Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 7.36

devīgītāyāṃ brahmavidyopadeśavarṇanam
devyuvāca
ityādiyogayuktātmā dhyāyenmāṃ brahmarūpiṇīm /
bhaktyā nirvyājayā rājannāsane samupasthitaḥ

āviḥ sannihitaṃ guhācaraṃ nāma mahatpadam /
atraitatsarvamarpitamejatprāṇamiṣacca yat

etajjānatha sadasadvareṇyaṃ
paraṃ vijñānādyadvariṣṭhaṃ prajānām /
yadarcimadyadaṇubhyo'ṇu ca
yasmiṃllokā nihitā lokinaśca

tadetadakṣaraṃ brahma sa prāṇastadu vāṅ‌manaḥ /
tadetatsatyamamṛtaṃ tadveddhavyaṃ saumya viddhi

dhanurgṛhītvaupaniṣadaṃ mahāstraṃ
śaraṃ hyupāsāniśitaṃ sandhayīta /
āyamya tad‌bhāvagatena cetasā
lakṣyaṃ tadevākṣaraṃ saumya viddhi

praṇavo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyate /
apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravattanmayo bhavet

yasmin dyauśca pṛthivī cāntarikṣa-
motaṃ manaḥ saha prāṇaiśca sarvaiḥ /
tamevaikaṃ jānathātmānaṃ
anyā vāco vimuñcathāmṛtasyaiṣa setuḥ

arā iva rathanābhau saṃhatā yatra nāḍyaḥ /
sa eṣo'ntaścarate bahudhā jāyamānaḥ

omityevaṃ dhyāyathātmānaṃ
svasti vaḥ pārāya tamasaḥ parastāt /
divye brahmapure vyomni ātmā sampratiṣṭhitaḥ

manomayaḥ prāṇaśarīranetā
pratiṣṭhito'nne hṛdayaṃ sannidhāya /
tadvijñānena paripaśyanti dhīrā
ānandarūpamamṛtaṃ yadvibhāti

bhidyate hṛdayagranthiśchidyante sarvasaṃśayāḥ /
kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi tasmindṛṣṭe parāvare

hiraṇmaye pare kośe virājaṃ brahma niṣkalam /
tacchubhraṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotistadyadātmavido viduḥ

na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ
nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto'yamagniḥ /
tameva bhāntamanubhāti sarvaṃ
tasya bhāsā sarvamidaṃ vibhāti

brahmaivedamamṛtaṃ purastādbrahma
paścādbrahma dakṣiṇataścottareṇa /
adhaścordhvaṃ ca prasṛtaṃ brahmaivedaṃ viśvaṃ variṣṭham

etādṛganubhavo yasya sa kṛtārtho narottamaḥ /
brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati

dvitīyādvai bhayaṃ rājaṃstadabhāvād‌ bibheti na /
na tadviyogo me'pyasti madviyogo'pi tasya na

ahameva sa so'haṃ vai niścitaṃ viddhi parvata /
maddarśanaṃ tu tatra syādyatra jñānī sthito mama

nāhaṃ tīrthe na kailāse vaikuṇṭhe vā na karhicit /
vasāmi kintu majjñānihṛdayāmbhojamadhyame

matpūjākoṭiphaladaṃ sakṛnmajjñānino'rcanam /
kulaṃ pavitraṃ tasyāsti jananī kṛtakṛtyakā

viśvambharā puṇyavatī cillayo yasya cetasaḥ /
brahmajñānaṃ tu yatpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā parvatasattama

kathitaṃ tanmayā sarvaṃ nāto vaktavyamasti hi /
idaṃ jyeṣṭhāya putrāya bhaktiyuktāya śīline

śiṣyāya ca yathoktāya vaktavyaṃ nānyathā kvacit /
yasya deve parā bhaktiryathā deve tathā gurau

tasyaite kathitā hyarthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ /
yenopadiṣṭā vidyeyaṃ sa eva parameśvaraḥ

yasyāyaṃ sukṛtaṃ kartumasamarthastato ṛṇī /
pitrorapyadhikaḥ prokto brahmajanmapradāyakaḥ

pitṛjātaṃ janma naṣṭaṃ netthaṃ jātaṃ kadācana /
tasmai na druhyedityādi nigamo'pyavadannaga

tasmācchāstrasya siddhānto brahmadātā guruḥ paraḥ /
śive ruṣṭe gurustrātā gurau ruṣṭe na śaṅkaraḥ

tasmātsarvaprayat‍nena śrīguruṃ toṣayennaga /
kāyena manasā vācā sarvadā tatparo bhavet

anyathā tu kṛtaghnaḥ syātkṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ /
indreṇātharvaṇāyoktā śiraśchedapratijñayā

aśvibhyāṃ kathane tasya śiraśchinnaṃ ca vajriṇā /
aśvīyaṃ tacchiro naṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā vaidyau surottamau

punaḥ saṃyojitaṃ svīyaṃ tābhyāṃ muniśirastadā /
iti saṅkaṭasampādyā brahmavidyā nagādhipa /
labdhā yena sa dhanyaḥ syātkṛtakṛtyaśca bhūdhara

iti śrīdevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptamaskandhe
devīgītāyāṃ brahmavidyopadeśavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭ‌triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ