Śaṅkara by tradition
tajjñānaṃ praśamakaraṃ yadindriyāṇāṃ
tajjñeyaṃ yadupaniṣatsu niścitārtham |
te dhanyā bhuvi paramārthaniścitehāḥ
śeṣāstu bhramanilaye paribhramantaḥ ||
||1||ādau vijitya viṣayānmadamoharāga-
dveṣādiśatrugaṇamāhṛtayogarājyāḥ |
jñātvā mataṃ samanubhūyaparātmavidyā-
kāntāsukhaṃ vanagṛhe vicaranti dhanyāḥ ||
||2||tyaktvā gṛhe ratimadhogatihetubhūtām
ātmecchayopaniṣadartharasaṃ pibantaḥ |
vītaspṛhā viṣayabhogapade viraktā
dhanyāścaranti vijaneṣu viraktasaṅgāḥ ||
||3||tyaktvā mamāhamiti bandhakare pade dve
mānāvamānasadṛśāḥ samadarśinaśca |
kartāramanyamavagamya tadarpitāni
kurvanti karmaparipākaphalāni dhanyāḥ ||
||4||tyaktvaiṣaṇātrayamavekṣitamokṣamārgā
bhaikṣāmṛtena parikalpitadehayātrāḥ |
jyotiḥ parātparataraṃ paramātmasaṃjñaṃ
dhanyā dvijārahasi hṛdyavalokayanti ||
||5||nāsanna sanna sadasanna mahasannacāṇu
na strī pumānna ca napuṃsakamekabījam |
yairbrahma tatsamamupāsitamekacittaiḥ
dhanyā virejurittarebhavapāśabaddhāḥ ||
||6||ajñānapaṅkaparimagnamapetasāraṃ
duḥkhālayaṃ maraṇajanmajarāvasaktam |
saṃsārabandhanamanityamavekṣya dhanyā
jñānāsinā tadavaśīrya viniścayanti ||
||7||śāntairananyamatibhirmadhurasvabhāvaiḥ
ekatvaniścitamanobhirapetamohaiḥ |
sākaṃ vaneṣu vijitātmapadasvarupaṃ
tadvastu samyaganiśaṃ vimṛśanti dhanyāḥ ||
||8||ahimiva janayogaṃ sarvadā varjayedyaḥ
kuṇapamiva sunārīṃ tyaktukāmo virāgī |
viṣamiva viṣayānyo manyamāno durantān
jayati paramahaṃso muktibhāvaṃ sameti ||
||9||sampūrṇaṃ jagadeva nandanavanaṃ sarve'pi kalpadrumā
gāṅgaṃ vari samastavārinivahaḥ puṇyāḥ samastāḥ kriyāḥ |
vācaḥ prākṛtasaṃskṛtāḥ śrutiśirovārāṇasī medinī
sarvāvasthitirasya vastuviṣayā dṛṣṭe parabrahmaṇi ||
||10||iti śrīmad śaṅkarācāryaviracitaṃ dhanyāṣṭakaṃ samāptam