Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.218
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12.218.1
निष्कल्मषं ब्रह्मचर्यमिच्छताचरितुं सदा ।
निद्रा सर्वात्मना त्याज्या स्वप्नदोषमवेक्षता ॥ १२.२१८.१ ॥
One who wishes always to practise spotless celibacy must abandon sleep entirely, keeping watch over the fault of nocturnal emissions.
12.218.2
स्वप्ने हि रजसा देही तमसा चाभिभूयते ।
देहान्तरमिवापन्नश्चरत्यपगतस्मृतिः ॥ १२.२१८.२ ॥
In a dream the embodied one is overcome by passion and by dullness; as if having taken another body, he wanders with memory lost.
12.218.3
ज्ञानाभ्यासाज्जागरिता जिज्ञासार्थमनन्तरम् ।
विज्ञानाभिनिवेशात्तु स जागर्त्यनिशं सदा ॥ १२.२१८.३ ॥
Through the practice of knowledge comes wakefulness, and afterward for the sake of inquiry; but one who fixes his mind on discernment is awake ceaselessly, always.
12.218.4
अत्राह कोन्वयं भावः स्वप्ने विषयवानिव ।
प्रलीनैरिन्द्रियैर्देही वर्तते देहवानिव ॥ १२.२१८.४ ॥
Here it is asked: what is this state in a dream, as if possessed of objects? With the senses withdrawn, the embodied one exists as if still possessed of a body.
12.218.5
अत्रोच्यते यथा ह्येतद्वेद योगेश्वरो हरिः ।
तथैतदुपपन्नार्थं वर्णयन्ति महर्षयः ॥ १२.२१८.५ ॥
Here it is said: just as Hari, lord of yoga, knows this, so the great sages describe this meaning, which is well founded.
12.218.6
इन्द्रियाणां श्रमात्स्वप्नमाहुः सर्वगतं मनः ।
तन्मयानीन्द्रियाण्याहुस्तावद्गच्छन्ति तानि वै ॥ १२.२१८.६ ॥
From the fatigue of the senses, they say, arises the dream; the mind is all-pervading, and the senses are said to be made of mind, and so long they go on.
12.218.7
अत्राहुस्त्रितयं नित्यमतथ्यमिति चेच्च न ।
प्रथमे वर्तमानोऽसौ त्रितयं चेति सर्वदा ॥ १२.२१८.७ ॥
Here they say the triad is always present, and if it is not false, one abiding in the first state always knows the triad.
12.218.8
नेतरावुपसंगम्य विजानाति कथंचन ।
स्वप्नावस्थागतो ह्येष स्वप्न इत्येव वेत्ति च ॥ १२.२१८.८ ॥
Approaching the other two, he does not know it in any way; this one, gone into the dream state, knows it only as a dream.
12.218.9
तदप्यसदृशं युक्त्या त्रितयं मोहलक्षणम् ।
यदात्मत्रितयान्मुक्तस्तदा जानात्यसत्कृतः ॥ १२.२१८.९ ॥
By reasoning, that too is unfitting; the triad is the mark of delusion. When one is freed from the triad of the self, the one made unreal then knows.
12.218.10
मनसस्त्वप्रलीनत्वात्तत्तदाहुर्निदर्शनम् ।
कार्ये चासक्तमनसः संकल्पो जाग्रतो ह्यपि।
यद्वन्मनोरथैश्चर्यं स्वप्ने तद्वन्मनोगतम् ॥ १२.२१८.१० ॥
Because the mind is not wholly dissolved, they call that an illustration: the resolve of a waking man whose mind is attached to action is likewise; as the splendor of mental chariots is in a dream, so is all that has gone into the mind.
12.218.11
संसाराणामसंख्यानां कामात्मा तदवाप्नुयात् ।
मनस्यन्तर्हितं सर्वं वेद सोत्तमपूरुषः ॥ १२.२१८.११ ॥
Through countless worlds of transmigration, the desire-souled one obtains it; the supreme person knows everything hidden in the mind.
12.218.12
गुणानामपि यद्येतत्कर्मणा चाप्युपस्थितम् ।
तत्तच्छंसन्ति भूतानि मनो यद्भावितं यथा ॥ १२.२१८.१२ ॥
If this too arises through the qualities and through action, beings declare each thing just as the mind has conceived it.
12.218.13
ततस्तमुपसर्पन्ति गुणा राजसतामसाः ।
सात्विका वा यथायोगमानन्तर्यफलोदयम् ॥ १२.२१८.१३ ॥
Then the qualities of passion and darkness draw near to him, or the qualities of goodness come as is fitting, and their fruit arises immediately after.
12.218.14
ततः पश्यन्त्यसंबन्धान्वातपित्तकफोत्तरान् ।
रजस्तमोभवैर्भावैस्तदप्याहुर्दुरत्ययम् ॥ १२.२१८.१४ ॥
Then they see unconnected things dominated by wind, bile and phlegm; and by the states arising from passion and darkness they call even that hard to overcome.
12.218.15
प्रसन्नैरिन्द्रियैर्यद्यत्संकल्पयति मानसम् ।
तत्तत्स्वप्नेप्युपरते मनो बुद्धिर्निरीक्षते ॥ १२.२१८.१५ ॥
Whatever the mind imagines through clear senses, that very thing the mind and intellect behold in dream, when the senses are at rest.
12.218.16
व्यापकं सर्वभूतेषु वर्तते दीपवन्मनः ।
आत्मप्रभावात्तं विद्यात्सर्वा ह्यात्मनि देवताः ॥ १२.२१८.१६ ॥
Pervading all beings, the mind abides like a lamp; one should know it by the power of the self, for all the gods are in the self.
12.218.17
मनस्यन्तर्हितं द्वारं देहमास्थाय मानुषम् ।
यत्तत्सदसदव्यक्तं स्वपित्यस्मिन्निदर्शनम् ॥ १२.२१८.१७ ॥
A hidden door lies in the mind; having entered the human body, that unmanifest which is both being and non-being sleeps in this — this is its sign.
12.218.18
व्यक्तभेदमतीतोऽसौ चिन्मात्रं परिदृश्यते ।
सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्थं तमध्यात्मगुणं विदुः ॥ १२.२१८.१८ ॥
Beyond manifest distinctions, he is seen as pure consciousness alone; abiding as the self of all beings, they know him as the quality of the inner self.
12.218.19
लिप्सेन मनसा यश्च संकल्पादैश्वरं गुणम् ।
आत्मप्रसादात्तं विद्यात्सर्वा ह्यात्मनि देवताः ॥ १२.२१८.१९ ॥
He who, with desire and by the resolve of the mind, attains the lordly quality, should be known through the serenity of the self; for all the gods are indeed in the self.
12.218.20
एवं हि तपसा युञ्ज्यादर्कवत्तमसः परम् ।
त्रैलोक्यप्रकृतिर्देही तमसोन्ते महेश्वरम् ॥ १२.२१८.२० ॥
Thus by austerity one should join oneself, like the sun, beyond darkness; the embodied one, of the nature of the three worlds, at the end of darkness reaches the great lord.
12.218.21
तपो ह्यधिष्ठितं देवैस्तपोघ्नमसुरैस्तमः ।
एतद्देवासुरैर्गुप्तं तदाहुर्ज्ञानलक्षणम् ॥ १२.२१८.२१ ॥
Austerity is resorted to by the gods, and darkness, the destroyer of austerity, belongs to the asuras; this is guarded by gods and asuras alike, and they call it the mark of knowledge.
12.218.22
सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चेति देवासुरगुणान्विदुः ।
सत्त्वं देवगुणं विद्यादितरावासुरौ गुणौ ॥ १२.२१८.२२ ॥
Goodness, passion and darkness — they know these to be the qualities of gods and asuras; goodness should be known as the quality of the gods, and the other two are the qualities of the asuras.
12.218.23
सत्त्वं मनस्तथा बुद्धिर्देवा इत्यभिशंब्दिताः ।
तैरेव हि वृतस्तस्माज्ज्ञात्वैवं परमं… ॥ १२.२१८.२३ ॥
Goodness, mind and intellect are called the gods; he is indeed enveloped by them; therefore, having known thus the supreme…
12.218.24
निद्राविकल्पेन सतां… विशति लोकवत् ।
स्वस्थो भवति गूढात्मा कलुषैः परिवर्जितः ॥ १२.२१८.२४ ॥
By the alternation of sleep, of the good… enters like the world; the one whose self is hidden becomes at peace, freed from impurities.
12.218.25
निशादिका ये कथिता लोकानां कलुषा मताः ।
तैर्हीनं यत्पुरं शुद्धं बाह्याभ्यन्तरवर्तिनम्।
सदानन्दमयं नित्यं भूत्वा तत्परमन्वियात् ॥ १२.२१८.२५ ॥
Having become ever blissful and eternal, one should seek that supreme state, the pure city dwelling both outside and within, free from the defilements of the worlds, which are said to be night and the like.
12.218.26
एवमाख्यातमत्यर्थं ब्रह्मचर्यमकल्मषम् ।
सर्वसंयोगहीनं तद्विष्ण्वाख्यं परमं पदम्।
अचिन्त्यमद्भुतं लोके ज्ञानेन परिवर्तते ॥ १२.२१८.२६ ॥
Thus has the utterly stainless discipline of chastity been declared. That supreme state named Viṣṇu, free from all attachments, is in the world unthinkable and wonderful; it is attained through knowledge.
12.218.27
ब्रह्म तत्परमं ज्ञानममृतं ज्योतिरक्षरम् ।
ये विदुर्भावितात्मानस्ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् ॥ १२.२१८.२७ ॥
That supreme Brahman is knowledge, immortal, light, imperishable. Those whose selves are purified know it; they go to the supreme goal.
12.218.28
हेतुमच्छक्यमाख्यातुमेतावज्ज्ञानचक्षुषा ।
प्रत्याहारेण वा शक्यमव्यक्तं ब्रह्म वेदितुम् ॥ १२.२१८.२८ ॥
This much can be declared with reasons, by the eye of knowledge. Or the unmanifest Brahman can be known through withdrawal of the senses.