Mahabharata · Chapter 12.315

dharmādharmavimuktaṃ yadvimuktaṃ sarvasaṃśayāt /
janmamṛtyuvimuktaṃ ca vimuktaṃ puṇyapāpayoḥ //

yacchivaṃ nityamabhayaṃ nityamakṣaramavyayam /
śuci nityamanāyāsaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati //
bhīṣma uvāca /

atra te vartayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam /
yājñavalkyasya saṃvādaṃ janakasya ca bhārata //

yājñavalkyamṛṣiśreṣṭhaṃ daivarātirmahāyaśāḥ /
papraccha janako rājā praśnaṃ praśnavidāṃvaraḥ //
janaka uvāca /

katīndriyāṇi viprarṣe kati prakṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ /
kimavyaktaṃ paraṃ brahma tasmācca paratastu kim //

prabhavaṃ cāpyayaṃ caiva kālasaṅkhyāṃ tathaiva ca /
vaktumarhasi viprendra tvadanugrahakāṅkṣiṇaḥ //

ajñānātparipṛcchāmi tvaṃ hi jñānamayo nidhiḥ /
tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi sarvametadasaṃśayam //
yājñavalkya uvāca /

śrūyatāmavanīpāla yadetadanupṛcchasi /
yogānāṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ sāṅkhyānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ //

ta tavāviditaṃ kiñcinmāṃ tu jijñāsate bhavān /
pṛṣṭena cāpi vaktavyameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ //

aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ proktā vikārāścāpi ṣoḍaśa /
āsāṃ tu sapta vyaktāni prāhuradhyātmacintakāḥ //

avyaktaṃ ca mahāṃścaiva tathā'hankāra eva ca /
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam //

etāḥ prakṛtayastvaṣṭau vikārānapi me śṛṇu /
śrotraṃ tvakcaiva cakṣuśca jihvā ghrāṇaṃ ca pañcamam //

śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhastathaiva ca /
vākca hastau ca pādau ca pāyurmeḍhraṃ tathaiva ca //

ete viśeṣā rājendrā mahābhūteṣu pañcasu /
buddhīndriyāṇyathaitāni saviśeṣāṇi maithila //

manaḥ ṣoḍaśakaṃ prāhuradhyātmagaticintakāḥ /
tvaṃ caivānye ca vidvāṃsastattvabuddhiviśāradāḥ //

avyaktācca mahānātmā samutpadyati pārthiva /
prathamaṃ sargamityetadāhuḥ prādhānikaṃ budhāḥ //

mahataścāpyahankāra utpadyati narādhipa /
dvitīyaṃ sargamityāhuretadbuddhyātmakaṃ smṛtam //

ahankārācca sambhūtaṃ mano bhūtaguṇātmakam /
tṛtīyaḥ sarga ityeṣa āhankārika ucyate //

manasastu samudbhūtā mahābhūtā narādhipa /
caturthaṃ sargamityetanmānasaṃ cintanātmakam //

śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhastathaiva ca /
pañcamaṃ sargamityāhurbhautikaṃ bhūtacintakāḥ //

śrotraṃ tvakcaiva cakṣuśca jihvā ghrāṇaṃ ca pañcamam /
sargaṃ tu ṣaṣṭhamityāhurbahucintātmakaṃ smṛtam //

adhaḥ śrotrendriyagrāma utpadyadi narādhipa /
saptamaṃ sargamityāhuretadaindriyakaṃ smṛtam //

ūrdhvaṃ srotastathā tiryagutpadyati narādhipa /
aṣṭamaṃ sargamityāhuretadārjavakaṃ smṛtam //

tiryaksrotastvadhaḥsrota utpadyati narādhipa /
navamaṃ sargamityāhuretadārjavakaṃ budhāḥ //

ete vai nava sargā hi tattvāni ca narādhipa /
caturviśatiruktāni yathāśrutinidarśanam //

ata ūrdhvaṃ mahārāja guṇasyaitasya tattvataḥ /
mahātmabhiranuproktāṃ kālasaṅkhyāṃ nibodha me //