Mahabharata · Chapter 12.239
pratyāhāraṃ tu vakṣyāmi śarvaryādau gate'hani /
yathedaṃ kurute'dhyātmaṃ susūkṣmaṃ viśvamīśvaraḥ //
divi sūryastathā sapta dahanti śikhino'rciṣaḥ /
sarvametattadā'rcirbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ jājvalyate jagat //
pṛthivyāṃ yāni bhūtāni jaṅgamāni dhruvāṇi ca /
tānyevāgre pralīyante bhūmitvamupayānti ca //
tataḥ pralīne sarvāsminsthāvare jaṅgame tathā /
akāṣṭhā nistṛṇā bhūmirdṛśyate kūrmapṛṣṭhavat //
bhūmerapi guṇaṃ gandhamāpa ādadate yadā /
āttagandhā tadā bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate //
āpastatra pratiṣṭhante ūrmimatyo mahāsvanāḥ /
sarvamevedamāpūrya tiṣṭhanti ca caranti ca //
apāmapi guṇāṃstāta jyotirādadate yadā /
āpastadā tvāttaguṇā jyotiḥ ṣūparamanti vai //
yadā'dityaṃ sthitaṃ madhye gūhanti śikhino'rciṣaḥ /
sarvamevedamarcirbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ jājvalyate namaḥ //
jyotiṣo'pi guṇaṃ rūpaṃ vāyurādadate yadā /
praśāmyati tato jyotirvāyurdodhūyate mahān //
tatastu mūlamāsādya vāyuḥ sambhavamātmanaḥ /
adhaścordhvaṃ ca tiryakca dodhavīti diśo daśa //
vāyorapi guṇaṃ sparśamākāśaṃ grasate yadā /
praśāmyati tadā vāyuḥ khaṃ tu tiṣṭhati nānadan //
arūpamarasasparśamagandhaṃ na ca mūrtimat /
sarvalokapraṇuditaṃ svaṃ tu tiṣṭhati nānadat //
ākāśasya guṇaṃ śabdamabhivyaktātmakaṃ manaḥ / grasate ca yadā so'pi śāmyati pratisañcare /
manaso vyaktamavyaktaṃ brāhmaḥ sampratisañcaraḥ //
tadā'tmaguṇamāviśya mano grasati candramāḥ /
manasyuparate cātmā candramasyupatiṣṭhate //
taṃ tu kālena mahatā sankalpaṃ kurute vaśe /
cittaṃ grasati sankalpastacca jñānamanuttamam //
kālo girati vijñānaṃ kālaṃ balamiti śrutiḥ /
balaṃ kālo grasati tu taṃ vidvānkurute vaśe //
[ākāśasya tadā ghoṣaṃ taṃ vidvānkurute'tmani.] tadavyaktaṃ paraṃ brahma tacchāśvatamanuttamam /
evaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni brahmaiva pratisaṃharet //
yathāvatkīrtitaṃ satyamevametadasaṃśayam /
bodhyaṃ vidyāmayaṃ dṛṣṭvā yogibhiḥ paramātmabhiḥ //
evaṃ vistārasankṣepau brahmāvyakte punaḥpunaḥ /
yugasāhasrayorādāvahorātryāstathaiva ca //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0