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Yoga Vashishtha 3.14.75–86
(Consciousness is the One Reality that is Self-evident and ever-present)
श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
जगच्चित्पुष्पसौगन्ध्यं चिल्लताग्रफलं जगत् ।
चित्सत्तैव जगत्सत्ता जगत्सत्तैव चिद्वपुः ॥ ७५ ॥
अत्र भेदविकारादि नखे मलमिव स्थितम् ।
इतीदं सन्मयत्वेन सदसद्भुवनत्रयम् ॥ ७६ ॥
अविकल्पतदात्मत्वात्सत्तासत्तैकतैव च ।
अवयवावयविता शब्दार्थौ शशशृङ्गवत् ॥ ७७ ॥
अनुभूत्यपलापाय कल्पितो यैर्धिगस्तु तान् ।
न विद्यते जगद्यत्र साद्र्यब्ध्युर्वीनदीश्वरम् ॥ ७८ ॥
चिदेकत्वात्प्रसङ्गः स्यात्कस्तत्रेतरविभ्रमः ।
शिलाहृदयपीनापि स्वाकाशे विशदैव चित् ॥ ७९ ॥
धत्तेऽन्तरखिलं शान्तं संनिवेशं यथा शिला ।
पदार्थनिकराकाशे त्वयमाकाशजो मलः ॥ ८० ॥
सत्तासत्तात्मतात्वत्तामत्ताश्लेषा न सन्ति ते ।
पल्लवान्तरलेखौघसंनिवेशवदाततम् ॥ ८१ ॥
अन्यानन्यात्मकमिदं धत्तेऽन्तश्चित्स्वभावतः ।
समस्तकारणौघानां कारणादि पितामहः ॥ ८२ ॥
स्वभावतो कारणात्म चित्तं चिद्ध्यनुभूतितः ।
न चासत्त्वमचेत्यायाश्चितो वाचापि सिद्ध्यति ॥ ८३ ॥
यदस्ति तदुदेतीति दृष्टं बीजादिवाङ्कुरः ॥ ८४ ॥
गगन इव सुशून्यभेदमस्ति त्रिभुवनमङ्ग महाचितोऽन्तरस्याः ।
परमपदमयं समस्तदृश्यं त्विदमिति निश्चयवान्भवानुभूतेः ॥ ८५ ॥
इत्युक्तवत्यथ मुनौ दिवसो जगाम सायतनाय विधयेऽस्तमिनो जगाम।
स्नातुं सभा कृतनमस्करणा जगाम श्यामाक्षये रविकरैश्च सहाजगाम ॥ ८६ ॥
Maharishi Vashishta concluded:
3.14.75
The world is the fragrance of the flower of Pure Consciousness. The world is the fruit that hangs on the creeper of Pure Consciousness. The very existence of the world is nothing but Consciousness; the very body-substance of Consciousness is nothing but the existence of the world.
3.14.76
In this (Pure Consciousness), differences, changes, and all modifications exist merely like dirt under a fingernail. Therefore, this entire triple world—whether Real or unreal—is nothing but the Real (Sat).
3.14.77
Because it is without any mental modification and is the Self of everything, Existence and non-existence are one and the same. The notions of “part” and “whole” are mere words, like the “horn of a hare”—they have no Reality.
3.14.78
Woe to those who, in order to deny direct experience, imagine a world! In truth, there is no world at all—neither mountains, nor oceans, nor rivers, nor earth, nor God.
3.14.79
Since Consciousness is one alone, how can any “other” delusion arise there? Even a heart hard as stone has a clear sky-like space within; Consciousness is always pure and transparent.
3.14.80
Just as a rock silently holds everything within itself in perfect peace, so does Consciousness contain the entire arrangement of things within its own sky-like space. This apparent impurity (the world) is born of that very sky of Consciousness.
3.14.81
There is no embracing of Existence, non-existence, Selfhood, or otherness. It is spread out like the host of delicate lines inside a tender leaf.
3.14.82
By its own Nature, Consciousness contains within itself everything that appears as “other.” It is the grandfather, the Primal Cause of all Causes and the entire multitude of Causes.
3.14.83
By its very Nature Consciousness is the Cause; it is Consciousness because it is directly experienced. Non-existence or unconsciousness can never be proved of Consciousness even by words.
3.14.84
Whatever truly exists, that alone arises—just as a sprout arises only from a Real seed.
3.14.85
O dear One, the three worlds exist within the Great Consciousness like an absolutely empty differentiation in the sky. Know with certainty through your own direct experience that this entire visible Universe is nothing but the Supreme State.
3.14.86
After the Sage had spoken thus, the day came to an end and the Sun went to its resting place. The assembly, having bowed down, went to bathe; the sun’s rays also departed along with the dark-blue horizon.
Summary of the Teachings:
The verses emphatically declare the complete identity between the world and Pure Consciousness (Chit). The world is not something separate that exists outside Consciousness; it is the fragrance, fruit, and very body of Consciousness itself. Its apparent Existence is nothing but the existence of Consciousness, and the substance of Consciousness is nothing but the world. There is no real duality—whatever appears as the universe is Brahm alone.
All distinctions, modifications, parts, wholes, Existence, non-existence, Self and other are mere verbal illusions or fleeting appearances, like dirt on a nail or lines on a tender leaf. They have no Ultimate Reality. Even the grand ideas of Creation, Causes, gods, mountains, oceans, and rivers are imagined only to deny the direct, non-conceptual experience of Pure Consciousness. In truth, none of these exist apart from Consciousness.
Consciousness is the One Reality that is Self-evident and ever-present. It is the Primal Cause of all causes, the grandfather of the entire chain of causation, yet it remains untouched and unchanging. Non-existence or unconsciousness can never be attributed to it, because it is the very ground of all experience. Only that which truly exists (Consciousness) can ever arise or appear; unreal things never come into being at all.
The three worlds and everything seen are like empty differentiations in the Infinite sky of Consciousness—there is no real substance to them. The wise person, through firm direct experience, recognises this entire visible universe as nothing but the supreme, non-dual state of pure Being-Consciousness.
Thus Vasishta concludes this teaching, and the day ends, symbolising that when the light of this knowledge dawns, all apparent multiplicity naturally subsides, just as the sun sets and the world of daily activity comes to rest.
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