Kārikā 29

āha, prāgantaḥkaraṇavṛttinirdeśaḥ, sargakramānugamātpūrvaṃ buddhyahaṃkāramanasāṃ vṛttinirdeśaḥ kartavyaḥ / kiṃ kāraṇam ? evaṃ hi sargakramo'nugato bhavati / kramabhede vā prayojanaṃ vaktavyamiti /
ucyate- na, indriyavṛttipūrvakatvāt / antaḥkaraṇasya hi indriyavṛttipravartakaḥ pratyayaḥ / tathā ca vakṣyati- dṛṣṭe tathāpyadṛṣṭe trayasya tatpūrvikā vṛttiriti (ISk 30) / tasmātsargakrameṇa vinā tannirdeśaḥ prāgācāryeṇa kriyate iti /
āha, tadasambhavaḥ, śāstre prāgabhimānābhidhānāt / śāstraṃ hyevamāha- kā nu bhoḥ saṃjñā māturudare'vasthitaṃ kumāraṃ pratyabhinirviśata iti ? asmītyeṣā māhātmī saṃviditi / tathā kāryakāraṇavyūhasamakālaṃ māhātmyaśarīro'smīti pratibuddhyate / pravṛttāścaiva hyavyaktā bhavantyasmītyasmitāmātrāḥ / pramāṇaṃ ca śāstram / tasmātprāgantaḥkaraṇanirdeśaḥ kartavyaḥ /
ucyate- tannimittārthena vivakṣitatvāt / satyametat kāryakāraṇavyūhaniṣpattisamakālamasmītyeṣā māhātmī saṃvit pratyupadhīyate / śabdādiviṣayastvantaḥkaraṇapratyayaḥ śrotrādinimitta iti / etatpūrvaśabdena vivakṣitam / na ca nimittamatikramya naimittikābhidhānaṃ nyāyyam /
athavā naiva vayamidaṃ praṣṭavyā yathā prāgantaḥkaraṇavṛttinirdeśaḥ kartavya iti / kiṃ kāraṇam ? yasmāt

svālakṣaṇyaṃ vṛttistrayasya

svalakṣaṇameva svālakṣaṇyam / svārthe taddhitavṛttiḥ, anyabhāvastu kālaśabdavyavāyāditi / yathā buddhyahaṃkāramanasāṃ hi saukṣmyānna śakyaṃ svarūpamabhidhātumityato vṛttireva lakṣaṇabhāvenopadiśyate / śrotrādīnāmapi ca saukṣmyāllakṣaṇamapadeṣṭumaśakyamiti vṛttirevocyate, na lakṣaṇam / tadeva caiṣā lakṣaṇaṃ bhavati / yacchabdālocanasamarthaṃ tacchrotram / evamitareṣvapi vaktavyam / buddhyahaṃkāramanasāṃ ca lakṣaṇamadhyavasāyādyuktam / tadeva vṛttitvenācakṣāṇaḥ śrotrādīnāmeva cābhidadhānaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ cāpyācakṣāṇo vṛttivṛttimatorananyatvaṃ jñāpayati / anyathā tu yathādhyavasāyādi lakṣaṇamevaṃ rūpādiṣu pañcānāmalocanamātraṃ lakṣaṇamityucyate, na tu vṛttiriti / śrotrādivad buddhyādīnāmapi vyavasāyādayo vṛttirityucyate, na tu lakṣaṇam / tasmādanyathā nirdeśo jñāpakaṃ vṛttivṛttimatoranyatvasyeti vyākhyātā karaṇavṛttiḥ /

saiṣā bhavatyasāmānyā /

seti pūrvakṛtāṃ vṛttimabhisambadhnāti / eṣeti sarvanāmnā pratyākṛṣṭāṃ tāmeva pratyakṣaṃ prati nirdiśati / bhavatīti vakṣyamāṇena dharmāntareṇāsyāstadvattānubhāvitaṃ khyāpayati / asāmānyeti dharmamācaṣṭe / sāmānyā sādhāraṇetyarthaḥ / na sāmānyāsāmānyā / pratikaraṇaṃ niyatetyuktaṃ bhavati / yā hīyamanukrāntā karaṇaparvaṇo'dhyavasayādikā vṛttiriyaṃ vyastānāṃ karaṇānāṃ pratisvaṃ niyatā / tataścaiṣāṃ buddhyādīnāṃ kāryaviśeṣanimittabhāvasaṃsūcitasya svarūpasyāsaṃkaraḥ siddhaḥ /
āha, sāmānyaviśeṣayoritaretarāpekṣatvādasāmānyābhidhānena sāmānyasyāpyabhidhānādadhyavasāyādikā karaṇānāmasāmānyā vṛttirityukte'rthādāpannameṣāṃ sāmānyāpi vṛttirastīti / tasmādasāvapi vaktavyeti /
ucyate-

sāmānyakaraṇavṛttiḥ prāṇādyā vāyavaḥ pañca // ISk_29 //

sāmānyā cāsau karaṇavṛttiḥ sāmānyakaraṇavṛttiḥ / prāṇaścādyo yeṣāṃ te prāṇādyāḥ, prāṇāpānasamānodānavyānāḥ pañca samastakaraṇavṛttiḥ pratyavagantavyeti / taiḥ sarvaiḥ sahitaḥ prāṇa iti vedānteṣvapi /
āha, ayuktametat / kasmāt ? dharmiṇo dharmyantaravṛttibhāvānupapatteḥ / vṛttirityayaṃ śabdo vyāpāramācaṣṭe / na ca dharmāntaraṃ dharmāntarasya vyāpāro bhavitumarhatīti /
ucyate- na kārye kāraṇopacārāt / satyametat / dharmī dharmyantarasya vṛttitvenāśakyaḥ parikalpayitum / kiṃ tu sāmānyakaraṇavṛttyā preryamāṇo vāyustatpravaṇatvāttatkāryatāṃ pratipadyate / tatra prāṇādikārye vāyau prāṇopacāraṃ kṛtvā evamucyate- prāṇādyā vāyavaḥ pañca /
tatpreraṇāsiddherayuktamiti cet syādetat, kathametadavagamyate'rthāntarapreritasya vāyoriyaṃ kriyā bhavati na punaḥ svatantrasyeti ?
ucyate- na svataḥ, tadvyatiriktatvānupapatteḥ / iheyamakasmādbhinnā kriyāvāyoḥ svato vā syāt, karaṇavṛttivyatiriktatvādvā / kiṃ cātaḥ ? tatra tāvatsvata upapadyate / kasmāt ? sarvatra prasaṃgāt svābhāvike hi vāyordiksaṃcāre'bhyupagamyamāne sarvatra tatsaṃbhavaḥ syāt / tataśca tiryakpātādivṛttirhanyeta, na cānyataḥ / kasmāt ? adarśanāt / na hi pṛthivyādīnāṃ vāyupreraṇasāmarthyaṃ kvacidupalabdham / bhastrādiṣu dṛṣṭamiti cenna, anyanimittatvāt / atrāpi caitravyāpāra upalabhyate ityavaśyamanyannimittamupalabhyate ityabhyupagantavyam / ātmeti cenna, kriyāpratiṣedhāt / upapāditametatpūrvamātmā niṣkriya iti / na ca niṣkriyasya preraṇamupapadyate / na ca nirnimittā svabhāvabhedānāmanākasmikatvāt / tasmādyattannimittaṃ sā samastakaraṇavṛttiḥ /
sa cāyaṃ vāyureka eva sthānasaṃcāraviśeṣānnānākhyo bhavati / yathaiko devadattaḥ pācako lāvaka iti kvacit / tadayuktam / kasmāt ? yugapatparasparātiśayavirodhāt / pūrvasmātpūrvasmāduttara uttaro vāyurbalīyāniti hyabhyupagamaḥ / tadetadekasyaikasminkāle nopapadyate / tasmādupapannaṃ prāṇādyā vāyavaḥ pañca /
kiṃ punareṣāṃ prāṇādīnāṃ lakṣaṇamiti ?
ucyate- dvividhāḥ prāṇādayaḥ / antarvṛttayo bahirvṛttayaśca / tatra mukhanāsikābhyāṃ pragamanātpraṇateśca prāṇaḥ / yo'yaṃ mukhanāsikābhyāṃ sañcarati so'ntarvṛttirvāyuḥ prāṇa ityabhidhīyate / yā kācitpraṇatirnāma bhūteṣu tadyathā praṇateyaṃ senā, praṇato'yaṃ vṛkṣaḥ, praṇato'yaṃ dharme, praṇato'yamarthe, praṇato'yaṃ kāme, praṇato'yaṃ vidyāyām / tadviparīteṣu vā bāhyaprāṇavṛttireṣā / prāṇiviṣaya evaiṣā bhavati / sa khalvayamatrābhivyakto bhavati / tadyathā mahatā vā duḥkhenābhiplutasya mahatā vā bandhunā viyuktasya, sahitasya vā saurabheyasya, nipānāvatīrṇasya vā mahiṣasyāvagateḥ /
apakramaṇāccāpānaḥ / yo'yaṃ rasaṃ dhātūn śukraṃ mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vātārtavagarbhāṃścākarṣannadhogacchannayamantarvṛttirvāyurapāna ityabhidhīyate / yaccāpi kiṃcidapakramaṇaṃ nāma bhūteṣu tadyathā apakrānto'yaṃ dharmādibhyastadviparītebhyo vā iti bāhyā khalvapānavṛttireṣā / apānaviṣaya evaiṣa bhavati / balavattaraścāyaṃ prāṇodvāyoḥ kasmāt ? eṣā hyetaṃ prāṇamūrdhvaṃ vartamānamarvāgeva sanniyacchati arvāgeva sanniruṇaddhi / eṣo'trābhivyakto bhavati / tadyathā upakūpamupaśvabhraṃ vā parivartamānasyā__śatapadīṃ laṅghayataḥ /
hṛdyavasthānātsaha bhāvācca samānaḥ / yastvayaṃ prāṇāpānayormadhye hṛdyavatiṣṭhate sa samāno vāyurantarvṛttiḥ yaścāpi kaścitsaha bhāvo nāma bhūteṣu dvandvārāmatā / tadyathā saha dāsye, saha yakṣye, saha tapaścariṣyāmi saha bhāryāputrairbandhubhiḥ suhṛdbhiśca vartiṣya bāhyā samānavṛttireṣā / samānaviṣaya evaiṣa bhavati iti / balavattaraḥ khalvayaṃ prāṇāpānābhyām / eṣa hyetau prāṇāpānau ūrdhvamarvākca vartamānau madhya eva sanniyacchati, madhya eva sanniruṇaddhi, sa caiṣau'trābhivyakto bhavati / tadyathā srutasārasya vā sārameyasya, anaḍuho voḍhabhārasya, dharmābhitaptāyā vā eḍakāyā ardhārdhakāyaṃ śakaśaketi / prāṇānte sarvaprāṇināṃ prāṇāpānāvutsṛjyordhvamadhaśca muktayoktrau hayāviva viṣamaṃ saṃcārayan śarīraṃ sa parāsyati /
mūrdhārohaṇadātmotkarṣaṇāccodānaḥ / yastvayaṃ prāṇāpānasamānānāṃ sthānānyatikramya rasaṃ dhātūṃścādāya mūrdhānamārohati tataśca pratihato nivṛttaḥ sthānakaraṇānupradānaviśeṣādvarṇapadavākyaślokagranthalakṣaṇasya śabdasyābhivyaktinimittaṃ bhavati ayamantarvṛttirvāyurudāna ityucyate / yaścāpi kaścidātmotkarṣo nāma bhūteṣu tadyathā hīnādasmi śreyān, sadṛśena vā sadṛśaḥ, sadṛśādasmi śreyān, śreyasā vā sadṛśaḥ, śreyaso vā śreyān / etasmiṃstathā rūpābhimāno vā prāptavidyastu / tadyathā bahvantaraviśeṣādalpāntaraviśeṣo'smyaguṇavato vā guṇavānasmīti bāhyodānavṛttireṣā / udānaviṣaya evaiṣa bhavati / balavattaraḥ khalvayaṃ pūrvabhyaḥ / katham ? eṣa hyetānprāṇādīnūrdhvamavāṅmadhye ca vartamānānūrdhvamevonnayati, ūrdhvamevotkarṣati / sa caiṣo'trābhivyakto bhavati śītodakena vā paryukṣitasya prāsamasiṃ vikośaṃ codyatamabhipaśyataḥ /
śarīravyāpteratyantāvinābhāvācca vyānaḥ / yastvayamālomanakhāccharīraṃ vyāpya rasādīnāṃ dhātūnāṃ pṛthivyādināṃ vyūhaṃ marmaṇāṃ ca praspandanaṃ prāṇādīnāṃ ca sthitiṃ karoti so'ntarvṛttirvyānaḥ / yaścāpi kaścidatyantāvinābhāvo nāma bhūteṣu tadyathā pativratā bhartāraṃ mṛtamapyanugacchati bhavāntare'pyayameva bhartā syāt tathā dharmādibhistadviparītaiśceti bāhyo vyānaviṣaya evaiṣa prabhavati / balavattamaścāyaṃ sarvebhyaḥ / katham ? anena hi vyāpte śarīradaṇḍake tadvaśīkṛtānāṃ prāṇādīnāṃ samā sthitirbhavati / sa eṣo'ntakāle prāṇabhṛtāmavinābhāvena vartamāno'bhivyajyate / tadyathā hā tarhi pādau haimau śītībhūtau gulphe jaṅghe urū kaṭirudaramuraḥkaṇṭhe'sya khuraghuro vartate hū(?) ityavaiṣo bāhyo vyāna iti / evamete prāṇādyāḥ sthānakāryaviśeṣasūcitāḥ pañca vāyavo vyākhyātāḥ teṣāṃ prerikā sāmānyakaraṇavṛttiḥ /
eṣā ca tantrāntareṣu prayatna ityucyate / sa ca dharmādisaṃskārabhāvanāvaśādanuparato jīvanam / āha ca

vṛttirantaḥ samastānāṃ karaṇānāṃ pradīpavat /
aprakāśā kriyārūpā jīvanaṃ kāyadhārikā //
sā yāvadaniruddhā tu hanti vāyuṃ rajo'dhikā /
dharmādyanāvṛttivaśāttāvajjīvati mānavaḥ //

atra ca sāmānyakaraṇavṛttigrahaṇasāmarthyātprāṇādyāḥ pañca vāyavaḥ / buddhīndriyāṇi ṣaṣṭham / karmendriyāṇi saptamam / pūraṣṭamam / pūrityahaṃkārāvasthāsaṃvidhamadhikurute / yasmādāha- tatra

saṃvidahaṃkāragataṃ kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ pūrayati yasmāt /
tasmātpūrityuktā pratyavabhāsāṣṭamaṃ bhoktuḥ //

sā cāhaṅkāragatā saṃvid buddhigataiva puruṣeṇopalabhyate /
yasmādvakṣyati-

ete pradīpakalpāḥ parasparavilakṣaṇā guṇaviśeṣāḥ /
kṛtsnaṃ puruṣasyārthaṃ prakāśya buddhau prayacchanti // (ISk 36)
sarvapratyupabhogaṃ yasmātpuruṣasya sādhayati buddhiḥ // (ISk 37)

tasmātsaiva pūriti / śāstraṃ caivamāha- prāṇāpānasamānodānavyānāḥ pañca vāyavaḥ / ṣaṣṭhaṃ manaḥ / saptamī pūraṣṭamī vāk / vāggrahaṇena karmendriyaparvaṇo grahaṇam / manograhaṇena buddhīndriyaparvaṇaḥ / tadetatprāṇāṣṭamaṃ vaikārikaṃ guṇaśarīrasya paridraṣṭuḥ kṣetrajñasya śarīramādadānasya nityaṃ stambhasthānīyaṃ pratyaṅgaṃ bhavati, acchedyamabhedyamadāhyamavināśyamavikampyam / anityāni punarbhautikāni bāhyāni kuśamṛttikāsthānīyāni upacīyante ceti /
āha, kutaḥ punariyaṃ prāṇādivṛttiḥ pravartata iti ? ucyate- sā karmayonibhyaḥ / mahataḥ pracyutaṃ hi rajo vikṛtam aṇḍasthānīyāḥ pañca karmayonayo bhavanti- dhṛtiḥ śraddhā sukhā vividiṣā avividiṣeti / āha ca

pracyuto mahato yastu na prāpto jñānalakṣaṇam /
vyāpāro jñānayonitvātsā yoniḥ kukkuṭāṇḍavat //

tāsāṃ lakṣaṇaviṣayasatattvaguṇasamanvayā bhavanti / tatra lakṣaṇaṃ tāvat vyavasāyādapracyavanaṃ dhṛtiḥ / phalamanabhisandhāya śāstrokteṣu kāryeṣvavaśyakartavyatābījabhāvaḥ śraddhā / dṛṣṭānuśravikaphalābhilāṣadvārako hi buddherābhogaḥ sukhā / vettumicchā vividiṣā / tannivṛttiravividiṣā / tatra yadāyaṃ jantuḥ śubhāśubheṣu kāryeṣu vṛttyanusārī jijñāsurajijñāsurvā śarīraṃ parityajati tāmeva karmayonimupapadyate / tasyāmupapannastāmeva bhāvayati / etattāvallakṣanasatattvam / āha ca

vāci karmaṇi saṃkalpe pratijñāṃ yo na rakṣati /
tanniṣṭhastatpratijñaśca dhṛteretaddhi lakṣaṇam //
anasūyā brahmacaryaṃ yajanaṃ yājanaṃ tapaḥ /
dānaṃ parigrahaḥ śaucaṃ śraddhāyāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam //
sukhārthī yastu seveta vidyāṃ karma tapāṃsi vā /
prāyaścittaparo nityaṃ sukhāyāṃ sa tu vartate //
dvitvaikatvapṛthaktvaṃ nityaṃ cetanamacetanaṃ sūkṣmam /
satkāryamasatkāryavividiṣitavyaṃ vividiṣāyāḥ //
viṣapītasuptamattavadavividiṣā dhyāyināṃ sadā yoniḥ /
kāryakaraṇakṣayakarī prākṛtikā gatiḥ samākhyātā //

viṣayasatattvaṃ punaḥ sarvaviṣayiṇī dhṛtiḥ / āśramaviṣayiṇī śraddhā / dṛṣṭānuśravikaviṣayiṇī sukhā / vyaktaviṣayiṇī vividiṣā / avyaktaviṣayiṇyavividiṣā / guṇasamanvayastu rajastamobahulā dhṛtiḥ / sattvarajobahulā śraddhā / sattvatamobahulā sukhā / rajobahulā vividiṣā / tamobahulāvividiṣā iti / uktaṃ ca

lakṣaṇaviṣayasatattvaṃ traiguṇyasamanvayaṃ ca pañcānām /
yonīnāṃ yo vidyādyativṛṣabhaṃ taṃ tvahaṃ manye //

ityuktāḥ prāṇādayo yonayaśca /
etad dvayamadhigamya samyaṅmārgānugamanaṃ kuryāt / rajastamodharmādisādhanabhāvavinivṛttitastvatra prāṇānāmantarvṛttiranupādhikatvādanivartyā / bahirvṛttistu mārgāmārgaviṣayatayā prayoktavyā / kathamityucyate- prāṇaviṣayā tāvatpraṇatirdharmādiviṣaya evāparoddhavyā / tato hyasya sattvavṛddhiḥ, sattvavṛddheścottarottarabuddhirūpādhigamaḥ / apānaviṣayastvapakramaṇaṃ dharmādiviṣaya evāparoddhavyamevaṃ hyasya khyātiviṣayākārasya tamaso nirhrāsaḥ / tataścottarottarabuddhirūpādhigamaḥ / tathā samānaviṣayaṃ sāhacaryasattvadharmānuguṇaṃ kuryāt / yasmācchāstramāha- sattvārāmaḥ sattvamithunaśca sadā syāditi / ātmotkarṣa tūdānaviṣayam / avidyāparvaṇo'ntyaṃ rūpaṃ vivarjya tatpratipakṣairnivartayet / atyantāvinābhāvaṃ ca vyānaviṣayaṃ jñānaviṣaya eva bhāvayet / yonīnāṃ catasṛṇāṃ dharmatābījatāmevādadyāt / avividiṣāmapi aniṣṭaphalahetuṣu bhāvayet / so'yaṃ dharmādiṣu pravaṇastatpratipakṣāpakrāntaḥ sattvārāmo vinivṛttābhimāno jñānaniṣṭhaḥ saviśuddhayoniracireṇa parama brahmopapadyata iti / āha ca

bāhyāṃ prāṇavivṛttiṃ samyaṅmārge budhaḥ pratiṣṭhāpya /
vinivṛttavikharakaluṣo dhruvamamṛtaṃ sthānamabhyeti //
pañcānāṃ yonīnāṃ dharmādinimittatāṃ ca saṃsthāpya /
paripakvamityadhastānna punastadbhāvito gacchet //
iti vyākhyātā vyastasamastā karaṇānāṃ vṛttiḥ // 29 //