Atma Bodha Sanskrit Text

॥ ātmabodhaḥ ॥

tapobhiḥ kṣīṇapāpānāṃ śāntānāṃ vītarāgiṇām ।

mumukṣūṇāmapekṣyo'yamātmabodho vidhīyate ॥ 1॥

bodho'nyasādhanebhyo hi sākṣānmokṣaikasādhanam ।

pākasya vahnivajjñānaṃ vinā mokṣo na sidhyati ॥ 2॥

avirodhitayā karma nāvidyāṃ vinivartayet ।

vidyāvidyāṃ nihantyeva tejastimirasaṅghavat ॥ 3॥

paricchanna ivājñānāttannāśe sati kevalaḥ । var avacchinna

svayaṃ prakāśate hyātmā meghāpāyeṃ'śumāniva ॥ 4॥

ajñānakaluṣaṃ jīvaṃ jñānābhyāsādvinirmalam ।

kṛtvā jñānaṃ svayaṃ naśyejjalaṃ katakareṇuvat ॥ 5॥

saṃsāraḥ svapnatulyo hi rāgadveṣādisaṅkulaḥ ।

svakāle satyavadbhāti prabodhe satyasadbhavet ॥ 6॥

tāvatsatyaṃ jagadbhāti śuktikārajataṃ yathā ।

yāvanna jñāyate brahma sarvādhiṣṭhānamadvayam ॥ 7॥

upādāne'khilādhāre jaganti parameśvare ।

sargasthitilayān yānti budbudānīva vāriṇi ॥ 8॥ var not in some editions

saccidātmanyanusyūte nitye viṣṇau prakalpitāḥ ।

vyaktayo vividhāḥ sarvā hāṭake kaṭakādivat ॥ 9॥

yathākāśo hṛṣīkeśo nānopādhigato vibhuḥ ।

tadbhedādbhinnavadbhāti tannāśe kevalo bhavet ॥ 10॥

nānopādhivaśādeva jātivarṇāśramādayaḥ । var jātināmāśramādayaḥ

ātmanyāropitāstoye rasavarṇādi bhedavat ॥ 11।

pañcīkṛtamahābhūtasambhavaṃ karmasañcitam ।

śarīraṃ sukhaduḥkhānāṃ bhogāyatanamucyate ॥ 12॥

pañcaprāṇamanobuddhidaśendriyasamanvitam ।

apañcīkṛtabhūtotthaṃ sūkṣmāṅgaṃ bhogasādhanam ॥ 13॥

anādyavidyānirvācyā kāraṇopādhirucyate ।

upādhitritayādanyamātmānamavadhārayet ॥ 14॥

pañcakośādiyogena tattanmaya iva sthitaḥ ।

śuddhātmā nīlavastrādiyogena sphaṭiko yathā ॥ 15॥

vapustuṣādibhiḥ kośairyuktaṃ yuktyavaghātataḥ ।

ātmānamantaraṃ śuddhaṃ viviñcyāttaṇḍulaṃ yathā ॥ 16॥

var vidyartha viviñcyāt, āśīrliṅga benedictive vivicyāt

sadā sarvagato'pyātmā na sarvatrāvabhāsate ।

buddhāvevāvabhāseta svaccheṣu pratibimbavat ॥ 17॥

dehendriyamanobuddhiprakṛtibhyo vilakṣaṇam ।

tadvṛttisākṣiṇaṃ vidyādātmānaṃ rājavatsadā ॥ 18॥

vyāpṛteṣvindriyeṣvātmā vyāpārīvāvivekinām ।

dṛśyate'bhreṣu dhāvatsu dhāvanniva yathā śaśī ॥ 19॥

ātmacaitanyamāśritya dehendriyamanodhiyaḥ ।

svakriyārtheṣu vartante sūryālokaṃ yathā janāḥ । 20॥

dehendriyaguṇānkarmāṇyamale saccidātmani ।

adhyasyantyavivekena gagane nīlatādivat ॥ 21॥

ajñānānmānasopādheḥ kartṛtvādīni cātmani ।

kalpyante'mbugate candre calanādi yathāmbhasaḥ । 22॥

rāgecchāsukhaduḥkhādi buddhau satyāṃ pravartate ।

suṣuptau nāsti tannāśe tasmādbuddhestu nātmanaḥ ॥ 23॥

prakāśo'rkasya toyasya śaityamagneryathoṣṇatā ।

svabhāvaḥ saccidānandanityanirmalatātmanaḥ ॥ 24॥

ātmanaḥ saccidaṃśaśca buddhervṛttiriti dvayam ।

saṃyojya cāvivekena jānāmīti pravartate ॥ 25॥

ātmano vikriyā nāsti buddherbodho na jātviti ।

jīvaḥ sarvamalaṃ jñātvā jñātā draṣṭeti muhyati ॥ 26॥

rajjusarpavadātmānaṃ jīvaṃ jñātvā bhayaṃ vahet ।

nāhaṃ jīvaḥ parātmeti jñātaṃ cennirbhayo bhavet ॥ 27॥

ātmāvabhāsayatyeko buddhyādīnīndriyāṇyapi ।

dīpo ghaṭādivatsvātmā jaḍaistairnāvabhāsyate ॥ 28॥

svabodhe nānyabodhecchā bodharūpatayātmanaḥ ।

na dīpasyānyadīpecchā yathā svātmaprakāśane ॥ 29॥

niṣidhya nikhilopādhīnneti netīti vākyataḥ ।

vidyādaikyaṃ mahāvākyairjīvātmaparamātmanoḥ ॥ 30॥

āvidyakaṃ śarīrādi dṛśyaṃ budbudavatkṣaram ।

etadvilakṣaṇaṃ vidyādahaṃ brahmeti nirmalam ॥ 31॥

dehānyatvānna me janmajarākārśyalayādayaḥ ।

śabdādiviṣayaiḥ saṅgo nirindriyatayā na ca ॥ 32॥

amanastvānna me duḥkharāgadveṣabhayādayaḥ ।

aprāṇo hyamanāḥ śubhra ityādi śrutiśāsanāt ॥ 33॥

(etasmājjāyate prāṇo manaḥ sarvendriyāṇi ca ।

khaṃ vāyurjyotirāpaḥ pṛthivī viśvasya dhāriṇī ॥) doubtful addition

nirguṇo niṣkriyo nityo nirvikalpo nirañjanaḥ ।

nirvikāro nirākāro nityamukto'smi nirmalaḥ ॥ 34॥

ahamākāśavatsarvaṃ bahirantargato'cyutaḥ ।

sadā sarvasamaḥ siddho niḥsaṅgo nirmalo'calaḥ ॥ 35॥

nityaśuddhavimuktaikamakhaṇḍānandamadvayam ।

satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ yatparaṃ brahmāhameva tat ॥ 36॥

evaṃ nirantarābhyastā brahmaivāsmīti vāsanā ।

haratyavidyāvikṣepān rogāniva rasāyanam ॥ 37॥

viviktadeśa āsīno virāgo vijitendriyaḥ ।

bhāvayedekamātmānaṃ tamanantamananyadhīḥ ॥ 38॥

ātmanyevākhilaṃ dṛśyaṃ pravilāpya dhiyā sudhīḥ ।

bhāvayedekamātmānaṃ nirmalākāśavatsadā ॥ 39॥

rūpavarṇādikaṃ sarva vihāya paramārthavit ।

paripurṇañcidānandasvarūpeṇāvatiṣṭhate ॥ 40॥

jñātṛjñānajñeyabhedaḥ pare nātmani vidyate ।

cidānandaikarūpatvāddīpyate svayameva tat ॥ 41॥ var hi ॥

evamātmāraṇau dhyānamathane satataṃ kṛte ।

uditāvagatirjvālā sarvājñānendhanaṃ dahet ॥ 42॥

aruṇeneva bodhena pūrvaṃ santamase hṛte ।

tata āvirbhavedātmā svayamevāṃśumāniva ॥ 43॥

ātmā tu satataṃ prāpto'pyaprāptavadavidyayā ।

tannāśe prāptavadbhāti svakaṇṭhābharaṇaṃ yathā ॥ 44॥

sthāṇau puruṣavadbhrāntyā kṛtā brahmaṇi jīvatā ।

jīvasya tāttvike rūpe tasmindṛṣṭe nivartate ॥ 45॥

tatvasvarūpānubhavādutpannaṃ jñānamañjasā ।

ahaṃ mameti cājñānaṃ bādhate digbhramādivat ॥ 46॥

samyagvijñānavān yogī svātmanyevākhilaṃ jagat ।

ekaṃ ca sarvamātmānamīkṣate jñānacakṣuṣā ॥ 47॥

ātmaivedaṃ jagatsarvamātmano'nyanna vidyate ।

mṛdo yadvadghaṭādīni svātmānaṃ sarvamīkṣate ॥ 48॥

jīvanmuktastu tadvidvānpūrvopādhiguṇānstyajet ।

saccidānandarūpatvāt bhavedbhramarakīṭavat ॥ 49॥

tīrtvā mohārṇavaṃ hatvā rāgadveṣādirākṣasān ।

yogī śāntisamāyukta ātmārāmo virājate ॥ 50॥

bāhyānityasukhāsaktiṃ hitvātmasukhanirvṛtaḥ ।

ghaṭasthadīpavatsvasthaṃ svāntareva prakāśate ॥ 51॥

var dīpavacchaśvadantareva, also var svasthaḥ

upādhistho'pi taddharmairalipto vyomavanmuniḥ ।

sarvavinmūḍhavattiṣṭhedasakto vāyuvaccaret ॥ 52॥

upādhivilayādviṣṇau nirviśeṣaṃ viśenmuniḥ ।

jale jalaṃ viyadvyomni tejastejasi vā yathā ॥ 53॥

yallābhānnāparo lābho yatsukhānnāparaṃ sukham ।

yajjñānānnāparaṃ jñānaṃ tadbrahmetyavadhārayet ॥ 54॥

yaddṛṣṭvā nāparaṃ dṛśyaṃ yadbhūtvā na punarbhavaḥ ।

yajjñātvā nāparaṃ jñeyaṃ tadbrahmetyavadhārayet ॥ 55॥

tiryagūrdhvamadhaḥ pūrṇaṃ saccidānandamadvayam ।

anantaṃ nityamekaṃ yattadbrahmetyavadhārayet ॥ 56॥

atadvyāvṛttirūpeṇa vedāntairlakṣyate'dvayam । var 'vyayam

akhaṇḍānandamekaṃ yattatadbrahmetyavadhārayet ॥ 57॥

akhaṇḍānandarūpasya tasyānandalavāśritāḥ ।

brahmādyāstāratamyena bhavantyānandino'khilāḥ ॥ 58॥

tadyuktamakhilaṃ vastu vyavahārastadanvitaḥ । var vyavahāraścidanvitaḥ

tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma kṣīre sarpirivākhile ॥ 59॥

anaṇvasthūlamahrasvamadīrghamajamavyayam ।

arūpaguṇavarṇākhyaṃ tadbrahmetyavadhārayet ॥ 60॥

yadbhāsā bhāsyate'rkādi bhāsyairyattu na bhāsyate ।

yena sarvamidaṃ bhāti tadbrahmetyavadhārayet ॥ 61॥

svayamantarbahirvyāpya bhāsayannakhilaṃ jagat ।

brahma prakāśate vahniprataptāyasapiṇḍavat ॥ 62॥

jagadvilakṣaṇaṃ brahma brahmaṇo'nyanna kiñcana ।

brahmānyadbhāti cenmithyā yathā marumarīcikā ॥ 63॥

dṛśyate śrūyate yadyadbrahmaṇo'nyanna tadbhavet ।

tattvajñānācca tadbrahma saccidānandamadvayam ॥ 64॥

sarvagaṃ saccidātmānaṃ jñānacakṣurnirīkṣate ।

ajñānacakṣurnekṣeta bhāsvantaṃ bhānumandhavat ॥ 65॥

śravaṇādibhiruddīptajñānāgniparitāpitaḥ ।

jīvaḥ sarvamalānmuktaḥ svarṇavaddyotate svayam ॥ 66॥

hṛdākāśodito hyātmā bodhabhānustamo'pahṛt ।

sarvavyāpī sarvadhārī bhāti bhāsayate'khilam ॥ 67॥

var sarvaṃ prakāśate digdeśakālādyanapekṣya sarvagaṃ śītādihṛnnityasukhaṃ nirañjanam ।

yaḥ svātmatīrthaṃ bhajate viniṣkriyaḥ sa sarvavitsarvagato'mṛto bhavet ॥ 68॥

॥ iti śaṅkarācāryaviracita ātmabodhaḥ samāptaḥ ॥