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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

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īśitā sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvabhūtamayaśca yaḥ|\\
īśāvāsyena sambodhyamīśvaraṃ taṃ namāmyaham||

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pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ\\ 
pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate|\\
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya\\ 
pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate||

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|| ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॐ ||
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īśāvāsyamityādayo mantrāḥ karmasvaviniyuktāḥ| teṣāmakarmaśeṣasyātmano
ayatimātraprakāśakatvāt| ayatimātraṃ cātmanaḥ
śuddhatvāpāpaviddhatvaikatvanityatvāśarīratvasarvagatatvādi
vakṣyamāṇam| tacca karmaṇā virudhyeteti yukta evaiṣāṃ karmasvaviniyogaḥ|

na hyevaṃ lakṣaṇamātmano ayatimātram utpādyaṃ vikāryamāpyaṃ saṃskāryaṃ
kartåbhoktårūpaṃ vā yena karmaśeṣatā syāt| sarvāsām
upaniṣadāmātmaayatimātranirūpaṇenaiva upakṣayāt| gītānāṃ
mokṣadharmāṇāṃ caivaṃparatvāt| tasmādātmano
’nekatvakartṛtvabhoktṛtvādi cāśuddhatvapāpaviddhatvādi copādāya
lokabuddhisiddhaṃ karmāṇi vihitāni|

yo hi karmaphalenārthī dṛṣṭena brahmavarcasādinādṛṣṭena svargādinā ca
dvijātirahaṃ na kāṇakubjatvādyanadhikāraprayojakadharma vānityātmānaṃ
manyate, so’dhikriyate karmasviti hyadhikāravido vadanti|

tasmādete mantrā ātmano ayatimātraprakāśanena ātmaviṣayaṃ
svābhāvikamajñānaṃ nivartayantaḥ
śokamohādisaṃsāradharmavicchittisādhanam
ātmaikatvādivijñānamutpādayanti| ityevam
uktādhikāryabhidheyasambandhaprayojanān mantrān saṃkṣepato
vyākhyāsyāmaḥ||

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

\end{center}

\begin{verse}

īśitā sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvabhūtamayaśca yaḥ|\\
īśāvāsyena sambodhyamīśvaraṃ taṃ namāmyaham||

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pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṃ\\ 
pūrṇātpūrṇamudacyate|\\
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya\\ 
pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate||

\end{verse}

||oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ oṃ ||
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īśāvāsyamityādayo mantrāḥ karmasvaviniyuktāḥ| teṣāmakarmaśeṣasyātmano
ayatimātraprakāśakatvāt| ayatimātraṃ cātmanaḥ
śuddhatvāpāpaviddhatvaikatvanityatvāśarīratvasarvagatatvādi
vakṣyamāṇam| tacca karmaṇā virudhyeteti yukta evaiṣāṃ
karmasvaviniyogaḥ|

na hyevaṃ lakṣaṇamātmano ayatimātram utpādyaṃ vikāryamāpyaṃ saṃskāryaṃ
kartṛbhoktṛrūpaṃ vā yena karmaśeṣatā syāt| sarvāsām
upaniṣadāmātmaayatimātranirūpaṇenaiva upakṣayāt| gītānāṃ
mokṣadharmāṇāṃ caivaṃparatvāt| tasmādātmano
’nekatvakartṛtvabhoktṛtvādi cāśuddhatvapāpaviddhatvādi copādāya
lokabuddhisiddhaṃ karmāṇi vihitāni|

yo hi karmaphalenārthī dṛṣṭena brahmavarcasādinādṛṣṭena svargādinā ca
dvijātirahaṃ na kāṇakubjatvādyanadhikāraprayojakadharma vānityātmānaṃ
manyate, so’dhikriyate karmasviti hyadhikāravido vadanti|

tasmādete mantrā ātmano ayatimātraprakāśanena ātmaviṣayaṃ
svābhāvikamajñānaṃ nivartayantaḥ
śokamohādisaṃsāradharmavicchittisādhanam
ātmaikatvādivijñānamutpādayanti| ityevam
uktādhikāryabhidheyasambandhaprayojanān mantrān saṃkṣepato
vyākhyāsyāmaḥ||

