāsya ca paryaṁtaṁ bhavān vyākhyātumarhati || 12.44

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ityarāḍo yathāśāstraṁ vispaṣṭārthaṁ samāsataḥ |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tamevānyena kalpena dharmamasmai vyabhāṣata || 12.45

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ayamādau ghānmuktvā bhaikṣākaṁ liṁgamāśritaḥ |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
samudācāravistīrṇaṁ śīlamādāya vartate || 12.46

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
saṁtoṣaṁ paramāsthāya yena tena yatastataḥ |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
viviktaṁ sevate vāsaṁ nirdvaṁdvaḥ śāstravitktī || 12.47

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tato rāgādbhayaṁ dṣṭvā vairāgyācca paraṁ śivam |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
nighṇanniṁdriyagrāmaṁ yatate manasaḥ śrame || 12.48

 

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
atho viviktaṁ kāmebhyo vyāpādādibhya eva ca |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
vivekajamavāpnoti pūrvadhyānaṁ vitarkavat || 12.49

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tacca dhyānaṁ sukhaṁ prāpya tattadeva vitarkayan |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
apūrvasukhalābhena hriyate bāliśo janaḥ || 12.50

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
śamenaivaṁvidhenāyaṁ kāmadveṣavigarhiṇā |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
brahmalokamavāpnoti paritoṣeṇa vaṁcitaḥ || 12.51

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
jñātvā vidvān vitarkāṁstu manaḥsaṁkṣobhakārakān |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tadviyuktamavāpnoti dhyānaṁ prītisukhānvitam || 12.52

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
hriyamāṇastayā prītyā yo viśeṣaṁ na paśyati |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sthānaṁ bhāsvaramāpnoti deveṣvābhāsureṣvapi || 12.53

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yastu prītisukhāttasmādvivecayati mānasam |

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ttīyaṁ labhate dhyānaṁ sukhaṁ prītivivarjitam || 12.54

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tatra kecidvyavasyaṁti mokṣa ityapi māninaḥ |

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sukhaduḥkhaparityāgādavyāpārācca cetasaḥ || 12.55 (57)

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yastu tasminsukhe magno na viśeṣāya yatnavān |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
śubhaktsnaiḥ sa sāmānyaṁ sukhaṁ prāpnoti daivataiḥ || 12.56 (55)

 

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tādśaṁ sukhamāsādya yo na rajyannupekṣate |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
caturthaṁ dhyānamāpnoti sukhaduḥkhavivarjitam || 12.57 (56)

 

−−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
asya dhyānasya tu phalaṁ samaṁ devairvhatphalaiḥ |

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑− Cowell's edition reads: vhatphalaṁ, which would give an Anuṣṭubh variation, which is not acceptable in Aśvaghoṣa's prosody.⁰³
kathayaṁti bhatkālaṁ vhatprajñāparīkṣakāḥ || 12.58

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
samādhervyutthitastasmāddṣṭvā doṣāṁścharīriṇām |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
jñānamārohati prājñaḥ śarīravinivttaye || 12.59

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tatastaddhyānamutsjya viśeṣe ktaniścayaḥ |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
kāmebhya iva satprājño rūpādapi virajyate || 12.60

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
śarīre khāni yānyasya tānyādau parikalpayan |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ghaneṣvapi tato dravyeṣvākāśamadhimucyate || 12.61

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ākāśasamamātmānaṁ saṁkṣipya tvaparo budhaḥ |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tadaivānaṁtataḥ paśyan viśeṣamadhigacchati || 12.62

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
adhyātmakuśaleṣvanyo nivartyātmānamātmanā |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
kiṁcinnāstīti saṁpaśyannākiṁcanya iti smtaḥ || 12.63

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tato muṁjādiṣīkeva śakuniḥ paṁjarādiva |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
kṣetrajño niḥsto dehānmukta ityabhidhīyate || 12.64

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
etattatparamaṁ brahma nirliṁgaṁ dhruvamakṣaram |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yanmokṣa iti tattvajñāḥ kathayaṁti manīṣiṇaḥ || 12.65

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ityupāyaśca mokṣaśca mayā saṁdarśitastava |

⏑−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā Cowell's edition reads: ruci, which would give a light syllable at the end of the pāda, but navipulā needs a heavy syllable after the three light ones.⁰⁴
yadi jñātaṁ yadi rucir yathāvatpratipadyatām || 12.66

 

−−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
jaigīṣavyo 'tha janako vddhaścaiva parāśaraḥ |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
imaṁ paṁthānamāsādya muktā hyanye ca mokṣiṇaḥ || 12.67

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
iti tasya sa tadvākyaṁ ghītvā na vicārya ca |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
pūrvahetubalaprāptaḥ pratyuttaramuvāca saḥ || 12.68

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
śrutaṁ jñānamidaṁ sūkṣmaṁ parataḥ parataḥ śivam |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
kṣetreṣvasyāparityāgādavaimyetadanaiṣṭhikam || 12.69

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
vikārapraktibhyo hi kṣetrajñaṁ muktamapyaham |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
manye prasavadharmāṇaṁ vījadharmāṇameva ca || 12.70

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
viśuddho yadyapi hyātmā nirmukta iti kalpyate | Johnson inserts 2 extra verses inserted at this point, written in italics here. The rest of the verse numbers in this chapter in Johnson's edition are affected by this, and are placed in brackets in this edition henceforth.⁰⁵ (ab = 12.71ab)

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
bhūyaḥ pratyayasadbhāvādamuktaḥ sa bhaviṣyati || 12.71

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−    navipulā
tubhūmyaṁbuvirahādyathā bījaṁ na rohati |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
rohati pratyayaistaistaistadvatso 'pi mato mama || 12.72

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yatkarmājñānatṣṇānāṁ tyāgānmokṣaśca kalpyate |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
atyaṁtastatparityāgaḥ satyātmani na vidyate || 12.71 (cd = 12.73cd)

 

−−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
hitvā hitvā trayamidaṁ viśeṣastūpalabhyate |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ātmanastu sthitiryatra tatra sūkṣmamidaṁ trayam || 12. 72 (12.74)

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sūkṣmatvāccaiva doṣāṇāmavyāpārācca cetasaḥ |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
dīrghatvādāyuṣaścaiva mokṣastu parikalpyate || 12.73 (12.75)

 

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ahaṁkāraparityāgo yaścaiṣa parikalpyate |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
satyātmani parityāgo nāhaṁkārasya vidyate || 12.74 (12.76)

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
saṁkhyādibhiramuktaśca nirguṇo na bhavatyayam |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
tasmādasati nairguṇye nāsya mokṣo 'bhidhīyate || 12.75 (12.77)

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
guṇino hi guṇānāṁ ca vyatireko na vidyate |

−−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
rūpoṣṇābhyāṁ virahito na hyagnirupalabhyate || 12.76 (12.78)

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
prāgdehānna bhaveddehī prāgguṇebhyastathā guṇī |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
kasmādādau vimuktaḥ sañśarīrī badhyate punaḥ || 12.77 (12.79)

 

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
kṣetrajño viśarīraśca jño vā syādajña eva vā |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
yadi jño jñeyamasyāsti jñeye sati na mucyate || 12.78 (12.80)

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
athājña iti siddho vaḥ kalpitena kimātmanā |

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
vināpi hyātmanājñānaṁ prasiddhaṁ kāṣṭhakuḍyavat || 12.79 (12.81)

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
parataḥ paratastyāgo yasmāttu guṇavān smtaḥ |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
tasmātsarvaparityāgānmanye ktsnāṁ ktārthatām || 12.80 (12.82)

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
iti dharmamarāḍasya viditvā na tutoṣa saḥ |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
aktsnamiti vijñāya tataḥ pratijagāma ha || 12.81 (12.83)

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
viśeṣamatha śuśrūṣurudrakasyāśramaṁ yayau |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ātmagrāhācca tasyāpi jaghe na sa darśanam || 12.82 (12.84)

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
saṁjñāsaṁjñitvayordoṣaṁ jñātvā hi munirudrakaḥ |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
ākiṁcinyātparaṁ lebhe saṁjñāsaṁjñātmikāṁ gatim || 12.83 (12.85)

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
yasmāccālaṁbane sūkṣme saṁjñāsaṁjñe tataḥ param |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
nāsaṁjñī naiva saṁjñīti tasmāttatra gatasphaḥ || 12.84 (12.86)

 

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
yataśca buddhistatraiva sthitānyatrāpracāriṇī |

−−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
sūkṣmāpādi tatastatra nāsaṁjñitvaṁ na saṁjñitā || 12.85 (12.87)

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
yasmācca tamapi prāpya punarāvartate jagat |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
bodhisattvaḥ paraṁ prepsustasmādudrakamatyajat || 12.86 (12.88)

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tato hitvāśramaṁ tasya śreyo 'rthī ktaniścayaḥ |

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
bheje gayasya rājarṣernagarīsaṁjñamāśramam || 12.87 (12.89)

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
atha nairaṁjanātīre śucau śuciparākramaḥ |

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
cakāra vāsamekāṁtavihārābhivratī muniḥ || 12.88 (12. 90)

 

⏓⏓⏓⏓¦⏓−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− Ed: This line could be either pathyā or mavipulā. The next line could be either navipulā or bhavipulā.⁰⁶
Johnson's edition inserts this verse here, along with the translation. The numbering in Johnson's edition is again affected by this change.⁰⁷<xxx> tatpūrvaṁ paṁceṁdriyavaśoddhatān |

⏑−⏓⏓¦⏓⏑⏑−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tapaḥ <xx> vratino bhikṣūn paṁca niraikṣata || (12.91)

 

−−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
paṁcopatasthurdṣṭvātra bhikṣavastaṁ mumukṣavaḥ |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
puṇyārjitadhanārogyamiṁdriyārthā iveśvaram || 12.89 (12.92)

 

−−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
saṁpūjyamānastaiḥ prahvairvinayānatamūrtibhiḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tadvaṁśasthāyibhiḥ śiṣyairlolairmana iveṁdriyaiḥ || 12.90 (12.93)

 

−⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
mtyujanmāṁtakaraṇe syādupāyo 'yamityatha |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
duṣkarāṇi samārebhe tapāṁsyanaśanena saḥ || 12.91 (12.94)

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
upavāsavidhīn nekān kurvan naradurācarān |

−−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
varṣāṇi ṣaṭkarmaprepsurakarotkārśyamātmanaḥ || 12.92 (12.95)

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
annakāleṣu caikaikaiḥ sakolatilataṁḍulaiḥ |

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
apārapārasaṁsārapāraṁ prepsurapārayat || 12.93 (12.96)

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
dehādapacayastena tapasā tasya yaḥ ktaḥ |

⏑−−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
sa evopacayo bhūyastejasāsya kto 'bhavat || 12.94 (12.97)

 

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
kśo 'pyakśakīrtiśrīrhlādaṁ cakre 'nyacakṣuṣam |

⏑⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
kumudānāmiva śaracchuklapakṣādicaṁdramāḥ || 12.95 (12.98)

 

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
tvagasthiśeṣo niḥśeṣairmedaḥpiśitaśoṇitaiḥ |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
kṣīṇo 'pyakṣīṇagāṁbhīryaḥ samudra iva sa vyabhāt || 12.96 (12.99)

 

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
atha kaṣṭatapaḥspaṣṭavyarthakliṣṭatanurmuniḥ |

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
bhavabhīrurimāṁ cakre buddhiṁ buddhatvakāṁkṣayā || 12.97 (12.100)

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
nāyaṁ dharmo virāgāya na bodhāya na muktaye |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
jaṁbumūle mayā prāpto yastadā sa vidhirdhruvaḥ || 12.98 (12.101)

 

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
na cāsau durbalenāptuṁ śakyamityāgatādaraḥ |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
śarīrabalavddhyarthamidaṁ bhūyo 'nvaciṁtayat || 12.99 (12.102)

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−−¦⏑−⏑−
kṣutpipāsāśramaklāṁtaḥ śramādasvasthamānasaḥ |

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
prāpnuyānmanasāvāpyaṁ phalaṁ kathamanirvtaḥ || 12.100 (12.103)

 

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
nirvtiḥ prāpyate samyaksatateṁdriyatarpaṇāt |

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
saṁtarpiteṁdriyatayā manaḥsvāsthyamavāpyate || 12.101 (12.104)

 

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
svasthaprasannamanasaḥ samādhirupapadyate |

⏑−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
samādhiyuktacittasya dhyānayogaḥ pravartate || 12.102 (12.105)

 

−−⏑−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
dhyānapravartanāddharmāḥ prāpyaṁte yairavāpyate |

−⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
durlabhaṁ śāṁtamajaraṁ paraṁ tadamtaṁ padam || 12.103 (12.106)

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
tasmādāhāramūlo 'yamupāya itiniścayaḥ |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
asūrikaraṇe dhīraḥ ktvāmitamatirmatim || 12.104 (12.107)

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
snāto nairaṁjanātīrāduttatāra śanaiḥ kśaḥ |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
bhaktyāvanataśākhāgrairdattahastastaṭadrumaiḥ || 12.105 (12.108)

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
atha gopādhipasutā daivatairabhicoditā |

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
udbhūtahdayānaṁdā tatra naṁdabalāgamat || 12.106 (12.109)

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑⏑⏑−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   navipulā
sitaśaṁkhojjvalabhujā nīlakaṁbalavāsinī |

⏑−⏑−¦−−−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−   mavipulā
sapheṇamālānīlāṁburyamuneva saridvarā || 12.107 (12.110)

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
sā śraddhāvardhitaprītirvikasallocanotpalā |

⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
śirasā praṇipatyainaṁ grāhayāmāsa pāyasam || 12.108 (12.111)

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
ktvā tadupabhogena prāptajanmaphalāṁ sa tām |

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
bodhiprāptau samartho 'bhūtsaṁtarpitaṣaḍiṁdriyaḥ || 12.109 (12.112)

 

−−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−
paryāptāpyānamūrtaśca sārdhaṁ suyaśasā muniḥ |

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦⏑−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
kāṁtidhairyaikabhāraikaḥ śaśāṁkārṇavavalbabhau || 12.110 (12.113)

 

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
āvtta iti vijñāya taṁ jahuḥ paṁcabhikṣavaḥ |

⏑−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
manīṣiṇamivātmānaṁ nirmuktaṁ paṁcadhātavaḥ || 12.111 (12.114)

 

⏑⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
vyavasāyadvitīyo 'tha śādvalāstīrṇabhūtalam |

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑−   bhavipulā
so 'śvatthamūlaṁ prayayau bodhāya ktaniścayaḥ || 12.112 (12.115)

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−   Vaṁśastha
tatastadānīṁ gajarājavikramaḥ padasvanenānupamena bodhitaḥ |

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
mahāmunerāgatabodhiniścayo jagāda kālo bhujagottamaḥ stutim || 12.113 (12.116)

 

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−   Vaṁśastha
yathā mune tvaccaraṇāvapīḍitā muhurmuhurniṣṭanatīva medinī |

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
yathā ca te rājati sūryavatprabhā dhruvaṁ tvamiṣṭaṁ phalamadya bhokṣyase || 12.114 (12.117)

 

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−   Vaṁśastha
yathā bhramaṁtyo divi vāyapaṁktayaḥ pradakṣiṇaṁ tvāṁ kamalākṣa kurvate |

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
yathā ca saumyā divi vāṁti vāyavastvamadya buddho niyataṁ bhaviṣyasi || 12.115 (12.118)

 

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−   Vaṁśastha
tato bhujaṁgapravareṇa saṁstutastṇānyupādāya śucīni lāvakāt |

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
ktapratijño niṣasāda bodhaye mahātarormūlamupāśritaḥ śuceḥ || 12.116 (12.119)

 

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−   Vaṁśastha
tataḥ sa paryaṁkamakaṁpyamuttamaṁ babaṁdha suptoragabhogapiṁḍitam |

⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
bhinadmi tāvadbhuvi naitadāsanaṁ na yāmi tāvatktaktyatāmiti || 12.117 (12.120)

 

⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−    Rucirā
tato yayurmudamatulāṁ divaukaso vavāsire na mgaganā na pakṣiṇaḥ |

⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑−,⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−
na sasvanurvanataravo 'nilāhatāḥ ktāsane bhagavati niścalātmani || 12.118 (12.121)