Akshi Upanishad

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yatsaptabhūmikāvidyāvedyānandakalevaram ।
vikalevarakaivalyaṃ rāmacandrapadaṃ bhaje ॥

oṃ saha nāvavatu saha nau bhunaktu
saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai ।
tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

hariḥ oṃ ॥

atha ha sāṃkṛtirbhagavānādityalokaṃ jagāma ।
tamādityaṃ natvā cākṣuṣmatīvidyayā
tamastuvat । oṃ namo bhagavate śrīsūryā-
yākṣitejase namaḥ । oṃ khecarāya namaḥ ।
oṃ mahāsenāya namaḥ । oṃ tamase namaḥ ।
oṃ rajase namaḥ । oṃ sattvāya namaḥ ।
oṃ asato mā sadgamaya । tamaso mā jyotirgamaya ।
mṛtyormā'mṛtaṃ gamaya । haṃso bhagavā-
ñchucirūpaḥ pratirūpaḥ । viśvarūpaṃ ghṛṇinaṃ
jātavedasaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ jyotīrūpaṃ tapantam ।
sahasraraśmiḥ śatadhā vartamānaḥ puruṣaḥ
prajānāmudayatyeṣa sūryaḥ । oṃ namo
bhagavate śrīsūryāyādityāyākṣitejase'hovāhini
vāhini svāheti । evaṃ cākṣuṣmatīvidyayā stutaḥ
śrīsūryanārāyaṇaḥ suprīto'bravīccākṣuṣmatī-
vidyāṃ brāhmaṇo yo nityamadhīte na tasyākṣirogo
bhavati । na tasya kule'ndho bhavati । aṣṭau
brāhmaṇāngrāhayitvātha vidyāsiddhirbhavati ।
ya evaṃ veda sa mahānbhavati ॥ 1॥

atha ha sāṃkṛtirādityaṃ papraccha bhagavan-
brahmavidyāṃ me brūhīti । tamādityo hovāca ।
sāṃkṛte śṛṇu vakṣyāmi tattvajñānaṃ sudurlabham ।
yena vijñātamātreṇa jīvanmukto bhaviṣyasi ॥1॥

sarvamekamajaṃ śāntamanantaṃ dhruvamavyayam ।
paśyanbhūtārthacidrūpaṃ śānta āsva yathāsukham ॥ 2॥

avedanaṃ viduryogaṃ cittakṣayamakṛtrimam ।
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi nīraso vātha mā kuru ॥ 3॥

virāgamupayātyantarvāsanāsvanuvāsaram ।
kriyāsūdārarūpāsu kramate modate'nvaham ॥ 4॥

grāmyāsu jaḍaceṣṭāsu satataṃ vicikitsate ।
nodāharati marmāṇi puṇyakarmāṇi sevate ॥ 5॥

ananyodvegakārīṇi mṛdukarmāṇi sevate ।
pāpādbibheti satataṃ na ca bhogamapekṣate ॥ 6॥

snehapraṇayagarbhāṇi peśalānyucitāni ca ।
deśakālopapannāni vacanānyabhibhāṣate ॥ 7॥

manasā karmaṇā vācā sajjanānupasevate ।
yataḥ kutaścidānīya nityaṃ śāstrāṇyavekṣate ॥ 8॥

tadāsau prathamāmekāṃ prāpto bhavati bhūmikām ।
evaṃ vicāravānyaḥ syātsaṃsārottaraṇaṃ prati ॥ 9॥

sa bhūmikāvānityuktaḥ śeṣastvārya iti smṛtaḥ ।
vicāranāmnīmitarāmāgato yogabhūmikām ॥ 10॥

śrutismṛtisadācāradhāraṇādhyānakarmaṇaḥ ।
mukhyayā vyākhyayākhyātāñchrayati śreṣṭhapaṇḍitān ॥ 11॥

padārthapravibhāgajñaḥ kāryākāryavinirṇayam ।
jānātyadhigataścānyo gṛhaṃ gṛhapatiryathā ॥ 12॥

madābhimānamātsaryalobhamohātiśāyitām ।
bahirapyāsthitāmīṣatyajatyahiriva tvacam ॥ 13॥

itthaṃbhūtamatiḥ śāstragurusajjanasevayā ।
sarahasyamaśeṣeṇa yathāvadadhigacchati ॥ 14॥

asaṃsargābhidhāmanyāṃ tṛtīyāṃ yogabhūmikām ।
tataḥ patatyasau kāntaḥ puṣpaśayyāmivāmalām ॥ 15॥

yathāvacchāstravākyārthe matimādhāya niścalām ।
tāpasāśramaviśrāntairadhyātmakathanakramaiḥ ।
śilāśayyāsanāsīno jarayatyāyurātatam ॥ 16॥

vanāvanivihāreṇa cittopaśamaśobhinā ।
asaṅgasukhasaukhyena kālaṃ nayati nītimān ॥ 17॥

abhyāsātsādhuśāstrāṇāṃ karaṇātpuṇyakarmaṇām ।
jantoryathāvadeveyaṃ vastudṛṣṭiḥ prasīdati ॥ 18॥

tṛtīyāṃ bhūmikāṃ prāpya buddho'nubhavati svayam ॥ 19॥

dviprakārasaṃsargaṃ tasya bhedamimaṃ śruṇu ।
dvividho'yamasaṃsargaḥ sāmānyaḥ śreṣṭha eva ca ॥ 20॥

nāhaṃ kartā na bhoktā ca na bādhyo na ca bādhakaḥ ।
ityasaṃjanamartheṣu sāmānyāsaṅganāmakam ॥ 21॥

prākkarmanirmitaṃ sarvamīśvarādhīnameva vā ।
sukhaṃ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṃ kaivātra tava kartṛtā ॥ 22॥

bhogābhogā mahārogāḥ sampadaḥ paramāpadaḥ ।
viyogāyaiva saṃyogā ādhayo vyādhayo dhiyām ॥ 23॥

kālaśca kalanodyuktaḥ sarvabhāvānanāratam ।
anāsthayeti bhāvānāṃ yadabhāvanamāntaram ।
vākyārthalabdhamanasaḥ samānyo'sāvasaṅgamaḥ ॥ 24॥

anena kramayogena saṃyogena mahātmanām ।
nāhaṃ karteśvaraḥ kartā karma vā prāktanaṃ mama ॥ 25॥

kṛtvā dūratare nūnamiti śabdārthabhāvanam ।
yanmaunamāsanaṃ śāntaṃ tacchreṣṭhāsaṅga ucyate ॥ 26॥

santoṣāmodamadhurā prathamodeti bhūmikā ।
bhūmiproditamātro'ntaramṛtāṅkurikeva sā ॥ 27॥

eṣā hi parimṛṣṭāntaḥ saṃnyāsā prasavaikabhūḥ ।
dvitīyāṃ ca tṛtīyāṃ ca bhūmikāṃ prāpnuyāttataḥ ॥ 28॥

śreṣṭhā sarvagatā hyeṣā tṛtīyā bhūmikātra hi ।
bhavati projjhitāśeṣasaṃkalpakalanaḥ pumān ॥ 29॥

bhūmikātritayābhyāsādajñāne kṣayamāgate ।
samaṃ sarvatra paśyanti caturthīṃ bhūmikāṃ gatāḥ ॥ 30॥

advaite sthairyamāyāte dvaite ca praśamaṃ gate ।
paśyanti svapnavallokaṃ caturthīṃ bhūmikāṃ gatāḥ ॥ 31॥

bhūmikātritayaṃ jāgraccaturthī svapna ucyate ॥ 32॥

cittaṃ tu śaradabhrāṃśavilayaṃ pravilīyate ।
sattvāvaśeṣa evāste pañcamīṃ bhūmikāṃ gataḥ ॥ 33॥

jagadvikalpo nodeti cittasyātra vilāpanāt ।
pañcamīṃ bhūmikāmetya suṣuptapadanāmikām ।
śāntāśeṣaviśeṣāṃśastiṣṭhatyadvaitamātrakaḥ ॥ 34॥

galitadvaitanirbhāso mudito'taḥprabodhavān ।
suṣuptamana evāste pañcamīṃ bhūmikāṃ gataḥ ॥ 35॥

antarmukhatayātiṣṭhanbahirvṛttiparo'pi san ।
pariśrāntatayā nityaṃ nidrāluriva lakṣyate ॥ 36॥

kurvannabhyāsametasyāṃ bhūmikāyāṃ vivāsanaḥ ।
ṣaṣṭhīṃ turyābhidhāmanyāṃ kramātpatati bhūmikām ॥ 37॥

yatra nāsannasadrūpo nāhaṃ nāpyahaṃkṛtiḥ ।
kevalaṃ kṣīṇamananamāste'dvaite'tinirbhayaḥ ॥ 38॥

nirgranthiḥ śāntasandeho jīvanmukto vibhāvanaḥ ।
anirvāṇo'pi nirvāṇaścitradīpa iva sthitaḥ ॥ 39॥

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ bhūmāvasau sthitvā saptamīṃ bhūmimāpnuyāt ॥ 40॥

videhamuktatātroktā saptamī yogabhūmikā ।
agamyā vacasāṃ śāntā sā sīmā sarvabhūmiṣu ॥ 41॥

lokānuvartanaṃ tyaktvā tyaktvā dehānuvartanam ।
śāstrānuvartanaṃ tyaktvā svādhyāsāpanayaṃ kuru ॥ 42॥

oṅkāramātramakhilaṃ viśvaprājñādilakṣaṇam ।
vācyavācyakatābhedābhedenānupalabdhitaḥ ॥ 43॥

akāramātraṃ viśvaḥ syādukārataijasaḥ smṛtaḥ ।
prājño makāra ityevaṃ paripaśyetkrameṇa tu ॥ 44॥

samādhikālātprāgeva vicintyātiprayatnataḥ ।
sthulasūkṣmakramātsarvaṃ cidātmani vilāpayet ॥ 45॥

cidātmānaṃ nityaśuddhabuddhamuktasadadvayaḥ ।
paramānandasandeho vāsudevo'haomiti ॥ 46॥

ādimadhyāvasāneṣu duḥkhaṃ sarvamidaṃ yataḥ ।
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya tattvaniṣṭho bhavānagha ॥ 47॥

avidyātimirātītaṃ sarvābhāsavivarjitam ।
ānandamamalaṃ śuddhaṃ manovācāmagocaram ॥ 48॥

prajñānaghanamānandaṃ brahmāsmīti vibhāvayet ॥ 49॥

ityupaniṣat ॥

oṃ saha nāvavatu । saha nau bhunaktu । saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai ।
tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

hariḥ oṃ tatsat ॥

ityalakṣyupaniṣat ॥