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     shAstrapratiShThA guruvAkyaniShThA
          sadAtmadR^iShTiH paritoShapuShTiH |
     chatasra etA nivasanti yatra
          sa vartamAno.api na lipyate.aghaiH || 1||
shAstroM kA bhalI prakAra j~nAna ho aura guru ke vAkya meM
niShThA ho; sadA jagat ko AtmA rUpa se hI dekhatA ho aura
aTala santoSha ho, ye chAra bAteM jisameM maujUda ho vaha karma karatA
pratIta hove to bhI usako pApa kA sparsha nahIM hotA |

     uddeshyabhedena vidheyabhede
          shAstrANyanekAni bhavanti tAvat |
     tatrAsti kairAdriyamANameva
          vibhAvanIyaM paramArthasid.hdhyai || 2||
bhinna\-2 uddesha ko lekara bhinna\-2 upadesha hotA hai aura
isI prakAra se nAnA shAstroM kI utpatti huI hai, isaliye Astika
puruSha ko chAhiye ki apane paramArtha kI siddhikAla meM una
sabakI ora Adara bhAva rakhe |

     vyAkhyAvalenAbhiniveshabhAjA
          prameyabhedo bahudhAbhyudeti |
     tatrAsti mAtsaryakala~NkamuktA
          muktAvadAtA dhiShaNA pramANam || 3||
anurAga se yukta hokara vidvattA ke bala vyAkhyA karane se hI
tattva ke j~nAna meM mata bheda udaya hotA hai | aise samaya jisakI
buddhi matsara ke dUShaNa se rahita, samAna aura shuddha ho vahI
pramANa hai |

     tarko.apratiShTho shrutayo vibhinnA
          naiko muniryasya vachaH pramANam |
     dharmasya tattvaM nihitaM guhAyAM
          mahAjano yena gataH sa panthAH || 4||
tarka se to padArtha kA j~nAna hI nahIM hotA, shrutiyoM kA Apasa
me virodha dekhA jAtA hai, koI eka bhI aisA muni hai nahIM,
jisakA vachana hama sarvathA pramANa mAna sakeM aura dharma tattva
to atyanta gUDha hai, aisI avasthA me mahApuruSha jisa mArga se
chalate hoM, usI mArga se jAnA yahI ThIka hai |

     anekashAstrArthavimarshanena
          tattanmahAvyaktinidarshanena |
     traikAlikaj~nAnavikasvareShu
          mahAjanatvaM guruShUpadiShTam || 5||
nAnA shAstroM ko achChI taraha se paDha lene se tathA unameM
jisako mahAvyakti batAyA hai usase (yaha jAna paDatA hai ki)
tInoM kAla kA j~nAna rakhane vAle guruoM ko hI mahAjana batalAyA
gayA hai |

     yadekatatputrakalatramitra\-
          vidvepyudAsInacharAcharaM hi |
     tannAmarUpAkhyavikAravarjaM
          brahmeti vedAntavido vidanti || 6||
jo (parabrahma) eka hai vahI putra, strI, mitra, shatru, udAsIna
tathA saba chara aura sthira jagat rUpa se bhAsatA hai vahI nAma
rUpa ke vikAra se rahita aisA brahmA hai, aisA vedAnta ke jAnane
vAle kahate hai.n |

     tadAtmaratnaM na bahushrutena
          na vA taporAshibalena labhyam |
     prakAshate tattu gurUpadiShTa\-
          j~nAnena janmAntarakhaNDakena || 7||
vaha AtmA rUpI ratna, vidvattA chA pANDitya prApta karane se
nahIM lAbha hotA aura bahuta tapa karake usake bala se bhI Atma
j~nAna nahIM hotA; parantu shrIguru ke upadesha se utpanna hue j~nAna
se vaha Atma tattva prakaTa hotA hai jisase phira janma nahIM hotA |

     jAtyA guNena kriyayA cha samyak
          gatapramAdo vidadhadvidheyam |
     labheta yattena sadaiva tuShyan
          yateta bhAgyArpita kAryakAyaH || 8||
janma, guNa aura karma ke anusAra, pramAda na karate hue
vihita karma ThIka\-2 kiyA kare | jo kuCha prApta ho usI
me sadA santuShTa rahakara deha ko prArabdha ke Upara ChoDakara
 (Atma prApti ke liye) yatna kiyA kare |

     niShkAma chittena kilaikatAnaH
          parAmR^ishanvastu gurUpadiShTam |
     udArabhAvo rachayeta saukhyaM
          paraM pareShAmapi kiM svaniShTham || 9||
niShkAma chitta se ekAgratA pUrvaka guru ke upadesha ke anusAra
udAra buddhi vAlA puruSha para se bhI para aise AtmA meM rahe hue
sukha kI bhAvanA kare |

iti Atmopadesha sampUrNam |

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