Mahabharata · Chapter 12.316
avyaktasya naraśreṣṭha kālasaṅkhyāṃ nibodha me /
pañcakalpasahasrāṇi dviguṇānyaharucyate //
rātriretāvatī cāsya pratibuddho narādhipa /
sṛjatyoṣadhimevāgre jīvanaṃ sarvadehinām //
tato brahmāṇamasṛjaddhairaṇyāṇḍasamudbhavam /
sā mūrtiḥ sarvabhūtānāmityevamanuśuśruma //
saṃvatsaramuṣitvāṇḍe niṣkramya ca mahāmuniḥ /
sandadhe'rdhaṃ mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ divamardhaṃ prajāpatiḥ //
dyāvāpṛthivyorijyeṣa rājanvedeṣu paṭhyate /
tayoḥ śakalayormadhyamākāśamakarotprabhuḥ //
etasyāpi ca saṅkhyānaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ /
daśakalpasahasrāṇi pādonānyaharucyate //
rātrimetāvatīṃ cāsva prāhuradhyātmacintakāḥ /
sṛjatyahankāramṛṣirbhūtaṃ divyātmakaṃ tathā //
caturaścāparānputrāndehātpūrvaṃ mahānṛṣiḥ /
te vai pitṛbhyaḥ pitaraḥ śrūyanteṃ rājasattama //
devāḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca sutā devairlokāḥ samāvṛtāḥ /
carācarā naraśreṣṭha ityevamanuśuśruma //
parameṣṭhī tvahankāro'sṛjadbhūtāni pañcadhā /
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam //
etasyāpi niśāmāhustṛtīyamatha kurvataḥ /
pañca kalpasahasrāṇi tāvadevāharucyate //
śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhaśca pañcamaḥ /
ete viśeṣā rājendra mahābhūteṣu pañcasu //
yairāviṣṭāni bhūtāni ahanyahani pārthiva /
anyonyaṃ spṛhayantyete anyonyasyāhite ratāḥ //
anyonyamativartante anyonyaspardhinastathā /
te vadhyamānā hyanyonyaṃ guṇairhāribhiravyayāḥ //
ihaiva parivartante tiryagyonipraveśinaḥ /
trīṇi kalpasahasrāṇi eteṣāmaharucyate //
rātriretāvatī caiva manasaśca narādhipa /
manaścarati rājendra caritaṃ sarvamindriyaiḥ //
na cendriyāṇi paśyanti mana evātra paśyati /
cakṣuḥ paśyati rūpāṇi manasā tu na cakṣuṣā //
manasi vyākule cakṣuḥ paśyannapi na paśyati /
athendriyāṇi sarvāṇi paśyantītyabhicakṣate //
manasyuparate rājannindriyoparamo bhavet //
na cendriyavyuparame manasyuparamo bhavet /
evaṃ manaḥ pradhānāni indriyāṇi prabhāvayet //
indriyāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāmīśvaraṃ mana ucyate /
etadviśanti bhūtāni sarvāṇīha mahāyaśaḥ //
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