tad ya evaitāv araṃ ca ṇyaṃ cārṇavau brahmaloke brahmacaryeṇānuvindanti teṣām evaiṣa brahmalokaḥ |
teṣāṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu kāmacāro bhavati ||

tattatra hi brahmaloka etāvarṇavau yāvaraṇyākhyāvuktau brahmacaryeṇa sādhanenānuvindanti ye teṣāmevaiṣa yo vyākhyāto brahmalokasteṣāṃ ca brahmacaryasādhavanatāṃ brahmavidāṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu kāmacāro bhavati | nānyeṣāmabrahmacaryaparāṇāṃ bāhyaviṣayāsaktabuddhīnāṃ kadācidapītyarthaḥ | nanvatra tvamindrastvaṃ yamastvaṃ varuṇa ityādibhiryathā kaścitstūyate mahārha evamiṣṭādibhiḥ śabdairna stryādiviṣayatṛṣṇānivṛttimātraṃ stutyarhaṃ kiṃ tarhi jñānasya mokṣasādhanatvāttadeveṣṭādibhiḥ stūyata iti kecit | na | stryādibāhyaviṣayatṛṣṇāpahṛtacittānāṃ pratyagātmavivekavijñānānupapatteḥ | "parāñci khāni vyatṛṇatsvayaṃbhūstasmātparāṅpaśyati nāntarātman"ityādiśrutismṛtiśatebhyaḥ | jñānasahakārikāraṇaṃ stryādiviṣayatṛṣṇānivṛttisādhanaṃ vidhātavyameveti yuktaiva tatstutiḥ | nanu ca yajñādibhiḥ stutaṃ brahmacaryamiti yajñādīnāṃ puruṣārthasādhanatvaṃ gamyate | satyaṃ gamyate | na tviha brahmalokaṃ prati yajñādīnāṃ sādhanatvamabhipretya yajñādibhir brahmacaryaṃ stūyate kiṃ tarhi teṣāṃ prasiddhaṃ puruṣārthasādhanatvamapekṣya | yathendrādibhī rājā na tu yatrendrādīnāṃ vyāpārastatraiva rājña iti tadvat | ya imer’ṇavādayo brāhmalaukikāḥ saṃkalpajāśca pitrādayo bhogāste kiṃ pārthivā āpyāśca yatheha loke dṛśyante taddhadarṇavavṛkṣapūḥsvarṇamaṇḍapānyāhosvinmānasapratyayamātrāṇīti | kiñcātaḥ, yadi pārthivā āpyāśca sthūlāḥ syurhṛdyākāśe samādhānānupapattiḥ | purāṇe ca"manomayāni brahmaloke śarīrādīnī"ti vākyaṃ virudhyeta | "aśokamahimam"ityādyāśca śrutayaḥ | nanu"samudrāḥ saritaḥ sarāṃsi vāpyaḥ kūpā yajñā vedā mantrādayaśca mūrtimanto brahmāṇamupatiṣṭhanta"iti mānasatvai virudhyeta purāṇasmṛtiḥ | na | mūrtimattve prasiddharūpāṇāmeva tatra gamanānupapatteḥ | tasmātprasiddhamūrtivyatirekeṇa sāgarādīnāṃ mūrtyantaraṃ sāgarādibhirupāttaṃ brahmalokagantṛ kalpanāyāṃ yathāprasiddhā eva mānasya ākāravatyaḥ puṃstryādyā mūrtayo yuktāḥ kalpayituṃ mānasadehānurūpyasaṃbandhopapatteḥ | dṛṣṭā hi mānasya evā’kāravatyaḥ puṃstryādyā mūrtayaḥ svapne | nanu tā anṛtā eva | ta ime satyāḥ kāmā iti śrutistathā sati virudhyeta | na | mānasapratyayasya sattvopapatteḥ | mānasā hi pratyayāḥ srīpuruṣādyākārāḥ svapne dṛśyante | nanu jāgradvāsanārūpāḥ svapnadṛśyā na tu tatra stryādayaḥ svapne vidyante | atyalpamidamucyate | jāgradviṣayā api mānasapratyayābhinirvṛttā eva sadīkṣābhinirvṛttatejo ’bannamayatvājjāgradviṣayāṇām | saṃkalpamūlā hi lokā iti coktam"samakḷpatāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī"ityatra | sarvaśrutiṣu ca pratyagātmana utpattiḥ pralayaśca tatraiva sthitiśca"yathā vā arā nābhau"ityādinocyate | tasmānmānasānāṃ bāhyānāṃ ca viṣayāṇāmitaretarakāryakāraṇamiṣyata eva bījāṅkuravat | yadyapi bāhyā eva mānasā mānasā eva ca bāhyā nānṛtatvaṃ teṣāṃ kadācidapi svātmani bhavati | nanu svapne dṛṣṭāḥ pratibuddhasyānṛtā bhavanti viṣayāḥ | satyameva | jāgradbodhāpekṣaṃ tu tadanṛtatvaṃ na svataḥ | tathā svapnabodhāpekṣaṃ ca jāgraddṛṣṭaviṣayānṛtatvaṃ na svataḥ | viśeṣākāramātraṃ tu sarveṣāṃ mithyāpratyayanimittamiti vācā’rambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyamanṛtaṃ trīṇi rūpāṇītyeva satyam | tānyapyākāraviśeṣato ’nṛtaṃ svataḥ sanmātrarūpatayā satyam prāksadātmapratibodhātsvaviṣaye ’pi sarvaṃ styameva svapnadṛśyā iveti na kaścidvirodhaḥ | tasmānmānasā eva brāhmalaukikā araṇyādayaḥ pitrādayaḥ kāmāḥ | bāhyaviṣayabhogavadaśuddhirahitatvācchuddhasattvasaṃkalpajanyā iti niratiśayasukhāḥ satyāśceśvarāṇāṃ bhavantītyarthaḥ | satsatyātmapratibodhe ’pi rajjvāmiva kalpitāḥ sarpādayaḥ sadātmasvarūpatāmeva pratipadyanta iti sadātmanā satyā eva bhavanti || 4 || iti cchāndogyopaniṣadi aṣṭamādhyāyasya pañcamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ