Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 7.34

śrīdevīvirāḍ‌rūpadarśanasahitaṃ devakṛtatatstavavarṇanam
śrī devyuvāca
kva yūyaṃ mandabhāgyā vai kvedaṃ rūpaṃ mahād‌bhutam /
tathāpi bhaktavātsalyādīdṛśaṃ darśitaṃ mayā

na vedādhyayanairyogairna dānaistapasejyayā /
rūpaṃ draṣṭumidaṃ śakyaṃ kevalaṃ matkṛpāṃ vinā

prakṛtaṃ śṛṇu rājendra paramātmātra jīvatām /
upādhiyogātsamprāptaḥ kartṛtvādikamapyuta

kriyāḥ karoti vividhā dharmādharmaikahetavaḥ /
nānā yonīstataḥ prāpya sukhaduḥkhaiśca yujyate

punastatsaṃskṛtivaśānnānākarmarataḥ sadā /
nānādehānsamāpnoti sukhaduḥkhaiśca yujyate

ghaṭīyantravadetasya na virāmaḥ kadāpi hi /
ajñānameva mūlaṃ syāttataḥ kāmaḥ kriyāstataḥ

tasmādajñānanāśāya yateta niyataṃ naraḥ /
etaddhi janmasāphalyaṃ yadajñānasya nāśanam

puruṣārthasamāptiśca jīvanmuktadaśāpi ca /
ajñānanāśane śaktā vidyaiva tu paṭīyasī

na karma tajjaṃ nopāstirvirodhābhāvato gire /
pratyutāśājñānanāśe karmaṇā naiva bhāvyatām

anarthadāni karmāṇi punaḥ punaruśanti hi /
tato rāgastato doṣastato'nartho mahānbhavet

tasmātsarvaprayat‍nena jñānaṃ sampādayennaraḥ /
kurvanneveha karmāṇītyataḥ karmāpyavaśyakam

jñānādeva hi kaivalyamataḥ syāttatsamuccayaḥ /
sahāyatāṃ vrajetkarma jñānasya hitakāri ca

iti kecidvadantyatra tadvirodhānna sambhavet /
jñānādhṛdgranthibhedaḥ syād‌dhṛdgranthau karmasambhavaḥ

yaugapadyaṃ na sambhāvyaṃ virodhāttu tatastayoḥ /
tamaḥ prakāśayoryadvadyaugapadyaṃ na sambhavi

tasmāt sarvāṇi karmāṇi vaidikāni mahāmate /
cittaśuddhyantameva syustāni kuryātprayat‍nataḥ

śamo damastitikṣā ca vairāgyaṃ sattvasambhavaḥ /
tāvatparyantameva syuḥ karmāṇi na tataḥ param

tadante caiva saṃnyasya saṃśrayed‌ gurumātmavān /
śrotriyaṃ brahmaniṣṭhaṃ ca bhaktyā nirvyājayā punaḥ

vedāntaśravaṇaṃ kuryānnityamevamatandritaḥ /
tattvamasyādivākyasya nityamarthaṃ vicārayet

tattvamasyādi vākyaṃ tu jīvabrahmaikyabodhakam /
aikye jñāte nirbhayastu mad‌rūpo hi prajāyate

padārthāvagatiḥ pūrvaṃ vākyārthāvagatistataḥ /
tatpadasya ca vākyārtho gire'haṃ parikīrtitaḥ

tvaṃ padasya ca vācyārtho jīva eva na saṃśayaḥ /
ubhayoraikyamasinā padena procyate budhaiḥ

vācyārthayorviruddhatvādaikyaṃ naiva ghaṭeta ha /
lakṣaṇātaḥ prakartavyā tattvamoḥ śrutisaṃsthayoḥ

cinmātraṃ tu tayorlakṣyaṃ tayoraikyasya sambhavaḥ /
tayoraikyaṃ tathā jñātvā svābhedenādvayo bhavet

devadattaḥ sa evāyamitivallakṣaṇā smṛtā /
sthūlādi deharahito brahma sampadyate naraḥ

pañcīkṛtamahābhūtasambhūtaḥ sthūladehakaḥ /
bhogālayo jarāvyādhisaṃyutaḥ sarvakarmaṇām

mithyābhūto'yamābhāti sphuṭaṃ māyāmayatvataḥ /
so'yaṃ sthūla upādhiḥ syādātmano me nageśvara

jñānakarmendriyayutaṃ prāṇapañcakasaṃyutam /
manobuddhiyutaṃ caitatsūkṣmaṃ tatkavayo viduḥ

apañcīkṛtabhūtotthaṃ sūkṣmadeho'yamātmanaḥ /
dvitīyo'yamupādhiḥ syātsukhāderavabodhakaḥ

anādyanirvācyamidamajñānaṃ tu tṛtīyakaḥ /
deho'yamātmano bhāti kāraṇātmā nageśvara

upādhivilaye jāte kevalātmāvaśiṣyate /
dehatraye pañcakośā antaḥsthāḥ santi sarvadā

pañcakośaparityāge brahma pucchaṃ hi labhyate /
netinetītyādivākyairmama rūpaṃ yaducyate

na jāyate mriyate tatkadāci-
nnāyaṃ bhūtvā na babhūva kaścit /
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo
na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre

hataṃ cenmanyate hantuṃ hataścenmanyate hatam /
ubhau tau na vijānītau nāyaṃ hanti na hanyate

aṇoraṇīyānmahato mahīyā-
nātmāsya jantornihito guhāyām /
tamakratuḥ paśyati vītaśoko
dhātuḥ prasādānmahimānamasya

ātmānaṃ rathinaṃ viddhi śarīraṃ rathameva tu /
buddhiṃ tu sārathiṃ viddhi manaḥ pragrahameva ca

indriyāṇi hayānāhurviṣayāṃsteṣu gocarān /
ātmendriyamanoyuktaṃ bhoktetyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

yastvavidvānbhavati cāmanaskaśca sadāśuciḥ /
na tatpadamavāpnoti saṃsāraṃ cādhigacchati

yastu vijñānavānbhavati samanaskaḥ sadā śuciḥ /
sa tu tatpadamāpnoti yasmād‌bhūyo na jāyate

vijñānasārathiryastu manaḥ pragrahavānnaraḥ /
so'dhvanaḥ pāramāpnoti madīyaṃ yatparaṃ padam

itthaṃ śrutyā ca matyā ca niścityātmānamātmanā /
bhāvayenmāmātmarūpāṃ nididhyāsanato'pi

yogavṛtteḥ purā svasminbhāvayedakṣaratrayam /
devīpraṇavasañjñasya dhyānārthaṃ mantravācyayoḥ

hakāraḥ sthūladehaḥ syād‌rakāraḥ sūkṣmadehakaḥ /
īkāraḥ kāraṇātmāsau hrīṅkāro'haṃ turīyakam

evaṃ samaṣṭidehe'pi jñātvā bījatrayaṃ kramāt /
samaṣṭivyaṣṭyorekatvaṃ bhāvayenmatimānnaraḥ

samādhikālātpūrvaṃ tu bhāvayitvaivamādṛtaḥ /
tato dhyāyennilīnākṣo devīṃ māṃ jagadīśvarīm

prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau /
nivṛttaviṣayākāṅkṣo vītadoṣo vimatsaraḥ

bhaktyā nirvyājayā yukto guhāyāṃ niḥsvane sthale /
hakāram viśvamātmānaṃ rakāre pravilāpayet

rakāraṃ taijasaṃ devamīkāre pravilāpayet /
īkāraṃ prājñamātmānaṃ hrīṅkāre pravilāpayet

vācyavācakatāhīnaṃ dvaitabhāvavivarjitam /
akhaṇḍaṃ saccidānandaṃ bhāvayettacchikhāntare

iti dhyānena māṃ rājan sākṣātkṛtya narottamaḥ /
mad‌rūpa eva bhavati dvayorapyekatā yataḥ

yogayuktyānayā dṛṣṭvā māmātmānaṃ parātparam /
ajñānasya sakāryasya tatkṣaṇe nāśako bhavet

iti śrīdevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptamaskandhe
devīgītāyāṃ jñānasya mokṣahetutvavarṇanaṃ nāma catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ