Mahabharata · Chapter 12.319
ete pradhānasya guṇāstrayaḥ puruṣasattama /
kṛtsnasya caiva jagatastiṣṭhantyanapagāḥ sadā //
avyaktarūpo bhagavāñśatadhā ca sahasradhā /
śatadhā sahasradhā caiva tathā śatasahasradhā //
koṭiśaśca karotyeva prakṛtyā'tmānamātmanā /
sātvikaraṇottamaṃ sthānaṃ rājasasyeha madhyamam //
tāmasasvādhamaṃ sthānaṃ prāhuradhyātmacintakāḥ /
kevaleneha puṇyena bhatibhūrdhvāmavāpnuyāt //
puṇyapāpena mānuṣyamadharmeṇāpyaghogatim /
dvandvaneṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ tu sannipātaṃ ca tatvataḥ //
satvasya rajasaścaiva tamasaśca śṛṇuṣva me /
satvasya tu rajo dṛṣṭaṃ rajasaśca tamastathā //
tamasaśca tathā satvaṃ satvasyāvyaktameva ca /
adhyaktaḥ satvasaṃyukto devalokamayāpnuyāt //
ravāsatvasamāyukto mānuṣeṣu prapadyate /
rasastamobhyāṃ saṃyuktastiryagyoniṣu jāyate //
rājasaistāmasaiḥ satvairyukto mānuṣamāpnuyāt /
puṇyapāpaviyuktānāṃ sthānamāhurmahātmanām //
śāśvataṃ cāvyayaṃ caivamakṣayaṃ cāmṛtaṃ ca tat / jñānināṃ sambhavaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sthānamavraṇamacyutam /
atīndriyamabījaṃ ca janmamṛtyutamonudam //
avyaktasthaṃ paraṃ yattatpṛṣṭaste'haṃ narādhipa /
sa eva prakṛtistho hi tatstha ityabhidhīyate //
acetanā caiva matā prakṛtiścāpi pārthiva /
etenādhiṣṭhitā caiva sṛjate saṃharatyapi //
janaka uvāca /
anādinidhanāvetāvubhāveva mahāmate /
amūrtimantāvacalāvaprakampyaguṇāguṇau //
agrāhyāvṛṣiśārdūla kathameko hyacetanaḥ /
cetanāvāṃstathā caikaḥ kṣetrajña iti bhāṣitaḥ //
tvaṃ hi viprendra kārtsnyena rmokṣadharmamupāsase /
sākalpaṃ mokṣadharmasya śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ //
nistatvaṃ kevalatvaṃ ca vinābhāvaṃ tathaiva ca /
daivatāni ca me brūhi dehaṃ yānyāśritāni vai //
tathaivotkrāṇiṇaḥ sthānaṃ dehino vai vipadyataḥ /
kālena yaddhi prāpnoti sthānaṃ tatprabravīhi me //
sāṅkhyajñānaṃ ca tattvena pṛthagyogaṃ tathaiva ca / ariṣṭāni ca tattvāni vaktumarhasi sattama /
viditaṃ sarvametatte pāṇāvāmalakaṃ yathā //
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