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mārkaṇḍeya uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

evam uktaḥ sa vipras tu dharmavyādhena bhārata / (1.2) Par.?

kathām akathayad bhūyo manasaḥ prītivardhanīm // (1.3) Par.?

brāhmaṇa uvāca / (2.1) Par.?

mahābhūtāni yānyāhuḥ pañca dharmavidāṃ vara / (2.2) Par.?

ekaikasya guṇān samyak pañcānām api me vada // (2.3) Par.?

vyādha uvāca / (3.1) Par.?

bhūmir āpas tathā jyotir vāyur ākāśam eva ca / (3.2) Par.?

guṇottarāṇi sarvāṇi teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi te guṇān // (3.3) Par.?

bhūmiḥ pañcaguṇā brahmann udakaṃ ca caturguṇam / (4.1) Par.?

guṇās trayas tejasi ca trayaś cākāśavātayoḥ // (4.2) Par.?

śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhaśca pañcamaḥ / (5.1) Par.?

ete guṇāḥ pañca bhūmeḥ sarvebhyo guṇavattarāḥ // (5.2) Par.?

śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca rasaś cāpi dvijottama / (6.1) Par.?

apām ete guṇā brahman kīrtitās tava suvrata // (6.2) Par.?

śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca tejaso 'tha guṇās trayaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

śabdaḥ sparśaś ca vāyau tu śabda ākāśa eva ca // (7.2) Par.?

ete pañcadaśa brahman guṇā bhūteṣu pañcasu / (8.1) Par.?

vartante sarvabhūteṣu yeṣu lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ / (8.2) Par.?

anyonyaṃ nātivartante sampac ca bhavati dvija // (8.3) Par.?

yadā tu viṣamībhāvam ācaranti carācarāḥ / (9.1) Par.?

tadā dehī deham anyaṃ vyatirohati kālataḥ // (9.2) Par.?

ānupūrvyā vinaśyanti jāyante cānupūrvaśaḥ / (10.1) Par.?

tatra tatra hi dṛśyante dhātavaḥ pāñcabhautikāḥ / (10.2) Par.?

yair āvṛtam idaṃ sarvaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam // (10.3) Par.?

indriyaiḥ sṛjyate yad yat tat tad vyaktam iti smṛtam / (11.1) Par.?

avyaktam iti vijñeyaṃ liṅgagrāhyam atīndriyam // (11.2) Par.?

yathāsvaṃ grāhakānyeṣāṃ śabdādīnām imāni tu / (12.1) Par.?

indriyāṇi yadā dehī dhārayann iha tapyate // (12.2) Par.?

loke vitatam ātmānaṃ lokaṃ cātmani paśyati / (13.1) Par.?

parāvarajñaḥ saktaḥ san sarvabhūtāni paśyati // (13.2) Par.?

paśyataḥ sarvabhūtāni sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā / (14.1) Par.?

brahmabhūtasya saṃyogo nāśubhenopapadyate // (14.2) Par.?

jñānamūlātmakaṃ kleśam ativṛttasya mohajam / (15.1) Par.?

loko buddhiprakāśena jñeyamārgeṇa dṛśyate // (15.2) Par.?

anādinidhanaṃ jantum ātmayoniṃ sadāvyayam / (16.1) Par.?

anaupamyam amūrtaṃ ca bhagavān āha buddhimān / (16.2) Par.?

tapomūlam idaṃ sarvaṃ yan māṃ viprānupṛcchasi // (16.3) Par.?

indriyāṇyeva tat sarvaṃ yat svarganarakāvubhau / (17.1) Par.?

nigṛhītavisṛṣṭāni svargāya narakāya ca // (17.2) Par.?

eṣa yogavidhiḥ kṛtsno yāvad indriyadhāraṇam / (18.1) Par.?

etan mūlaṃ hi tapasaḥ kṛtsnasya narakasya ca // (18.2) Par.?

indriyāṇāṃ prasaṅgena doṣam ṛcchatyasaṃśayam / (19.1) Par.?

saṃniyamya tu tānyeva tataḥ siddhim avāpnute // (19.2) Par.?

ṣaṇṇām ātmani nityānām aiśvaryaṃ yo 'dhigacchati / (20.1) Par.?

na sa pāpaiḥ kuto 'narthair yujyate vijitendriyaḥ // (20.2) Par.?

rathaḥ śarīraṃ puruṣasya dṛṣṭam ātmā niyantendriyāṇyāhur aśvān / (21.1) Par.?

tair apramattaḥ kuśalī sadaśvair dāntaiḥ sukhaṃ yāti rathīva dhīraḥ // (21.2) Par.?

ṣaṇṇām ātmani nityānām indriyāṇāṃ pramāthinām / (22.1) Par.?

yo dhīro dhārayed raśmīn sa syāt paramasārathiḥ // (22.2) Par.?

indriyāṇāṃ prasṛṣṭānāṃ hayānām iva vartmasu / (23.1) Par.?

dhṛtiṃ kurvīta sārathye dhṛtyā tāni jayed dhruvam // (23.2) Par.?

indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yan mano 'nuvidhīyate / (24.1) Par.?

tad asya harate buddhiṃ nāvaṃ vāyur ivāmbhasi // (24.2) Par.?

yeṣu vipratipadyante ṣaṭsu mohāt phalāgame / (25.1) Par.?

teṣvadhyavasitādhyāyī vindate dhyānajaṃ phalam // (25.2) Par.?