Paingala Upanishad of Sukla-Yajurveda

paiṅgalopaniṣat

śuklayajurvedīya sāmānya upaniṣat ॥

paiṅgalopaniṣadvedyaṃ paramānandavigraham ।
paritaḥ kalaye rāmaṃ paramākṣaravaibhavam ॥

oṃ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate ।
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

atha ha paiṅalo yājñavalkyamupasametya
dvādaśavarśaśuśrūṣāpūrvakaṃ
paramarahasyakaivalyamanubrūhīti papraccha । sa hovāca
yājñnavalkyaḥ sadeva somyedamagra āsīt ।
tannityamuktamavikriyaṃ satyajñānānandaṃ paripūrṇaṃ
sanātanamekamevādvitīyaṃ brahma ।
tasminmaruśuktikāsthāṇusphaṭikādau
jalaraupyapuruṣarekhādivallohitaśuklakṛṣṇaguṇamayī
guṇasāmyānirvācyā mūlaprakṛtirāsīt । tatpratibimbitaṃ
yattatsākṣicaitanyamāsīt । sā punarvikṛtiṃ prāpya
sattvodriktā'vyaktākhyāvaraṇaśaktirāsīt । tatpratibimbitaṃ
yattadīśvaracaitanyamāsīt । sa svādhīnamāyaḥ sarvajñaḥ
sṛṣṭisthitilayānāmādikartā jagadaṅkurarūpo bhavati ।
svasminvilīnaṃ sakalaṃ jagadāvirbhāvayati ।
prāṇikarmavaśādeṣa paṭo yadvatprasāritaḥ
prāṇikarmakṣayātpunastirobhāvayati । tasminnevākhilaṃ viśvaṃ
saṅkocitapaṭavadvartate । īśādhiṣṭhitāvaraṇaśaktito
rajodriktā mahadākhyā vikṣepaśaktirāsīt । tatpratibimbitaṃ
yattaddhiraṇyagarbhacaitanyamāsīt । sa mahattattvābhimānī
spaṣṭāspaṣṭavapurbhavati ।
hiraṇyagarbhādhiṣṭhitavikṣepaśaktitastamodriktāhaṅkārābhidhā
sthūlaśaktirāsīt । tatpratibimbitaṃ
yattadvirāṭacaitanyamāsīt । sa tadabhimānī spaṣṭavapuḥ
sarvasthūlapālako viṣṇuḥ pradhānapuruṣo bhavati ।
tasmādātmana ākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ । ākāśādvāyuḥ । vāyoragniḥ
। agnerāpaḥ । adbhyaḥ pṛthivī । tāni pañca tanmātrāṇi
triguṇāni bhavanti । sraṣṭukāmo jagadyonistamoguṇamadhiṣṭhāya
sūkṣmatanmātrāṇi bhūtāni sthūlīkartuṃ so'kāmayata ।
sṛṣṭeḥ parimitāni bhūtānyekamekaṃ dvidhā vidhāya
punaścaturdhā kṛtvā svasvetaradvitīyāṃśaiḥ pañcadhā
saṃyojya pañcīkṛtabhūtairanantakoṭibrahmāṇḍāni
tattadaṇḍocitagolakasthūlaśarīrāṇyasṛjat । sa
pañcabhūtānāṃ rajoṃśāṃścaturdhā kṛtvā
bhāgatrayātpañcavṛttyātmakaṃ prāṇamasṛjat । sa teṣāṃ
turyabhāgena karmendriyāṇyasṛjat । sa teṣāṃ sattvāṃśaṃ
caturdhā kṛtvā bhāgatrayasamaṣṭitaḥ
pañcakriyāvṛttyātmakamantaḥkaraṇamasṛjat । sa teṣāṃ
sattvaturīyabhāgena jñānendriyāṇyasṛjat । sattvasamaṣṭita
indriyapālakānasṛjat । tāni sṛṣṭānyaṇḍe prācikṣipat
। tadājñayā samaṣṭyaṇḍaṃ vyāpya tānyatiṣṭhan ।
tadājñayāhaṅkārasamanvito virāṭ sthūlānyarakṣat ।
hiraṇyagarbhastadājñayā sūkṣmāṇyapālayat । aṇḍasthāni tāni
tena vinā spandituṃ ceṣṭituṃ vā na śekuḥ । tāni
cetanīkartuṃ so'kāmayata brahmāṇḍabrahmarandhrāṇi
samastavyaṣṭimastakānvidārya tadevānuprāviśat । tadā
jaḍānyapi tāni cetanavatsvakarmāṇi cakrire । sarvajñeśo
māyāleśasamanvito vyaṣṭidehaṃ praviśya tayā mohito
jīvatvamagamat ।
śarīratrayatādātmyātkartṛtvabhoktṛtvatāmagamat ।
jāgratsvapnasuṣuptimūrcchāmaraṇadharmayukto
ghaṭīyantravadudvigno jāto mṛta iva kulālacakranyāyena
paribhramatīti ॥ iti prathamo'dhyāyaḥ ॥ 1॥

atha paiṅgalo yājñavalkyamuvāca sarvalokānāṃ
sṛṣṭisthityantakṛdvibhūrīśaḥ kathaṃ jīvatvamagamaditi । sa
hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ sthūlasūkṣmakāraṇadehodbhavapūrvakaṃ
jīveśvarasvarūpaṃ vivicya kathayāmīti
sāvadhānenaikāgratayā śrūyatām । īśaḥ
pañcīkṛtamahābhūtaleśānādāya
vyaṣṭisamaṣṭyātmakasthūlaśarīrāṇi yathākramamakarot ।
kapālacarmāntrāsthimāṃsanakhāni pṛthivyaṃśāḥ ।
raktamūtralālāsvedādikamavaṃśāḥ ।
kṣuttṛṣṇoṣṇamohamaithunādyā agnyaṃśāḥ ।
pracāraṇottāraṇaśvāsādikā vāyvaṃśāḥ । kāmakrodhādayo
vyomāṃśāḥ । etatsaṅghātaṃ karmaṇi sañcitaṃ tvagādiyuktaṃ
bālyādyavasthābhimānāspadaṃ bahudopāśrayaṃ sthūlaśarīraṃ
bhavati ॥

athāpañcīkṛtamahābhūtarajoṃśabhāgatrayasamaṣṭitaḥ
prāṇamasṛjat । prāṇāpānavyānodānasamānāḥ prāṇavṛttayaḥ
। nāgakūrmakṛkaradevadattadhanañjayā upaprāṇāḥ ।
hṛdāsananābhikaṇṭhasarvāṅgāni sthānāni ।
ākāśādirajoguṇaturīyabhāgena karmendriyamasṛjat ।
vākpāṇipādapāyūpāsthāstadvṛttayaḥ ।
vacanādānagamanavisargānandāstadviṣayāḥ ॥

evaṃ bhūtasattvāṃśabhāgatrayasamaṣṭito'ntaḥkaraṇamasṛjat
। antaḥkaraṇamanobuddhicittāhaṅkārāstadvṛttayaḥ ।
saṅkalpaniścayasmaraṇābhimānānusandhānāstadviṣayāḥ ।
galavadananābhihṛdayabhrūmadhyaṃ sthānam ।
bhūtasatvaturīyabhāgena jñānendriyamasṛjat ।
śrotratvakcakṣurjihvāghrāṇāstadvṛttayaḥ ।
śabdasparśarūparasagandhāstadviṣayāḥ ।
digvātārkapraceto'śvivahnīndropendramṛtyukāḥ । candro
viṣṇuścaturvaktraḥ śambhuśca kāraṇādhipāḥ ॥

athānnamayaprāṇamayamanomayavijñāmayānandamayāḥ pañca
kośāḥ । annarasenaiva bhūtvānnarasenābhivṛddhiṃ
prāpyānnarasamayapṛthivyāṃ yadvilīyate so'nnamayakośaḥ ।
tadeva sthūlaśarīram । karmendriyaiḥ saha prāṇādipañcakaṃ
prāṇamayakośaḥ । jñānendriyaiḥ saha buddhirvijñānamayakośaḥ ।
etatkośatrayaṃ liṅgaśarīram ।
svarūpājñānamānandamayakośaḥ । tatkāraṇaśarīram ॥

atha jñānendriyapañcakaṃ karmendriyapañcakaṃ
prāṇādipañcakaṃ viyadādipañcakamantaḥkaraṇacatuṣṭayaṃ
kāmakarmatamāṃsyaṣṭapuram ॥

iśājñayā virājo vyaṣṭidehaṃ praviśya buddhimadhiṣṭhāya
viśvatvamagamat । vijñānātmā cidābhāso viśvo vyāvahāriko
jāgratsthūladehābhimānī karmabhūriti ca viśvasya nāma
bhavati । īśājñayā sūtrātmā vyaṣṭisūkṣmaśarīraṃ
praviśya mana adhiṣṭhāya taijasatvamagamat । taijasaḥ
prātibhāsikaḥ svapnakalpita iti taijasasya nāma bhavati ।
īśājñayā māyopādhiravyaktasamanvito vyaṣṭikāraṇaśarīraṃ
praviśya prājñatvamagamat । prājñovicchinnaḥ pāramārthikaḥ
suṣuptyabhimānīti prājñasya nāma bhavati ।
avyaktaleśājñānācchāditapāramārthikajīvasya
tattvamasyādivākyāni brahmaṇaikatāṃ jaguḥ
netarayorvyāvahārikaprātibhāsikayoḥ ।
antaḥkaraṇapratibimbitacaitanyaṃ yattadevāvasthātrayabhāgbhavati
। sa jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyavasthāḥ prāpya ghaṭīyantravadudvigno
jāto mṛta iva sthito bhavati । atha
jāgratsvapnasuṣuptimūrcchāmaraṇādyavasthāḥ pañca bhavanti
॥

tattaddevatāgrahānvitaiḥ śrotrādijñānendriyaiḥ
śabdyādyarthaviṣayagrahaṇajñānaṃ jāgradavasthā bhavati ।
tatra bhrūmadhyaṃ gato jīva āpādamastakaṃ vyāpya
kṛṣiśravaṇādyakhilakriyākartā bhavati । tattatphalabhuk ca
bhavati । lokāntaragataḥ karmārjitaphalaṃ sa eva bhuṅkte । sa
sārvabhaumavadvyavahārācchrānta antarbhavanaṃ praveṣṭuṃ
mārgamāśritya tiṣṭhati । karaṇoparame
jāgratsaṃskārotthaprabodhavadgrāhyagrāhakarūpasphuraṇaṃ
svapnāvasthā bhavati । tatra viśva eva
jāgradvyavahāralopānnāḍīmadhyaṃ caraṃstaijasatvamavāpya
vāsanārūpakaṃ jagadvaicitryaṃ svabhāsā bhāsayanyathepsitaṃ
svayaṃ bhuṅkte ॥

cittaikakaraṇā suṣuptyavasthā bhavati ।
bhramaviśrāntaśakuniḥ pakṣau saṃhṛtya nīḍābhimukhaṃ yathā
gacchati tathā jīvo'pi jāgratsvapnaprapañce vyavahṛtya
śrānto'jñānaṃ praviśya svānandaṃ bhuṅkte ॥

akasmānmudgaradaṇḍādyaistāḍitavadbhayājñānābhyāmindriyasaṅgh
ātaiḥ kampanniva mṛtatulyā mūrcchā bhavati ।
jāgratsvapnasuṣuptimūrcchāvasthānāmanyā
brahmādistambaparyantaṃ sarvajīvabhayapradā sthūladehavisarjanī
maraṇāvasthā bhavati । karmendriyāṇi jñānendriyāṇi
tattadviṣayānprāṇānsaṃhṛtya kāmakarmānvita
avidyābhūtaveṣṭito jīvo dehāntaraṃ prāpya lokāntaraṃ
gacchati । prākkarmaphalapākenāvartāntarakīṭavadviśrāntiṃ
naiva gacchati । satkarmaparipākato bahūnāṃ janmanāmante
nṛṇāṃ mokṣecchā jāyate । tadā sadgurumāśritya
cirakālasevayā bandhaṃ mokṣaṃ kaścitprayāti । avicārakṛto
bandho vicārānmokṣo bhavati । tasmātsadā vicārayet ।
adhyāropāpavādataḥ svarūpaṃ niścayīkartuṃ śakyate ।
tasmātsadā vicārayejjagajjīvaparamātmano
jīvabhāvajagadbhāvabādhe pratyagabhinnaṃ brahmaivāvaśiṣyata
iti ॥ iti dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ॥ 2॥

atha hainaṃ paiṅgalaḥ prapaccha yājñavalkyaṃ
mahāvākyavivaraṇamanubrūhīti । sa hovāca
yājñavalkyastattvamasi tvaṃ tadasi tvaṃ brahmāsyahaṃ
brahmāsmītyanusandhānaṃ kuryāt । tatra pārokṣyaśabalaḥ
sarvajñatvādilakṣaṇo māyopādhiḥ saccidānandalakṣaṇo
jagadyonistatpadavācyo bhavati । sa
evāntaḥkaraṇasambhinnabodho'smatpratyayāvalambanastvampadavācyo
bhavati । parajīvopādhimāyāvidye vihāya tattvaṃpadalakṣyaṃ
pratyagabhinnaṃ brahma । tattvamasītyahaṃ brahmāsmīti
vākyārthavicāraḥ śravaṇaṃ bhavati । ekāntena
śravaṇārthānusandhānaṃ mananaṃ bhavati ।
śravaṇamanananirvicikitse'rthe vastunyekatānavattayā
cetaḥsthāpanaṃ nididhyāsanaṃ bhavati । dhyātṛdhyāne vihāya
nivātasthitadīpavaddhyeyaikagocaraṃ cittaṃ samādhirbhavati ।
tadānīmātmagocarā vṛttayaḥ samutthitā ajñātā bhavanti ।
tāḥ smaraṇādanumīyante । ihānādisaṃsāre sañcitāḥ
karmakoṭayo'nenaiva vilayaṃ yānti ।
tatobhyāsapāṭavātsahasraśaḥ sadāmṛtadhārā varṣati । tato
yogavittamāḥ samādhiṃ dharmameghaṃ prāhuḥ । vāsanājāle
niḥśeṣamamunā pravilāpite karmasañcaye puṇyapāpe
samūlonmūlite prākparokṣamapi
karatalāmalakavadvākyamapratibaddhāparokṣasākṣātkāraṃ
prasūyate । tadā jīvanmukto bhavati ॥

īśaḥ pañcīkṛtabhūtānāmapañcīkaraṇaṃ kartuṃ
so'kāmayata । brahmāṇḍatadgatalokānkāryarūpāṃśca
kāraṇatvaṃ prāpayitvā tataḥ sūkṣmāṅgaṃ karmendriyāṇi
prāṇāṃśca jñānendriyāṇyantaḥkaraṇacatuṣṭayaṃ
caikīkṛtya sarvāṇi bhautikāni kāraṇe bhūtapañcake saṃyojya
bhūmiṃ jale jalaṃ vahnau vahniṃ vāyau vāyumākāśe
cākāśamahaṅkāre cāhaṅkāraṃ mahati mahadavyakte'vyaktaṃ
puruṣe krameṇa vilīyate । virādḍḍhiraṇyagarbheśvarā
upādhivilayātparamātmani līyante ।
pañcīkṛtamahābhūtasambhavakarmasañcitasthūladehaḥ
karmakṣayātsatkarmaparipākato'pañcīkaraṇaṃ prāpya
sūkṣmeṇaikībhūtvā kāraṇarūpatvamāsādya tatkāraṇaṃ
kūṭasthe pratyagātmani vilīyate । viśvataijasaprājñāḥ
svasvopādhilayātpratyagātmani līyante । aṇḍaṃ jñānāgninā
dagdhaṃ kāraṇaiḥ saha paramātmani līnaṃ bhavati । tato brāhmaṇaḥ
samāhito bhūtvā tattvaṃpadaikyameva sadā kuryāt । tato
meghāpāyeṃ'śumānivātmāvirbhavati । dhyātvā
madhyasthamātmānaṃ kalaśāntaradīpavat ।
aṅguṣṭhamātramātmānamadhūmajyotirūpakam ॥ 1॥

prakāśayantamantaḥsthaṃ dhyāyetkūṭasthamavyayam ।
dhyāyannāste muniścaiva cāsupterāmṛtestu yaḥ ॥ 2॥

jīvanmuktaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sa dhanyaḥ kṛtakṛtyavān ।
jīvanmuktapadaṃ tyaktvā svadehe kālasātkṛte ।
viśatyadehamuktatvaṃ pavano'spandatāmiva ॥ 3॥

aśabdamasparśamarūpamavyayaṃ
tathā rasaṃ nityamagandhavacca yat ।
anādyanantaṃ mahataḥ paraṃ dhruvaṃ
tadeva śiṣyatyamalaṃ nirāmayam ॥ 4॥ iti ॥ iti
tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ॥ 3॥

atha hainaṃ paiṅgalaḥ prapaccha yājñavalkyaṃ jñāninaḥ kiṃ
karma kā ca sthitiriti । sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ ।
amānitvādisampanno mumukṣurekaviṃśatikulaṃ tārayati ।
brahmavinmātreṇa kulamekottaraśataṃ tārayati ।
ātmānaṃ rathinaṃ viddhi śarīraṃ rathameva ca । buddhiṃ tu
sārathiṃ viddhi manaḥ pragrahameva ca ॥ 1॥

indriyāṇi hayānāhurviṣayāṃsteṣu gocarān । jaṅgamāni
vimānāni hṛdayāni manīṣiṇaḥ ॥ 2॥

ātmendriyamanoyuktaṃ bhoktetyāhurmaharṣayaḥ । tato nārāyaṇaḥ
sākṣāddhṛdaye supratiṣṭhitaḥ ॥ 3॥

prārabdhakarmaparyantamahinirmokavadvyavaharati ।
candravaccarate dehī sa muktaścāniketanaḥ ॥ 4॥

tīrthe śvapacagṛhe vā tanuṃ vihāya yāti kaivalyam ।
prāṇānavakīrya yāti kaivalyam ॥

taṃ paścāddigbaliṃ kuryādathavā khananaṃ caret । puṃsaḥ
pravrajanaṃ proktaṃ netarāya kadācana ॥ 5॥

nāśaucaṃ nāgnikāryaṃ ca na piṇḍaṃ nodakakriyā । na
kuryātpārvaṇādīni brahmabhūtāya bhikṣave ॥ 6॥

dagdhasya dahanaṃ nāsti pakvasya pacanaṃ yathā ।
jñānāgnidagdhadehasya na ca śrāddhaṃ na ca kriyā ॥ 7॥

yāvaccopādhiparyantaṃ tāvacchuśrūṣayedgurum ।
guruvadgurubhāryāyāṃ tatputreṣu ca vartanam ॥ 8॥

śuddhamānasaḥ śuddhacidrūpaḥ sahiṣṇuḥ so'hamasmi sahiṣṇuḥ
so'hamasmīti prāpte jñānena vijñāne jñeye paramātmani hṛdi
saṃsthite dehe labdhaśāntipadaṃ gate tadā
prabhāmanobuddhiśūnyaṃ bhavati । amṛtena tṛptasya payasā kiṃ
prayojanam । evaṃ svātmānaṃ jñātvā vedaiḥ prayojanaṃ kiṃ
bhavati । jñānāmṛtatṛptayogino na kiñcitkartavyamasti
tadasti cenna sa tattvavidbhavati । dūrastho'pi na dūrasthaḥ
piṇḍavarjitaḥ piṇḍastho'pi pratyagātmā sarvavyāpī bhavati ।
hṛdayaṃ nirmalaṃ kṛtvā cintayitvāpyanāmayam । ahameva
paraṃ sarvamiti paśyetparaṃ sukham ॥ 9॥

yathā jale jalaṃ kṣiptaṃ kṣīre kṣīraṃ ghṛte ghṛtam ।
aviśeṣo bhavettdvajjivātmaparamātmanoḥ ॥ 10॥

dehe jñānena dīpite buddhirakhaṇḍākārarūpā yadā bhavati
tadā vidvānbrahmajñānāgninā karmabandhaṃ nirdahet । tataḥ
pavitraṃ parameśvarākhyamadvaitarūpaṃ vimalāmbarābham ।
yathodake toyamanupraviṣṭaṃ tathātmarūpo nirupādhisaṃsthitaḥ
॥ 11॥

ākāśavatsūkṣmaśarīra ātmā na dṛśyate vāyuvadantarātmā ।
sa bāhyamabhyantaraniścalātmā jñānolkayāpaśyati
cāntarātmā ॥ 12॥

yatrayatra mṛto jñānī yena vā kena mṛtyunā । yathā
sarvagataṃ vyoma tatratatra layaṃ gataḥ ॥ 13॥

ghaṭākāśamivātmānaṃ vilayaṃ vetti tattvataḥ । sa gacchati
nirālambaṃ jñānālokaṃ samantataḥ ॥ 14॥

tapedvarṣasahasrāṇi ekapādasthito naraḥ । etasya dhyānayogasya
kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm ॥ 15॥

idaṃ jñānamidaṃ jñeyaṃ tatsarvaṃ jñātumicchati । । api
varṣasahasrāyuḥ śāstrāntaṃ nādhigacchati ॥ 16॥

vijñeyo'kṣaratanmātro jīvitaṃ vāpi cañcalam । vihāya
śāstrajālāni yatsatyaṃ tadupāsatām ॥ 17॥

anantakarmaśaucaṃ ca japo yajñastathaiva ca ।
tīrthayātrābhigamanaṃ yāvattattvaṃ na vindati ॥ 18॥

ahaṃ brahmeti niyataṃ mokṣaheturmahātmanām । dve pade
bandhamokṣāya na mameti mameti ca ॥ 19॥

mameti badhyate janturnirmameti vimucyate । manaso hyunmanī bhāve
dvaitaṃ naivopalabhyate ॥ 20॥

yadā yātyunmanībhāvastadā tatparamaṃ padam । yatrayatra mano
yāti tatratatra paraṃ padam ॥ 21॥

tatratatra paraṃ brahma sarvatra samavasthitam ।
hanyānmuṣṭibhirākāśaṃ kṣudhārtaḥ khaṇḍayettuṣam ॥ 22॥

nāhaṃ brahmeti jānāti tasya muktirna jāyate । ya
etadupaniṣadaṃ nityamadhīte so'gnipūto bhavati । sa vāyupūto
bhavati । sa ādityapūto bhavati । sa brahmapūto bhavati । sa
viṣṇupūto bhavati । sa rudrapūto bhavati । sa sarveṣu
tīrtheṣu snāto bhavati । sa sarveṣu vedeṣvadhīto bhavati ।
sa sarvavedavratacaryāsu carito bhavati । tenetihāsapurāṇānāṃ
rudrāṇāṃ śatasahasrāṇi japtāni phalāni bhavanti ।
praṇavānāmayutaṃ japtaṃ bhavati । daśa
pūrvāndaśottarānpunāti । sa paṅktipāvano bhavati । sa
mahānbhavati ।
brahmahatyāsurāpānasvarṇasteyagurutalpagamanatatsaṃyogipātakebhya
ḥ pūto bhavati । tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ
। divīva cakṣurātatam ॥ tadviprāso vipanyavo jāgṛvāṃsaḥ
samindhate । viṣṇoryatparamaṃ padam ॥ oṃ satyamityupaniṣat
॥

oṃ pūrṇāmada iti śāntiḥ ॥

iti paiṅgalopaniṣtsamāptā ॥