Mahabharata · Chapter 12.257
---gandhānrasānnānurundhyātsakhaṃ vā --------kīrti ca yaśaśca naccha- /
----- vai prācaraḥ paśyato brāhmaṇasya //
----nadhīyīta śuśrūṣurbrahmacaryavān /
ṛvo yajūṃṣi sāmāni vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ //
jñānī yaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvavitsarvabhūtavit /
nākāmo mriyate jātu------------- //
iṣṭī------śrāpya kratūścavāptadākṣaṇān /
prāpnoti naiva brāhmaṇyamavijñānātkathañcana //
yadā cāyaṃ na bibheti yadā cāsmānna biyati /
yadā necchati na dveṣṭi brahma sampadyate tadā //
yadā na kurute bhāvaṃ sarvabhūteṣu pāpakam /
karmaṇā manasā vācā brahma sampadyate tadā //
kāmabandhanamevedaṃ nānyadastīha bandhanam /
kāmabandhanamukto hi brahmabhūyāya kalpate //
kāmato mucyamānastu dhūmābhrādiva candramāḥ /
virajāḥ kālamākāṅkṣandhīro dhairyeṇa vartate //
āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat /
tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmaḥ //
ka kāmakānto na tu kāmakāmaḥ sa vai kāmātsvargamupaiti dehī //
vedasyopanipaddānaṃ dānasyopaniṣaddamaḥ /
damasyopanipaddānaṃ dānasyopanipattapaḥ //
tapasopanipattyāgastyāgasyopanipatsukham /
sukhasyopanipatsvargaḥ svargasyopanipacchamaḥ //
kledanaṃ śokamanasoḥ santīrṇaṃ tṛṣṇayā saha /
satvamṛcchati santopācchāntilakṣaṇamuttamam //
viśoko nirmamaḥ śāntaḥ praśāntātmā'tmavicchuciḥ /
paṅgirlakṣaṇavānetaiḥ samagraḥ punareṣyati //
paṅbhiḥ satvaguṇopetaiḥ prājñairadhigataṃ tribhiḥ /
ye viduḥ pratyagātmānamihasthānamṛtānviduḥ //
akṛtrimamasaṃhāryaṃ prākṛtaṃ nirupaskṛtam /
adhyātmavitkṛtaprajñaḥ sukhamavyayamaśnute //
niṣpracāraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā pratiṣṭhāpya ca sarvaśaḥ /
yāmayaṃ labhate tuṣṭiṃ sā na śakyā'tmanonyathā //
yena tṛpyatyabhuñjāno yena tṛpyatyavittavān /
yenāsneho balaṃ dhatte yastaṃ veda sa vedavit //
asaṅgo hyātmano dvārāṇyapidhāya vicintayan /
yo hyāste brāhmaṇaḥ śiṣṭaḥ sa ātmaratirucyate //
samāhitaṃ pare tattve kṣīṇakāmamavasthitam /
sarvataḥ sukhamanveti vapuścāndramasaṃ yathā //
aviśeṣāṇi bhūtāni guṇāṃśca jahato muneḥ /
sukhenāpohyate duḥkhaṃ bhāskareṇa tamo yathā //
tamatikrāntakarmāṇamatikrāntaguṇakṣayam /
brāhmaṇaṃ vipayāśliṣṭaṃ jarāmṛtyū na vindataḥ //
sa yadā sarvato muktaḥ samaḥ paryavatiṣṭhate /
indriyāṇīndriyārthāṃśca śarīrastho'tivartate //
kāraṇaṃ paramaṃ prāpya atikrāntasya kāryatām /
punarāvartanaṃ nāsti samprāptasya parātparam //
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