Dashopanishad 17

Daśopaniṣad 17

Language: Sanskrit

17.1

prathamamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
tadetatsatyaṃ mantreṣu karmāṇi kavayo yānyapaśyaṃstāni tretāyāṃ
bahudhā saṃtatāni | tānyācaratha niyataṃ satyakāmā eṣa vaḥ panthāḥ
sukṛtasya loke

17.2

agnāvāhuteḥ kartavyatāprakāraḥ
yadā lelāyate hyarciḥ samiddhe havyavāhane
tadājyabhāgāvāntareṇāhutīḥ pratipādayet

17.3

yasyāgnihotramadarśamapaurṇamāsamacāturmāsyamanāgrayaṇamatithivarjitaṃ ca
ahutamavaiśvadevamavidhinā hutamāsaptamāṃstasya lokān hinasti

17.4

kālī karālī ca manojavā ca sulohitā yā ca sudhūmravarṇā
sphuliṅginī viśvarucī ca devī lelāyamānā iti sapta jihvāḥ

17.5

eteṣu yaścarate bhrājamāneṣu yathākālaṃ cāhutayo hyādadāyan
taṃ nayantyetāḥ sūryasya raśmayo yatra devānāṃ patireko'dhivāsaḥ

ehyehīti tamāhutayaḥ suvarcasaḥ sūryasya raśmibhiryajamānaṃ vahanti
priyāṃ vācamabhivadantyo'rcayantya eṣa vaḥ puṇyaḥ sukṛto brahmalokaḥ
plavā hyete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā aṣṭādaśoktamavaraṃ yeṣu karma
etacchreyo ye'bhinandanti mūḍhā jarāmṛtyuṃ te punarevāpi yanti

17.8

avidvannindā
avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃmanyamānāḥ
jaṅghanyamānāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ

17.9

karmiṇāṃ yātāyātakaleśaḥ
avidyāyāṃ bahudhā vartamānā vayaṃ kṛtārthā ityabhimanyanti bālāḥ
yatkarmiṇo na pravedayanti rāgāttenāturāḥ kṣīṇalokāścyavante

17.10

iṣṭāpūrtaṃ manyamānā variṣṭhaṃ nānyacchreyo vedayante pramūḍhāḥ
nākasya pṛṣṭhe te sukṛte'nubhūtvemaṃ lokaṃ hīnataraṃ vā viśanti

17.13

tapaḥśraddhe ye hyupavasantyaraṇye śāntā vidvāṃso bhaikṣacaryāṃ carantaḥ
sūryadvāreṇa te virajāḥ prayānti yatrāmṛtaḥ sa puruṣo hyavyayātmā
parīkṣya lokān karmacitān brāhmaṇo nirvedamāyānnāstyakṛtaḥ kṛtena
tadvijñānārthaṃ sa gurumevābhigacchet samitpāṇiḥ śrotriyaṃ brahmaniṣṭham
tasmai sa vidvānupasannāya samyak praśāntacittāya śamānvitāya
yenākṣaraṃ puruṣaṃ veda satyaṃ provāca tāṃ tattvato brahmavidyām