Mandalabrahmana Upanishad

maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣat

bāhyāntastārakākaraṃ vyomapañcakavigraham ।
rājayogaikasaṃsiddhaṃ rāmacandramupāsmahe ॥

oṃ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate ।
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

oṃ yājñavalkyo ha vai mahāmunirādityalokaṃ jagāma ।
tamādityaṃ natvā bho bhagavannādityātmatattvamanubrūhīti ।
sahovāca nārāyaṇaḥ ।
jñānayuktayamādyaṣṭāṅgayoga ucyate ।
śītoṣṇāhāranidrāvijayaḥ sarvadā śāntirniścalatvaṃ
viṣayendriyanigrahaścaite yamāḥ ।
gurubhaktiḥ satyamārgānuraktiḥ sukhāgatavastvanubhavaśca
tadvastvanubhavena tuṣṭirniḥsaṅgatā ekāntavāso manonivṛttiḥ
phalānabhilāṣo vairāgyabhāvaśca niyamāḥ ।
sukhāsanavṛttiścīravāsāścaivamāsananiyamo bhavati ।
pūrakakumbhakarecakaiḥ ṣoḍaśacatuṣṣaṣṭi-
dvātri'nśatsaṅkhyayā yathākramaṃ prāṇāyāmaḥ ।
viṣayebhya indriyārthebhyo manonirodhanaṃ pratyāhāraḥ ।
sarvaśarīreṣu caitanyaikatānatā dhyānam ।
viṣayavyāvartanapūrvakaṃ caitanye cetaḥsthāpanaṃ
dhāraṇaṃ bhavati ।
dhyānavismṛtiḥ samādhiḥ ।
evaṃ sūkṣmāṅgāni । ya evaṃ veda sa muktibhāgbhavati ॥ 1॥

dehasya pañcadoṣā bhavanti kāmakrodhaniḥśvāsabhayanidrāḥ ।
tannirāsastu niḥsaṅkalpakṣamālaghvāhārapramādatātattvasevanam ।
nidrābhayasarīsṛpaṃ hiṃsāditaraṅgaṃ tṛṣṇāvartaṃ
dārapaṅkaṃ saṃsāravārdhiṃ tartuṃ sūkṣmamārgamavalambya
sattvādiguṇānatikramya tāramavalokayet ।
bhrūmadhye saccidānandatejaḥkūṭarūpaṃ tārakaṃ brahma ।
tadupāyaṃ lakṣyatrayāvalokanam ।
mūlādhārādārabhya brahmarandhraparyantaṃ suṣumnā sūryābhā ।
mṛṇālatantusūkṣmā kuṇḍalinī । tato tamonivṛttiḥ ।
taddarśanātsarvapāpanivṛttiḥ । tarjanyagronmīlitakarṇarandhradvaye
phūtkāraśabdo jāyate । tatra sthite manasi cakṣurmadhya nīlajyotiḥ
paśyati । evaṃ hṛdaye'pi । bahirlakṣyaṃ tu nāsāgre catuḥ-
ṣaḍaṣṭadaśadvādaśāṅgulībhiḥ kramānnīladyutiśyāmatva-
sadṛgraktabhaṅgīsphuratpītavarṇadvayopetaṃ vyomatvaṃ paśyati
sa tu yogī calanadṛṣṭyā vyomabhāgavīkṣituḥ puruṣasya
dṛṣṭyagre jyotirmayūkhā vartante । taddṛṣṭiḥ sthirā bhavati ।
śīrṣopari dvādaśāṅgulimānajyotiḥ paśyati tadā'mṛtatvameti ।
madhyalakṣyaṃ tu prātaścitrādivarṇasūryacandravahnijvālā-
valīvattadvihīnāntarikṣavatpaśyati ।
tadākārākārī bhavati । abhyāsānnirvikāraṃ
guṇarahitākāśaṃ bhavati । visphurattārakākāragāḍha-
tamopamaṃ parākāśaṃ bhavati । kālānalasamaṃ
dyotamānaṃ mahākāśaṃ bhavati । sarvotkṛṣṭa-
paramādvitīyapradyotamānaṃ tattvākāśaṃ bhavati ।
koṭisūryaprakāśaṃ sūryākāśaṃ bhavati ।
evamabhyāsāttanmayo bhavati । ya evaṃ veda ॥ 2॥

tadyogaṃ ca dvidhā viddhi pūrvottaravibhāgataḥ ।
pūrvaṃ tu tārakaṃ vidyādamanaskaṃ taduttaramiti ।
tārakaṃ dvividham । mūrtitārakamamūrtitārakamiti ।
yadindriyāntaṃ tanmūrtitārakam । yadbhrūyugātītaṃ
tadamūrtitārakamiti । ubhayamapi manoyuktamabhyaset ।
manoyuktāntaradṛṣṭistārakaprakāśāya bhavati ।
bhrūyugamadhyabile tejasa āvirbhāvaḥ । etatpūrvatārakam ।
uttaraṃ tvamanaskam । tālumūlordhvabhāge mahājyotirvidyate ।
taddarśanādaṇimādisiddhiḥ । lakṣye'ntarbāhyāyāṃ
dṛṣṭau nimeṣonmeṣavarjitāyāṃ ca iyaṃ śāmbhavī
mudrā bhavati । sarvatantreṣu gopyamahāvidyā bhavati ।
tajjñānena saṃsāranivṛttiḥ । tatpūjanaṃ mokṣaphaladam ।
antarlakṣyaṃ jalajyotiḥsvarūpaṃ bhavati । maharṣivedyaṃ
antarbāhyendriyairadṛśyam ॥ 3॥

sahasrāre jalajyotirantarlakṣyam । buddhiguhāyāṃ
sarvāṅgasundaraṃ puruṣarūpamantarlakṣyamityapare ।
śīrṣāntargatamaṇḍalamadhyagaṃ pañcavaktramumāsahāyaṃ
nīlakaṇṭhaṃ praśāntamantarlakṣyamiti kecit ।
aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo'ntarlakṣyamityeke ।
uktavikalpaṃ sarvamātmaiva । tallakṣyaṃ śuddhātmadṛṣṭyā
vā yaḥ paśyati sa eva brahmaniṣṭho bhavati । jīvaḥ
pañcaviṃśakaḥ svakalpitacaturviṃśatitattvaṃ parityajya
ṣaḍviṃśaḥ paramātmāhamiti niścayājjīvanmukto bhavati ।
evamantarlakṣyadarśanena jīvanmuktidaśāyāṃ svayamantarlakṣyo
bhūtvā paramākāśākhaṇḍamaṇḍalo bhavati ॥ 4॥

iti prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam ॥

atha ha yājñavalkya ādityamaṇḍalapuruṣaṃ papraccha ।
bhagavannantarlakṣyādikaṃ bahudhoktam । mayā tanna
jñātam । tadbrūhi mahyam । taduhovāca pañcabhūta-
kāraṇaṃ taḍitkūṭābhaṃ tadvaccatuḥpīṭham । tanmadhye
tattvaprakāśo bhavati । so'tigūḍha avyaktaśca ।
tajjñānaplavādhirūḍhena jñeyam । tadbāhyābhyantarlakṣyam ।
tanmadhye jagallīnam । tannādabindukalātītamakhaṇḍamaṇḍalam ।
tatsaguṇanirguṇasvarūpam । tadvettā vimuktaḥ । ādāvagnimaṇḍalam ।
tadupari sūryamaṇḍalam । tanmadhye sudhācandramaṇḍalam ।
tanmadhye'khaṇḍabrahmatejomaṇḍalam । tadvidyullekhāvacchukla-
bhāsvaram । tadeva śāmbhavīlakṣaṇam । taddarśane tisro mūrtaya
amā pratipatpūrṇimā ceti । nimīlitadarśanamamādṛṣṭiḥ ।
ardhonmīlitaṃ pratipat । sarvonmīlanaṃ pūrṇimā bhavati । tāsu
pūrṇimābhyāsaḥ kartavyaḥ tallakṣyaṃ nāsāgram । tadā
tālumūle gāḍhatamo dṛśyate । tadabhyāsādakhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāra-
jyotirdṛśyate । tadeva saccidānandaṃ brahma bhavati । evaṃ
sahajānande yadā mano līyate tadā śānto bhavī bhavati । tāmeva
khecarīmāhuḥ । tadabhyāsānmanaḥsthairyam । tato vāyusthairyam ।
taccihnāni । ādau tārakavaddṛśyate । tato vajradarpaṇam । tata
upari pūrṇacandramaṇḍalam । tato vahniśikhāmaṇḍalaṃ kramāddṛśyate ॥ 1॥

tadā paścimābhimukhaprakāśaḥ sphaṭikadhūmra-
bindunādakalānakṣatrakhadyotadīpanetrasavarṇanava-
ratnādiprabhā dṛśyante । tadeva praṇavasvarūpam ।
prāṇāpānayoraikyaṃ kṛtvā dhṛtakumbhako nāsāgra-
darśanadṛḍhabhāvanayā dvikarāṅgulibhiḥ ṣaṇmukhī-
karaṇena praṇavadhvaniṃ niśamya manastatra līnaṃ bhavati ।
tasya na karmalepaḥ । raverudayāstamayayoḥ kila karma
kartavyam । evaṃvidaścidādityasyodayāstamayābhāvā-
tsarvakarmābhāvaḥ । śabdakālalayena divārātryatīto bhūtvā
sarvaparipūrṇajñānenonyānyavasthāvaśena brahmaikyaṃ
bhavati । unmanyā amanaskaṃ bhavati । tasya niścintā
dhyānam । sarvakarmanirākaraṇamāvāhanam ।
niścayajñānamāsanam । unmanībhāvaḥ pādyam ।
sadā'manaskamarghyam । sadādīptirapārāmṛtavṛttiḥ
snānam । sarvatra bhāvanā gandhaḥ । dṛksvarūpāvasthāna-
makṣatāḥ । cidāptiḥ puṣpam । cidagnisvarūpaṃ dhūpaḥ ।
cidādityasvarūpaṃ dīpaḥ । paripūrṇacandrāmṛtarasasyaikīkaraṇaṃ
naivedyam । niścalatvaṃ pradakṣiṇam । sohaṃbhāvo namaskāraḥ ।
maunaṃ stutiḥ । sarvasantoṣo visarjanamiti ya evaṃ veda । ॥ 2॥

evaṃ tripuṭyāṃ nirastāyāṃ nistaraṅgasamudravannivāta-
sthitadīpavadacalasampūrṇabhāvābhāvavihīnakaivalyadyotirbhavati ।
jāgrannindāntaḥparijñānena brahmavidbhavati ।
suṣuptisamādhyormanolayāviśeṣe'pi mahadastyubhayo-
rbhedastamasi līnatvānmuktihetutvābhāvācca । samādhau
mṛditatamovikārasya tadākārākāritākhaṇḍākāra-
vṛttyātmakasākṣicaitanye prapañcalayaḥ sampadyate
prapañcasya manaḥkalpitatvāt । tato bhedābhāvātkadāci-
dbahirgate'pi mithyātvabhānāt । sakṛdvibhātasadānandā-
nubhavaikagocaro brahmavittadeva bhavati । yasya saṅkalpanāśaḥ
syāttasya muktiḥ kare sthitā । tasmādbhāvābhāvau parityajya
paramātmadhyānena mukto bhavati । punaḥpunaḥ sarvāvasthāsu
jñānajñeyau dhyānadhyeyau lakṣyālakṣye dṛśyādṛśye
cohāpohādi parityajya jīvanmukto bhavet । ya evaṃ veda ॥ 3॥

pañcāvasthāḥ jāgratsvapnasuṣuptiturīyaturīyātītāḥ ।
jāgrati pravṛtto jīvaḥ pravṛttimārgāsaktaḥ ।
pāpaphalanarakādimāṃstu śubhakarmaphalasvargamastviti
kāṅkṣate । sa eva svīkṛtavairāgyātkarmaphalajanmā'laṃ
saṃsārabandhanamalamiti vimuktyabhimukho nivṛttimārga-
pravṛtto bhavati । sa eva saṃsāratāraṇāya gurumāśritya
kāmādi tyaktvā vihitakarmācaransādhanacatuṣṭayasampanno
hṛdayakamalamadhye bhagavatsattāmātrāntarlakṣyarūpamāsādya
suṣuptyavasthāyā muktabrahmānandasmṛtiṃ labdhvā
eka evāhamadvitīyaḥ kañcitkālamajñānavṛttyā
vismṛtajāgradvāsanānuphalena taijaso'smīti tadubhayanivṛttyā
prājña idānīmasmītyahameka eva sthānabhedādavasthābhedasya
paraṃtu nahi madanyaditi jātavivekaḥ śuddhādvaitabrahmāhamiti
bhidāgandhaṃ nirasya svāntarvijṛmbhitabhānumaṇḍaladhyāna-
tadākārākāritaparaṃbrahmākāritamuktimārgamārūḍhaḥ
paripakvo bhavati । saṅkalpādikaṃ mano bandhahetuḥ । tadviyuktaṃ
mano mokṣāya bhavati । tadvāṃścakṣurādibāhyaprapañcarato
vigataprapañcagandhaḥ sarvajagadātmatvena paśyaṃstyaktāhaṅkāro
brahmāhamasmīti cintayannidaṃ sarvaṃ yadayamātmeti
bhāvayankṛtakṛtyo bhavati ॥ 4॥

sarvaparipūrṇaturīyātītabrahmabhūto yogī bhavati ।
taṃ brahmeti stuvanti । sarvalokastutipātraḥ sarvadeśa-
saṃcāraśīlaḥ paramātmagagane binduṃ nikṣipya
śuddhādvaitājāḍyasahajāmanaskayoganidrākhaṇḍā-
nandapadānuvṛttyā jīvanmukto bhavati । taccānanda-
samudramagnā yogino bhavanti । tadapekṣayā indrādayaḥ
svalpānandāḥ । evaṃ prāptānandaḥ paramayogī bhavatītyupaniṣat ॥ 5॥

iti dvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ॥ 2॥

yājñavalkyo mahāmunirmaṇḍalapuruṣaṃ papraccha
svāminnamanaskalakṣaṇamuktamapi vismṛtaṃ
punastallakṣaṇaṃ brūhīti । tatheti maṇḍalapuruṣo'bravīt ।
idamamanaskamatirahasyam । yajjñānena kṛtārtho
bhavati tannityaṃ śāṃbhavīmudrānvitam । paramātmadṛṣṭyā
tatpratyayalakṣyāṇi dṛṣṭvā tadanu sarveśamaprameyamajaṃ
śivaṃ paramākāśaṃ nirālambamadvayaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudrādīnā-
mekalakṣyaṃ sarvakāraṇaṃ paraṃbrahmātmanyeva paśyamāno
guhāviharaṇameva niścayena jñātvā bhāvābhāvādidvandvātītaḥ
saṃviditamanonmanyanubhavastadanantaramakhilendriyakṣayavaśādamanaska-
sukhabrahmānandasamudre manaḥpravāhayogarūpanivātasthitadīpavadacalaṃ
paraṃbrahma prāpnoti । tataḥ śuṣkavṛkṣavanmūrcchānidrāmaya-
niḥśvāsocchvāsābhāvānnaṣṭadvandvaḥ sadācañcalagātraḥ
paramaśāntiṃ svīkṛtya manaḥ pracāraśūnyaṃ paramātmani līnaṃ bhavati ।
payasrāvānantaraṃ dhenustanakṣīramiva sarvendriyavarge parinaṣṭe
manonāśaṃ bhavati tadevāmanaskam । tadanu nityaśuddhaḥ
paramātmāhameveti tattvamasītyupadeśena tvamevāhamahameva
tvamiti tārakayogamārgeṇākhaṇḍānandapūrṇaḥ kṛtārtho bhavati ॥ 1॥

paripūrṇaparākāśamagnamanāḥ prāptonmanyavasthaḥ
saṃnyastasarvendriyavargaḥ anekajanmārjitapuṇyapuñjapakva-
kaivalyaphalo'khaṇḍānandanirastasarvakleśakaśmalo brahmāhamasmīti
kṛtakṛtyo bhavati । tvamevāhaṃ na bhedo'sti pūrṇatvātparamātmanaḥ ।
ityuccarantsamāliṅgya śiṣyaṃ jñaptimanīnayat ॥ 2॥

iti tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam ॥ 3॥

atha ha yājñavalkyo maṇḍalapuruṣaṃ papraccha
vyomapañcakalakṣaṇaṃ vistareṇānubrūhīti । sa
hovācākāśaṃ parākāśaṃ mahākāśaṃ
sūryākāśaṃ paramākāśamiti pañca bhavanti ।
bāhyābhyantaramandhakāramayamākāśam ।
bāhyasyābhyantare kālānalasadṛśaṃ parākāśam ।
sabāhyābhyantare'parimitadyutinibhaṃ tattvaṃ mahākāśam ।
sabāhyābhyantare sūryanibhaṃ sūryākāśam ।
anirvacanīyajyotiḥ sarvavyāpakaṃ niratiśayānandalakṣaṇaṃ
paramākāśam । evaṃ tattallakṣyadarśanāttattadrūpo bhavati ।
navacakraṃ ṣaḍādhāraṃ trilakṣyaṃ vyomapañcakam ।
samyagetanna jānāti sa yogī nāmato bhavet ॥ 1॥

iti caturthaṃ brāhmaṇam ॥ 4॥

saviṣayaṃ mano bandhāya nirviṣayaṃ muktaye bhavati ।
ataḥ sarvaṃ jagaccittagocaram । tadeva cittaṃ nirāśrayaṃ
manonmanyavasthāparipakvaṃ layayogyaṃ bhavati । tallayaṃ
paripūrṇe mayi samabhyaset । manolayakāraṇamahameva ।
anāhatasya śabdasya tasya śabdasya yo dhvaniḥ ।
dhvanerantargataṃ jyotirjyotirantargataṃ manaḥ ।
yanmanastrijagatsṛṣṭisthitivyasanakarmakṛt ।
tanmano vilayaṃ yāti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam ।
tallayācchuddhādvaitasiddhirbhedābhāvāt ।
etadeva paramatattvam । sa tajjño bālonmatta-
piśācavajjaḍavṛttyā lokamācaret evamamanaskābhyāsenaiva
nityatṛptiralpamūtrapurīṣamitabhojanadṛḍhāṅgā-
jāḍyanidrādṛgvāyucalanābhāvabrahmadarśanājjñāta-
sukhasvarūpasiddhirbhavati । evaṃ cirasamādhijanita-
brahmāmṛtapānaparāyaṇo'sau saṃnyāsī paramahaṃsa
avadhūto bhavati । taddarśanena sakalaṃ jagatpavitraṃ bhavati ।
tatsevāparo'jño'pi mukto bhavati । tatkulamekottaraśataṃ tārayati ।
tanmātṛpitṛjāyāpatyavargaṃ ca muktaṃ bhavatītyupaniṣat ॥

oṃ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate ।
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

iti maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣatsamāptā ॥