Traditionally attributed to Vālmīki; dialogue of Vasiṣṭha and Rāma
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca .
prathamaṃ jātamātreṇa puṃsā kiṃcidvikasitabuddhinaiva
satsaṃgamapareṇa bhavitavyam
||1||anavaratapravāhapatito'yamavidyānadīnivahaḥ
śāstrasajjanasaṃparkādṛte na tarituṃ śakyate
||2||tena vivekataḥ puruṣasya heyopādeyavicāra upa
jāyate
||3||tadāsau śubhecchābhidhāṃ vivekabhuvamāpatito
bhavati
||4||tato vivekavaśato vicāraṇāyām
||55||samyagjñānenāsamyagvāsanāṃ tyajataḥ saṃsmārabhā-
vanāto manastanutāmeti
||6||tena tanumānasāṃ nāma vivekabhūmimavatīrṇo bha-
vati
||7||yadaiva yoginaḥ samyagjñānodayastadaiva sattvā-
pattiḥ
||8||tadvaśādvāsanā tanutāṃ gatā yadā tadaivāsāvasaṃ-
sakta ityucyate karmaphalena na badhyata iti
||9||atha tānavavaśādasatye bhāvanātānavamabhyasyati
||10||yāvanna kurvannapi vyavaharannapyasatyeṣu saṃsārava-
stuṣu sthito'pi svātmanyeva kṣīṇamanastvādabhyā-
savaśādbāhyaṃ vastu kurvannapi na paśyati nālambanena
sevate nābhidhyāyati tanuvāsanatvācca kevalaṃ mūḍhaḥ
suptaprabuddha iva kartavyaṃ karoti
||11||tanubhāvitamanaskastena yogabhūmikāṃ bhāvanāma-
dhirūḍhaḥ
||12||ityantarlīnacittaḥ katicitsaṃvatsarānabhyasya sa-
rvathaiva kurvannapi bāhyapadārthānbhāvanāṃ tyajati turyātmā
bhavati tato jīvanmukta ityucyate
||13||nābhinandati saṃprāptaṃ nāprāptamabhiśocati .
kevalaṃ vigatāśaṅkaṃ saṃprāptamanuvartate
||14||tvayāpi rāghava jñātaṃ jñātavyamakhilāntaram .
nanu te sarvakāryebhyo vāsanā tanutāṃ gatā
||15||śarīrātītavṛttistvaṃ śarīrastho'thavā bhava .
māgāḥ śokaṃ ca harṣaṃ tvaṃ tvamātmā vigatāmayaḥ
||16||tvayyātmani site svacche sarvage sarvadodite .
kuto duḥkhasukhe rāma kuto maraṇajanmanī
||17||abandhurapi kasmāttvaṃ bandhuduḥkhāni śocasi .
advitīye sthite hyasminbāndhavāḥ ka ivātmani
||18||dṛśyate kevale dehe paramāṇucayaḥ param .
deśakālānyatāpatternātmodeti na līyate
||19||avināśo'pi kasmāttvaṃ vinaśyāmīti śocasi .
amṛtyuvasatau svacche vināśaḥ ka ivātmani
||20||ghaṭe kapālatāṃ yāte ghaṭākāśo na naśyati .
yathā tathā śarīre'sminnaṣṭe'pi na vinaśyati
||21||mṛgatṛṣṇātaraṅgiṇyāṃ kṣīṇāyāmātapo yathā .
na naśyati tathā dehe naṣṭe nātmā vinaśyati
||22||vāñchaivodeti te kasmādbhrāntirantarnirarthikā .
advitīyo dvitīyaṃ kiṃ yadvastvātmābhivāñchatu
||23||śravyaṃ spṛśyaṃ tathā dṛśyaṃ rasyaṃ ghreyaṃ ca rāghava .
na kiṃcidasti jagati vyatiriktaṃ yadātmanaḥ
||24||sarvaśaktāvimāstasminnātmanyevākhilāḥ sthitāḥ .
śaktayo vitate vyakte ākāśa iva śūnyatā
||25||cittādrāghava rūḍheyaṃ trilokīlalanoditā .
trividhena krameṇeha janmanā janitabhramā
||26||manaḥpraśamane siddhe vāsanākṣayanāmani .
karmakṣayābhidhānaiva māyeyaṃ pravinaśyati
||27||saṃsārogrāraghaṭṭe'sminnārūḍhā yantravāhinī .
rajjustāṃ vāsanāmetāṃ chindhi rāghava yatnataḥ
||28||aparijñāyamānaiṣā mahāmohapradāyinī .
parijñātā tvanantākhyā sukhadā brahmadāyinī
||29||āgatā brahmaṇo bhuktvā saṃsāramiha līlayā .
punarbrahmaiva saṃsmṛtya brahmaṇyeva vilīyate
||30||śivādrāghava nīrūpādaprameyānnirāmayāt .
sarvabhūtāni jātāni prakāśā iva tejasaḥ
||31||rekhāvṛndaṃ yathā parṇe vīcijālaṃ yathā jale .
kaṭakādi yathā hemni tathoṣṇādi yathā'nale
||32||tadetadbhāvanārūpe tathedaṃ bhuvanatrayam .
tasminneva sthitaṃ jātaṃ tasmādeva tadeva ca
||33||sa eva sarvabhūtānāmātmā brahmeti kathyate .
tasmiñjāte jagajjñātaṃ sa jñātā bhuvanatraye
||34||śāstrasaṃvyavahārārthaṃ tasyāsya vitatākṛteḥ .
cidbrahmātmeti nāmāni kalpitāni kṛtātmabhiḥ
||35||viṣayendriyasaṃyoge harṣāmarṣavivarjitā .
saiṣā śuddhānubhūtirhi so'yamātmā cidavyayaḥ
||36||ākāśātitarācchāccha idaṃ tasmiṃścidātmani .
svābhoga eva hi jagatpṛthagvatpratibimbati
||37||buddhistadvyatirekeṇa lobhamohādayo hi tān .
pātyasadvyatirekeṇa te ca tasmiṃstadeva te.
||38||adehasyaiva te rāma nirvikalpacidākṛteḥ .
lajjābhayaviṣādebhyaḥ kuto mohaḥ samutthitaḥ
||39||adeho dehajairebhirlajjādibhirasanmayaiḥ .
kiṃ mūrkha iva durbuddhirvikalpairabhibhūyase
||40||akhaṇḍacitirūpasya dehe khaṇḍanamāgate .
asamyagdarśino'pyasti na nāśaḥ kimu sanmateḥ
||41||āpatedarkamārge'pi na niruddhagamāgamam .
cittaṃ nāma sa vijñeyaḥ puruṣo na śarīrakam
||42||śarīre satyasati vā pumāneva jagattraye .
jño'pyajño'pi sthito rāma naṣṭedehe na naśyati
||43||yānīmāni vicitrāṇi duḥkhāni paripaśyasi .
tāni dehasya sarvāṇi nāgrāhyasya cidātmanaḥ
||44||manomārgādatītatvādyāsau śūnyamiva sthitā .
citkathaṃ nāma duḥkhairvā suravervā parigṛhyate
||45||svāspadātmānamevāsau vinaṣṭāddehapañjarāt .
abhyastāṃ vāsanāṃ yātaḥ ṣaṭpadaḥ khamivāmbujāt
||46||asaccedātmatattvaṃ tadasmiṃste dehapañjare .
naṣṭe kiṃ nāma naṣṭaṃ syādrāma kenānuśocasi
||47||satyaṃ bhāvaya tena tvaṃ mā mohamanubhāvaya .
niricchasyātmano necchā kācidapyanaghākṛteḥ
||4||sākṣibhūte same svacche nirvikalpe cidātmani .
niricchaṃ pratibimbanti jaganti mukure yathā
||49||sākṣibhūte same svacche nirvikalpe cidātmani .
svayaṃ jaganti dṛśyante sanmaṇāviva raśmayaḥ .. '
||50||anicchamapi saṃbandho yathā darpaṇabimbayoḥ .
tathaivehātmajagatorbhedābhedau vyavasthitau
||51||sūryasaṃnidhimātreṇa yathodeti jagatkriyā .
citsattāmātrakeṇedaṃ jaganniṣpadyate tathā
||52||piṇḍagraho nivṛtto'syā evaṃ rāma jagatsthiteḥ .
ākāśameṣā saṃpannā bhavatāmapi cetasi
||53||sattāmātreṇa dīpasya yathālokaḥ svabhāvataḥ .
cittattvasya svabhāvāttu tatheyaṃ jāgatī sthitiḥ
||54||pūrvaṃ manaḥ samuditaṃ paramātmatattvāttenātataṃ jagadidaṃ svavikalpajālaiḥ .
śūnyena śūnyamapi tena yathāmbareṇa nīlatvamullasitacārutarāmidhānam
||55||saṃkalpasaṃkṣayavaśādgalite tu citte saṃsāramohamihikā galitā bhavanti .
svacchaṃ vibhāti śaradīva khamāgatāyāṃ cinmātramekamajamādyamanantamantaḥ
||56||karmātmakaṃ prathamameva mano'bhyudeti saṃkalpataḥ kamalajaprakṛtīstadetya .
nānābhidhaṃ jagadidaṃ hiṃ mudhā tanoti vetāladehakalanāmiva mugdhabālaḥ
||57||asanmayaṃ sadiva puro vilakṣyate punarbhavatyatha parilīyate punaḥ .
svayaṃ manaściti citasaṃsphuradvapurmahārṇave jalavalayāvalī yathā
||58||ityārṣe śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye devadūtokte mokṣopāyeṣūtpattiprakaraṇe svarūpanirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatyuttaraśatatamaḥ sargaḥ .. 122 ..